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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Calling all bloggers! - Leadership Day 2011 | Dangerously Irrelevant | Big Think

Calling all bloggers! - Leadership Day 2011 | Dangerously Irrelevant | Big Think

Calling all bloggers! - Leadership Day 2011

Since the past four have been so successful [last year we had 114 posts!], I am putting out a call for people to participate in Leadership Day 2011. To paraphrase what I said four years ago:

Many of our school leaders (principals, superintendents, central office administrators) need help when it comes to digital technologies. A lot of help, to be honest. As I’ve noted again and again on this blog, most school administrators don’t know

  • what it means to prepare students for the digital, global world in which we now live;
  • how to recognize, evaluate, and facilitate effective technology usage by students and teachers;