Month: August 2012

  • My school district has a parcel tax renewal on the ballot this November and I gladly volunteered to do the web page for the campaign on my personal time. I started by building out a site in wordpress but quickly realized that while wordpress was a great blogging platform, for the uninitiated web designer, it was probably not…

  • Just when I thought I was done, they pull me back in. To the LEC Admin Boot Camp course that is. But that’s the wrong movie reference. More on that later. After having received an email titled Final Grade Update with all 3’s (the highest possible score) for my portfolio assignments, I was dutifully informed today that my final…

  • We still don’t have an official web page for the new podcast but we’ve got episodes. Here’s the latest. Episode 2: The D10 Caterpillar Reform Plan I ask Dr. V what the heck this quote means: “Devolution of authority over student learning” — hmm, now there’s a thought. The wording piqued my interest – Tweet from @Dowbiggin…

  • So here is a prime example of why publishing student work to the web is such a powerful motivator to do well. Below is a link to my Leading Edge Certification Admin class portfolio. This is the final assessment for an online class designed to introduce school administrators to social media and online learning. Those…

  • Hey all. I’ve started a new podcast with Mile Vollmert called Reboot ED where we’ll be talking about big ideas in education and ed reform. The pilot episode is up here. We’re working on a website and getting setup on iTunes. More to follow.