My last post did garner some interesting discussion about attending conferences and the need for people to continue to pursue technology integration. One of the comments, from Jen Wagner, captured what I was trying to get to in my post. I have to wonder if perhaps you are confusing the conference location with the conference…
Tomorrow marks the beginning of the EduCon conference in Philly at Science Leadership Academy where Chris Lehman is principal. In my PLN there are a number of people making the trip to take part in this great conference and I know there will be a host of live Ustream events and people blogging about the event. This is…
One of my New Year’s Resolutions was to get myself back in shape. Like many people, I’ve allowed my life to become crowded with many different things and finding time to dedicate to myself hasn’t always been at the top of my to do list. On Plurk , one of the main places where my…
I’ve often been asked how I can deal with a student a number of times without allowing what has gone on in the past affect each new encounter. Along the same lines, I sometimes have people tell me that they don’t want to disclose a student’s name for fear of repercussions that might take place…
As I read through Transforming Schools by Allison, Zmuda, Robert Kuklis and Everett Kline, my thoughts about school transformation are held by the idea that “A competent system serves the end of enhanced achievement for all students.” The book goes on to describe how this can be achieved through systems thinking, collegiality, information-driven reality and…
Steve Dembo in his thirty days of blogging suggest that we say thanks to those people who have inspired us and helped us. As I read this I was immediately struck that this could turn into a long list as I have many people to thank for their help and encouragement over the past few…
This year I am again in the classroom teaching classes 25% of the time. I was very lucky last semester as I had been able to arrange not to teach. It allowed me to actually do some things more thoroughly as an administrator. It gave me a chance to be more involved, as the education…
It’s 1 AM and I just finished going to our school to deal with some kids from town who were bothering the team that is staying at our school overnight. They traveled a long way in order to play a preseason football game with us. What should have been a non-event ended up with me…
Being a school leader comes in many different forms but the most recognizable is the school administrator. This is the person that the community, teachers and students see as being the school leader, in some way or another. Tonight on Plurk, there was a good discussion about whether a principal needs to have teaching experience,…
Last night I was able to spend some time on the net getting caught up with some of the sites that have popped up (www.go2web20.net – awesome site for new and upcoming web2.0 stuff) and just plurking away. Plurking? Yes, I’ve moved away from twitter – the much hyped but very flaky social network that…