Leadership Think Tank

Great article for the beginning of the yar.  

It is interesting and pleasing to note that more people are looking to use digital technologies to address appropriate predefined learning goals that may differ from those that best suit traditional learning goals and pen and paper technologies.

What if instead of giving homework to our students we asked them to come up with ideas? This chart provides a variety of alternative ways to look at homework. The post describes this as "Rather than simply a list of alternatives to homework, it instead contextualizes the need for work at home (or, “homework”). It does this by taking typical classroom situations–the introduction of new material, demonstrating a procedure, etc.), and offering alternatives to traditional homework assignments."

Consider asking your students what they would suggest doing instead of homework. What might you be able to add to these suggestions?

An interesting article published in The Guardian on the 15th of June

This looks like a well designed tool to partner people up for language exchange and peer leaning through video conferencing. Lots of language support and safety features.

This comedian doesn't just get laughs; he uses stand-up as a platform for discussing important social issues and to foster greater cultural understanding.  His big goal is to break stereotypical perspectives of Muslims and show that "there are good people everywhere."  Here is another of his entertaining and education TED talks.  

Tags: Middle East, TED, globalization, culture, Islam.

 Humor ???  The  most  important  in life !!  Can  somebody  imagine  the  everyday, Hard,  Dangerous, Tedious,  Blunt  and  Dul  life  without  HUMOR ???  Ask  the  Jews  people !!!  The  Humour, the  Inteligent  one,  helped  them  living  thru  the  hardest  time  to  conquer,  and  to  survive,  and  to  remain  still   as  "Israel",  one  of  the  Happyest  Country.  So,  is  Humor  Important ?????    

Thanks to John, David and Wise Leader!  Great scoop.

From the article:

Develop Awareness– Great leaders are self aware, organizationally aware, culturally aware, contextually aware, and emotionally aware. They value listening, engaging, observing, and learning over pontificating. They value sensitivity over insensitivity and humility over hubris. Leaders who come across as if they know everything haven’t fooled anyone – except themselves.

The 5 key transitions the author proposes make you think about how great human beings we expect great leaders to be: (1) find purpose, (2) people first, (3) develop awareness, (4) shun complexity, and (5) get personal. And I could not agree more about the fact how many people assume the responsability to lead but only a few can do it well: "Average leaders spend time scaling processes, systems, and models – great leaders focus on scaling leadership".

Omien laitteiden tuominen mukaan opetukseen lienee ainoa realistinen vaihtoehto toteuttaa opetuksen transformaatio ei-digitaalisesta digitaaliseen. Yksi luokallinen iPadejä maksaa noin 15 000 euroa, 10 luokallista jo 150 000 euroa. Android -tabletteja saisi murto-osalla tästä hinnasta, mutta koulut haluavat parasta.

Lisää investointeja merkitsevät luokkien varustaminen langattomilla verkoilla ja älytaulujen/vuorovaikutteisten videotykkien asentaminen. Langattomat verkot kannattaisi varmaankin alun alkaen tehdä teollisuusstandardien mukaan, eikä yrittää selviytyä heppoisilla kotiverkkoviritelmillä.

Rahaa palaa myös oppimsiympäristöihin ja ohjelmiin. Pelkillä iPad appseilla ei transformaatiota viedä läpi.

Olen yrittänyt myös lanseerata käsitystäni, että vielä näitäkin investointeja isompia kustannuksia tulee koulujen työorganisaation kehittämisestä digitaalisen oppimisen vaatimusten tasolle. Yleensä tämä on se kohta uudistuksissa, jossa Suomessa mättää pahiten.

Oppirahat tulevat sitä kalliimmiksi, mitä myöhemmin tosiasiat tunnustetaan.

A great discussion starter! Thanks for sharing :-)

An interesting list no doubt and discussion-provoking 

It is always improtant to think about the purpose and the student's technological abilities.  I see all too often with adult learning presenters overestimate the abilities of the learners.

Great resource

Enjoyable, indeed!