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Tag Educational Leadership

Maybe it isn’t about You

Don’t get me wrong, you’re probably a rock star. But this isn’t about you. If you are an effective coach, it is about making the other teacher the rock star. I personally struggle with that same drive that brought me to… Continue Reading →

Teaching Moon Shot

A Moon Shot is a term used when a goal or a solution requires a revolutionary level of novel work to accomplish an unthinkable goal. Enjoy this inspiration from Solve for X: A Moon Shot is something which humanity can rally… Continue Reading →

Compensation, Compliance, and Professional Learning

Often in Education Compensation, Compliance, and Professional Learning all look similar from outside education. But every once in a while some daylight surfaces between these categories and something rises to the surface as different-even exciting. And it isn’t compliance or compensation… Continue Reading →

How is this #EdTech Supposed to Work?

It is an honor when any other educator honestly asks you a question. Think about admitting what you do not know in education; until recently teachers were keepers of the knowledge – all the knowledge. Not anymore. You can imagine, a teacher… Continue Reading →

Surprise – someone already thinks you ARE the Tech Coach!

There has always been a Tech Coach at every school in America. That person may not have a fancy title, an extra planning period, and most likely not even extra pay. However, there has been a Tech Coach in every single… Continue Reading →

Book Review: EdTech Leadership

I try to weave professional books into my reading when I can. Being a teacher in a Technology Department puts me in a special category; I have a lot I need to learn about EdTech Leadership! This book contains a foreword… Continue Reading →

The First Rule of #EdTech Cannot be: “We Don’t Talk about #EdTech”

Not unlike that crazy movie with Ed Norton and Brad Pitt, there seem to be certain #EdTech rules. Wait. #EdTech is like Fight Club? Kinda. Click To Tweet Which Rules Stand & which Rules to Challenge? Wait, You Don’t Talk about #EdTech?… Continue Reading →

I don’t want to be an Innovator

Don’t get me wrong my iPhone is great. Thanks Steve. However, the innovator-worship is out of control. Mother Teresa was an innovator too, but you never saw her in her New Balance and jeans on a stage collecting your admiration. I… Continue Reading →

#TLAP Passions Examined

Recently I read Teach Like a Pirate: Increase Student Engagement, Boost Your Creativity, and Transform Your Life as an Educator (affiliate link) by Dave Burgess. The parts of TLAP which stuck for me, which have me thinking about the future… Continue Reading →

I haven’t been trained on this yet.

I really like to train others in educational technologies It is my job and something I used to do from the classroom out of passion. When I was in the classroom I will confess that I trained people differently. First,… Continue Reading →

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