Alan November - School Leaders

Alan November -
Schools with the same budget and technology do different things because
of the principal
It is the vision and leadership skills of the principal that makes the difference
Technology is not a vision - Alan says "We should abolish all technology planning committees"
if we have a committee it then that is what the vision is about
It is not the technology but what flows through the technology - information and global community
Some schools are technology rich and information poor
Information is the life blood of good education

Zoolauf
1. access to information people have never had before
make sure families have access to good quality information
what information do you want as a teacher
map information that could improve the system
2. Relationships change
new methods for putting people together
Alan's opinions - students should make more decisions about their education
data should be used to determine what are the effects that lead to better results

3. Information
data - not very useful - data turns into information
information
knowledge - ability to apply information to solve problem
wisdom - should we be asking questions we have not asked before
Automatic

No change - teacher giving lecture and students taking notes on $1500 laptop that is a $1500 pencil

What is the difference between automate and information
Can we get kids to solve problems that they could never solve before but most schools automate what they did before - adding science probes to do the same science experiments is just automating old stuff, students need to solve and explore new problems that are authentic
Staff development needs to first check what the leaders want to accomplish or goals
What do you want to accomplish then what tools are in alignment with the goals. what are the metrics used to determine change,
role of leader is to determine if a change is being applied - do they know what to look for

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