READINGS+AND+REFLECTIONS

Leading a Digital School by Mal Lee and Michael Gaffney

An excellent, well structured and easy to access book. Click here to access a sample (Chapter 1)

Click to access the text of an address delivered by Mark Pesce futurist, educator and broadcaster at the 2011 National Digital Education Conference under the heading Hyperconnectivity



SOME QUOTATIONS/THOUGHTS

"In the accelerated tsunamai of connection, teachers need to use the same tools as their students so that the latter are not alone in their journey into knowledge and mastery "

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write,but those who cannot learn,unlearn and relearn. Alvin Toffler

Some leaders say that opportunities create problems. Proactive leaders believe that problems create opportunities. - Reed Markham, American Educator

The effective 21st Century administrator is a hands-on user of technology.



"Everything that’s already in the world when you’re born is just normal" "Anything that gets invented between then and before you turn thirty is incredibly exciting and creative and with any luck you can make a career out of it" "Anything that gets invented after you’re thirty is against the natural order of things and the beginning of the end of civilisation as we know it until it’s been around for about ten years when it gradually turns out to "be alright really.

**A KEY QUESTION FOR US ALL** What is your digital adaptability? How are you learning? How are they learning because of your learning?