This course has required me to think (and feel) outside of my comfort zone… way outside of my comfort zone. I’m the guy who despises social media for the negative impact on education and the students we serve… I’m the guy who prints off articles and book chapters because I like hard-copy in my hands… …
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Seminar 11 Blog Post
Unfortunately, while I’ve often lived by the motto that “a lack of time is no excuse,” time is certainly in high demand. The Rolling Stones wrote a song called Time Is On My Side… they obviously didn’t work in public education. You’ve seen this theme appear in my prior posts… finding enough time to provide …
Seminar 10: Open Learning and Educational Resources
Conceptually, I love the idea of open learning and the sharing of educational resources. I’ve spent much of my career–both as a teacher and school administrator–trying to encourage and support an open culture of innovation and growth. While we’ve had some bright spots, there is an overwhelming amount of support for collaborative learning when people …
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Critical Thinking… Or Critically Thinking… Is there a difference?
The prompt for Seminar 9: Critical Thinking asks that we reflect on what someone may learn about us if they reviewed our work in this seminar… That’s an interesting question. Ironically, I find lately that I’m “critically thinking” about most things related to my work, not often sure I’m finding the right path forward. It’s …
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Seminar 8: Collaboration
Aristotle is often credited with the quote “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” I’ve used that quote and subsequent logic in many instances throughout my career, especially when trying to build collegiality and collaborative bridges within a faculty or department. I left an in-service yesterday inspired by the knowledge, passion and …
Seminar 7: Communication
I believe that most educators and school administrators would agree that we have more to do and less time to do it… Frankly, I believe that is true for most things in life nowadays. When it comes to providing adequate time for professional development and mandated training, there is always a shortage of hours built …
Blog Response for Seminar 5
We’ve reached the end of our face-to-face journey in Digital Leadership and Innovation! Onward we move into the next stage of our journey. I feel really good about the amount of information and collaboration that I’ve been part of throughout our time together. The digital literacy activities have helped provide me with a springboard into …
Blog for Seminar #6
In truth, my only issue with the content presented in this seminar is the generalizing of the word “school”. Much of what was associated within the “school vs. learning” blog has more to do with the quality of the teacher (and the attitude of the learner). I recognize we often work in generalizations, although I …
Blog #2: Couros’ Innovator’s Mindset Comes to Life
Well, I just completed my first-ever screen cast… Ironically, the screen cast largely focused on Couros’ Innovator’s Mindset. What does this reveal about me as a learner? Great question. Hearkening back to my prior post, I’ve taken the road less traveled (at least for me)… the road that caused productive struggle. While I don’t have …
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Innovative Practice?
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. — Albert Einstein What is an example of a practice that you would consider to be innovative? How is it new or better than what you had before? My example is related to human resource functions within the business office… …
Algoe's Introspections 