http://gdahlby.edublogs.org Promoting leadership development among K-12 technology directors and coordinators around the world Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:14:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I had a great time at the Teacherscape.com Leadership Institute.  One of the quick think abouts that was shared was in hiring new teachers.  The speaker reminded us that few if any new teachers are really great teachers their first year or two.  There is too much to learn that ... http://gdahlby.edublogs.org/2009/10/12/new-teachers-learners-as-well-as-the-learned/ TED2009, Oxford, will explore and make visible the Substance of Things Not Seen ... These are some of the questions that they plan to tackle as they delve into the world of the unseen: What is an accomplished life? Which universe do we live in? Is life a mathematical equation? Where does motivation come from? Who's ... http://gdahlby.edublogs.org/2009/07/16/musings-on-ted2009-the-substance-of-things-not-seen/ Working on book/article themes and continuing conversations from NECC2009 conference. & thinking on COSN 2010 and ISTE 2010 submissions http://gdahlby.edublogs.org/2009/07/06/next-steps-after-necc09/ Key principles (resources) NSCD:  http://www.nsdc.org/standards Reviewing the Evidence On How Teacher Professional Development Affects Student Achievement http://ies.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=REL2007033 Goals 2000:  www.ed.gov/G2K/bridge.html Summary points: High-quality professional development leads teachers to gain and refine knowledge of both content and pedagogy. High-quality professional development reflects best practices in teaching and learning, helping adults with varied interests, learning profiles, and readiness ... http://gdahlby.edublogs.org/2009/05/08/quality-staff-development-notes-from-ascd-resource/ Watching the news cover the SC girl's return to her school and point out less than desireable conditions makes me think he should champion a day where business and legislators visit every school building in they gather workers from or that they represent.  Wonder if that would begin a revolution ... http://gdahlby.edublogs.org/2009/02/25/obama-and-sc-school-22409/ January 24th and I was not able to swing a f2f trip to Educon. I am pretty bummed out, so I will catch what I can via the streams and posts. It appears to be a small cozy conference. I think Chris thought about 4-500 for their ... http://gdahlby.edublogs.org/2009/01/24/philly-freedom-educon/ From the Oregon Computing Teacher, to  The Computing Teacher, to International Society for Technology in Education, ISTE, Dr. David Morsund has been not only a contributer and collaborator, he has also been a founding father.   His writings can give later generations to educational technology an ability to look through the ... http://gdahlby.edublogs.org/2008/12/14/looking-backthrough-the-eyes-of-d-morsund/ http://www.thejournal.com/articles/23180 I had written to listservs just last month wondering if anyone had an open-source solution to breaking the tie of auto response systems way from the hardware and software.  In this article, while not open-source, it is software/web solution that allows any web enabled device to participate in these instant ... http://gdahlby.edublogs.org/2008/09/07/web-based-student-response-system/ Wondering outloud how easy it is to get distracted as a technology director (CIO/CTO/whatever).  Distracted from the educational mission of the district which it the pillar or roots of any technology plan.  I've seen over the last 20 months important and sad events which cause leaders to veer to react ... http://gdahlby.edublogs.org/2008/09/07/distractions-vs-mission-driven/ I've accepted an invitiation to the School of the Future World Summit in December.  At the registration one is asked about what one expects to get from the summit or what ideas one has for consideration.  On the spot, I reflected two ideas.  1.a borderless education system for the U.S. ... http://gdahlby.edublogs.org/2008/09/06/seed-of-an-idea/