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"There's an amazing Voxer chat group called Talks with Teachers, composed of remarkable educators who converse about best education practices, technology integration, assessment and many other subjects. We recently discussed things that make teachers' jobs difficult. The chat was not about principals, but upon further consideration, it occurred to me that school principals could easily solve most of these issues. Granted, school principals and teachers often have different perspectives, based on the worlds they live in. Still, some of educators' biggest problems have shockingly simple solutions."

"A couple of months ago when Brad Gustafson (principal/lead learner at Greenwood Elementary School in Plymouth Minnesota), asked me if I wanted to help him create a "book talk" play-off podcast, of course I jumped at the chance. Since then, we've been plotting, scheming, designing, collaborating (mostly over Voxer) and collecting video book talks from some of the finest educators on the planet, so that we can bring you (insert drum roll here) ...  The #30secondbooktalk Podcast Challenge!!!!  "