You, the teacher, are the “living curricululm”. Whether consciously or unconsciously the students in your classroom are watching you and learning about themselves through you. This unspoken informal curriculum is one of the most powerful forces in our educational system. Reflect on this concept for a moment. What are you teaching them?
“Are you an example [...]
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Posted in decision making, ed tech planning, educational research, educational technology, inspiration, k-12 education, leadership, practice, teachers, transformation on April 24, 2007 | 2 Comments »
All talk of bad intelligence aside, we preemptively invaded Iraq because we believed that we could create an example of democracy in the Middle East that would fundamentally shift the balance of power in the region. We decided that diplomacy was too slow, and too incremental. We believed it would be easier to replace the [...]
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Posted in decision making, ed tech planning, educational research, educational technology, k-12 education, leadership, leadership development, practice, teachers, transformation on April 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
What are the hidden forces that are slowing educational reform and how can we unlock the doors that are guarded so dilengently by educational gatekeepers?
April Luehmann’s, research paper “Powerful Hidden Forces Affecting Teacher Appraisal and Adoption of Technology”, points to two factors that must be considered when introducing innovation and change to teachers; credibility [...]
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“The password that will unlock the classroom door remains in the teacher’s head; understanding what questions teachers ask and what criteria they apply is essential to unlocking that door.” Cuban
In the beautifully written paper, “Powerful Hidden Forces Affecting Teacher’s Appraisal and Adoption of Innovative Technology” by April Lynn Luehmann, Indiana University; the author provides research [...]
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Posted in blogging, educational technology, executive coaching, inspiration, k-12 education, leadership, leadership development, learning, meme, practice, transformation on April 13, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Today I’m turning over Ed Tech Journeys to Sylvia Martinez, a leader in the movement to restructure education by empowering our students. - pete
Peter Reilly, who is the technology leader of the Lower Hudson Regional Information Center in New York, tagged me with a “meme”. Wondering what a meme is? It’s popular on blogs these [...]
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Posted in educational technology, executive coaching, inspiration, intentions, journeys, k-12 education, leadership, leadership development, learning, meme, new beginnings, practice, purpose, transformation on April 10, 2007 | 12 Comments »
I was tagged by Thea Westra, the popular Austrailian leadership and life coach, to participate in a meme called “Simply Successful Secrets”. The purpose of this meme is to:
” List the top 5 to 10 things that you do almost every day that help you to be successful. They can be anything at all, but [...]
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This excerpt from a poem by Rainer Maria Rilke is an arrow of truth that seeks to find your heart. Take a moment from scanning the dozens of blog posts in your RSS feed, the thousands of words, ideas, and bits of information that fuel your mind; and feel the message, a message of surrender, [...]
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Posted in educational technology, executive coaching, inspiration, intentions, journeys, k-12 education, leadership, learning, new beginnings, purpose, student leadership, teachers, transformation on April 2, 2007 | 10 Comments »
At birth we are blessed with a natural curiosity. There is a great wildness in it. A shaft of sunlight illuminates a world of dust and delicate objects floating in air, as if by magic. A child who catches a glimpse of this will stop whatever it’s doing and begin to explore what it sees. [...]
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