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.
[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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
[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, […]
[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] 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] One of the key beliefs of many edubloggers and educational technology enthusiasts is that digital technologies can, and should, empower students to […]
The National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) has chimed in on the U.S. Department of Education’s recent study comparing the effectiveness of different educational software packages: Are you considering […]
The secrets to a successful life? Wow. I’m hesitant to put myself anywherennear the top of that list. But since PetenReilly tagged me, I’ll share a few things that seem […]
There has been both good commentary and handwringing in the education blogosphere over the recent decision in A.B. v. State (Ind.App.2007). For example, see the following: Tim Stahmer Dave Sherman […]
Jeff Brenman’s adaptation of Karl Fisch’s Did You Know? presentation is currently the most popular slideshow at SlideShare’s World’s Best Presentation Contest. If you haven’t seen it, Jeff’s version is […]
Over the weekend, I had the thought, “Who owns the comments on this blog? “ The Reasonable Man blog has a nice summary of copyright law on this issue and […]
[cross-posted at The Gate] Defamation can be either written (libel) or spoken (slander) and is generally defined as false statements of fact that harm another’s reputation. The United States Supreme […]
Here is an e-mail I just received from the Executive Director of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Definitely worth a read if you’re interested in privacy issues… April 6, […]
It has been a long while since I had a guest blogger. Next week Dr. Jayson Richardson, who is a colleague and frequent collaborator of mine here at the University […]
I have seen the future of data presentation and it is Gapminder. Visit Gapminder and click on the Play button (bottom left) the geographic regions (top right) country names (right) […]
One of the largest studies ever done of United States classrooms (over 2,500 elementary classrooms) has found that elementary students spend over 90% of their time working alone or listening […]
Will Richardson says he’s stuck . I say we need a plan . Karl Fisch says we have a pretty good anticipatory set . Will says what next? We need […]
My contribution to Stop Cyberbullying Day is going to be threefold. First, this quick quiz:
Minnesota is used to being at the top. Our accolades include being one of the best states in the country in which to raise a family, being at the top […]
Andy Carvin at Learning Now has declared this Friday, March 30, to be Stop Cyberbullying Day. I encourage everyone to read Andy’s post and join in. Share a story, take […]
As promised, here is the link to the Women of the Web 2.0 podcast and chat transcript from March 20, 2007: Women of the Web 2.0 Administrator Supershow Thanks to […]
As director of CASTLE, the nation’s only center dedicated to the technology leadership needs of K-12 school administrators, I’ve been named a finalist (again) for the cable industry’s Leaders in […]
[cross-posted at LeaderTalk] I found this map of Ray Sims’ personal learning environment via a link from Stephen Downes (thanks, Stephen!). It’s a neat idea. I’m guessing that it would […]
[cross-posted at The Gate] In case you haven’t been following the issue, the federal government can’t make up its mind regarding Internet filtering. On the one hand, government attorneys vigorously […]
I just finished reading Everything Bad Is Good For You . The author, Steven Johnson, makes a quite-convincing case that today’s popular culture and media (video games, television, Internet, movies), […]
I had a very interesting conversation yesterday with a woman who works for one of the Big Four auditing companies. She’s essentially what I would call a virtual employee: her […]
How many times did I hear the title of this post when I was growing up in Virginia and visiting my relatives in the South?! Hope you can join me, […]
To quote Casey Kasem: ‘the hits just keep on coming.’ Only in this case, the hits aren’t so good (at least not for American education). In case you haven’t been […]
I hate the whole concept of Fox’s television show, Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? Here’s why… The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel thought it would be fun to have local […]