Successful School Leaders Today Need to Harness Technology & Social Media. School leadership is complex. It’s often an enigma. It is simultaneously invigorating and exhausting. School and system leaders are pulled in hundreds of directions by hundreds of constituents every second of the day. Having the passion, skills, strategies, and with-it-ness to thrive in a position of school leadership requires, in part, taking the opportunity to learn from the experiences of other leaders.
I had the opportunity to review William Sterrett’s recent publication, Insights into Action: Successful School Leaders Share What Works, published by ASCD. It was with great interest that I read this new book, curious if and how the author would encourage his readers to become connected learners and leaders — to harness technology and social media tools to enhance communication, collaboration, and learning opportunities for those in the organization and school community.
Connected learning & leadership Highlights from the book About the author. Games, Gadgets and the Cloud: Coming Soon to a School Near You. Big Ideas Flickr: Môsieur J. [version 5.1.1 Computer games and mobile devices will be prevalent in schools within the next few years. Cloud computing and mobile learning: That’s the way of the near future in education, according to the New Media Consortium (NMC) Horizon Report: 2011 K-12 Edition. Released by the NMC’s Horizon Project, the report distills current trends, challenges, and emerging technologies in K-12 education. The report is full of specific examples of what’s really happening in schools, but Johnson recommends keeping a close eye on the following trends. Schools will start incorporating mobile, hand-held devices in the classroom in significant ways. Cloud computing will replace data storage on school servers because using free data centers that host thousands of servers, like Google, is becoming more prevalent.
It might still be far out, but there’s a glimmer on the horizon that standardized tests may not be the only widely approved form of student assessment. Related. Esafetyresourcesforschools. Home - Insafe. Bit.ly | Basic | a simple URL shortener. Global Virtual Classroom: A Free Online Educational Program. GlobalScholar : Empowering the world to learn.