In an earlier post on 21st century curricula, I noted the following quote by Dr. Lauren Resnick, one of our nation’s most eminent cognitive researchers, writing at the time for the […]
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Okay, I think I’ve got this figured out, at least for now… I use five primary tools to post content and resources to the Web: Dangerously Irrelevant – where I put my […]
It’s the first day of school here in Ames, Iowa. In past years, I’ve posted the following checklist, wondering if schools have made any improvement since the previous fall. This […]
A quote from Erica McWilliam, via Will Richardson’s latest post. Download this file: pngpptpptx See also my other slides and the Great Quotes About Learning and Change Flickr pool. Image […]
Hmmm… What’s in there that’s not available in at least a dozen places on the Web for free?
[UPDATE: I had enough interest for two people per day for the week of September 20. All the slots are full now. Thanks. I’m looking forward to the week!] I’m […]
I’m a huge fan of Google Chrome; every other browser seems poky and/or unstable in comparison. If you haven’t used it, I highly recommend you try it. You may never […]
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 […]
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 – […]