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Blended Learning

By Randy Ziegenfuss

I’m trying to wrap my head around the potential as well as downside of blended learning. This afternoon I spent some time reading two articles and provide some reflections on the topic here. Hybrid schools for the iGeneration – Harvard Education Letter, March/April 2011 – By Brigid Schulte Middle school and high school students in […]

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Mobile Devices and other thinking

By Randy Ziegenfuss

Sunday’s are good days to bump up against some new and reinforcing ideas. Mobile learning enthusiasts Elliot Soloway and Cathleen Norris provide some clarity to defining mobile learning in Mobile Devices as Essential Tools. Elliot: As long as computers are a shared resource… Cathie: …like a cart of laptops or iPads… Elliot: …teachers will use […]

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iSchool – New York City

By Randy Ziegenfuss

A blog post at the Innovative Educator was an inspiring read. It made me want to learn more about the iSchool project. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c4okPYD8rE] The last sentence from the post:”They (teachers and students) truly must believe that this way of non-traditional teaching is the best possible prescription for students’ achievement and success.” In the design of […]

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Changing what we value…

By Randy Ziegenfuss

…is not easy. Especially if we’ve valued it most of our lives. It’s why, I believe, education is so hard to change. Change requires us to alter our values and beliefs. And people, especially educators, are not willing to do that when it comes to teaching and learning. Today, I read a blog post (Open […]

Filed Under: Learning, Teaching

The Innovation Struggle

By Randy Ziegenfuss

Innovation was the focus of the latest Educon 2.3 conference. Since I tend to look at everything through the lens of leadership, I was wondering where leadership and innovation overlap. One of the (what seemed to be) most re-tweeted tweets came from Bill Ferriter: “Note to principals: If you want me to innovate, you’ve got […]

Filed Under: Leadership, Learning, Teaching

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About Working At The Edge:

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."

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