Make School Different: Digital leadership & Transformation
Want to get educators to stop and think? Remind them that our children five and under will graduate in the early 2030s. And then ask them if they wonder what the world will be like 15-20 years into the future. Ask them to go back 15-20 years and … [Continue reading]
Leadership Arguably, the most significant role of an educational leader is communicating a compelling vision for learning in the classroom and throughout the organization - school or district. I keep coming back to this quote from the recent book, … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
If you performed a search on this blog using the word inquiry, you'd notice that I use that word frequently. The most effective leaders are inquirers into their organizations and their practice. It's critical for learning. As Harvard professor Eric … [Continue reading]
The decline of capitalism and the Internet of Things Earlier I published a post about how we seem to already have a crisis of vision in education with lots of rudderless initiatives absent a clearly articulated vision for learning. In the post I … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
As leaders, we are focused on changing and improving learning in the classroom, but do we know where we are going? Do we have a clear picture of where we want our actions to take us? If asked to share our beliefs about learning, what would we say? … [Continue reading]
As Superintendent, I have the honor and pleasure of addressing the graduating class. Here is this year's message! Accomplished graduates of the Class of 2016, School Board President Mr. Frankenfield, board members, Principal Morningstar, … [Continue reading]
With so many educators online or becoming more active online, what practices do we have to think critically about who deserves our time and attention, and who can best inform our practice? How do we become critical consumers of thought leadership in … [Continue reading]