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It’s the first day of school here in Ames, Iowa. In past years, I’ve posted the following checklist, wondering if schools have made any improvement since the previous fall. This […]
A quote from Erica McWilliam, via Will Richardson's latest post. Download this file: pngpptpptx See also my other slides and the Great Quotes About Learning and Change Flickr pool. Image […]
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[UPDATE: I had enough interest for two people per day for the week of September 20. All the slots are full now. Thanks. I'm looking forward to the week!] I'm […]
I’m a huge fan of Google Chrome; every other browser seems poky and/or unstable in comparison. If you haven’t used it, I highly recommend you try it. You may never […]
Well, after sorting through all of the Leadership Day 2010 posts, tracking down incorrect URLs, deleting a few nonexistent items, and reviewing some attempts to recycle old posts, I believe […]
On Monday I published the final list of Leadership Day 2010 posts. Today I'm going to highlight a few that, for one reason or another, particularly resonated with me. This is […]
Yesterday CASTLE's 1to1 Schools blog topped 700 subscribers. Woo hoo! n Remember that CASTLE has a growing family of blogs related to educational leadership issues. In addition to 1to1 Schools, […]
Four years ago today I made my very first post here, noting that: [When it comes to P-12 technology, we] can (and do) pour ungodly sums of money into teacher […]
We continue to spend 80% of our classroom time (or more) on the skills needed for 10% of our jobs.
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Dear school leader, Please complete the following for the past day/week/month/year (choose one): Did you make enough decisions in Category B? Didn’t think so. Now what are you going to […]
Here are some things I will probably never understand: Interpretive dance. Xenophobia. Why rhythmic gymnastics, curling, and men's field hockey are Olympic sports but baseball is not. The continuing appeal of […]
[I’m going to state up front that I’m just thinking out loud here. Some of you are not going to like that I even dared to ask this.] Diane Ravitch: eminent educational […]
I had a conversation recently with some folks from another state’s educational administration licensing board. This is the board at the state department of education that oversees educational leadership preparation […]
Since the past three have been so successful,* I am putting out a call for people to participate in Leadership Day 2010. As I said three years ago: n n Many […]
Last week I posted some questions that have been swirling in my head about RSS readers, including the thought that perhaps school employees should be required to have and use […]
Last summer many of you helped create our wonderful lists of grade-level and subject-specific blogs that other educators could load into their RSS readers. I’m bouncing around a few thoughts […]
Here are some excerpts from blog posts about last night’s opening keynote by Jean-François Rischard for the ISTE conference… n n Joanna Bobiash: n The keynote was disappointing. It did […]
[This is a guest post from Carl Anderson. If you’re interested in being a guest blogger, drop me a note. Happy reading!] By now it is an old story but […]