Karen Greenwood Henke is a professional writer and speaker on emerging technologies and their role in education. She is also the founder of Grant Wrangler, a free grants and awards listing service.
These networks support long tail learning for teachers. It helps teachers find and share expertise on specific areas of interest that they might not find in the same school building or district. Barbara Bray’s eCoach Web site is another great example of this phenomenon. eCoach also offers professional coaching services to help teachers develop their coaching skills or improve their own instructional skills.
In November, I presented Long Tail Learners to a small group of thought leaders assembled by Intel at edIT. We had an animated discussion about my Long Tail Learner Rules:
The most discussion came from number 3: Feedback is Essential. Read more »
Project Tomorrow just announced the release of a report I wrote with their staff using data from the Speak Up Administrators survey of 2007. Leadership in the 21st Century: The New Visionary Administrator will be released at the NSBA Technology + Learning Conference in Seattle, WA, at a breakfast on Wednesday, October 29 at 7:30am. In addition to comparing administrator views on technology to the views of students, the report includes interviews of principals, tech managers and district administrators from 8 school districts. We found some very interesting ways that “tech visionary” leaders are deploying technology within their organizations to help students develop 21st century skills. I’ll share more when the report goes public! Register for the breakfast at T+L.