I had the opportunity to be a Featured Presenter at FETC, the Future of Education Technology Conference in FLA. I prepared a series of five presentations and two panels. The “learner” was a thread that carried throughout all of the presentations and conversations. I had a great time sharing Salisbury’s story and connecting with other […]
Interrogating our beliefs about learning
I have been at a number of workshops and conferences lately where I have been inwardly critical about the plane on which the conversation about transformation has been occurring. These conversations have more regularly focused first on teaching and technology. They rarely focus on learning first. I propose this sequence is flawed and cannot lead […]
Future Focused: The WHY and HOW of shaping the future of learning with exponential technologies
This post first appeared on EdTech Digest. Today’s Kindergarten students will be graduating in 2030! What will the world be like? How will exponential changes in technology influence changes in teaching and learning? How can we shape the future instead of being shaped by it? Leaders anticipate the future. They stand at the edge of […]
The Technology and Learning Conversation Has Shifted: From Transactional to Transformative
This post first appeared on EdTech Digest. In a previous article, I shared a framework we’ve engaged to guide our digital transformation over the past seven years. During that period of time, I’ve often noted that the balance of conversations between technology and learning has shifted. Conversations about learning are more prevalent now than they […]
Leading a Digital Learning Transformation: How to lead, support, and evaluate an effective digital learning shift
This post first appeared on EdTech Digest. “If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it’s not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take. That’s why it’s your path.” —Joseph Campbell I am an educational practitioner – a superintendent in a […]
Linear Advancements in an Exponential World
This post poses a series of questions designed to increase awareness of exponential change and how it might be applied to the practice of educational leadership. I’m still developing my thinking in this area, but wanted to share questions I’ve been mulling over as I believe we must find ways to bridge the exponential world with our […]
[series] #ISTE2016: Walking the vendor floor through the #edleadership lens
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Ever since the #PENNSV16 trip to the San Francisco area several months ago, I’ve been seriously interested in the relationship between #edtech vendors and #edleadership. Fast forward to #ISTE2016 and the opportunity to dig deeper into this relationship. If you’ve ever been to an ISTE conference, you know the vendor floor is like a carnival […]
How might learning with technology look different if….
In recent posts I’ve written about the importance of vision and the need for leaders to anchor conversations around technology use in that vision. After the most recent post, Gary Stager shared an article he wrote titled Outside the Skinner Box: Can Education Technology Make a Course Correction? The article is a “must read” and […]
Are you asking these questions about #edtech?
In a previous blog post, I suggested educators, particularly leaders, ask this question about technology use: How does the technology advance us toward our vision for learning? Keeping in mind that learner agency is a big part of that vision, I’ve been intrigued by a quote from Gary Stager: Technology is not neutral. It bestows […]
A year of learning from thought leaders….
One of the areas of focus this year in the Salisbury Township School District was to more clearly define our vision and beliefs about learning. As the process of listening to stakeholders comes to a close and the hard work of developing action plans to bring that vision to reality begins with our school leaders […]