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The prezi I created (and displayed below) shows the core values of my teaching. I hope I do my best every day to live up to them.

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I **blog** at A Teacher's Wonderingsand Moments, Snippets, Spirals I have a wealth of **pictures and videos** to inspire you in your teaching @http://pinterest.com/cristinacri/. ** I believe in collective knowledge and flow of ideas so...enjoy. Take. And give back to community. **

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Amazing blog entry by David Truss: An Open Educator Manifesto (a MUST read)

You can see them here on my Flickr account as I turned them into mini posters (will add more in time). I am @surreallyno on Twitter.
 * Education, leadership, character quotes that resonate with me. More than half are from my PLN on Twitter. **

Kids deserve teachers who are **willing** to explore and take risks. (Steven W. Anderson)

If you're in the business of learning, **you** have to be a learner first. (Edna Sackson)

If you want to change “how” you teach, if you want to change “how” your students learn, **you must change yourself** first. (Paul Bogush)

One of the best ways to get really excited about teaching is to constantly be really excited **about learning and life in general**.(Jabiz Raisdana)

We can't **own** education, we have to **share**it. (Dave Hancock)

We need __passionate__ employees. They have a **questing** disposition and seek others to **collaborate** with. (John Hagel)

**Ability** is what you're capable of doing. **Motivation** determines what you do. **Attitude** determines how well you do it. (Lou Holtz)

The astronauts that will take us to Mars are somewhere in our school system right now. (Alex Howard)

It's precisely in the gap between our **good intentions** and our **less worthy actions** that we must negotiate the future. (Deb Meier)

It's criminal how a report card can make a 10 year so nervous. We should be **ashamed** of ourselves. (Joe Bower)

Only **mediocrity** is safe. Therefore, be the best and get prepared to be attacked. (Paulo Cohelo)

If you aren't big enough to stand **criticism**, you are too small to be praised. (Earl Deason)

If you're **interested**, you will do what is convenient; if you're **committed**, you'll do whatever it takes. (J. Assaraf)

There is a real magic in **enthusiasm**. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment. (Norman Peale)

To be successful in the areas of change, we are going to have to figure out a way to reintegrate **passion** in profession. (John Hagel)

**Consciously**, we teach what we KNOW; **unconsciously**, we teach who we ARE. (Hamachek via Willy C. Cardoso)

Worry not that no one knows you; seek to be **worth** knowing. (Confucius)

<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">If every moment is **graded** students will play it safe, become **passive learners**, and never stretch themselves to their potential. (Tom Schimmer)

<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">I worry about the qualifications of a **teacher who isn't a reader**. Then again, all non-readers worry me. (Jane Bayers Goodwin)

<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">High Achievers are **interested**; Gifted learners are **curious**;Creative learners **wonder**. (Deborah Mesino)

<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;">Leaders can let you fail without your being a **failure**. (Stanley McChrystal)

<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">I don't want to change you...I want to encourage, empower and support you as you **change yourself**. (Justin Tarte)

<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">You can't make tough decisions without answering **tough questions**. Avoiding the questions chokes change.

<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;">To be come **learned**, each day add something. To become **enlightened**, each day drop something. #collective knowledge, #sharing (John Hagel)

<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Your passion as a teacher must be **students**, not school. Anything else is a road to burnout. (Justin Storz)

<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;">**Progress** is not created by contented people. (Frank Tyger)

<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;">Be a **giver**: It's simple, but NOT easy. #sharing knowledge (Tristan Bishop)

<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;">Those who make test scores and grades the heart of education tend to be able to **hit** their targets while entirely **missing the point**. (Joe Bower)

<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Learners need to experience **confusion**...Clarifying this chaos is the heart of learning.

<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;">Think **impact**, not title. #leadership

<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;">Focus on **growth**. Not approval. (Nancy Wolfson)

<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">You can't build a reputation on what you're **going to** do. (Henry Ford)

<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;">Kids go where there is **excitement**. They stay where there is **love**. (Zig Ziglar)

<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;">The most effective way to manage change is to **create** it. (Peter Drucker)

<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">While many claim 'it' is impossible, others are busy **already** doing it. (Joe Bower)

<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Stop thinking traditionally. Start thinking **passionately**. (Michael Costigan)

<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;">You cannot become complacent when you are a change maker. When you're **green**, you're growing. When you're **ripe**, you rot!" (Vicky Davis)

<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;">When I lose my temper — EVEN WITH REASON – I literally shave off a piece of my **nobility**. The nobility of teaching. (Vicki Davis)

<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;">**Transformational leadership** is all about relationships. By definition, manipulation (rewards & punishments) is counter-productive. (Joe Bower)

<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">As leaders, we DON'T need to look at "Did (teacher) **teach** it " anymore, but "Did (students) **learn** it _. (C. Dufour)

<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Those who do **nothing** are never wrong. (Theodore de Bouville via Steve Cushing)

<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;">Defending **mediocrity** is exhausting. (Seth Godin)

<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">**Worksheets** don't grow dendrites. Authentic **negotiation** of meaning and form does. (Ruslana Westerlund)

The Reflective School - Prezi by Peter Papas (@edtech on Twitter) media type="custom" key="8935548"

Four Things to Fuel the Momentum - by Dan Rockwell (@leadershipFreak on Twitter)

Quotes on Learning and Change - A Flickr group that I have been following for the past two years. Excellent source of inspiration!

PurposEd - Another Flickr group focused on learning. I am a contributor, too. They have a blog, digital newspaper and great educators sharing their reflections on education.

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Effective Instruction - Brilliantly simple poster illustrating the basics of great teaching.

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