I wrote an article for the National Association of Independent Schools on the challenges of digital leadership. Here are a few quotes to whet your appetite! Schools often purchase software, computer devices, and technology-based learning systems because they are effective marketing tools for recruitment, or because they want to keep pace with the digital investments...
As part of my never-ending quest to help school administrators with the complex transitions and transformations that accompany digital learning tools and environments, I am unveiling a new resource today… Digital Leadership Daily. One digital school leadership reading or resource per day, tweeted, texted to your phone, and posted to Facebook. Text @dldaily to 81010...
February 20, 2015 by Scott McLeod 0 Comments Yesterday was the tenth day since I launched Digital Leadership Daily. So far over 440 people have signed up. Woo hoo! Please share this fairly pain-free learning opportunity with your local school leaders! No comments yet… Be the first to leave a reply!
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!
Using social media to share with your community? It’s a start, but it’s not enough. Using social media to connect with other educators? That’s awesome, but that’s not enough either. Using what you’ve learned from social media to significantly change the day-to-day learning experiences of students (and teachers)? Now you’re getting somewhere… In other words,...
My first thought on all of your “How do we…” questions is: Step #1, stop evaluating and rewarding our schools based on multiple choice tests. The rhetoric has been “21 Century Skills” “Problem Solving” and “Higher Order Thinking Skills” for many years, yet the stick used to beat schools (there is no carrot) has been...
Two years ago I had the incredible opportunity to work with the entire leadership team of District 59 in Arlington Heights, Illinois for SEVEN days. Yes, seven entire days with every central office administrator, every building administrator, and many of their teacher leaders. There were about 40 of us. We met approximately once per month...
Thought I’d share some quick numbers regarding the Digital Leadership Daily service that I launched back in February. Nine months later, we have 146 subscribers getting a daily text message through Remind, 97 people on the Facebook page, and 650 followers on the Twitter channel. If you or someone you know would benefit from one...
This year I’ve had the incredible privilege of working with the Johnston (IA), Emmetsburg (IA), and Prior Lake-Savage (MN) school districts in an Innovation Academy format. I thought that I’d share what that work has looked like in Johnston as we’ve progressed through the school months. At the core of the Johnston Innovation Academy has...