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I’m thrilled Howard Chan was able to take time to write a post for this blog. Howard is a technology coordinator for a KIPP charter school in California. He is also @socratech on Twitter where he founded the #EduIt discussion to help dialogue between the educational and informational technology departments. Howard has . . . → Read More: Change and Innovation
Chris Franze, who also goes by @franze98 on Twitter, has graciously agreed to write the third post in our Diffusion of Innovations series. The first post was written by a teacher and the second by a principal; it is only fitting that the third comes from a technology director. Chris is one . . . → Read More: Technology Infusion – How I See It
In my short tenure as an educator, I had become somewhat jaded about administrators. Through networking on Twitter, I have come across some truly inspiring administrators. George Couros is one such administrator who constantly tries to improve himself and help . . . → Read More: Be the Change I am honored to have Will Chamberlain be the first guest author in this series on practical ways to implement change in your school. Will is a valued member of my PLN. I look for his insight on a wide-range of topics, particularly with blogging with elementary students.
Reading . . . → Read More: Are You a Tech Teacher or an Education Reformer? I recently wrote a guest post for Tony Baldasaro’s Transleadership blog on educational reform. I really like the idea of getting several in-depths opinions from people I respect and admire. I would like to start a series as well. One topic that has been on my mind lately: specifically, how do you . . . → Read More: Diffusion of Innovations
This post was originally written for Tony Baldasaro’s Educational Leadership series, which will be published on his blog.
When I first heard about Tony Baldasaro’s blog series on educational leadership, I was very interested to say the least. I saw a lot of familiar names as well. Will Richardson is a highly . . . → Read More: Educational Leadership: A Teacher’s Perspective Introduction
One of the best predictors of student achievement in a class is the communication skills of the teacher. It is well-documented that in the course of a day, a teacher plays a myriad of roles from guide, counselor, facilitator, actor, administrator, manager, etc… All of these diverse but connected rolls require . . . → Read More: Increase Communication in Your Classroom I just read a blog post by Jane Goodwin titled “Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus.” Never mind the Latin title which I believe roughly translates to “Never tickle a sleeping dragon.” Her post is on the educational advantages of running a school like Hogwarts, the school in Harry Potter. While I agree with . . . → Read More: Thoughts on Grouping Students
I am a school librarian, not a Silicon Valley analyst. I endeavor in this post to give a logical, unbiased view of Google’s strategy in both the real-time web, primarily through Google Docs and Wave, and social networking, primarily through Google Buzz, to determine the viability of the tools for my students. . . . → Read More: How Google’s Strategy for the Real-Time Web and Social Network Will Effect Education
While the title to this post may sound incendiary in nature, it is not intended to be so. This is half-exploratory and half-venting. As a first year school, all of the teachers are on schools improvement plan (SIPS) committees. I was, despite my loathing of how data is used in TN most . . . → Read More: What Are School Improvements Plans Really Good For?
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