November 10, 2012

Tech leadership is GOOD leadership

Jayson Richardson

We know that good school leaders:

Create a shared vision

Create relevant and lasting professional development opportunities for teachers

Ensure the infrastructure is solid

Budget to meet the changing needs of the school

Why then when we introduce technology does good leadership become harder to find?

Image Credit: Kevin Dooley

a computer generated image of a human brain.

Thinking

The great free will debate featuring Michio Kaku and Steven Pinker

Who — or what — really controls your mind?

Building destroyed by the Halifax Explosion. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.

The Past

The largest accidental explosion of all time

More than a century ago, Halifax suffered an accidental blast one-fifth the size of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

a collage of photos of a man with a hat and a book.

High Culture

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The Well

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7 min

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with

Laurie Santos

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