Here are some outcomes that I’d be looking to include in my next tech plan if I were leading a district.
Sample Technology Outcomes
Our tech plan will support the transformation of teaching and learning in the Sample School district by:
Empowering students to create, share, and learn as a community through the use of Web 2.0 [...]
Archive for January, 2007
Tech Planning:Outcomes I Can Get Excited About
Posted in Ed Tech Planning, Educational Technology, Executive Coaching, Inspiration, K-12 Education, Leadership, Leadership Development, Learning, Student Leadership, Teachers, Transformation, Web 2.0, journeys on January 30, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Kill the Messenger
Posted in Ed Tech Planning, Educational Technology, Executive Coaching, Inspiration, Internet Safety, K-12 Education, Leadership, Leadership Development, Learning, Student Leadership, Teachers, Transformation, Web 2.0 on January 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I received an e-mail this morning with this link to “Distractions in the Wireless Classroom”, which appeared in the Chronicle of Higher Education. I have to admit, in my first attempt to read this I didn’t make it all the way through. It hit a nerve and I started responding immediately. I gave myself some [...]
Tagged: How Do You Write?
Posted in Ed Tech Planning, Educational Technology, Executive Coaching, Inspiration, K-12 Education, Leadership, Leadership Development, Learning, Meme, Student Leadership, Transformation, Web 2.0 on January 23, 2007 | 7 Comments »
I don’t normally use Ed Tech Journeys to write about myself; but I’ve been tagged by Miguel Guhlin, who was tagged by Brian from Bump on the Log. The idea is to share our writing process. How do we choose our blog topics? How do we write?
As with most questions, on the surface it [...]
Background Beliefs
Posted in Ed Tech Planning, Educational Technology, Executive Coaching, Inspiration, K-12 Education, Leadership, Leadership Development, Learning, Teachers, Transformation on January 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Apathy and lack of community support can be a source of major frustration for a school superintendent. Here’s a snippet of one “off the record” conversation.
“I put a lot of time into creating a reasonable budget. We go through a very open process of discussing it at Board meetings; but usually the public doesn’t attend [...]
The Language of Leadership: The Power of “AND”
Posted in Ed Tech Planning, Educational Technology, Inspiration, K-12 Education, Leadership, Leadership Development, Learning, Teachers, Transformation on January 17, 2007 | 4 Comments »
In the midst of an exercise meant to unite a team around a school improvement initiative a principal raises his hand and launches into this litany,
“This is all well and good; BUT there are so many things that are out of our control. The state is lowering their contribution to the school budget and that [...]
The Courage to Teach
Posted in Ed Tech Planning, Educational Technology, Executive Coaching, Inspiration, K-12 Education, Leadership, Leadership Development, Learning, Student Leadership, Teachers, Transformation on January 13, 2007 | 9 Comments »
I looked around the room and I could feel the energy of the audience beginning to ebb. It was only an hour and a half into a full day session and desperation was beginning to creep into my voice. This was the kickoff of a six-month program for the entire administrative and supervisory staff of [...]
What’s in a Story?
Posted in Ed Tech Planning, Educational Technology, Executive Coaching, Inspiration, K-12 Education, Leadership, Leadership Development, Learning, Teachers, Transformation on January 9, 2007 | 8 Comments »
How successful we are in transforming education is dependent on the stories we tell. The Vikings may have discovered the New World; but it was Columbus that brought back the stories that stirred imaginations in the courts of Europe. Centuries later, it was the stories of endless, fertile lands lying unclaimed in the mid-west that [...]
The Tyrant
Posted in Ed Tech Planning, Educational Technology, Executive Coaching, Inspiration, K-12 Education, Leadership, Leadership Development, Learning, Teachers, Transformation on January 6, 2007 | 6 Comments »
I looked across the table at the concerned face of the Superintendent of one of our consortium school districts.
“Pete, your team has screwed up badly. We’ve had problems for weeks now, we’ve complained to your staff, and things haven’t gotten any better. I’m at the end of my rope.” Her face showed she was terribly [...]
Who is Making Ed Tech Decisions?
Posted in Ed Tech Planning, Educational Technology, Executive Coaching, Inspiration, Internet Safety, K-12 Education, Leadership, Leadership Development, Learning, Teachers, Transformation, Web 2.0 on January 3, 2007 | 6 Comments »
“Today I was told by a superior that she read an article about how bad Wikipedia is. HELP ME FIGHT THEM. I am really getting frustrated. Today a teacher proposed a wonderful class that would allow movie making and student website building. Again my superior said, no because she does not want their content tied [...]
