Tag: Leadership

Online learning: Shouldn’t We Do better?

Image Credit With online learning, shouldn't we do better?  Shouldn't we have higher expectations?  Shouldn't we stop telling partial truths?  Partial truths don't help online learning initiatives.  All learning through technology is not all powerful. When I was in elementary school, the teachers used controlled reading projectors.  These contraptions used modified film strip projectors to … Continue reading Online learning: Shouldn’t We Do better?

Notes From the Virtual School Symposium 2011

Over 1,900 conferees assembled in Indianapolis for the Virtual  School Symposium November 9-11, 2011.  My notes from the day follow.  A wiki is available for the event. On Wednesday, I participated in a day long workshop for participants starting online programs.  Holly Brzycki, John Canuel, David Glick, and Phil Lacey presented about their specialties:  curriculum, leadership, … Continue reading Notes From the Virtual School Symposium 2011

Online Learning in Northern Illinois

On October 18, 2011, 35 individuals representing 27 organizations attending a start-up meeting at the DuPage County (Illinois) Regional Office of Education to discuss an online learning initiative in the region.  The presentation is included below.   Participants identified several areas for further discussion: Standards, Practices, Policy Technology for online learning, LMS, teacher technologies, student technologies … Continue reading Online Learning in Northern Illinois

Help me with this picture!

Image Credit Help me with this thought.  Recently, I listened to other technology leaders talk about virtualizing iPads so the schools could run Windows applications and Flash content on those devices.  This seems counterintuitive to the idea of portable technologies as well as vastly increases the costs of putting mobile technologies in schools. Several years … Continue reading Help me with this picture!

Online Learning Initiative in Northern Illinois

The DuPage County Regional Office of Education (ROE) is starting an initiative to assist districts in the region with online learning.  A planning meeting is scheduled for 9 a.m. to noon on October 18, 2011 at the ROE's Center for Professional Learning .  The purpose of the initiative is to assist school districts with courses … Continue reading Online Learning Initiative in Northern Illinois

The Deregulation of Education: From Bubbles to Clicks

Image Credit We need leaders who can work with the education community and the "education reformers, proponents of " the status quo" and the "change agents." Finances, changing demographics, and performance measures are putting pressure on the current system. We need change, but is it "market-driven" change? Does market-driven change focus on students and their … Continue reading The Deregulation of Education: From Bubbles to Clicks

Cell Phones at School Bring Classes Into Light

An article printed in Tuesday's (Oct 12, 2010) edition of the Chicago Tribune and online the night before describes how schools are relenting to students' personal technologies.  A local principal is quoted, "It's one of those things — if you can't beat them, join them."  Whaaaaa? So schools are relenting to students' technologies.  Well, then how far … Continue reading Cell Phones at School Bring Classes Into Light