Archive for the ‘Leadership’ Category

A Superintendent’s Commitment to Technology Integration

Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

Dr. Susan SilverDr. Susan Silver, a recently retired superintendent from Scotts Valley Unified School District, shares her visionary leadership approach in creating effective technology programs.  TICAL’s digital media advisor Thom Dunks discusses Dr. Silver’s experience, technology planning, and capacity building through in-house professional development.  All of which assisted this low-funded school in effective technology integration.

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Active Agents – Students Owning Their Learning

Monday, April 4th, 2011

Chris LehmannScience Leadership Academy (SLA)  is a  progressive one-to-one high school in urban Philadelphia which began as a partnership between the district and the Franklin Institute Science Museum.  The founding principal of the school, Chris Lehmann, shares their inquiry-driven approach to pedagogy and the students’ authoritative practices that led the school in being recognized as one of the most amazing schools in the U.S.

 

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Learning for Life in Our Times

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

As global director for the Oracle Education Foundation, Bernie Trilling has been deeply involved in the work of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills.  Together with colleague Charles Fadel, Bernie authored 21st Century Skills: Learning for Life in Our Times, an essential resource that maps the skills needed to survive and thrive in today’s complex and connected world.

In this episode of Radio TICAL, Bernie and Michael visit some of the key ideas from the book as well as some of the story behind how the Partnership came to its ultimate recommendations.

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