Dear Department of Education Press Secretaries

Posted by on Feb 24, 2010

Justin and Sandra, First of all, let me applaud you and your efforts to engage and inform through the use of Twitter.  There are many government entities who are not willing to do so. Let me also encourage you to actually engage and not just inform.  You will certainly find a host of passionate, candid […]

Curriculum Reflections

Posted by on Feb 22, 2010

*This is a reflection post required for my JHU-ISTE Leadership program. This reflection is to focus on answering the following questions: How has your definition of curriculum been shaped by the course readings and discussions? How and why has your definition of curriculum changed? For reference, our texts for this course were: Burrello, L. C., […]

Collaboration

Posted by on Feb 18, 2010

The term gets quite a bit of air time these days.  I defy you to go to a conference and avoid hearing the word less than a dozen times.  Go to a session on wikis, and it’s a collaboration bonanza.  People love to talk about it.  People love to challenge others to use it.  People […]

Technology and Curriculum

Posted by on Feb 7, 2010

*This is a reflection post required for my JHU-ISTE Leadership program. This post is being completed for the course “Curriculum Theory.” We have been exploring various curricular theories and programs, and this week we are to reflect on the following two questions: * As a school administrator and instructional leader, what instructional technology would you […]

ISTE Webinars

Posted by on Jan 21, 2010

As part of my JHU-ISTE administration program, I am completing an internship with ISTE’s webinar department.  My task for the next couple weeks is to research potential topics for next year’s webinars.  Once we establish the topics, I will then explore potential speakers.  Sounds a bit familiar, I know. While this certainly won’t prove as […]