Leadership
Examples of Prochronisms
This morning, an envelope arrived in my inbox. Inside, an article entitled The Plugged-In School by Joan Richardson (read article). The thrust of the article is that, just like our "digital native" students, new teachers are coming to work in education with certain expectations. Your new teachers are coming from a world in which they [...]
Conversations: The 21st Century Classroom
Be sure to tune in tonight if you live in the San Antonio, Tx area–or broadcast area of KLRN–to watch this conversation airing at 8:00 PM on KLRN/PBS channel. If you miss the show, you can catch it online on Monday! The 21st Century Classroom The Conversation is one of the best ways [...]
Email Access for Exiled Employees
"Security showed up," a co-worker told me once, "and escorted the guy to the door. He kicked the door as he walked by, he was that mad. They’ve already revoked his network access." This is a true story. There had been this disagreeable fellow working, and we knew he ran a business from his work [...]
Beautify the Barrenness
Dr. Scott McLeod (Dangerously Irrelevant) challenges readers with this: Quick! Name a long term, substantive, sustainable change that occurred in your organization without the active support of your leadership. I’ll wait… That’s what I thought. Now why aren’t you paying more attention to the learning needs of your administrators? I’m tired of reading about how [...]
An Act of Aggression
Source: http://www.diversityactions.com/images/button.gif An undiscussable is a work-related problem that people hesitate to address with those who can do something about it. It isn’t that people don’t talk about undiscussables. They talk about them frequently — in the hallways and parking lots, bathrooms and across the cubicles. But it isn’t with the person or the people [...]