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Does it feel like this when you hear about a new book you "must read?"

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Podcasts? Check iTunes and [|EdTechTalk]
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Has the author given a talk at a conference that has been videoed or UStreamed? Check [|YouTube], or the video section of your favorite [|Ning].
Here's Clay Shirky giving a talk titled //Here Comes Everybody//. There's a good bet this will cover one or two of the topics from his book with the same title!

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Is the author **//really//** well-known? Check [|TED talks]. Here's Ken Robinson's TED-talk-gone-viral video //Do Schools Kill Creativity//? As it turns out, his new book //The Element// revolves around these same topics!

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What if you've read a book, and now you're supposed to share what you've learned and you just don't have time to prepare the talk you feel the author deserves?
Check to see if someone else has made a presentation about the book. [|Slide Share] is a great resource for this; check out this entertaining and informative presentation about Brain Rules. media type="custom" key="3537282"

===Are people like you, whom you respect, already talking about this book? Check your online professional groups, such as [|The Independent School Educators Network]. How about [|Goodreads] or [|Shelfari]?===

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Looking for books? [|NCAIS publishes a summer reading list].