The Networked Educational Leader #edtechbc

The Networked Educational Leader:Using Social Media To Improve Learning and Leading

#edtechbc

About Me

Focus onRelationships

From: http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/cgbarrows/5460174652/sizes/l/in/ pool-858082@N25/

This is not about technology...

This is not about technology... ...it is about learning.

Goals of today• To show why it is important to connect as a leader.• To show why it is important to connect as an organization.

What about our kids now? Remixed from: http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/margolove/3139034331/

Why? YourYou OrganizationYour YourStaff Students

Let’s start with you...

"You dont lead by pointing andtelling people some place to go.You lead by going to that placeand making a case."- Ken Kesey

Growth Fixed What is your mindset?

The most important role a leader can play education is that of a learner.

You...lead learner

From: http://engage.education.alberta.ca/ inspiring-action/

You are not into sharing?

You...connecting to the best educatorsall over the world.

http://georgecouros.cahttp://connectedprincipals.com

Connected Principals

Your organization...will become itsown press.

Do you think this is the true message?

School Branding

The best leaders know how to send AND receive.

What could possibly happen if we don’t do this?

Are our schools this branded?

Is this how you want to be deﬁned?

Your organization...will createstronger relationships.

Connections Donna Matwichuk Jordan Conne Kim EnglerMrs. Cameron

Test...

From: http:// www.ecorazzi.com/ 2008/02/13/british- supermarket-tesco-doubles-order-for-free- range-chickens/Is this picture okay to have in this presentation?

Your staff...will become learners ﬁrst.

Growth

Self-Directed Innovation

Your students...use this anyway.

Yet as mobile and social technologies becomeubiquitous, attempts to block them areincreasingly ineffective. For example, in schoolsthat prohibit cell phones, 54% of students stillreport sending texts during the school day(Lenhart, 2010).

Yet as mobile and social technologies becomeubiquitous, attempts to block them areincreasingly ineffective. For example, in schoolsthat prohibit cell phones, 54% of students stillreport sending texts during the school day(Lenhart, 2010). As with any other behavior, when schools teach and set expectations for appropriate technology use, students rise to meet the expectations. Such conditions allow educators to focus on, in the words of social technology guru Howard Rheingold (n.d.), educating “children about the necessity for critical thinking and [encouraging] them to exercise their own knowledge of how to make moral choices."

Your students...will have a voice.

We have to allow our studentsto create their own content.

Your students...will inspire you.

Something transformational happens when students (and teachers!)write, create and share for an authentic audience. In this instance,the young artists of PS22 are not the only benefactors; it seems that adults are profoundly moved by their voices and the hope that this new generation represents.

Identity Day

Courage

Moving Forward

The Culture of Yes

The battle between the “digital immigrants” and the “digital natives.”

You can either pursuehappiness, or create it.

We need to become connectorsFrom: http://uowblogs.com/digckdlh705/ﬁles/2010/08/social-network.jpg

Contact Me Twitter - @gcouros Blog - georgecouros.ca Email - georgecouros@gmail.com

References and Resources Connected Principals - http://connectedprincipals.com The Principal of Change - http://georgecouros.ca Forest Green School - http://forestgreenschool.ca Educational Leadership Blogs - http://bit.ly/edleaderbundle Read: Open Leadership by Charlene LiShoutouts: @courosa, @shareski, @willrich45, @bhsprincipal, @nmhs_principal (Find them on Twitter)

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The Networked Educational Leader #edtechbc

by George Couros on Apr 18, 2011

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