Enthusiasm, Hope and Energy

Three things every leader should bring with them to the table. Del Litke talks about leadership and focuses on the research tonight with a group of leaders in Foothills School Division. We're discussing important points and uncovering those tidbits that support our learners.

What we know is that kids performance increases the most when they have outstanding teachers, and is increased further when that's supported by great leadership. The two in tandem - a school that is a culture that believes all kids can and must learn - is where we all want to get to.

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Data Gathering for Engaging Leadership

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Chris Anderson: How YouTube is Driving Innovation


Dan Brown: An Open Letter to Educators

Are we building classrooms or learning communities?

The Connected Education Leader

Spent the day working with George Couros looking at ways to develop networks with educational leader through multiple online tools.

As a start, take a look at this video. It explains some of the why. More over Dan Brown suggest education is not changing at a rate that allows students to be in the world they already have their feet planted in...

Or this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P2PGGeTOA4

We can't begin to worry about the future because we haven't caught up today yet.

Might want to look at Carol Dueck book "Mindset" - http://books.google.com/books?id=fdjqz0TPL2wC&dq=mindset&hl=en&src=bmrr&ei=T_RvTfnuAo26sAORkaXJCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAA.