One of the greatest organizational and leadership challenges behind any 1:1 program, where every student has access to a digital device, is ensuring transformation of the teaching and learning process. As we often hear, it’s not about the technology – it’s about what we do with it. Changing teaching, learning and leadership practices around the […]
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3 considerations for transforming classrooms
What is the greatest challenge schools face using technology for teaching and learning? As a practitioner, the data I’ve collected both formally and informally suggests one of the greatest challenges is to use technology in ways that transform the teaching and learning process (as defined by the SAMR model). It is often easy for students to use technology in ways that […]
#Edleaders and the Myths and Truths of Social Media
As an educational leader, social media has become a significant part of my daily work. I set time aside every morning to learn something new, whether it be from my RSS reader (Feedly), numerous blogs or Twitter. There are also various other unscheduled times throughout the day when I’ll check in on these resources for […]
Meta-Framework for 21st Century Skills
I recently ran across this article where the researchers performed a synthesis and analysis of 15 frameworks for 21st century education: What Knowledge is of Most Worth: Teacher Knowledge for 21st Century Learning. As a result of their work, they developed a three-spoked framework to represent three categories – to know, to act, to value. Two key […]
3 for the week
4 Minutes Guide to Creating Graphs and Charts in Google Spreadsheets There’s nothing particularly earth shattering about a 4-minute video on using Google spreadsheets to create graphs and charts. The prevalence of this kind of information on the internet should prompt all educators to reflect on the value they add to the classroom in a […]
Entrepreneurs, Leaders, Managers
In the educational leadership domain, we frequently hear the argument about being a leader, not just a manager. (Here is a nice breakdown, or just enter a search into Google.) This morning, I ran across this article that added “entrepreneurs” into the traditional leader/manager dichotomy: Understanding Three Archetypes: Entrepreneurs, Managers, Leaders. One of our greatest […]
Limited vision?
I located this quote/photo on George Couros’s blog, Principal of Change. Over the past few weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to engage with a variety of educators on the topic of teaching and learning with technology. The above quote from Clay Shirky reminded me of the limited view so many educators have of how technology […]
Preparing kids for life after high school. Really?
Why do videos like this one, claiming to prepare our kids for the future, always look like they were created in the 20th century? And this video explaining the common core….there isn’t very much “21st century” in these classrooms, is there? I believe you can absolutely have inquiry without technology, but when you say, “Preparing […]
Infographics…a way to manage large amounts of information
I’m currently listening to a very interesting audiobook – Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long. I am enjoying the book because the suggested strategies for dealing with distraction are rooted in how the brain works. Distraction, especially in our hyper-connected world, is a topic that […]
TEDx NYED – My notes….
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 […]
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