Well, after sorting through all of the Leadership Day 2010 posts, tracking down incorrect URLs, deleting a few nonexistent items, and reviewing some attempts to recycle old posts, I believe […]
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On Monday I published the final list of Leadership Day 2010 posts. Today I’m going to highlight a few that, for one reason or another, particularly resonated with me. This is […]
Yesterday CASTLE’s 1to1 Schools blog topped 700 subscribers. Woo hoo! n Remember that CASTLE has a growing family of blogs related to educational leadership issues. In addition to 1to1 Schools, […]
Four years ago today I made my very first post here, noting that: [When it comes to P-12 technology, we] can (and do) pour ungodly sums of money into teacher […]
We continue to spend 80% of our classroom time (or more) on the skills needed for 10% of our jobs.
You can tell a lot about an organization’s priorities from its policy advocacy goals. Below are the national policy priorities for America’s four main national school leadership associations (NAESP, NASSP, AASA, […]
Dear school leader, Please complete the following for the past day/week/month/year (choose one): Did you make enough decisions in Category B? Didn’t think so. Now what are you going to […]
Here are some things I will probably never understand: Interpretive dance. Xenophobia. Why rhythmic gymnastics, curling, and men’s field hockey are Olympic sports but baseball is not. The continuing appeal of […]
[I’m going to state up front that I’m just thinking out loud here. Some of you are not going to like that I even dared to ask this.] Diane Ravitch: eminent educational […]
I had a conversation recently with some folks from another state’s educational administration licensing board. This is the board at the state department of education that oversees educational leadership preparation […]
Since the past three have been so successful,* I am putting out a call for people to participate in Leadership Day 2010. As I said three years ago: n n Many […]
Last week I posted some questions that have been swirling in my head about RSS readers, including the thought that perhaps school employees should be required to have and use […]
Last summer many of you helped create our wonderful lists of grade-level and subject-specific blogs that other educators could load into their RSS readers. I’m bouncing around a few thoughts […]
Here are some excerpts from blog posts about last night’s opening keynote by Jean-François Rischard for the ISTE conference… n n Joanna Bobiash: n The keynote was disappointing. It did […]
[This is a guest post from Carl Anderson. If you’re interested in being a guest blogger, drop me a note. Happy reading!] By now it is an old story but […]
For its upcoming conference, ISTE has put forth its “backchannel code of conduct.” In short, it reads: Be nice Be clear Be open There are more details, but that’s the […]
Here are a few resources to help you navigate the ISTE conference: Official conference web site Conference Ning Changes in the conference program ISTEVision Edubloggercon Exploring Excellence lounges (including ISTE Unplugged) […]
Two pictures of the Edubloggercon group this year at the ISTE conference (Henry was our youngest participant): The folks who weren’t able to make the first picture (aka the “straggler […]
My colleague, Dr. Tyson Marsh, has our Educational Administration graduate students doing autoethnographies. Melissa (Feilmeier) Osborn just finished her Master’s program with us as part of our Atlantic, Iowa cohort. […]
One the one hand, we have… On the other hand, we have… See also:NECC – Vendor excess (aka Do pink Cadillacs really sell printers?)
I head to Denver tomorrow, eager and excited for the ISTE conference. I’ve got a plan this year; there are some things I want to learn and some conversations I […]
Jeff Utecht is offering a free copy of his new book, Reach, until Friday, June 18. After then you can purchase a PDF or paper copy at a very affordable price (which is […]
On the Internet, we write ourselves into existence. That’s a wonderful thing. It allows us to reach audiences that we otherwise wouldn’t reach. It allows us to try on personas – […]
This post addresses document annotation on the iPad, iPod Touch, and laptops for educators (and others). The Kindle App, Evernote, iAnnotate PDF app, and Pogo Sketch Stylus are featured.
The parents rise up! Check out this video starring Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green. It already has at least a million views. Wait. Did I mention this was made […]
The newest video by Common Craft is about augmented reality. Lately I’ve been showing some augmented reality examples to school administrators, just to give them a taste of what’s to come… […]
My goal for June: 30 days, 30 book reviews. This post is a review of Education Unbound: The Promise and Practice of Greenfield Schooling by Rick Hess. My short recommendation? I […]
My goal for June: 30 days, 30 book reviews. This post is a review of The Future of Management by Gary Hamel (and Bill Breen). My short recommendation? This book […]
Two years ago CASTLE hosted its first-ever online summer book club. We had over 105 individuals sign up to read and discuss Influencer: The Power to Change Anything. Last year we […]
A couple of folks have contacted me, saying that they weren’t getting any of my posts after April 23, 2010. That’s the last date I posted before I moved over […]