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There’s an app for that, except for where you’re nutty
flickr: IainBuchanan In an upcoming Teachers College Record article (early draft available here), Jeff Wayman and I argue that parents need to get more involved with data use. For the record, I don’t...
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Managing Complexity & Tech Implementation
“A Complex Adaptive System?” (via flickr: ewar woowar) Justin Baeder and I have been trading comments on his blog relating to the nature of complexity. A lot of what I know (and what I’ve forgotten)...
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My favorite baby app
My second child, Henry, was born just a little over two weeks ago. Since then, I’ve tinkered with just about every baby app there is (FeedBaby, iBaby, Web MD Baby, Similac…). Here were the drawbacks...
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Are Leaders Prepared to “Pass the Test” on Data Use?
I don’t think any other state is doing this yet. Massachusetts is requiring that aspiring school leaders demonstrate their skills at using data for decision making as a part of their certification...
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What does “leadership for data use” look like?
I’m teaching a class entitled “Using Data and Evidence for School Improvement” to an group of aspiring school leaders. Last night, I closed class by asking students to illustrate what “leadership for...
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Preview of my talk on the future of #edtech at EU Parliament
Hello from Dublin International Airport! On Monday, I speak at EU Parliament about the future of educational technologies in the Europe. Below is the executive summary for the paper that goes with the...
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Have any comments for my #EdData video?
Here’s a link to my “Vialogue” about things that go right and wrong when implementing computer data systems. The neat part is that viewer comments get time stamped into the video. I’d love to see what...
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Listen to Hidden Brain!
Here is my new favorite podcast. It’s by a familiar voice on NPR, Shankar Vedantam. This particular episode has lots of neat tidbits on how to give and receive feedback, a vital skill for educational...
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New Lessons on Leading for Districts for #EdTech and #EdData Use
In today’s mail: the December issue of Journal of School Leadership, which features my recent article, Assumptions, Strategies, and Organization: Central Office Implementation of Computer Data Systems....
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#Edtech that personalizes based upon students’ feelings
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how we might expand what we call “data” in schools to encompass more than just test scores. This EdWeek article describes a novel, technological approach to the...
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