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This is powerful; I've just discovered this approach, and I love it. The "conditions" part suggest that deliberate leadership can structure an environment where people are able to succeed somewhat independently. 

Jonathan Martin is a principal at St. Gregory College Preparatory School in Tucson, AZ. St. Gregory is a 1:1 laptop school.  He blogs at www.21k12blog.net and tweets at @JonathanEMartin.

The cost of an Iphone now is very close to the cost of a net book or a solid state computer. I think we should also explore the option of investing in bandwidth and filtering so that students can bring their own computers to school. The cost is not that different from phones now, students can mass personalize their computer, and then there is no issue with personal overlap. It's their computer. With cloud computing, students just have access to their Google accounts through bandwidth, not the network. Food for thought. 

You and I see the value in this and many school board members do as well. We have to help our communities understand the value. I worked with a board the other night that totally gets the need for integrating technology into the curriculum. Their concern was the community: "They think paper and pencil is good enough." You cannot ignore this perspective, because if enough people in your community agree with that idea, you will lose the tech supporter board members at election time. This turnover in leadership does not lead to long-term systemic change (which needs to include the integration of technology).

Leadership Traits 21st Century Administrator

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Principal J with a podcast on Teachercast!

Nick Sauers describes PD for implementing and supporting a 1 to 1 school.  

I love this concept: Begin with what you believe, then build 

Another push for programming to be recognized as a educational discipline like English, math, science, and social studies. 

Very neat presentation about the next generation of building. 

Via @mcleod, From command and control to encourage and engage. 

Part of the evolution of libraries. 

@mwesch is quoted in this article. 

Thoughtful argument in favor of changing our paradigms in education. 

A thoughtful analysis of #edtech integration (system wide). 

Microsoft's Chief Software Architect 's blog. This is his parting memo (as he his leaving MSFT), which could be named, The End of the PC World. 

For those of us at the WASDA Leadership and Visioning Workshop, the 1:1 initiative was talked about a lot, not to mention the TED video from Sugata Mitra (Hole in the Wall). 

Hat tip to Scott McLeod for tweeting this tool out. Looks interesting.