Over on twitter tonight, there has been a few discussions about professional development, what and when and how and …… Why? Why do we continue to discuss the best type or the best way or the best method or ….. Professional development is a frame of mind. As a professional, I don’t decide when I’m…
So, Dean Shareski has suggested that I should start writing. He even sent me this Seth Godin’s blog. I figure what the heck, let’s see what comes from this. What got this all started was Dean threw out a comment on twitter “Teachers or leaders who say they don’t need to be liked to be…
There have been a few discussions going on about staff PD and the need to change things and make them more relevant for teachers. So, I figured I’d share a few things that our staff decided to do to enhance our PD, a few things that we’ve “made our own” from division directives and how…
I’ve been reading the discussion on the blog post “Why “I Don’t Do Technology” Isn’t Acceptable” over at Connected Principals and it’s very interesting and there are some good comments that have ensued, sign that the topic is very much on people’s’ minds. I also happened to follow a link to this post by Doyle…
Summer is here and with it I now have some time to begin to go through a notebook full of links that I’ve sent myself through the year. (If you aren’t using Evernote, haven’t given it a shot, you need to, it’s AWESOME!) There have been a few that struck me as I read through…
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,…
