In my last post I introduced the concept of “embodiment” and outlined a process, that if followed, insures that our professional development initiatives “stick”.
“When we embody something we can take action without thinking about it. In order to get to a place where a new behavior or action is embodied, we must practice it. “
Once [...]
Archive for November, 2007
For the Sake of What?
Posted in Educational Technology, Executive Coaching, K-12 Education, Leadership, Leadership Development, Learning, Practice, Purpose, Transformation, journeys on November 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Embodiment
Posted in Educational Technology, Executive Coaching, K-12 Education, Leadership, Leadership Development, Learning, Practice, Teachers, Transformation, journeys on November 25, 2007 | 9 Comments »
Educators are beginning to ask an important question in a number of ways:
1. “How do we make our best professional development efforts ‘stick’ and see that they are transferred to classroom practice?”
2. “How do we take what we learn in leadership classes and turn it into better leadership?”
It’s time for a fresh look at the [...]
Thanks
Posted in Learning, Poetry on November 21, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Listen
with the night falling we are saying thank you
we are stopping on the bridges to bow from the railings
we are running out of the glass rooms
with our mouths full of food to look at the sky
and say thank you
we are standing by the water thanking it
standing by the windows looking out
in different directions
back from a [...]
One Last Post on Content Planning
Posted in Ed Tech Planning, Educational Technology, K-12 Education, Learning, Planning, infrastructure on November 16, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I want to finish my explanation of the Content Planning process. Most of the responses I received from my last post focused primarily on the products I used as examples for the categories of software I was describing. That’s unfortunate because what I was trying to articulate was the following:
1. We should be putting as [...]
Content Planning – Part 1: Communications Infrastructure
Posted in Ed Tech Planning, Educational Technology, K-12 Education, Learning, Planning, infrastructure on November 14, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Over the years I’ve noticed that we spend much of our time and energy planning our hardware and equipment purchases and generally take a very unstructured approach to the software that we will use to meet our instructional and administrative goals. In response to this, I developed a Content Planning process.
The idea behind content planning [...]
The First Tree
Posted in Executive Coaching, Inspiration, K-12 Education, Leadership, Leadership Development, Learning, Purpose, Transformation, journeys on November 7, 2007 | 3 Comments »
A few weeks ago in the post, “This I Believe…” I said
“…transforming our schools will take effective and committed leadership at every level and from every individual. Transformation always begins with ME! Whether I am a student, teacher, principal, superintendent or director of technology; it is up to me to change. Teachers wait for the [...]
Presence
Posted in Educational Technology, Executive Coaching, Inspiration, K-12 Education, Leadership, Leadership Development, Learning, Purpose, Teachers, Transformation, journeys on November 3, 2007 | 4 Comments »
What does it mean to have presence?
Great leaders and great teachers have it; but what is it? It doesn’t flow from size because there are many great teachers and leaders who are diminutive. It doesn’t flow from intelligence because there are plenty of smart people who have no presence. It doesn’t seem to have its [...]
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