If you are
not already a member of this AMAZING resource…STOP right now and do it! Before
you read on! Prior to joining the Leadership 3.0 community I joined the
Assessment for Learning community and participated in the live webinar titled: Closing the Achievement Gap with Productive Struggle
Presented by Dr.
Philip Lanoue, Superintendent of Clarke County public schools, Athens, Georgia,
Kristina Patel, 8th grade math teacher at Clarke Middle School, and Aoife
Dempsey, Chief Technology Officer for Triumph Learning
Airdate: 8/26/14
What a
FANTASTIC way to connect and learn from the best minds and practitioners in the
field of education! According to Eric Sheninger, this is “an EXCITING time to be a digital leader and learner! I can learn
anytime, anywhere, from anyone!” And with the continual availability of web
tools and social media this has never been truer.
What stood
out to me from the webinar presented by Eric Sheninger, Digital Leadership: Changing Paradigms for Changing Times is that the willingness to change is
indicative of instructional leadership. During this webinar Sheninger outlined
the 7 Pillars of Digital Leadership illustrated in the graphic below.
And I could easily go on and on…but instead I’ll leave you with this and encourage you again, to join the community at http://home.edweb.net YOU’LL BE GLAD YOU DID!“Be that catalyst and champion for the change that our students deserve and yearn for. They want to have the opportunity to use these real-world tools (mobile learning devices)”
Presenter: Dwight
Carter, Principal, Gahanna Lincoln High School in Gahanna, Ohio
Airdate: 6/3/14
Another
AWESOME watch! Build today’s learners with the 4 C’s: Collaboration,
Creativity, Communication, and Critical Thinking say principal Dwight Carter
from Gahanna HS in Ohio. He encourages us by stating, “You have to create the environment for the 4 C’s to take place.”
What
really got me was the story Cater told about Ian Jukes (http://www.apbspeakers.com/speaker/ian-jukes)
research when he asked a 16 year old student to describe his experience at school
and the young student offered the following analogy, “Going to school is like getting on an airplane. When I go to school
they ask me to have a seat, buckle up, and turn off all electronic devices.” Thus,
school is compared to boarding a plane; a passive experience L Sad but true…
“Our kids are
different.”
Cater
encourages us…”as your changing the
mindset also change what the learning spaces look like and how they can be
used.”
GOOD STUFF!!! Check it all out at Leadership 3.0 :) Until next time remember...It's okay to not know but it's not okay to not try
Aspiring Administrator, LINDA
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