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• 11-29 ISTE conference keynote update - Some backchannel grumbling

  
  Dangerously Irrelevant — Authority: 562
  Here is the current leaderboard for the ISTE conference keynote crowdsourcing project . Jeff Piontek has widened his lead a bit more over Chris Lehmann. Alan November has claimed the lead in a category and Karl Fisch is pulling away from Michael Wesch. Does it matter if a nominee nominated himself? Does it matter ...
  15 hours ago

• What is the best way to find a new job?

  
  The Article Blog — Authority: 141
  If want to find a job in a different region of the country. What is the best way to go about finding a high level COO, VP, or General Manager job when searching outside your region? The job boards like Monster and others don’t seem to work well. I think you should use a recruiting firm such as Robert Half. ...
  1 day ago

• 11-28 ISTE conference keynote update - Jeffrey Piontek widens lead over Chris Lehmann

  
  Dangerously Irrelevant — Authority: 562
  Here is the current leaderboard for the ISTE conference keynote crowdsourcing project . Jeffrey Piontek has widened his lead slightly over Chris Lehmann. Alan November also is moving quickly up the charts. FYI, if you count totals across ALL categories, Chris Lehmann would be in the lead with 462 votes. Also, ...
  1 day ago

• 11-24 ISTE conference keynote update

  
  Dangerously Irrelevant — Authority: 562
  Here is the current leaderboard for the ISTE conference keynote crowdsourcing project . I’ll try to post a daily update between now and December 15. Have you voted yet?
  5 days ago

• Survey results: Why isnt your school organization making more progress?

  
  Dangerously Irrelevant — Authority: 562
  I’d like to thank everyone who participated in my 3–minute survey, Why isn’t your school organization making more progress? We had a total of 561 participants. Some charts and tables are below (click on images for larger versions). Also, here are some downloadable files: Complete data packet Excel ...
  6 days ago

• Corrigan unveils tax reform plan for St. Louis County

  
  Political Fix — Authority: 615
  Corrigan Bill Corrigan , the Republican candidate for St. Louis County Executive, released a tax reform plan Monday morning that would limit increases on property values and freeze the county’s tax rate. “Unfair taxes are crippling the St. Louis County economy, halting growth, limiting prosperity…
  6 days ago

• Essential Education: Charles Leadbeater on Collaborative Creativity

  
  Education Innovation — Authority: 411
  
  6 days ago

• Please vote for the ISTE 2010 conference keynote!

  
  Dangerously Irrelevant — Authority: 562
  The next phase of ISTE’s 2010 conference keynote crowdsourcing project is now live. Go vote! The top 5 topics were as follows (in order): Effective school leadership for the digital, global era Trends, tools, and tactics for 21st century learning Personal learning with 21st century tools Universal ...
  6 days ago

• In the last 24 hours from people I’ve talked to:

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 156
  1) Insurance broker - foreclosurers have hit his business much harder than expected. Thinking of getting out of the business early next week - car coverage also being cut 2) Two school districts announced yesterday the end of the Freshman basketball season, after only 4 days of practice. One school is set to close in ...
  1 week ago

• Schools get $335 million to boost teaching

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 178
  Three school districts and a coalition of charter schools have agreed to be test kitchens for some radical ideas for improving teacher quality under grants from the Gates Foundation. Continued here: Schools get $335 million to boost teaching
  1 week ago

• Schools get $335 million to boost teaching

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 178
  Three school districts and a coalition of charter schools have agreed to be test kitchens for some radical ideas for improving teacher quality under grants from the Gates Foundation. Original post: Schools get $335 million to boost teaching
  1 week ago

• UCEA Week 01: I gave a bad presentation yesterday

  
  Dangerously Irrelevant — Authority: 562
  I gave a bad presentation yesterday. It wasn’t bad because I had poor content or delivery. It was a bad presentation because I didn’t sufficiently account for the needs and understandings of my audience. Let me explain… I’m in Anaheim, California for the annual conference of the University Council for ...
  1 week ago

• I’d rather let Madoff invest my money

  
  Contrarian Stock Market Investing News - Featuring Bargain Stocks — Authority: 430
  Baltimore — ( TFN ): I am starting to sound like a broken record, bashing the actions of our government every day for the last week, but I don’t care. What these ignoramuses are doing is simply criminal. It is becoming more and more apparent that today’s breed of politicians is good at only one thing, getting ...
  1 week ago

• Be More Than A School Administrator...Be An Innovation Coach

  
  Education Innovation — Authority: 411
  I have an idea… "It will never work." "We don’t have the budget to do it." "It will take to much time and we just don’t have any to waste." "The district won’t like it." "Teachers won’t want to do that." "That isn’t the way we do things at this school." "What does that have to do with test scores?" ...
  1 week ago

• See How Your School District Spends Your Money

  
  North Country Gazette — Authority: 494
  The often opaque world of school finances has become more transparent with a new tool that allows New Yorkers to analyze how their school districts spend money and to compare them to nearly 700 other districts around the state.Benchmarking New York–developed by the Empire Center for New York State Policy and The ...
  1 week ago

• "Youre fired. I only want people who already know how to do their jobs."

  
  Dangerously Irrelevant — Authority: 562
  Back in July I said that I was concerned that we never seem to hold folks accountable for being self-learners. I also noted that In many job sectors, employees are expected to keep up with relevant technologies or risk job loss. When do we require that of K-12 and postsecondary educators? At what point do we ...
  1 week ago

• What Would Peter Drucker Say About Education Leadership?

  
  Education Innovation — Authority: 411
  What follows is a quote from Peter Drucker ,but with an Education Innovation twist. I have removed words likebusiness, company, executive, and economics; and replaced them withschool(s), education, and principal. “Schools prefer not toabandon the old, the obsolescent, the no-longer-productive; they’drather hang ...
  1 week ago

• Stimulus funds bring Mich. few private-sector jobs

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 175
  DETROIT - An analysis by The Detroit Free Press has found that most of the federal stimulus funding thats reached Michigan has created few private-sector jobs. The Free Press examined more than 1,800 awards to agencies, departments, municipalities and firms in Michigan under the stimulus act. It found that the biggest ...
  1 week ago

• Essential Education: "Myths and Opportunities: Technology in the Classroom" by Alan November

  
  Education Innovation — Authority: 411
  Find more videos like this on NL Connect
  1 week ago

• 3 MINUTE SURVEY: Why isnt your school organization making more progress?

  
  Dangerously Irrelevant — Authority: 562
  Why aren’t schools making more progress when it comes to effective implementation and integration of digital technologies? Here’s what K-12 educators usually tell me when asked (list is in no particular order): Lack of adequate funding Unsupportive state / federal legislators Teacher / union resistance Lack ...
  2 weeks ago

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