Scott McLeod

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• The (un)certainty of professional persistence

  
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  There has been a lot of good discussion on my post about the future of books, libraries, librarians, and schools  (thank you, everyone). In addition to the comments on the post itself, there are some excellent thoughts elsewhere as well: Flat World Library Corporation Dangerously irrelevant libraries Ten ...
  5 days ago

• Data-driven decision-making resources from CASTLE

  
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  I have done a lot of work over the years on various data-driven decision-making projects. Ive taught courses, given workshops, delivered multi-day institutes for state departments of education and corporate partners, and written book chapters and white papers. I collected some of the highlights of that work on my ...
  1 week ago

• Are we too connected?

  
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  WHO TV (Des Moines) aired a special report, Are we too connected ? , on last night’s news broadcast. Among others, they interviewed me and Dr. Michael Bugeja , Professor and Director of Iowa State University’s Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication . I have interacted with Michael a couple of ...
  1 week ago

• 10 questions about books, libraries, librarians, and schools

  
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  [ cross-posted at LeaderTalk ] October apparently was ‘Library Month’ for me. I was the keynote speaker for the Minnesota MEMO conference and did a breakout session for the Iowa Library Association (ILA) conference . I also brought Dr. Mike Eisenberg  to Iowa for three days to talk with school administrators ...
  1 week ago

• 10 questions about books, libraries, librarians, and schools

  
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  October apparently was ‘Library Month’ for me. I was the keynote speaker for the Minnesota MEMO conference and did a breakout session for the Iowa Library Association (ILA) conference. I also brought Dr. Mike Eisenberg to Iowa for three days to...
  1 week ago

• Marge Beatty, Nebraska ESU 16, talks about 1:1 laptop programs

  
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  [ cross-posted at CASTLEs 1-to-1 Schools blog ] While at Nebraska’s first-ever Educational Administrators Technology Conference , I learned that 8 of the 16 districts in Educational Service Unit 16 have 1:1 laptop programs. Marge Beatty , chief administrator for the ESU, was willing to let me ask her a few ...
  1 week ago

• My ISTE 2010 keynote topic suggestion just tipped 1,000 votes

  
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  Two weeks ago, I asked my readers to please vote for my ISTE 2010 conference keynote topic suggestion . Thank you, everyone, who has voted so far. Right now my topic suggestion is leading, but that lead is far from safe. If you haven’t yet voted, would you kindly do so in the next few days? Thanks in advance! ...
  1 week ago

• Your technology coordinator works for you, not the other way around

  
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  A conversation I had with a superintendent at Nebraska’s first-ever Educational Administrators Technology Conference … Superintendent: I’m new to my district. I spent the first year getting the lay of the land. I’m now ready to start making things happen when it comes to technology and our students but our ...
  1 week ago

• 7 steps to success when working with administrators

  
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  I spent yesterday with technology integrationists from the various Educational Service Units in Nebraska . In my experience, technology integrationists usually are wonderful people who know a lot about digital societal shifts and effective technology usage in the classroom. What they don’t necessarily know, ...
  1 week ago

• Slide - The times demand that we not settle for climbing ordinary mountains

  
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  Download this file: png ppt pptx See also my other slides and the Great Quotes About Learning and Change Flickr pool .
  2 weeks ago

• Mind Dump: My new personal blog

  
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  Some of you have noticed that I’ve got a new blog! I’m using Posterous to capture those online items that interest me but for which I don’t have time (or inclination) to blog about on Dangerously Irrelevant . For example, recent items include: ‘But I don’t want to teach my students to use ...
  2 weeks ago

• Tomorrow is Wolfram|Alpha Homework Day

  
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  Tomorrow is Wolfram|Alpha’s Homework Day . The company is inviting students to submit their homework problems to see if/how Wolfram Alpha can solve them. Should be interesting… Will you or your students be participating?
  3 weeks ago

• ISTE 2010 conference keynote: The gloves are off!

  
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  Interesting conversations are occurring , well-known edubloggers are advocating for their topic suggestions (see, e.g., Vicki Davis  and Brian Crosby ), and, perhaps most importantly for ISTE , there seems to be a fair amount of interest in its ‘choose your conference keynote’ project . After just a few ...
  3 weeks ago

• Teacher layoffs: Should seniority rule?

  
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  As budget cuts loom again in many states, employee termination, seniority, and ‘bumping rights’ are in the news. The essential issue is whether organizational leaders should be able to retain the employees they think are the most highly-skilled or whether seniority (or some other factor) should be employed ...
  3 weeks ago

• Please vote for my ISTE 2010 conference keynote suggestion

  
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  ISTE is asking us to help select one of its next conference keynotes . I am asking you to please vote for my suggestion : As of this moment, the top three vote-getters all have to do with technology  tools . Technology learning tools are important, but helping principals, superintendents, school boards, ...
  3 weeks ago

• ITEC 2009 - Tweetup videos

  
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  Russ Goerend posted a couple of short video snippets from our small Tweetup at ITEC 2009 (for some reason a host of Flip cameras suddenly emerged…). In addition to a number of us Iowa tweeps, David Warlick and  Steve Dembo kindly joined in the conversation. Here’s the first video:  And here’s the ...
  3 weeks ago

• ITEC 2009 - PLN: A gardeners approach to professional learning

  
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  David Warlick is a wonderful speaker and an even more wonderful person. I was very fortunate to spend some time with him last night and this morning. I have very much enjoyed being a learner in his presence... My notes from David’s second presentation at ITEC 2009 : Blogging is about listening as much as it is ...
  4 weeks ago

• ITEC 2009 - David Warlick keynote

  
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  Group notes from David Warlicks keynote at ITEC 2009 . ITEC David Warlick Keynote Keywords: redefine literacy Warlick
  4 weeks ago

• ITEC 2009 - Daniel Pink keynote

  
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  Group notes from Daniel Pinks keynote speech at ITEC 2009 . ITEC Daniel Pink Keynote
  4 weeks ago

• Did you know?

  
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  Created by Karl Fisch, and modified by Scott McLeod; Globalization & The Information Age. It was even adapted by Sony BMG at an executive meeting they held in Rome this year. VIA: buencaminos
  8 weeks ago

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