cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo shared by Ken Whytock I recently decided to compile some of the blog posts that I have written regarding social media and administrators on my own blog site. I have created a “page” for these articles that I will continue to update as I write posts...
I had a great opportunity recently to attend the #140Cuse conference in Syracuse, New York, and learn from some amazing innovators from many different industries. It was a great experience and I am extremely thankful to the organizers who invited me and did an amazing job with the conference. Below is my talk from...
There is often a great deal of discussion on the idea that Twitter can be an echo chamber and that we often seek out those who already have the same views we may have. Although I disagree with that idea to some degree, I do believe that we have to be cognizant that we are...
cc licensed ( BY SD ) flickr photo shared by wadem “Directions are instructions given to explain how. Direction is a vision offered to explain why.” Simon Sinek As I am seeing a growing demand for schools to learn how to use social media tools in classrooms with students, staff, and parents, I have...
I have been blessed to work with such an open IT department within our school division for the last six years. When many complain about lack of access to things such as YouTube and Twitter, we can access them and we have filters that block out sites that are inappropriate (pornography and gambling obviously). I think...
“When the world is flat, you can innovate without having to emigrate” Thomas L. Friedman Last year, I was seconded as the Division Principal of Innovative Teaching and Learning. As innovation is a major topic at the conference I am at this week, I thought I would do a little research on the term...
When talking with a group of teachers last week about the frustration that sometimes comes with not feeling they are respected as professionals in the field of education, I had to sit back and think about this question. We often hear conversations from many that say, “Well when I was in school…”, and we...
This summer, I wrote a post discussing the world of social media, and how our administrators need to jump in and lead our schools in this “new world”. Here is one of the things that I wrote in that post: There can no longer be an “opt out” clause when dealing with technology in...
A few weeks ago, Apple, one of the most successful companies around today saw their leader step down, presumably for health problems. Immediately, consumers were worried and stock dropped with the announcement. Obviously, many were worried about the fall of Apple with the leaving of their fearless leader, and you would see headlines such...
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by creativecommoners “Our mantra is that you lead by influence, rather than authority.” — Mark Chandler, Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Cisco Reading the book, “The Global Achievement Gap”, by Tony Wagner (which I would say is a must read for anyone interested in...
I think that anyone who blogs and tweets, has written almost a seemingly mandatory post on the “Power of Twitter” (I know I have). Seeing the power of connecting and sharing with passionate educators is pretty amazing, yet can sometimes be overwhelming. As I have progressed in my own social networking, I have learned...
Nothing says, “I trust you”, less than blocking websites in organizations and schools. I recently read how Rhode Island has now outlawed social media in schools (at last glance their legislative assembly currently has 11 likes on their Facebook page they must have a total understanding of social media) and it is just...
Right now there is a conversation that is going on in #EDChat about the impact that social media has on education. As many posts in the last little while have talked about the urgency to adopt social media and technology into our schools (including mine), the “why” of this needs to be apparent. Now...
Spending the last four days at a national leadership conference (CASA 11) in Niagara Falls on 21st Century Learning and Innovation (which had no Twitter hashtag until a few of us got together to start one), and then spending the week prior at ISTE, the conversation about technology in schools is a major theme....
After spending the last two years at Forest Green School and Connections for Learning as principal, I learned an amazing amount both through my success and failures. The idea of Connected Principals is to share our learning openly with other administrators and educators so we can not only better ourselves, but these lessons will...
The school year has come to a close for many, and many educators and administrators are attending conferences and reworking their schools for the 2011-2012 school year. Often times there are little tweaks that are happening, but most schools are really looking at their vision and mission statements and how it pertains to...
Recently I received a message about someone who is doing an internship for Microsoft this summer, but previously did his work at Google. When I asked how he was doing, the answer I received was, “He is okay with it. He doesn’t like working at Microsoft as much because of the ‘corporate’ atmosphere and...
Treat a man as he is and you make him worse than he is. Treat a man as he has the potential to become and you make him better than he is. —Goethe After many discussions with teachers all over the world regarding moving schools forward, I often keep coming back to the thought...
As a school year is winding down, I have been reflecting back while also thinking about moving forward next year. The idea of “School teacher vs. Classroom teacher” keeps coming up in my head, as we continuously strive for organizational success. My belief is that a “classroom teacher” is one that is focused solely...
I had the fantastic opportunity to attend the College of Alberta School Superintendents (CASS) Leadership Academy, this past weekend in Banff, Alberta. Working with representatives from Parkland School Division, we talked about the many fantastic opportunities that we have in the future of education. While many are very pessimistic about the future of schools,...
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