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We like our leaders to be confident, clear, in control. We take comfort from leaders who have a vision, who are insightful, who know where they are going.
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We are not nearly as comfortable with ambiguity. Ambiguity is uncertain. We do not know what is going to happen with ambiguity.
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We are not reassured when leaders are ambiguous. We trust them less.
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The difficulty for leaders, and for us, is that many significant challenges are ambiguous.
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Leadership is turning ambiguity into measurable action steps, translating what we fear into what we can do.
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Leadership is turning ambiguity into measurable action steps, translating what we fear into what we can do.
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not all digital immigrants and not all digital natives are created equal
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Digital Immigrants fall into the following three major groups
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Avoiders:
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Reluctant adopters
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Enthusiastic adopters
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Digital Natives fall into the following three major groups
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Avoiders
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Minimalists
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Enthusiastic participants
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this means changing the educational model to be more participatory and less passive.
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Schools need to churn out students who are excited about learning and ready to thrive in the world as they meet it after high school. This means that students should be proficient in: Microsoft Office (including Word, Excel, Powerpoint); they should know how to write a business-appropriate email (no texting abbreviations); when it is and is not appropriate to text; when to turn off their phones; how to handle security breaches online (in the forms of sexual pictures of self or friends, stolen identity, bad online reviews, etc.).
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shared by David Ellena on 05 Jan 14 - No Cached

Look at your to-do list and ask, “What are the things on here that can only be accomplished by me?
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 That becomes your to-do list, and everything else gets delegated.  You know who can handle what.  When those tasks are delegated appropriately, they will be done promptly and efficiently.  You may even find they’re done better than you would have done them–especially if you believe enthusiastic buy-in and positive reception by the people they’re intended for are important.
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You are surrounded by people that want to help (and want to help you!).
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Teachers, when looking over your lesson plans, ask, “Can this lesson be executed without kids?”  I know this sounds laughable, but there are such lessons.  Take, for example, the following lesson: Teacher plans the lesson Teacher dictates expectations Teacher lectures Teacher tells students what to write down Teacher gives kids worksheets to do at home (maybe parents do them..?) Teacher grades all worksheets
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