Archives for March 2012

World’s Greatest Tutor

In the March 12, 2012 edition of Forbes magazine, there is an interesting article about adaptive learning software called Knewton (The World’s Greatest Tutor). Reading the article reminded me that many see learning with technology as taking what normally goes on in brick-and-mortar and putting it online (all too often done in isolation) and stopping […]

Consumption AND Creation

By Randy Ziegenfuss

Teaching Kids to be “Digital Citizens” (Not Just “Digital Natives”) The ideas in this article rang true after a colleague and I heard an Apple presenter extolling the virtues of the iPad…almost exclusively through the lens of content consumption. Moving further into content/knowledge creation is an important part of the vision of the classroom we […]

My name is Randy Ziegenfuss, and I'm a retired public school superintendent and a life-long educator with over 34 years experience developing a passion for teaching, learning, leadership and technology. <read more...>

I first came across the phrase working at the edge while learning about the work of Marzano, et al. School Leadership That Works: From Research to Results. In this work, the researchers define 21 responsibilities of the school leader, one being change agent. A change agent is defined as one who is, "...willing to challenge school practices that have been in place for a long time and promoting the value of working at the edge of one's competence."

Randy Ziegenfuss, Ed.D.