The students shall lead the way. The drawing is similar to the responses I get from high school, elementary students, and some college students who take a course I teach in strategic and creational thinking when I ask the question: “Who are your heroes and why are they your heroes?” Have done this with hundreds...
This video is making the rounds. It seems like you ought to understand it, but it’s complete gibberish. Watch a minute or two… How often do we techno-enthusiasts sound like this when we proselytize to less tech-savvy educators? See also the educational jargon generator (“unleash synergistic infrastructures,” “engineer innovative convergence”). Spot on…
Why are we educators having so much trouble mobilizing our voice in ways that are effective? Are we afraid to speak up? Are we ineffective when we do speak up? Do we need to do a better job of marketing? Are we not taking these educational and policy changes seriously enough yet? Do we not...
Doc Searls and David Weinberger said: We need to remember that delivering mass media is the least of the Net’s powers. The Net’s super-power is connection without permission. Its almighty power is that we can make of it whatever we want. via http://cluetrain.com/newclues
[This is open to everyone, not just schools in our region!] Every day AWESOME things happen in your schools. Are you telling the world? Is your school using social media to best effect? Are you learning from other school leaders about how to amplify your message and share your stories? Are your communication platforms enhancing...
Earlier this week I announced our School Visibility Initiative. Challenges for Week 2 (February 9 – 15) have been sent out and, as of this morning, we have 35 different school organizations participating from 14 different states and countries. Awesome! We are asking participants to send us URLs of their success meeting the challenges so...
I posted about our new School Visibility Initiative ten days ago. To date we have 43 participating school organizations, about half from Iowa and half from around the world. We’ve got 17 unique states and countries so far and, yep, I think that’s pretty cool… Week 3 challenges will go out this Friday!
Upcoming travel and events December 3-5 – International School of Amsterdam, The Netherlands February 3 – Virginia Is for Learners Innovation Network, TBD, VA February 25-26 – Missouri Educational Technology Leaders CTO Clinic, TBD, MO March 10-13 – Central & Eastern European Schools Association (CEESA) Annual Conference, Budapest, Hungary June 8-9 – Roanoke County Public...
Three months ago I launched both Digital Leadership Daily and our School Visibility Initiative. Digital Leadership Daily is now up to 714 subscribers across its text messaging, Twitter, and Facebook channels. The School Visibility Initiative now has 66 participating schools from 29 unique states and countries. Awesome!
Check out the new hashtag, #principalsinaction. This is a great way for principals to share what they’re doing in schools. If you’re a school administrator, follow the hashtag to get ideas from your peers. And, of course, also share out your own awesomeness!