The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers A helper monkey made this abstract painting, inspired by your stats. A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed…
Tonight an interaction between two tweeters has me wondering about the whole educational administration thing. See, right now I’m working in two different buildings, just finished a stint of 2 plus weeks of full-time teaching and am in the middle of sorting out some pretty interesting things that have been going on in different aspects…
Change is the new constant flexiblelearning.auckland.ac.nz I’m not always sure that the world outside of where I am is real. I read so often on other admin blogs of how harmoniously teachers are working with technology, don’t seem to have any teachers who resist change and are seemlessly addressing the needs of all their students…
As a leader, there are so many different things that pull you in all sorts of directions from the paperwork that is required to the custodian that needs to talk to you about a situation in the bathroom to a parent who wants to talk to you …. the list goes on. As learners, we…
In my last post I was pondering the opening day that will soon arrive and what it will look like. George posted his thoughts about the first day with teachers and the importance of giving them time. In my response to George, I mentioned that time is precious, like water in the desert. Teacher first,…
I’ve been doing some pondering about what I’ll do with staff on the first day back. I’ve ran across some interesting post that discuss the whole staff meeting question and what the meeting should contain.Zoe Branigan-Pipe has some good comments about our need to remember that, if we expect teachers to engage students then, as…
The network This article gives 10 good reasons to join a social network. For me, this power has been exemplified through the new blog Connected Principals started by George Couros a principal from Alberta. Now, the thing that really grabbed my attention was that this blog has just started and, through the power of the…
I’m on Vacation One of my favourite movies is City Slickers (1991). In this movie Mitch Robbins, Billy Crystal, and his two friends decide to take their vacation on a dude ranch. There’s a scene part way through the movie that begins with Crystal’s character causing a stampede by firing up his electric coffee grinder. The ensuing chaos…
I It’s been a very long time since I’ve done any blogging. Well, any writing for that matter. It’s not that I haven’t had things that I could write about, it’s just that I wasn’t sure where they fit or how to word them in such a way that was politically correct. I’m sure that…
While going through some of the articles in my Google Reader, I came across one by Michael Staton over at Edumorphology – Why Smartboards are a Dumb Initiative. Now, if nothing else, the title caught my attention so, stealing a few moments away this afternoon, I read throught the article. And totally agree. The two…