Working At The Edge

Make School Different: Digital leadership & Transformation

What is our exceptional journey?

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I enjoyed Thomas Friedman’s September 1 op-ed in the New York Times: It’s Still Halftime in America. Not because the subject was politics, but because I see how the ideas apply to education, particularly our educational leaders. From the Op-Ed: Armstrong’s passing really touched me, especially coinciding as it did with this election. Why? Because […]

The Struggle

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One of the challenges I’m experiencing in my new role as Assistant Superintendent is balancing the day-to-day work with the  innovative work. In my previous role as Director of Data and Technology, my responsibilities were more focused and it was easier to make the time to focus on new ideas to move us forward. I’m […]

Building Relationships

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This short video reminded me of the importance of building relationships at the start of a school year. This is particularly applicable to me as I start work in a new role. We can be so goal driven that we focus on getting the job done at the cost of building relationships. Building relationships at […]

Status Quo

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I love this image… Source: pinerly.com via Scott on Pinterest Why don’t we have more school leaders re-imagining learning around time and space; and teaching around connection, sharing and collaboration? None of use has “the answer,” but we’re not even asking the questions. Scott McLeod has curated other great images/quotes on Pinterest. Be sure to […]

Time and Change

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Two great videos shared on different blogs today. The first comes from Scott McLeod and Dangerously Irrelevant. The video shares the important idea that we need time if we are going to be creative. For me personally, this idea connects to conversations I have had with a colleague who has moved to central office from a […]

The Mirror

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It’s human nature to not want to take responsibility for problems. We are good – very good –  at this behavior in education. One of the most common problems I hear about (largely from adults – parents and teachers) is the “distraction” of technology. And the scapegoat is almost always, “the technology” or the students. […]

Immersing Ourselves

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This was posted by Making Thinking Visible on their Facebook wall earlier today: Changes in our ability to access information and engage in non-school based vehicles for acquiring information are pushing schools and educators to think beyond the delivery of information as their prime role. It really resonated with me, even though I’d like to […]

TEDx NYED – My notes….

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This past weekend I had the pleasure of attending the TEDxNYED event at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens. I enjoyed attending the event and was pleased to hear so much about the importance of students creating and collaborating. We don’t do enough of this, via technology tools, in schools. Unedited LiveStream is […]