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Distractions vs mission driven

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 or act.  Sarbanes-Oxley, so loosely [...]

Seed of an idea

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. where certifications for educators are [...]

Making IT Happen Award, June 2008 ISTE’s NECC conference

What a great surprise this event was for me.  I’m honored to join Arlene Bothwick, Tim Magner, Mila Fuller, and Kevin Jarret.

A little often unknown fact is that as Conference chair for the first ICUE (Iowa Computer Using Educators) and IASCD (Iowa Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) joint conferece in 1993, we hosted the [...]