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The Wild Card
- 7 Steps to an Educator's Creative Breakthrough
- Narrated by: Hope King, Wade King
- Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 05-16-18
- Language: English
- Publisher: Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc.
- Whispersync for Voice-ready
Regular price: $19.95
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Publisher's Summary
The Wild Card is your step-by-step guide to experiencing a creative breakthrough in your classroom with your students.
"This book is a teacher wonderland of ideas, inspiration, and mind-blowing magic." - Ron Clark, The New York Times best-selling author and cofounder, Ron Clark Academy.
In this audiobook, Wade and Hope King show you how to draw on your authentic self - your past experiences, personality quirks, interests, hobbies, and strengths - to deliver your content creatively. If you are a high school teacher or a kindergarten teacher, the seven steps in The Wild Card will give you the knowledge and the confidence to bring creative teaching strategies into your classroom.
You'll learn:
- Why the deck is not stacked against you, no matter what kind of hand you've been dealt
- Why you should never listen to the Joker
- How to identify the "Ace up your sleeve" and use it to create classroom magic
- How to apply the "Rules of Rigor" in order to fuse creativity with learning
- How to become the "Wild Card" that changes the game for your students
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- Monica
- Florida
- 07-05-18
Amazing
One of my new favorite books! Wow. It is very life changing. I can’t wait to implement all of the ideas this book has taught me about student engagement. It makes me excited about teaching again. 10 out of 10 would definitely recommend this book to any educator, wether elementary, middle, or high school. 10 stars!!! Love Hope and Wade King!
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- a.t.
- 10-04-18
Just okay
I think the concept of creating engaging lessons is great, but the book was very repetitive and dull.
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- Amazon Customer
- Rockwall, TX
- 08-08-18
Amazing things to think about!!!
I loved this book. This is my first year going into education, and I had no idea of what to think. Through reading this book and working on my Alternative Teacher Certification, I have so many ideas of things I want to implement and I know it will take time but I am looking forward to being in education more than I ever have before!!!
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- Lauren
- 08-01-18
Very inspirational! Loved it.
This was a great book to read before the beginning of a new school year. Hope and Wade are great mentors for teachers.
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- TRON YOUNG
- 07-29-18
Retooling and Refueling with this great book.
This was a great book. It is feeled with motivating and realistic suggestions and steps to engaging students in the class.
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- Ashley
- EXETER, CA, US
- 07-24-18
Loved it!
I really liked their ideas and stories. The only part I struggled with were their lists. I had to pull out my Kindle copy and read along with it so that I could keep up.
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-06-19
Thought provoking
great thoughts shared from these teachers and totally relatable. I found some of the chapters to he repetitive but overall enjoyed it and was inspired!
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- Colleen
- 12-29-18
Just What You Would Expect From The Kings
Lots of great ideas and tips - it is everything that you would expect to hear from these incredible educators. This is a book that you want to listen to more than once or you want to have a hard copy to go back to. Highly recommend!
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- TTR
- 09-30-18
Amazing Practices for all Teachers
Thank you for writing this book. I felt like I was transported into your classrooms. I am eager to try out many of your amazing suggestions and ideas. Thank you for being vulnerable enough to share your difficulties with your readers. It is comforting to know that every teachers path will have moments where we don’t feel capable. Thank you for all your stories. Your book is engaging and captivating. It is what we all need to be doing in the 21st century classroom. Thank you!
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- Amanda Record
- 09-23-18
Amazing!
I could not let myself pause this book. What an inspirational read for teachers! I have never felt more excited, passionate, or ready to step into my classroom each day than I did while listening to this book. I love what I do, but this book increased my love for education even more!