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Leading Innovative Change #ASBA

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From the #ASBA Presentation, November 2013. Looking at some of the work happening around the world and how Parkland School Division is embracing change as an opportunity to do something great for students.
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Leading Innovative Change

George CourosDivision Principal of

Innovative Teaching and Learning#PSD70

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“Transformational leaders don't start by denying the world around them. Instead, they describe a future they'd like to create instead.”

Seth Godin

From: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bdesham/3259862682/

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About Me

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Focus on Relationships

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Pier 21, 1958

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Dad

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“We need to teach kids to respect the past but to live in the future.”

Marc Prensky

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Be More Dog

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This is not about technology; it’s about relationships and learning.

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Why Change?

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We need to rethink school.

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“If you don't like change, you're going to like

irrelevance even less.”General Erick Shinseki

From: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasarobonaut/5478897371/

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“The Interwebs (slang) allow students to take their learning into their own hands and give it life, meaning and apply their passion to what

ever they choose....

But the question is, are the schools teaching for yesterday or tomorrow?”

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The world is mobile.

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Learning happens everywhere.

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“I decided to drop out of school to pursue photography...”

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We are all connected

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tweetping.net

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Isolation is now a choice education makes.

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Tap into the “human” side of the web.

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“As the Internet has become more central in our lives,

we have begun to witness a revival of the importance of being

human.”Notter and Grant

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To inspire meaningful change, you must make a connection to the heart before you can make a connection to the mind.

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You have an impact.

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Our kids look up to what we do...

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Our kids need our guidance.

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The biggest shift for leadersusing technology is not skill set;it’s mindset.

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“What we model is what we get.”Jimmy Casas

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Would you want to spend the whole day learning in your own classroom?

The Big Question

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It is not enough just to be different; it has to be better.

Notter and Grant

From: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/4196773347/

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Leading Innovative Change

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Start with the “why”

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"Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality." -

Warren G. Bennis

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vision

Parkland School Division is a place where exploration, creativity and

imagination make learning exciting and where all learners aspire to

reach their dreams.

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Learning First, Technology Second

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Business vs. Education

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What is best for kids?

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4 Guiding Questions For Your IT Department

What is best for kids?

How does this improve learning?

If we were to do _________, what is the balance of risk vs. reward?

Is this serving the few or the majority?

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“Freedom is actually a bigger game than power.

Power is about what you can

control.

Freedom is about what you can

unleash.”

Harriet Rubin

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Create Meaninful Learning Experiences With Staff

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“To innovate, disrupt your routine.”

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Help move people from their “Point A” to their “Point B”.

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Simone Bauer, with a Master of Arts in piano performance, B Ed in music teaching, is an

innovative music specialist at Blueberry School.

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“...And truth be told, teachers should be responsible for their own PD now. Kids wouldn’t wait for a blogging workshop.

Adults shouldn’t either.”Will Richardson

Original from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bombardier/15371858/

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Narrow Your Focus

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Literate --> Adaptive --> Transformative

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Move to meaningful creation.

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“Learning is creation, not consumption.

Knowledge is not something a learner

absorbs, but something a learner creates.”

Original from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotologic/410355440/

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“They have to be interactive producers, not isolated

consumers.” John Seely Brown

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Build Based on Strengths

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Our job in education is not to control talent, but to help find and unleash it.

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What’s your background in video

editing?

I just do it for fun. I’m self-taught.

How long did it take to film and edit?

I started in November, but then I had to start from scratch a couple months

afterwards, so I spent months and months on it.

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“There are intrapreneurs who bring significant innovative changes from

within an organization.” (Swearingen, 2008)

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“Intrapreneurial spirit” in schools will more than likely lead to “entrepreneurial

spirit” outside of them.

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Embrace an Open Culture

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Everyone is a teacher, everyone is a learner.

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LearningTogether

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"Figure out a way to create systems that

allow those hunches to come together..."~Stephen Johnson

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“But kids often defy expectations, if you give them the opportunity.” Shelley Wright

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Steps Towards Innovative Change (Non-Sequential)

2. Create Meaningful Learning Experiences

1. Focus on Learning First, Technology Second

3. Narrow Your Focus

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Steps Towards Innovative Change (Non-Sequential)

5. Create and Embrace an Open Culture

4. Focus on Strengths

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Concluding Thoughts

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Make sharing the “default”.

Original from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ben_grey/4582294721/

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Jump!

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The Biggest Game Changer in Education?

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Open your world...Open their world.

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