A+21C+Learning+Initiative

This idea spurred during the NECC07 conference in a conversation I was having with Wesley Fryer. It happened right after an intriguing and thought-provoking session facilitated by Dr. Gary Stager entitled Way Beyond Webquests. It's about sharing "snipits" of information to facillitate individualized, customized, learning plans.

Choose a focus from a list of leadership books. The following may be helpful in your journey.

In this endlessly fascinating book, //New Yorker// columnist James Surowiecki explores a deceptively simple idea that has profound implications: large groups of people are smarter than an elite few, no matter how brilliant—better at solving problems, fostering innovation, coming to wise decisions, even predicting the future.
 * The Wisdom of Crowds**

What happens when the bottlenecks that stand between supply and demand in our culture go away and everything becomes available to everyone?
 * The Long Tail**

Use the myriad possibilities of the future as a way of focusing attention, creativity and decision-making in the present. [|gbn.com]
 * The Art of The Long View: Planning for the Future in an Uncertain World**