Leading From The HeartBarbara, of Dare to Dream, recently posted this – taken from a t-shirt she acquired at NECC this year. (I’d love to get one of them!) 21 Skills for 21st century learning! Can your students…. Make complex choices? Benchmark a process? manage a negotiation? Communicate clearly? Motivate others? Connect globally? Organize information? Cope with change? … 21 skills for 21st century learning
The Power of Personal RelationshipsBy Thomas S. Mawhinney and Laura L. SaganPhi Delta Kappan, March 2007 The essence, the very essence, of what I believe as an educator is summed up in this understanding: We now understand that higher-level thinking is more likely to occur in the brain of a student who is emotionally secure … the essence of it all
It’s almost a moot point – why technology in schools? Because. Because, as is so strikingly underlined in Did you know 2.0 (Shift Happens) technology can not be separated from the rest of life, it has become enmeshed with what we know, do, and understand about many things. In particular for our students today who … Why technology in schools? And how do I lead something that is constantly changing? ;)
Image: Crystal by louisa-catlover made available on flickr by a creative commons license. I found this little video (link at bottom of post) through Dr. Scott McLeod’s blog dangerously irrelevant It is a speech given by Dr. Richard Elmore and it is a sobering description of a present reality in today’s schools that cries out … The resilience of teacher culture