SchoolCIO – Be the Best Fluff You Can Be

Special thanks to Ellen Ullman (SchoolCIO Editor) for sharing the following article with Tech& Learning folks:

You can read the entire article online at SchoolCIO….here’s the lead:

“If we’re not seeing technology blended into curriculum & instruction,” shared a colleague one afternoon, “if it’s not integral to the success of a lesson or learning activity, then technology is just so much fluff.”
“Well, if we must be fluff, then let’s be the best fluff out there!”

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SchoolCIO – The Crucial Difference

Thanks to SchoolCIO’s Ellen Ullman for posting this version of The Crucial Difference. Be sure to read the article on their web site!

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SchoolCIO – Settling for Nothing

Thanks to the SchoolCIO for featuring another one of my blog entries, Settling for Nothing, on the SchoolCIO web site.

Last week, I had the good fortune to have two technology directors make contact and thank me for the content shared on this blog, as well as SchoolCIO. What humbling, heartwarming experiences those were, and I am grateful that what little I’ve learned is of use to another.

The experiences re-affirm the importance of blogging, a way of capturing wisdom as it spreads its wings in front of you right before it flies off, and leaves you wondering, “What the heck just happened?”

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SchoolCIO – Avoid Sucker’s Choices When Choosing Tech for Schools

Thanks to SchoolCIO for sharing my article, Avoid Sucker’s Choices When Choosing Tech for Schools! You can find it online at their web site.

When I look around, I focus on the technology that gets the job done. If that’s Windows (I hate Windows), then that’s the tool. If it’s Linux, then Linux is it. If it’s Mac or iOS, then that’s what I go with. Avoid the sucker’s choice, “Either we go Apple because it’s the best blah blah blah, or nothing.”

Either/or choices are Sucker’s Choices. The best at dialogue refuse Sucker’s Choices by setting up new choices. They present themselves with tougher questions that turn the either/or choice into a search for the all-important and ever-elusive and.

 In Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High, the authors write about how to search for the elusive AND. (Source: Refuse the Sucker’s Choice)

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