Here are mission statements from 11 local school districts here in NYS. I’ve highlighted some of the more interesting value statements contained within them. When I look at these statements it strikes me that I rarely find an educator who doesn’t espouse most, if not all, of these wonderful ideals. The question is, “Why don’t [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Posted in Learning on December 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
PEACE
Network Paradigm Shifts Can Create Ubiquitous Computing Environments Without Increasing the Tech Budget
Posted in Ed Tech Planning, Educational Technology, K-12 Education, Transformation, infrastructure, tagged digital whiteboards, distributed networks, home and school access, server based computing, virtualization on December 17, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Recommendation:
Shift the current ‘Distributed Network’ paradigm to the emerging practice of ‘Virtualization’.
There are several technical approaches to virtualizing networks but, in general, most involve running software on centralized servers rather than on the hard drives of thousands of computers distributed throughout the school district network. In a virtualized environment the local computer is used only [...]
The Mirror
Posted in Executive Coaching, K-12 Education, Leadership, Leadership Development, Practice, Spirit, Transformation, journeys, tagged deepak chopra, educational transformation, Leadership, personal change on December 13, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Our local PBS station is having its annual fund drive and recently ran a lecture by Deepak Chopra. The entire show was thought provoking; but one concept stood out for me. The idea went something like this; I paraphrase…
“Your life is a reflection of you.”
Now that seems innocuous enough; but there is more to [...]
Posted in Educational Technology, K-12 Education, Leadership, Teachers, Transformation, tagged comic life, comics, famous speakers on December 11, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Dysfunction
Posted in Executive Coaching, K-12 Education, Leadership, Transformation, tagged change, dysfunction, school culture, systemic change, trust on December 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Definition: ” a consequence of a social practice or behavior pattern that undermines the stability of a social system.”
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
Dysfunction?
When it’s normal to attend meetings and pretend to go along with [...]
Heroes to Zeros
Posted in Constructivist Learning, Educational Technology, K-12 Education, Transformation, tagged comic life, empowerment, gaming, heroes on December 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
