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Challenging the status quo

November 10, 2012 - 3:58 pm | blogging, Connected Principals, connecting online, Daily-Ink, future, instructional design, leadership, Learning Conversations, networks, pairadimes, Pedegogy, Pro-D, restructuring, School2.0, technology

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"Challenging the Status Quo by David Truss ~ BY::NC::SA"

Educational bloggers blogging about things that need to be changed… This isn’t a post to read from start to finish. Instead, pick a topic that may challenge the status quo in your school or district and dig in. Read, tweet, share, write your own post, comment… it is fodder for YOU to challenge the status quo! Here are the TOPICS discussed: Homework Award Ceremonies Marks/Grading/Assessment Zeros and Late Penalties High Stakes Testing (BC, Canada and … Continue reading →

Leadership and Management

October 24, 2012 - 6:54 am | community, connecting online, education, future, leadership, Learning Conversations, networks, pairadimes, Pro-D, reflection, technology

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Part 1 I drew a rough draft of the image above in a leadership meeting with Tom Grant. Tom shared this quote on his blog, shortly after the meeting. “I can think of nothing so conspicuously missing in the effort to improve our schools as the continuous engagement of teachers and principals in constructing visions – in contemplating, for instance, what constitutes desirable leadership, what children should learn, and what the teaching profession might become.” … Continue reading →

Podcasting Pair-a-Dimes 2 – With George Couros

October 22, 2012 - 7:23 am | Connected Principals, Educational Technology, Interview, leadership, Learning Conversations, pairadimes, Podcasts, Pro-D, School2.0

BYOL vs BYOD

May 22, 2012 - 9:13 am | digital native, education, future, Learning Conversations, pairadimes, Pedegogy, restructuring, School2.0, technology

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I’m a big fan of BYOL – Bring Your Own Laptop to school. The laptop is the new pencil… a tool necessary for an effective education today. I also think that a district-provided laptop, in public education, is not financially feasible. However, supporting families that can not afford to send their child to school with a laptop is supportable, effective and essential to a BYOL program. When I wrote the (intentionally oversimplified) ‘5 Year Technology … Continue reading →

5 under-watched TEDxEDU videos

April 10, 2012 - 9:15 am | Connected Principals, education, future, leadership, Learning Conversations, pairadimes, Pedegogy, presentation, Pro-D, School2.0, storytelling, technology

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There are a lot of great educational videos out there. One of the best lists, that I go back to time and again, was built by Alec Couros and it evolved from a blog post to a wiki page: 90+ Videos for Tech. & Media Literacy. There… is… a… lot… out… there! As a result, I think some real gems are being missed. Here are 5 Educational TEDx Videos that I think deserve to be … Continue reading →

A Conversation Starter

January 4, 2012 - 1:31 am | Connected Principals, connecting online, education, future, instructional design, leadership, learning, Learning Conversations, pairadimes, Pedegogy, presentation, Pro-D, restructuring, School2.0, storytelling, technology

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My goal: Create a three minute video that tells it’s own story, using other videos. My hope is that this will invite further exploration, conversation and learning. Here is what I came up with: (Watch on YouTube) For ease of use here are the links. I hope that some rich conversations will emerge from watching them. http://2di.me/Trans4mEd1 – Alan November: Myths and Opportunities: Technology in the Classroom http://2di.me/Trans4mEd2 – Diana Laufenberg: How to learn? From … Continue reading →

The future of education will be open and distributed

October 8, 2011 - 5:28 pm | Connected Principals, connecting online, education, future, learning, pairadimes, restructuring, School2.0, technology

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Distributed Learning – Any learning that allows instructor, students, and content to be located in different locations so that instruction and learning occur independent of time and place; often used synonymously with the term “Distance learning”. (Source) Previously I’ve said, Let’s take a ‘T.R.I.P. into the Future’ looking at some changes that are shifting learning in a way not possible just a few years ago. Here are 4 trends that education is moving towards: Greater … Continue reading →

Broken or Transforming?

May 12, 2011 - 6:47 pm | books I like, Connected Principals, education, future, leadership, Learning Conversations, metaphor, pairadimes, Pedegogy, restructuring, School2.0, Square Peg, storytelling, technology

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Once upon a time, I, Chuang Chou, dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was Chou. Soon I awaked, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a … Continue reading →

Open Educator Manifesto

April 12, 2011 - 2:32 am | blogging, community, Connected Principals, connecting online, education, future, instructional design, leadership, learning, Learning Conversations, networks, pairadimes, parenting, Pedegogy, Pro-D, School2.0, technology

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[Version I: Just the Manifesto] My Open Educator Manifesto ‘We’ educate future citizens of the world Teaching is my professional practice I Share by default I am Open, Transparent, Collaborative, and Social My students own their own: (Learning) • learning process • learning environment • learning products • learning assessment My students belong to learning networks Every student deserves customized learning • Student voice • Student choice Every educator deserves customized learning I have high … Continue reading →