Posted in decision making, ed tech planning, educational technology, infrastructure, journeys, k-12 education, leadership, leadership development, transformation, web 2.0 on February 26, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Sometimes it’s difficult to make sense of what is going on in educational technology today, so I decided to take a journey back to get a feel for where we were and how far we’ve come over the last decade and a half. What I found was fascinating.
In 1992, a short 15 years ago, the [...]
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Posted in child abuse, decision making, educational technology, executive coaching, inspiration, intentions, journeys, k-12 education, leadership, leadership development, learning, new beginnings, purpose, teachers, transformation on February 23, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Tim Pickering was my student. No, in truth, I was his student, for he taught me some of the deepest and important lessons I have learned in my life. Tim was a short boy, with shoulder length, tussled brown hair. He was a loner and his ninth grade teachers and classmates treated him like an [...]
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Posted in decision making, ed tech planning, educational technology, executive coaching, infrastructure, inspiration, intentions, internet risk, internet safety, k-12 education, leadership, leadership development, learning, new beginnings, security, transformation, web 2.0 on February 19, 2007 | 8 Comments »
At what point do we as educational leaders begin to take technology as seriously as the other components of our school infrastructure?
Wince every time you hear of untrained custodians, or well-meaning students wiring buildings on the cheap. Would a Superintendent of schools or Board of Education ever allow students and community volunteers to install [...]
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Posted in ed tech planning, educational technology, executive coaching, k-12 education, leadership, leadership development, learning, teachers, transformation, web 2.0 on February 17, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Telegraphy
“No application of electricity has contributed more towards advancing the conventions and comfort of man than the invention of the Electric Telegraph. The telephone enables us to converse by word of mouth with persons within circumscribed distances; the electric signal calls the engines to subdue the flames that threaten our homes; [...]
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Posted in decision making, ed tech planning, educational technology, executive coaching, inspiration, intentions, k-12 education, leadership, leadership development, learning, new beginnings, practice, purpose, teachers, transformation on February 14, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Sometimes we overlook the simple solutions to our challenges. If a problem seems complex, we feel that the solution must also be complex. We dismiss the obvious. We’ve grown up in an educational system that has taught us to look for answers outside of ourselves. Because we believe the answers lie somewhere else, so does [...]
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Posted in decision making, ed tech planning, educational technology, inspiration, journeys, k-12 education, leadership, leadership development, learning, new beginnings, teachers, transformation on February 10, 2007 | No Comments »
The Director of Technology’s face was drained of all joy. Amy’s office was a sloppy mix of cables, computers, boxes, and papers. On her desk were a phone, a computer, keyboard and mouse. They where freckled with yellow sticky notes, each one with an urgent task to be completed. She was in complete overwhelm.
The superintendent [...]
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Posted in blogging, decision making, ed tech planning, educational technology, executive coaching, inspiration, journeys, k-12 education, leadership, leadership development, learning, new beginnings, teachers, transformation, web 2.0 on February 7, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I just experienced the power of the Read/Write Web for learning. I’ll explain what I learned in a moment; but first I wanted to provide some context. Miguel Guhlin’s post “Shut It Down” hit a nerve with me when I read it a few days ago.
“At last, someone who I agree with completely. It’s time [...]
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Posted in blogging, decision making, ed tech planning, educational technology, executive coaching, inspiration, journeys, leadership, leadership development, learning, student leadership, teachers, transformation, web 2.0 on February 5, 2007 | 3 Comments »
One result of the article, “Distractions in the Wireless Classroom”, which advocates limiting technology use during university lectures, has been some lively discussion on several listservs.
Generally, the discussion is a “blame the student” type of thing. There are variations on the theme; but it can be summarized as, “students are too distracted and limiting [...]
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Posted in blogging, decision making, ed tech planning, educational technology, executive coaching, howdoyouwrite, inspiration, journeys, k-12 education, leadership, leadership development, learning, new beginnings, retirement, teachers, transformation on February 2, 2007 | No Comments »
January 29, 2007
Dear Pete,
I am writing this on 1/24 in response to your blog, “Tagged: How Do You Write?”. While driving to work today my thoughts were on only myself, not work, not family, not stuff; but the beginning of a new chapter as I take back the life I partially put on the shelf.
This [...]
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