Teacher Leadership Today is a sort-of blog designed to bring together resources to assist teachers in becoming teacher leaders and in general classroom practices. Upon first finding the blog, I stumbled around onto a few of their book reviews, and was immediately captivated by a book discussion about Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences. This resource comes with a strong recommendation from me.
Having an available website to stay on top of current trends in teaching could be very important to me. I think I want to be on the “cutting edge” of teaching, changing with the times and staying current with research and new ideas being presented. So many of us in this cohort experienced teachers who weren’t keeping up with trends, and maybe our education suffered for it.
http://teacherleaders.typepad.com/teacher_leadership_today/
The International Journal on Teacher Leadership is an academic journal featuring peer-reviewed articles concerning teacher leadership. It is a relatively young journal, having been published for only 2 years and having only 7 articles to peruse. I do not personally believe I would read all the articles, given the dryness of most academic writing, but it would be a excellent way to get an in-depth look on one or more topics that are particularly interesting to a teacher.
http://www.csupomona.edu/~ijtl/
How important is it to you to be on the “cutting edge” of teaching?
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I think it is important to know what is going on with teaching and what current trends imply for our careers, but being on the "cutting edge" is not my top priority. I think my greatest concern is doing what is best for my students, not necessarily trying out every new gadget, theory, or idea that comes my way. Not to say that being on the "cutting edge" is bad, but I don't want to jump into anything prematurely.
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