I’ve always been surrounded by women. I grew up with three sisters, and I have two daughters and a wonderful wife. Yet when I think of the people that I look up to as heroes and leaders, I inevitably think of men… I was tempted to list some here, but that’s not what this post […]
Tag: leadership
POD’s
No it isn’t about the Technology. It also isn’t about ‘getting knowledge‘. New school meets old school and neither school is where we are at right now. I wish people would stop trying to compare old ways with new ways and started asking, “What can we do with this amazing new tool?” or “How can […]
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Alan November’s BLC08 pre-conference
“Leading the Transition” I’m in the session now… WOW… so I’ll be brief. Alan asked me to start a Shared Google Document here it is: http://fon.gs/blc08precongdoc/ And here is the Ustream: http://fon.gs/blc08preconustream/ Here is what it looks like from my perspective: (I pulled out my tablet which is on my lap to do this post) […]
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Harnessing our advantage
Originally posted: March 30th, 2008 Reflection upon re-reading and re-posting: This is the last post that I have to move and so I thought I would put my reflection first. I actually posted this after I went back to the beginning of my blog and started the reposting process. There is only one other time […]
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“You can’t go back now, can you?”
It’s the old allegory of the cave. Last Friday I was leaving the school and I popped into my VP’s office. Among other things, Anthony and I often talk about technology in the classroom. One thing led to another and I showed him the YouTube video that was the subject of my last post: iPhone […]
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“Release the Hounds” by Chris Harbeck
You can go to the K12Online page or to Chris’ wiki page. To put it simply… there is something here for everyone! Description This presentation takes participants along my journey into integrating 2.0 applications and “21st Century Learning” into my pedagogy. The presentation will show how teacher driven assignments and projects teach students some of […]
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Reflections: Stirring in the crock pot
Spring brings new beginnings just as a school year comes to an end. As a teacher it is difficult not to be reflective in June. Special moments remembered, peppered lightly with what could have been, and never transpired. The nostalgia seems to loom more so this year as I contemplate a move after my nine-year […]
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The Capacity to Lead
Students of all ages have the capacity to lead. For a few years now I have taken a group of Grade 7 and 8 students to our feeder schools to teach the incoming Grade 5’s the “Seven Secrets of Leadership”, but really it is about so much more than that! This is from the e-mail […]
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$3,881.65 for one night’s work
…more on Empathy. Friday night I camped out at the school with 49 students, each raising a minimum of $50- to earn the opportunity to sleep over at the school. We hosted a 24 hour famine to raise money for our Me to We Club… we are fundraising to build a school in Sierra Leone. […]
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“I’m a mop not a sponge”: Metaphors all the way down
A well-known scientist once gave a public lecture on astronomy. He described how the Earth orbits around the sun and how the sun, in turn, orbits around the centre of a vast collection of stars called our galaxy. At the end of the lecture, a little old lady at the back of the room got […]
