Will you be the 700th member of the Leading with ICT group at
www.palnet.edu.au?

http://maxd.id.au/2012/06/10/152/

• high-quality professional development begins with the principal;

• the principal must be part of the process, not just a facilitator;

• peer coaching (or coaching of some flavour [maxd]) is essential;

• teacher leadership is key to the program’s success; and

• participants need to see the value in the content and be willing to take risks.

via Rural Education – Education Week.

7 Habits of Highly Effective Tech-leading Principals — THE Journal.

some great thinking about leading with and thorough technology

Recognise the power of pedagogy http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brandon-busteed/technology-in-classrooms_b_1541020.html?ref=tw

21st Century Skills: ( grr the phrase rreally irks me…but i can’t find an alternative…..)The Challenges Ahead. relevant concise and interesting http://bit.ly/JamBF6

the crux of it:
“Without better curriculum, better teaching, and better tests, the emphasis on “21st century skills” will be a superficial one that will sacrifice long-term gains for the appearance of short-term progress.”

teachers need to focus on the teaching, not on the ICT http://gu.com/p/36jg7/tw

hats off to the bravery behind the comment:

“I became a “real” teacher because one day a student got ahead of me.”

The iPad is meant as a one user device. Otherwise you risk your daughter sending pretty pictures to your colleagues. http://pic.twitter.com/d85rcpmi

no harm done…;-)

TED-Ed. adding to our repertoire. interesting how much stuff on flipping has been hitting the www since TED Eds launch!

http://on.io9.com/Jki2kj