NEIT2008-4C

Takeaway/What should we do?:


 * Watch this presentation: [|Current leadership models are inadequate for disruptive innovations]
 * Are schools able to change to keep up with the disruptive innovation of personalized online content delivery?
 * Books: [|Disruptive Innovation]; [|The Innovator's Dilemma]
 * Buy the book -- Disrupting Class
 * Create A PLN (Personal Learning Network) - Here's a good article to start with.
 * Practical conversation: Can the technologists put together panels for school leaders and teachers -- 2-3 a year -- history/science/math/english curriculum in a project based model. We're in the echo chamber. W need to get out of it.
 * Economic incentive: Need to think about this. Curriculum change can make education less expensive.
 * Keep pushing web 2.0 in your classroom. Networked learning.
 * Keep working with teachers who show the promise of changing their pedagogy and use technology. Then show the results.
 * Envision: When 40% of your students are doing online learning. What does your school look like?
 * Keeping up to date about the research in education? Peer mentoring.
 * Getting teachers excited about learning. Have them become learners again.

Other notes:

How do we convince people who think things are perfect need to change?

When people are crawling -- how do we get them to walk and crawl.

Technology plan -- technology is integrating into the vision.

From the technology department's perspective.

Our jobs could be non-existent in 10 years

Tools are already happening --- pierson education -- destination reading -- smartmusic --

Distinguishes Independent Schools -- College Entry -

Public education - Streamlinied decision making -- forces are hitting hard. People are not going to be able to afford tuition.

Do we have a clear tech vision? Do we have a clear education vision.

How would I as a school head --

1. Clear professional learning communities that are research based 2. Silo of learning -- where we can experiment? We need to have spaces that are modeling change.

Redesigned 9th grade curriculum -- Wiki -- Girls Learn web 2.0 tools -- create the manual.

Incentive to create an audience -- they are created that organization -- your girls know how to

Do this, how to do this, and you can use that in your classroom. Starting to see some successess.

What does it mean to be a professional student?

We overestimate the digital native concept.

How much can you change each year? How much have you changed? How can faculty evaluation.

Rewards need to be about changing?

Cultures need to take risk:

Save as Teaching as a subversive activity.

What are our objectives? Knowing what your goals are.

Create learning environments. Give up power to the students.

Everyone innovated all the time -- once you get it going -- how does it change.

Do our heads have this conversation at Mohonk?

Where do the kids go all day long? Who can provide better activities during baby sitting?

Ended the conversation with the tech group -- Well intentioned smart people -- how do we take the next step.