"The illiterate of the 21st century won't be those who can't read & write but those who can't learn unlearn & relearn" - Alvin Toffler
We need to work on developing our professional social networks within our school culture so that we can be comfortable with the web 2.0 tools that our student crave to use. These tools are constantly evolving and changing and saying "we don't have time", is really not professional in this day and age. We have an obligation to learn these tools, and better yet administer with them to our staff and community. What better way do we have to connect with others than by using the tools our students use. We will always be behind in the use of technology, that is the nature of the beast. But at the very least school administrators need to create accounts with the major providors and get in on the conversations so that we can collaborate and lead this generation with good decision making abilities.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Time for Twitter
Tell me and I'll forget. Show me and I'll remember. Involve me and I'll understand. Confucius
Yesterday I asked the administrators if they used Twitter. All eyes went down, no one wanted to think about what that meant. Immediately, a principal commented, I don't have time for that. Administrators are busy people, and no one has time for one more thing. But, my belief is, that if we are to lead this digital generation, we have to know what it feels like to be in their world. We have to take time to learn about what turns them on. We have to do this so we can create good digital citizens. Otherwise, we are missing out on an opportunity to learn and teach them how to be better users of the digital tools. They need our wisdom and our guidance.
Yesterday I asked the administrators if they used Twitter. All eyes went down, no one wanted to think about what that meant. Immediately, a principal commented, I don't have time for that. Administrators are busy people, and no one has time for one more thing. But, my belief is, that if we are to lead this digital generation, we have to know what it feels like to be in their world. We have to take time to learn about what turns them on. We have to do this so we can create good digital citizens. Otherwise, we are missing out on an opportunity to learn and teach them how to be better users of the digital tools. They need our wisdom and our guidance.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Digital administering...
We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.
R. Buckminster Fuller
As I reflect on the digital skills required of educational leaders, I think we must develop our leaderhip skills for this digital environment that is so quickly changing the way our students learn and interact. What is our role in this environment and how to we develop our own learning in order to lead for the future? In reading over the ISTE standards for administrators, visionary leadership is first on the list. A shared vision for learning is one of the most important things a leader can provide to the system. If everyone knows the direction the tools can be incorporated into that vision. Setting the vision is important. Without vision we flounder.
R. Buckminster Fuller
As I reflect on the digital skills required of educational leaders, I think we must develop our leaderhip skills for this digital environment that is so quickly changing the way our students learn and interact. What is our role in this environment and how to we develop our own learning in order to lead for the future? In reading over the ISTE standards for administrators, visionary leadership is first on the list. A shared vision for learning is one of the most important things a leader can provide to the system. If everyone knows the direction the tools can be incorporated into that vision. Setting the vision is important. Without vision we flounder.
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