In the next few days the chaos of changing communications infrastructure is going to grip HWDSB. We are about to replace First Class (the email and conferencing software that has been utilized at the school board since I started working here 10 years ago). Regardless of the amount of planning and work that goes into …
Category archives: Technology
Some Thoughts on Distributed Leadership
I have been asked to sit on a panel. What are your thoughts on the question:What kind of culture will support teacher leadership in schools? — John Malloy (@malloy_john) February 23, 2014 I think in reference to HWDSB, we believe that it is the role of the board to remove as many barriers to success …
The new “in” thing is “U”
The HWDSB 21st Century Learning team has launched a new initiative today called a U-Service. This is a play on the in-service model of PD that we regularly offer to teachers. A few years ago we ran a Livescribe event in the Gym at Maple Lane. Teachers from across the board came and shared the …
Pathways to Adoption
A Twitter conversation tonight regarding how to outfit a classroom, and spend School Council dollars, reminded me that I haven’t shared an infographic we’ve been using in our department recently when talking to schools about how to move forward with creating the essential conditions for learning within their classrooms. The logic works as follows. Every …
You Don’t Need an App for That….
We’ve been exploring a new method of deploying apps in the board. All of the pertinent details will soon be available at http://ios.commons.hwdsb.on.ca. (Huge kudos need to be aimed at the iOS support team at WRDSB, from whom I have stolen and plagiarized a big chunk of this process: thanks for forging a path.) Anyone …
Minecraft in Education
I’ve been embedded in a few conversations on Twitter this weekend regarding the use of Minecraft in education. I should first point out that I am not at all questioning the teachers who are using it well. I know some of them personally, and I know that they use it efficiently, effectively, and with great …