This is another snippet from an assignment in my master’s class on supervision and professional development, this time on my view of the purpose of supervision:
The purpose of supervision (as it applies to the relationship between a school leader and school teachers) is:
To assist in creating a tone
A tone of respect
A tone of inclusion
A tone [...]
Mashable today published results of a Google survey asking Wave users (of which I am one), “What do you like and dislike about Google Wave?” I have to agree with the consensus that while I love the concept, I cannot currently do anything with it because there are not enough of my friends connected. My guess [...]
The more I read, the more convinced I am that the best tool for our school’s communication and collaboration is Google Apps, and the FREE package is getting better all the time.
Right now, my school is using webmail hosted by the same company as our website. Apart from that, admin and teachers are collaborating on [...]
Over the summer I had the absolute pleasure of participating in a course at the Principals’ Training Center for International School Leadership (PTC), and I have to say, it was the most valuable–and intensely demanding–professional development I have received in 18 years as an educator. The course title was “Creating and Organizing an Effective School,” [...]
It seems clear that the best type of education centers on information discovery and processing, making connections, and collaboration and community. I read an informative piece by Will Richardson about the importance of building community as a precursor to the introduction of new learning tools. That is, unless I understand how to best use the [...]
Tony Karrer investigates the Twitter phenomenon, particularly as it relates to learning and/or classroom application. I have to say, I’m finding it difficult to see how Twitter could be a major tool for learning in my classroom or personally, though it certainly can be a good tool for collaboration if used correctly. (As we cannot [...]
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