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A Silver Lining Playbook for Turning Disruption Into Innovation
07/06/2021
Topics: Education leadership
After more than a year of struggle and stress, many educators are hungry for a return to normal. But what are they really going back to?
Copious research shows that in education, what’s familiar and…
How To Lead a School District in a Crisis
04/07/2021
Topics: coronavirus, Education leadership, Online learning, Technology planning & infrastructure
Remember when 1:1 devices were a luxury and video lectures felt subversive? For many school districts, it wasn’t that long ago.
Over the past few decades, education has been dipping its feet in the…
All in! 4 leaders share how a districtwide vision led to transformation
06/17/2019
Topics: Education leadership, ISTE Standards for Education Leaders, Online learning
Too often, tech integration is driven by innovative teachers working alone in classrooms, tech directors and coordinators with too many teachers to adequately serve, or a single school that becomes the showcase…
Teach Boldly
Topics: Curriculum, Education leadership, professional learning
Using Edtech for Social Good
Product code: SOCLGD
ISBN: 9781564847928
Publication date: 10/2019
Topics: human-centered learning, design thinking, purpose-driven projects
Length: 232 pages
Passion drives Nemko to advocate for ed tech
04/25/2017
Topics: Advocacy, Education leadership
There’s no great secret to being an effective advocate for technology in education, says Barbara Nemko, the longtime Napa County (California) Superintendent of Schools.
“You can’t be an advocate unless you’re passionate about it, too,” she said.
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Family tech nights can narrow the digital divide
10/17/2018
Topics: Education leadership, Parent engagement
When we talk about digital equity, the conversation often focuses on providing opportunities for all students to learn in an increasingly connected world. We talk about devices and home connectivity. We talk the importance of parental support. We talk about training all educators to …
Successful edtech initiatives have these traits in common
09/21/2018
Topics: Education leadership, Technology infrastructure
Over the last 30 years, I’ve worked on national and international projects focusing on the integration of digital technologies in formal learning environments from the preschool to the university level. Many recollections come to mind when I consider the challenges educators face when…
TED helps educators tell stories worth sharing
09/13/2018
Topics: Assistive and adaptive technologies, Education leadership
Earlier this year, I received an intriguing email. The subject line read: “ISTE/TED Invitation,” and my attention was immediately piqued. As I read on, I learned that as an ISTE PLN leader, I had been selected to pilot…
Customize learning with Google Forms
08/31/2018
Topics: Advocacy, Assessment, Corporate innovation, Education leadership, Personalized Learning, professional learning, Standards
We know that students do not all learn the same way. Some need a great deal of repetition to learn new material while others can see it once and have it down. Some need absolute quiet to learn while others feel uncomfortable with too much stillness. One might prefer reading while another…
3 myths about OER
08/22/2018
Topics: Education leadership, OERs
When Ben Churchill rejected his district’s textbook adoption process in favor of using open licensed resources, he got a little excited. Instead of spending thousands of dollars on published instructional materials, he watched his teachers come alive as they created — and shared —…