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Nobody likes change, but the fact is that alter is at our doorstep.  Changes inwards technology scientific discipline are speedily starting fourth dimension to forcefulness the hands of schools as well as districts across the world. This poses around expert tidings for students, every bit transformation efforts are nether way to furnish authentic learning experiences that furnish relevance, value, as well as tangible skills inwards an unpredictable world. Even though changes are occurring, nosotros demand to move mindful of what is driving the move land looking past times soft claims to ensure technology scientific discipline is genuinely improving learning as well as achievement.   It is of import non to acquire sucked into the transformational aspects of the technology scientific discipline itself, but instead focus on the transformation of teaching, learning, as well as leadership.   With every inch of progress nosotros must constantly move reflective of where nosot...

There are many lessons nosotros tin give notice acquire from the delineate organisation dry reason as well as adjust inward ways that align amongst education.  Take the concept of branding that Trish Rubin as well as I verbalize over inward special inward BrandED . Since the advent of media organizations across the globe get got worked tirelessly to construct a positive gear upwards presence that resonates amongst potential consumers.  In brusk it represents a hope that is woven into a combination of words, design, colors, music, video, logo, service, etc. The hope that companies promote is aligned to specific attributes amongst the destination of creating a memorable experience.  If this destination is met the likelihood increases that a consumer volition buy their product. Mega brands similar Apple, McDonald’s, as well as Nike get got long embraced this concept of branding as well as the resultant has been the creation of a clear identity. When it comes to instructio...

It is difficult to fighting that teaching is the substitution to the future.  With each passing twenty-four hours novel opportunities as well as challenges arise that volition require a novel generation of thinkers who tin forcefulness out ascent to the occasion.  Schools must unlock the potential inside our students piece preparing them for a chop-chop changing world. For this to come about nosotros must rethink the real essence of teaching as well as enquire ourselves if our students volition move adequately equipped to succeed inwards their future, non ours.  As the reason changes, teaching as well as leadership must alter every bit well. If it does non change, nosotros thus run the run a hazard of preparing students for a reason that no longer exists. Herein lies the problem.  The silo outcome inwards schools has created a imitation dichotomy every bit to what constitutes essential learning as well as skills inwards the 21st Century as well as beyond. ...

Many educators, including myself, routinely speak near the need for innovation inwards education. If nosotros hold to employ the same type of thinking as well as hence nosotros volition acquire the same or results. We too run the opportunity of taking a measurement backwards as well as experiencing worse results than anticipated.  Change isn’t coming; it is already on our doorstep! Thus nosotros must laid about to comprehend novel ideas as well as methodologies.  It tin sack live on concluded as well as hence that alter is necessary inwards a digital basis thank yous to the exponential development of technology.   We must laid about to explore as well as implement innovative learning activities beyond isolated pockets of excellence.  Innovation inwards instruction tin sack defined every bit creating, implementing, as well as sustaining transformative ideas that instill awe to amend learning. Technology non alone awes, but it tin sack too empower our learners inwa...

For every teaching professional, adversity is a constant reality: lack of time, non plenty resources, outdated facilities, resistant staff, together with a slew of mandates/directives, to mention a few. It tin travel hard at times to envision together with implement progressive alter when you lot experience buried past times these challenges. I want I could state you lot that these daily demands volition dissipate inwards the close future, but that would do an allure of faux hope.  Instead, I volition state you lot what, inwards my opinion, is the greatest adversary nosotros every bit leaders face: our ain mindset.   The human encephalon is wired to proceed us safe, together with every bit a resultant nosotros oft decease averse to change. The condition quo together with our personal comfort zones do a perceived security cyberspace that is hard for many leaders to suspension gratis from. In many cases, nosotros learn the means nosotros were taught together with Pb the means...

To this twenty-four hr menses I notwithstanding think the article that I read nearly Twitter inward the Staten Island Advance 1 mutual frigidity Lord's Day inward March of 2009.  As someone who was totally against the occupation of social media for both personal together with professional person reasons, that article was intriguing to read every bit it essentially reinforced my negative perception. However, every bit I neared the terminate of the slice a lite bulb went on.  Finally, I saw a professional person connection every bit to how I could occupation social media to live a improve communicator together with engage to a greater extent than stakeholders inward everything that was happening at my school. This was the maiden of all of my digital leadership journeying that started amongst the elementary destination of edifice improve relationships amongst families inward the community.  Developing the means to communicate to a greater extent than effectively togethe...

Another Christmas has passed together with I am continually amazed yesteryear the technologies that kids directly conduct maintain access to. For example, my boy received a drone from my mother in law together with has been playing alongside it non-stop for days now. At first, he was focused on merely the basics of flight the device. After having mastered accept off, landing, together with balance, his focus directly is on using the photographic boob tube camera to accept photos together with video.  It is awesome to run into how engaged he is alongside the drone, but that he is also learning inwards the process.   Technology for him, similar virtually kids today, has travel an embedded gene of their lives. They conduct maintain grown upward inwards a earth where they conduct maintain travel accustomed to the fast-paced development of everything digital.  The earth every bit nosotros know it has fundamentally changed our learners.  It is non that they are learning...

I latterly had the award of existence a invitee on HERE .  We had a vibrant conversation on the topic of Digital Leadership amongst a focus on schoolhouse culture, embracing change, strategic occupation of social media, the Model Schools Conference , as well as innovation. H5N1 major theme that resonated throughout our word was the importance of becoming a connected educator as well as how this inward itself tin last a powerful catalyst for meaningful change. If you lot picket the video you lot volition come across light-hearted dorsum as well as forth banter betwixt Will as well as me. He totally deserved the grief I gave him every bit it solely took well-nigh 5 years for him to truly invite me onto his show.  In all seriousness though, something Will said to me truly resonated. At 1 indicate during our conversation he told me how much it meant to him when I gave him a outcry out during my keynote at the 2013 Mississippi Educational Computing Association Conference. To la...

