Accepting the Challenge My experience creating a student-led learning environment began with an internal decision to prove someone wrong. It was mixed with arrogance and a bit of fear. While I was in the process of obtaining my Master of Arts degree, a professor challenged us to allow students to create their own assessments. Internally, […]
Oh, what our youngest learners can accomplish, if only given the opportunity. Students arrive at school curious and eager to learn, full of wonder and questions. Provided the appropriate scaffolds, these students can use technology to not only access content to answer their myriad of questions, but also to create content to teach not only […]
In reflecting upon my work as an educational leader, I have found that I must start not with Why, but Who. This past October I began developing a vision to create a global network for educational leaders, Site Leaders Connect. The vision was to spark innovation through collaborative conversations, to build capacity and affect change […]
Students First – It’s in the Standards Who is in charge in your classroom? Is your instruction designed for student learning or for adult comfort? International, national, and statewide standards call for student-centered learning design in which learners are called upon to think critically, collaborate, create and communicate. These standards require students to engage in […]
Empower Students Using Media As an Educational Technology Consultant for Tulare County Office of Education in California, I am always seeking out new ways to empower students to think critically and communicate their learnings in a way that builds upon the context of the modern world in which they live. Students are constantly using Social […]
Co-Written with Instructional Technology Specialist Steve Woods If you’ve gone to a few technology-rich educational conferences, you’ve likely come across one or two BreakoutEdu breakout sessions. Have you had the opportunity to get your hands on one of these uber-tactile and visually rich wooden or plastic boxes, catching the eye with a myriad of locks, […]
I had the great honor of collaborating with fellow innovative educational leaders this October, as a member of Google’s #TOR16 Google Certified Innovator cohort. The experience, held at Google’s Toronto headquarters, not only provided the opportunity to collaborate with a diverse group of forward thinking educators from across the globe, but it also allowed me […]
In working with districts and school districts across California’s Central Valley, leaders often ask me to teach their teams to use tech tools in the classroom. The most common request is that I lead trainings on digitizing student tasks. While I appreciate that these administrators seek to increase technology use in classrooms, their focus concerns […]
Collaborative planning conversations gave rise to a new direction for our elementary summer school program – a vision to unite multiple schools in a project based learning environment around a single theme. I had the privilege of joining a group of three other principals, with the support of district administration, to craft a dynamic learning […]
As defined by Richard & Rebecca DuFour, collaboration is “a systematic process in which we work together, INTERDEPENDENTLY to analyze and impact professional practice in order to improve our individual and collective results”. Technology tools can serve to accelerate the collaborative process, breaking down geographical barriers, easing time-bound restraints, and encouraging collaborative systems that extend […]
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