Archive for the ‘School Management’ Category

The danger of impatience

Friday, May 4th, 2007

If there's a distinguishing characteristic of educational reform, and reform efforts in general, it's the lack of patience in sustaining difficult effort over time. We criticize students who can't seem to exercise delayed gratification, but don't seem to notice that educators, government officials, and the general public aren't any better. Reference: ...

Students turn on Turnitin

Friday, March 30th, 2007

It was only a matter of time. According to a story in the Washington Post, two McLean High School students are suing Turnitin.com for infringing their copyright. The crux of the matter seems to be that students are required to license their work to Turnitin so the service can store ...

Scott McLeod: Legal and Ethical Issues

Wednesday, September 28th, 2005

Here's Part II of my recent conversation with Professor Scott McLeod from the University of Minnesota. I had quite a bit of feedback on Part I of our conversation on data-drive decision making so I hope you will enjoy this talk about legal and ethical issues facing educational technology leaders. ...

Scott McLeod: Data-driven Decision Making

Friday, September 16th, 2005

The No Child Left Behind Act has forced school districts across the U.S. to take a hard look at data about their students' achievement. Lots of data. But some districts have gone beyond the requirements of NCLB and have embraced data and used the information to identify best practices and ...

Doing statewide assessments online

Tuesday, September 13th, 2005

I got an interesting letter from the Minnesota Department of Education last week. Here's a snippet:During the next legislative session, representatives from the Minnesota Department of Education will present a plan and cost estimates for improving the technology infrastructure in Minnesota schools. This plan will be based on the requirements ...

Submit your DDDM and legal issue questions

Thursday, September 8th, 2005

I'll be recording a podcast with Dr. Scott McLeod soon on the topics of data-driven decision making (DDDM) and legal issues confronting school technology leaders. Dr. McLeod is Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Policy and Administration at the U. of Minnesota and Director of the School Technology Leadership ...

STP #10: Technology planning with Dr. Larry Anderson

Friday, August 26th, 2005

Dr. Larry Anderson is founder and director of the National Center for Technology Planning, an organization dedicated to providing resources for schools and school districts who want to develop dynamic and effective technology plans. From their Web site: The National Center for Technology Planning (NCTP) is a clearinghouse for the exchange ...

Online surveys made easy

Wednesday, February 16th, 2005

I got back from Rochester tonight following a couple days of work with about 50 educators from southeast Minnesota. I had a great time and I'm looking forward to continued discussions with the groups as they pursue their technology integration and school improvement goals. My colleague Corey Lunn and I ...

College students going wireless

Sunday, February 13th, 2005

MSNBC is running an article that describes how wired phones are increasingly irrelevant to today's college students. Some colleges are considering getting rid of land lines in campus housing all together with some surprisingly financial implications. At American University: Five years ago, the school made hundreds of thousands of dollars a ...

A primer on FOSS in education

Monday, January 24th, 2005

The International Open Source Network (IOSN) has just released a primer on Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) in education. The document highlights uses of open source software in the infrastructure, administration, and classroom work of schools, focusing on a number of high-profile projects such as the Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP), ...