For all intents too purposes I had a nifty K-12 education.  I got relatively skillful grades, stayed out of trouble, too participated inwards a broad make of sports too extracurricular activities.  Best of all though were only about of the amazing teachers too administrators I had during those years who consistently showed they cared.  In the halt I was deemed college laid upward too was accepted to almost all of the schools to which I had applied. I was thence excited to attend Salisbury University inwards Maryland too written report Marine Biology equally I was thence intrigued past times this expanse of study.  I was 1 time to a greater extent than surrounded past times only about nifty educators too went on my agency to farther written report inwards the sciences, eventually finding my agency to the plain of education. Image credit https://media.licdn.com As I intend dorsum many years later, I stimulate got instantly realized that I was skillful at ...

I holler back the days when I was non a real big believer inwards educational technology. For one, I saw the job of tools merely equally a agency to choke to a greater extent than efficient at delivering instruction. Man, could I stone a PowerPoint lecture. As Chris Lehmann says, “You deliver pizzas, non instruction.” Boy, did I create got it all wrong.  As I moved from the classroom to administration, I however saw engineering from a mere delivery aspect. My goals were all virtually replacing overhead projectors alongside LCD projectors as well as screens or interactive whiteboards.  Updating the few reckoner labs was also a priority hence students could consummate projects using the Internet inwards a safe, controlled environment. From 2004 through 2008, I basically rubber-stamped the condition quo spell adding a splash hither as well as in that place of technology.  My personal views towards social media as well as mobile devices remained unhinged during this time,...

I think, for the virtually part, everyone strives for success.  We desire to survive successful inwards our professional person also equally our personal lives.  I strived to survive the best possible main for my students, staff, as well as community.  Whether I was successful is a affair of perspective. My evaluations seemed to back upwards the fact that I powerfulness bring been.  I was far from perfect, but ever strived for constant improvement. When I reverberate upon what was accomplished during my fourth dimension leading New Milford High School I mean value many observers would consider my leadership a success based on what nosotros all accomplished together.  Our digital transformation, backed past times evidence of improved learner outcomes, has been good documented.  In the eyes of many this is success.  As I bring transitioned into my novel work over the past times ii years equally a Senior Fellow for the International Center for Leader...

Ideas are a dime a dozen. Everyone has them. Some are goodness together with extremely creative spell others are non realistic or applicable to a for certain situation.  As social media continues to evolve, at that spot instantly seems to move an endless body of body of water of ideas equally to how teaching should modify together with what educators should do to improve professional person practice. I volition boot the bucket equally far to tell that only having an see is non goodness enough. It doesn’t accept much seek to prepare a audio seize amongst teeth that sounds smashing inward theory, but if it is challenging to implement inward practice, especially at scale, together with so nosotros demand to reconsider the relevancy of that idea.   We all fighting amongst a tug-of-war of sorts when it comes to ideas.  In many situations nosotros are asked to either implement or encompass the ideas of others, peculiarly those who nosotros are accountable to or so-called exp...

In many cases, at that spot seems to live on a style to H2O downward expectations when it comes to integrating technology.  During a recent presentation on digital pedagogy for deeper learning I asked attendees to hash out in addition to so percentage out on TodaysMeet how they were effectively integrating engineering inward their classroom, school, or district.  There was an emphasis on describing inward item what effective utilization of engineering meant to them.  As the results poured inward at that spot were a few consistent responses that stood out. Most attendees apartment out stated that they or their schools/districts were non effectively integrating technology. Others confessed that they weren’t certain what effective utilization constituted.  Many of the remaining responses centered on only a listing of tools that were beingness used every bit a mensurate of effectiveness.  The interrogation well-nigh effective utilization provides a smashing chanc...

There is a peachy bargain of utter together with focus on the postulate to amend educatee way inward our schools together with rightfully so (see my postal service on this topic HERE ).  Empowerment together with ownership postulate together with should hold upwards associated alongside learning to growth relevancy, value, meaning, together with outcomes.  The wishing to growth way inward the shape of voice, choice, together with advocacy should hold upwards viewed every bit only every bit of import for educators (teachers together with administrators) every bit it is for students.  For sustainable modify together with innovative practices to cause got jibe let’s evaluate the degree of educator way inward our schools.  Image credit:  www.peoplematters.in Voice Educators, both teachers together with administrators, should cause got a tell inward many elements that influence a school’s learning culture.  When nosotros don’t hear to the ideas togeth...

In a previous post service I discussed inwards particular strategies to assistance ensure the effective utilisation of technology to ameliorate learning outcomes. You don’t cause got to hold upwards a fan of technology, but you lot exercise demand to empathise that it’s a catalyst for some exciting pedagogical changes.  The purposeful utilisation of engineering tin sack acquaint assessment, transform fourth dimension frames roughly learning, increase collaboration, enable learning most data in addition to inquiry thank you lot to unprecedented access, in addition to render a aeroplane of educatee ownership similar never before. These are all outcomes that whatever educator would (or should) openly embrace.  I acquire the fact that engineering tin sack increase engagement, but if that appointment does non Pb to evidence of learning thence what’s the point?  Like it or not, all educators are beingness held accountable inwards some cast or some other for improvement inwa...