How do we create opportunities where there are unanticipated problems? Seth Godin in his post, “Positives, not Negatives” astutely points out that by creating a phone that is more than a phone, Apple has created a problem for other cell phone makers where there wasn’t one before. “The iPhone is a gift for every cell [...]
Entries from July 14, 2007
Speaking of student voices. . .
July 13, 2007 · No Comments · Tools
Speaking of student voices, a couple of months ago, I had posted a request from Edutopia on our student blog, asking students what technologies they use at home that they wish they used at school. We had several responses on the blog, which I sent to Edutopia, and to my delight today, I stumbled over [...]
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Reflective learning — following the conversation
July 13, 2007 · 4 Comments · Change, Learning, Teacher Learner, Web 2.0, Will Richardson
What is the real shift in how our students learn and how we teach? I spoke on the phone recently with a good friend of mine who taught with me an eon ago She went back to teaching last year for the first time in 15 years, and commented to me that when [...]
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The hip new librarians ;)
July 9, 2007 · No Comments · libraries
If I was Doug Johnson, I’d have a more clever comment on this, but here from the NyTimes, is the new hip librarian. Thanks to Andrew Russo for the link!
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Seeking first to understand
July 9, 2007 · 2 Comments · Change, Future students
My kids roll their eyes in mock dismay at the mere mention of Stephen Covey, but one of his principles which I cite the most is to “Seek first to understand,” rather than to be understood. This principle is floating through my head this morning as I read through a stream of blog posts about including student voices more in [...]
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Creating a vision statement
July 7, 2007 · 1 Comment · Change
At Dangerously Irrelevant, Scott McLeod is asking for a collaborative effort – how can we briefly articulate the qualities of a “school 2.0″ education? I see it as designing our “post-it note” for the changes we hope to see. I encourage you to drop by his site and add your input! Images: http://www.flickr.com/photos/99107397@N00/747280229/
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A shout-out
July 7, 2007 · 1 Comment · Web 2.0
A shout-out to my colleague, Margie Brown, an elementary CTC in our district, who started blogging recently and is doing an excellent job sharing her enthusiasm and knowledge. I’m fascinated by the fact that we both attended NECC and had so many different take-aways. By the way, edublogs may be having some downtime this weekend [...]
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Farewell to one of my favorite blogs
July 6, 2007 · No Comments · Web 2.0
To my surprise, one of my favorite bloggers, Christian Long, has decided to “close the book” on his blog think:lab, since he is going back to the classroom in the fall (which I admire). His knowledge and enthusiasm has really informed my own thinking the last year or so, so if you haven’t read his [...]
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Innovative leadership — paying it forward
July 4, 2007 · 3 Comments · Change, Leadership, Web 2.0, Whole New Mind
Scott McLeod at Dangerously Irrelevant designated July 4 as School Leadership Day, and has invited bloggers to write about how to support innovative school leadership. I’d like to share some ideas but also compliment the leadership in our district and at our high school, because there have been some great strides towards innovative leadership both [...]
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Redesigning Library “2.0″
July 3, 2007 · 2 Comments · Design, libraries
I met with our architects today for the redesign of our library/research center. We’ve been working on the plans for several months now, trying to create a new space that fits the philosophy of our library more closely. (I always say we have a 21st century library in a 19th century space!) The plans are coming [...]
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