Skip to content

October 26, 2012

ISTE Leadership Forum

Jayson Richardson

Sign up for Big Think on Substack

The most surprising and impactful new stories delivered to your inbox every week, for free.

Subscribe

Here are some great resources from the 2012 ISTE Leadership Forum held in Indianapolis. The resources from the conference are hosted on the Leadership Forum Wiki – feel free to browse.

Chris Lehmann’s slide deck

7 Habits of Highly Effective Tech-leading Principals

Educational Leadership Google Reader bundle

Thinkers and Doers

Here are some great tweets from the conference. Check them out at #ISTELF12

A vision statement shouldn’t just be words on a wall. It should take you somewhere. @web20classroom

Kids should be using what they are learning right now; not good enough to say, “You’ll need to know this someday.” @colonelb

Factory, Prison, and Churches are the 3 primary design influences for schools. @misterabrams

If you aren’t teaching Digital Citizenship in 2012, you are not teaching citizenship @StowPrincipalD

Make it all about learning. Let technology permeate. Engage the whole system. @isteconnects

When creating a tech vision, impulse is to grab the early adopters. Flip your thinking. Involve the late adopters to minimize fear. @misteradams

Sign up for Big Think on Substack

The most surprising and impactful new stories delivered to your inbox every week, for free.

Subscribe

Related

A classical painting figure rests her head on a cluttered office desk, capturing the wonders of daydreaming as historical art blends seamlessly with a modern workspace environment.

Ask your boss: Can we have a “daydreaming workstation”?

Neuroscience supports the notion that mindfulness and meditation should become essential assets in our workspaces.

entanglement across space

Starts With A Bang

Claims that “the Universe will end sooner than expected” are false

If all massive objects emit Hawking radiation, not just black holes alone, then everything is unstable, even the Universe. Can that be true?

A man with short dark hair, glasses, and a goatee, wearing a blue jacket over a light shirt, stands in front of a beige, textured background.

13.8

“Mystery humbles you”: Scott Derrickson on why skepticism and faith aren’t enemies

The “Doctor Strange” director says mystery shifts your worldview — “not in a metaphorical sense, but in a deeply experiential one.”

Black and white portrait of David Aaker, an older man in a suit and glasses, centered between artistic backgrounds of a handshake, grid, and abstract curved lines.

The David Aaker interview: “Trust is vital and fragile”

The marketing guru outlines the current state of brand-building — and highlights four outstanding opportunities for the immediate future.

Two bright, irregularly shaped nebula clouds with blue, purple, and pink gases dominate the dark space background, where dazzling stars twinkle—reminding us that in space, appearances can deceive.

Starts With A Bang

10 space pictures whose appearances will deceive you

There’s an old saying that “what you see is what you get.” When it comes to the Universe, however, there’s often more to the full story.

Up Next

Hilarious Epic Fails from a “Grumpy” Literary Agent—and the Worst Self-Help Book Titles Ever

I’ve just discovered a wonderful, Onion-worthy site for much-needed if wicked comic relief. Although I’m sorry to report that it’s not a parody site but one compiled from the real […]