danpullen
@danpullen
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Joined December 2008
In Bismarck all week. Meetings on top of the admininstrators' conference, on top of many more meetings, etc. Productive so far.
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Off to Minot by way of Bismarck. Be in Minot in time for evening party!.
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Off to Bismarck. Board meets tomorrow. Hectic agenda includes my annual performance review. Many "issues" in the air. a tough year ahead.
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I'm reading/approving school tech plans these weeks. Coffee, frequent breaks, brisk walks, deep breathing and patience pills are required.
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Dead desktop machine this morning.Support guy is trying to figure out what's wrong. I'm using my netbook as a backup. OK for temporary use.
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Prepping for REA meeting in GForks today re: ndSLEDS - intro and seeking schools' input.
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Returned from a trip to Jacksonville Florida to visit our son/daughter-in-law. It was a very cold weekend there. too cold for touristing.
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Ending this year by noon and taking the afternoon off. Big plans: x-country skiing, early movie-Avatar 3D, late dinner, early to bed. WOOT!.
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Reading new national ed tech plan outline: P-12 technology for Learning, Assessment, Teaching, and Productivity. https://edtechfuture.org/.
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All dug out and back at it after five days of snow, food, relatives, tv/dvd movies and cabin-fever. Ahhhh!.
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Getting ready for 2.5 days off. Guess we are preparing for a BIG SNOW STORM, but early predictions about these things are often inaccurate.
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Reading school tech plans trying to approve them for fed, state and e-rate purposes. So far: 0 for 7. Hoping to read a good one soon.
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Off to Bismarck to do public awarding of this year's Qwest Foundation Teacher and Technology Grants. Ten great projects; ten great teachers.
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Finishing paper for independent study I'm doing this semester: accountability, assessments and data systems in ND. Focus: P-20 but growing.
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At NSDC Conf - Geoffrey Canada,Harlem Children's Zone: If all our schools don't transform very soon, we are in danger of losing our country.
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BUT Linda D. Hammond: technology professional development in North Dakota is 2nd best in U.S. in being longer-term, intensive & high quality.
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Linda D. Hammond: nationwide, technology prof. devel. is the worst of all education skills in terms of being one-shot, "spray and pray.".
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More Fullan: Teaching has to become de-privatized – collaboration between teachers related to improving instruction has to become the norm.
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Michael Fullan (6 secrets of change) new book: motion leadership. I like: ready, fire, aim; instruction drives data, behavior before belief.
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