How does a school ensure that it is significantly resourced to provide for the learning and research needs of students, yet maintaining the relevance of the library? Learning communities need to have: The ‘place’ that fulfils the need for communal work, learning, connection and play Accessibility to resources Personnel to manage the collection A realisticContinueContinue reading “Libraries for today and tomorrow: How is yours RELATIONAL, AUTHENTIC, FUTURE-FOCUSED, PERSONALISED, CREATIVE?”
Category Archives: Change
Becoming an innovative school? My top 10 ideas
Northern Beaches Christian School: one of the most innovative in the world. Thanks to everyone for great day of discussion …from @wethink When one of the world’s leading authorities on innovation described Northern Beaches Christian School as “one of the most innovative in the world” we were amazed and honoured. Charlie Leadbeater (@wethink), is aContinueContinue reading “Becoming an innovative school? My top 10 ideas”
The #Olympics as a marker for technological progress: From hero-faxes in 1992 to tweets, wifi and apps in 2012
It’s the first day of the Olympics, in Australia most of the action happens as we sleep – but at least we get the first and last events of the day in the evenings and early mornings. Today I downloaded the London Olympics 2012 app and the Australian Olympic Team app and thinking about howContinueContinue reading “The #Olympics as a marker for technological progress: From hero-faxes in 1992 to tweets, wifi and apps in 2012”
Educational Sacred Cows: Title, Position, Status. Does reinventing school mean reinventing the language we use?
Within a shifting global landscape I have been contemplating the elements of school that have remained constant and questioning whether a shake up is needed. Only this week in Australia the idea of a ‘newspaper’ has been thrown into question, as print media realised that the tectonic plates have shifted in this industry, and nowContinueContinue reading “Educational Sacred Cows: Title, Position, Status. Does reinventing school mean reinventing the language we use?”
Innovative workplaces influencing learning spaces, or is it the other way around? #chickenoregg
What does this make you think of: It’s about choice Get better engagement Freedom of how to work, where to work and when to work Empowering Recognises the spectrum of work styles Different activities requiring varying levels of concentration or collaboration Technology is crucial Improves team collaboration and reduces individual competitiveness All of these phrasesContinueContinue reading “Innovative workplaces influencing learning spaces, or is it the other way around? #chickenoregg”
The Innovation Equation: (skills + design) x passion/purpose/drive = innovation
These are interesting times. We face new problems that need new solutions. The old solutions can’t necessarily translate into the 21st century context. Global financial uncertainty have shifted the tectonic plates. This is not the era of “a job for life”. Many industries are sent offshore, creating employment opportunities in other parts of the world.ContinueContinue reading “The Innovation Equation: (skills + design) x passion/purpose/drive = innovation”
How can we expect teachers to change the way they teach unless we have changed the way teachers learn?
Professional learning for a new paradigm About 12 months ago I found myself sitting in a conference surrounded by hundreds of educators on a topic of 21st Century education, delivered in an industrial-era paradigm. We sat passively, in a big auditorium, then we were herded like cattle to workshops where we sat passively in smallerContinueContinue reading “How can we expect teachers to change the way they teach unless we have changed the way teachers learn?”
Thinking like a start-up: Oops, what happens when you forget to. Learning from #Nokia
There are a few characteristics that distinguish a start-up. Enthusiasm Passion Energy Resourcefulness …and Agility. Agility means being able to respond to changing conditions and relies on being able to look ahead at what’s on the horizon, while simultaneously keeping your eye on the present conditions. SCIL is located in a large K-12 comprehensive schoolContinueContinue reading “Thinking like a start-up: Oops, what happens when you forget to. Learning from #Nokia”
Would you still want to be a leader if you didn’t have a title?
Browsing my Twitter feed the other day this question leaped out: What if leadership wasn’t a promotion Leadership happens everyday in every sector, with and without designated roles and titles. As we sail headlong into the 21st century it is timely to reconsider the requirements for leadership today, in a work context characterised by projects, rather thanContinueContinue reading “Would you still want to be a leader if you didn’t have a title?”
What skills and attributes does a principal* need for a school** today***?
If we think that school in 2025 will look like it does today, just think about the disruptive change that mobile technology has brought since the iPad was introduced 2010, in such a short space of time. The reality is that how learning takes place will transform, the place learning occurs will change and youngContinueContinue reading “What skills and attributes does a principal* need for a school** today***?”
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