Working At The Edge

Make School Different: Digital leadership & Transformation

Employers want people who…

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Catching up on some RSS feeds, I ran across this on the Personalized Learning blog, the post “Who controls the Learning?” I really like this list. Two questions: (1) Are we providing our learners with the opportunity to develop these qualities? (2) Better yet… Do educators personally engage these qualities in their work….everyday? I know […]

Self-directed Learning – What should we be teaching?

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Several weeks ago I witnessed an interesting exchange with high school students. A group of students was asked what course they would most like to see offered that isn’t currently on the high school roster of offerings. Here were some of the responses: Photoshop and other software Psychology II/AP Psychology French Philosophy Tech Ed – […]

Thinking of schools as workplaces

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From the article “How to make your classroom a thinking space“… Think back to your mental image of a creative workplace. Was the place you imagined a school? If the answer was “no,” why not? School is a work place for 55 million people in the United States where 51.5 million student “workers” and 3.5 […]

Educational Utopia?

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Isn’t this the kind of learner we want students to become? Isn’t this what will transfer to the real world? If so, why don’t we do more of this? What are the barriers that exist? How would students in your school respond to this kind of school structure? Make 15 minutes of time to watch […]

Advocating for the Internet and Social Media

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As I’m catching up on some interesting finds on the internet this weekend, I stumbled onto a few posts that seemed to connect around this idea of advocating for the use of the Internet and social media. In the first post, Mimi Ito shares What Teens Get About the Internet That Parents Don’t. The title […]

Servant Leadership and State Department’s of Education

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This past week I had an encounter with the concept of servant leadership. In a PIL course, ironically, delivered through the Pennsylvania Department of Education, the presenters shared the 10 characteristics of a servant leader for us to ponder. (Click through to learn more specifically how each characteristic is defined.) Listening Empathy Healing Awareness Persuasion […]

Are we educators literate for the 21st Century?

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This was one of my most memorable takeaways from the 2013 PETE & C conference held several weeks ago in Hershey, PA. It came from Rob Mancabelli’s presentation, “Learning in a networked world.” In the presentation, Rob referenced the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) position statement on the Definition of 21st Century Literacies. […]

Digital Age Parenting

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This post has been cross-posted to SalisburySD.US. A week ago, I shared a post asking parents and teachers how they manage digital distraction in the classroom and at home. We’ve had several replies in the comments section. Be sure to check them out and add yours if you haven’t already! Over the past week, I’ve […]

PETE & C 2013

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The Pennsylvania Education Technology Expo and Conference (PETE & C) takes place this coming week. Here are the sessions I am tentatively planning to attend. I will blog about my adventures as the days go by. Monday, February 11 8:00 – 10:00 AM Keynote: Jonathan Strickland – Separating the Signal from the Noise: The Challenges […]