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Minnesota’s Teacher of the Year is smart. Not just because of his last name, but because he started a blog to chronicle his adventures. What a great idea. He’s off […]
Kimberly Moritz publicly challenged her superintendent to start a blog. He made a very sensible reply. And yet… I wonder what other superintendents who ARE blogging would say to him. […]
Random musings. Half-finished (and quite possibly half-baked) thoughts. Things that have caught my eye… Interesting perspectives on the infamous software study “We now have educational software that is just as […]
I just ran across this Alan November post on the ‘laptop lashback.’ Here’s a great quote: Teachers have not changed the way they teach. We are using $2,000 pencils. Also, […]
Jim Gates points out that Pennsylvania legislators have introduced a bill to ban cellphones and ‘other portable electronic devices that record or play audio or video material.’ The language of […]
[cross-posted at the TechLearning blog ] There are two primary standards documents for school administrators: ISLLC and ELCC. Together they broadly define the parameters of school leaders’ work. They also […]
From Seth Godin: When there’s a gap between someone doing her job and doing the right thing, then management has failed. I bet we could come up with some examples […]
I’m pleased to announce that Dr. David Whale, Associate Professor in the Educational Leadership Department at Central Michigan University, will be my guest blogger next week. David is interested in […]
On Monday I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Wesley Fryer. We talked about blogging, LeaderTalk, CASTLE’s Principal Blogging Project, and technology leadership issues. If you’re interested, here’s the […]
On Sunday I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Dr. Sara Dexter. Sara is an Assistant Professor of technology leadership in the Department of Leadership, Foundations, and Policy at […]
Hot off the press! Advanced readers are bored by drill-and-kill exercises Big surprise, I know. I invite you to read the article and share your thoughts. What do you think […]
In the blogosphere we pay a lot of attention to the folks who blog. We rarely, if ever, recognize those folks who comment. But of course the power of blogs […]
[cross-posted at LeaderTalk] Individual choices add up. For example, at the moment when I eat something unhealthy, it seems like a fairly trivial thing. Over time, however, those calories and […]
I rarely share personal news here, but since the word is starting to get out, I might as well publicly announce that I’m leaving the University of Minnesota. I accepted […]
A couple of weeks ago I posted about U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings’ ed tech woes. Apparently now she wants to hear from YOU. Please give her your thoughts […]
[cross-posted at the TechLearning blog] One of the questions that I ask right at the beginning of our students’ School Technology Leadership certificate program is whether administrators can be effective […]
[cross-posted at LeaderTalk] nn K-12 and postsecondary education would be very different if we asked ourselvesnthis question more often (thanks,nStephanie). Is your organization ready to take this inquiry to heart […]
On Monday I got an e-mail from an elementary principal: Scott, it looks like I won’t be able to follow through with the [Principal Blogging Project]. Our district technology person […]
[cross-posted at Moving at the Speed of Creativity] I’ve got high schools on my mind . A high school teacher told me recently that her school allows students to try […]
[cross-posted at Moving at the Speed of Creativity] eSchoolNews has a fantastic letter from the editor regarding the federal government’s recent evaluation of learning software for schools. The editor lambasts […]
[cross-posted at Moving at the Speed of Creativity] nn U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellingsnis under fire. Not only is the Department of Education dealing with the ReadingnFirst corruption scandal, […]
I have a research team that’s going to spend the summer interviewing as many of the eSchoolNews technology-savvy superintendents as we can. eSchoolNews has named 10 tech-savvy superintendents for each […]
As part of his five-point proposal to reform schools, Chris Whittle, founder of Edison Schools, proposes that we create five ‘principal universities.’ As Whittle notes, these would be the equivalent […]
[cross-posted at the TechLearning blog] I’ve been reading Everyware: The dawning age of ubiquitous computing by Adam Greenfield. It’s a fascinating book and I’m learning a lot. Greenfield’s essential premise […]
It may be friendly, but you still want to make sure there’s nothing breakable within reach.
Hey, all you educational bloggers! Get the vote out! Vote for Will, or Stephen, or Women of the Web, or (if you’re delusional) me, or whomever, but vote!