Initially I clicked on his blog because he's from Texas and so am I. I discovered Miguel Guhlin was blogging about digital safety and revamping professional development, and he is interesting and easy to read.
Ultimately I focused on the underlying learning objectives that I wanted, complete with students, and found digital tools to complement or enhance those skills.
The key in all of this is good instructional design along with a consistent vision and culture built by school administration.
An administrator's biggest mistake is to make technology seem like a mandated item
However, when you're starting out with tech integration, find a focus.
Ultimately it's not about how many apps we integrate, but about providing our students with the best access and opportunities to contemporary learning resources
Professional development should be job-embedded, linking technology usage to specific content standards and learners in teachers' classrooms, and should also provide technical support.
Successful schoolwide technology integration ultimately requires a schoolwide cultural shift
In explaining how people become digitally literate, breadth of use, experience, gender, and education are more important than generation
I'm a little partial to this video because it includes a segment on the importance of librarians in implementing change.
"Trust is about empowerment and creating permission for people to take risks in such a way that enables them to innovate, to iterate."
"...have realistic expectations for what's going to happen. As much as there's a learning curve for students, there is very much for adults, too..."
the "positive contagion." Leaders matter less for the ideas that they possess and more for their ability to connect ideas (sometimes controversial) and people across their organizations.
By attending to our human need to create, connect, and play, leaders assure that great ideas can evolve from young seedlings into robust, self-supporting ecosystems.