Scott McLeod
Associate Professor of Educational Administration, Iowa State University
Scott McLeod, J.D., Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Kentucky. He also is the Founding Director of the UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE), the nation’s only academic center dedicated to the technology needs of school administrators, and was a co-creator of the wildly popular video series, Did You Know? (Shift Happens). He has received numerous national awards for his technology leadership work, including recognitions from the cable industry, Phi Delta Kappa, and the National School Boards Association. In Spring 2011 he was a Visiting Canterbury Fellow at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. Dr. McLeod blogs regularly about technology leadership issues at Dangerously Irrelevant and Mind Dump, and occasionally at The Huffington Post. He can be reached at scottmcleod.net.
The MIT OpenCourseWare initiative has repackaged many of its materials for secondary teachers and students. The Highlights for High School web site includes more than 2,600 video and audio clips […]
[cross-posted at eduwonkette; see also her response] When eduwonkette asked me to guest blog about data-driven decision-making in schools, I eagerly agreed. Why? Because in my work with numerous school […]
In honor of the contest over at the Freakonomics blog, what would be a good six-word motto for your nation’s schools? Include both your motto AND your country in the […]
[I’m a little behind. I was supposed to post this last Friday…] I am thrilled to announce the next recipient of the crimson megaphone : Kim Moritz, an associate superintendent […]
[cross-posted at LeaderTalk] The latest issue of AASA‘s The School Administrator is on the topic of globalization and education. LeaderTalk‘s very own Dr. Terry Holliday, Superintendent of the Iredell-Statesville (NC) […]
I’ve been asked to consider writing another technology leadership column aimed at superintendents. Any suggestions for what I should write about? What do you think superintendents need to know about […]
My RFP for guest bloggers has gotten some responses. I’m excited! First out of the chute is Greg Cruey. I asked Greg for a short blurb about himself. Here’s what […]
Over the past few years, I mentioned several times to Keith Krueger, CEO of the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) , that CoSN was a great organization for larger districts […]
Edublogs has come out with an online magazine. One of the articles reports on Aseem Badshah’s attempt to list the ‘top edubloggers’ (as measured by Technorati ranking). Although I’m delighted […]
As Seth Godin notes , there’s a huge difference between this: THERE ARE NO REFUNDS, NO EXCEPTIONS.THERE ARE NO EXCHANGES ON PLANTS.ALL LISTED CONDITIONS MUST BE MET IN ORDER TO […]
As a follow-up to the Education Week article, The Knowledge Gap, that I mentioned last week, I’m participating in an online chat with Keith Krueger, Executive Director for the Consortium […]
Occasionally I have a guest blogger here at Dangerously Irrelevant just to spice things up a bit. You can read past guests’ contributions by clicking on the Guest Bloggers category. […]
Behold the power of Web 2.0: My original post = 26 comments (that’s pretty good!) Pete Reilly’s follow-up post = 52 comments (and counting; that’s awesome!) Others’ follow-up posts (and […]
Thinking about getting your Master’s or doctorate in K-12 school leadership or instructional technology? Have the ability to move to the super nifty college town of Ames, Iowa? If so, […]
This week’s recipient of the crimson megaphone is Carolyn Foote, a high school librarian in Austin, Texas. Carolyn blogs at Not So Distant Future and is definitely someone that deserves […]
There’s a new documentary about to come out: 2 Million Minutes: A Global Examination. It profiles 6 high school students from China, India, and the United States. Watch the movie […]
Educon 2.0 begins today. Do I wish I was one of the attendees? Absolutely! Follow along at the conference wiki , via RSS, via UStream, via Technorati, in Second Life, […]
Schools that are interested in promoting innovation, science, technology, engineering, and math are eligible to apply for one of Motorola’s Innovation Generation Grants . Recipients can receive up to $100,000 […]
Just two days left to complete the 2008 Education Blogosphere Survey. We’re currently at 382 participants. Absent a last-minute deluge of responses, I don’t think we’ll make my revised goal […]
My latest higher education article for Technology & Learning , Knowledge Networks , is now available. The article draws deeply from my previous blog posts, Linked, Scholarship 2.0 , and […]
I was recently cited in an Education Week article, The Knowledge Gap , that addressed the technology-related knowledge of school leaders. The article echoes many of the themes from two […]
Here’s a short video of Seth Godin: Curious Here’s the money quote: For 7, 10, 15 years of school, you are required to not be curious. Over and over and […]
Three men who were willing to risk all for an important cause. How brave will we need to be to transition our schools into the 21st century? Are we willing to […]
The second annual Education Blogosphere Survey ends on Saturday. If you have a holiday today, it’s a great time to complete the survey or publicize it to others! We’re off […]
For those of you who are interested, here are some blogs that cover school law issues: At the Schoolhouse Gate The Edjurist Accord The School Law Blog School and Education […]
Here are some new videos I have recently run across: Blogs in Plain English Online Photo Sharing in Plain English Google Docs in Plain English Having Our Say: Middle Grade […]
It’s time to name the next recipient of the crimson megaphone! This week I pick Scott Meech’s blog, Technology in Education isn’t the Future… It is the Present!, as one […]
Ask students these two questions from Michael Wesch: How many of you do not actually ‘like’ school? (probably many hands) How many of you do not like learning? (probably no […]
The second annual Education Blogosphere Survey is now open for business! 4 screens. 25 questions. Please use the link and/or the graphic and help spread the call for participants. Last […]
[cross-posted at the TechLearning blog] Update: As of October 2010, I now have about 22,000 subscribers to this blog. Alter my calculations accordingly… According to Feedburner, I currently have about […]