by vfitzjarrald | Aug 28, 2012 | Hopkins
This past week, I took a 21 point self-assessment to determine my strengths in areas of leadership. Within the first minute of the assessment, I could tell exactly where my strengths and weaknesses were, but it took me almost a week to digest them. The most striking...
by vfitzjarrald | Aug 20, 2012 | Hopkins
I believe that transformational leadership can be used to instigate change at all levels of education administration and leadership. Transformational leadership is the ability to enhance a follower’s morale and motivation. This type of leadership can be demonstrated...
by vfitzjarrald | Jul 2, 2012 | Education, ISTE, Professional Development
For the past few years, I have considered Sir Ken Robinson my professional hero. I still remember the first time I saw his TED talk (the 2005 version): It just so happened that I was in a training about classroom differentiation and the need to engage students...
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by vfitzjarrald | Jun 25, 2012 | Education, ISTE, Technology
Well, it is official, I am here at ISTE 2012 in sunny San Diego. The official convene slogan is: Expanding Horizons, but that really translates into “mind blowing shit.” On my first day at the conference I was lucky enough to be invited to the annual...
by vfitzjarrald | Jun 25, 2012 | Education, ISTE, Professional Development, Technology
As I continued through the cloud of Technology, Pedagogy, and Content (TPACK) at ISTE 2012 I was continually drawn to the work of Michael Fullan. By entering the Stratosphere, we can embrace all of the TPACK needs, in a way that is easy to understand and implement....
by vfitzjarrald | Jun 18, 2012 | Hopkins
This post is going to be a bit interesting, especially for those of you who are used to my normal posts. Instead of talking and reflecting on my everyday life, I will be reflecting on a set of questions that were posed for my Administration and Supervision Certifciate...
by vfitzjarrald | May 6, 2012 | Consulting, Work
It is always amazing to me how quickly things change. Over the past week or so, I have been offered two different web-design jobs by people I work with. It is really flattering. The first is for a company known as the4aspects.com. They are looking for a website...
by vfitzjarrald | May 3, 2012 | Education
One of the things I tell pre-service teachers is that the students in your class must consider math as a second (or in my case third) language. Cognitively we develop our talents in math the same way we develop those for language acquisition. This concept is easy to...
by vfitzjarrald | Apr 3, 2012 | Education, Technology, The "Pad" Principal
It really amazes me sometimes how incompetent some people seem! I was reflecting earlier today on this very issue. At school, we had a District representative arrive who wanted to know about the SmarLabs, and how they have changed over the past year. To be honest, it...
by vfitzjarrald | Mar 31, 2012 | The "Pad" Principal
Well, my iGoogle served to brighten me up in my “writers block.” The Quote of the day is: Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better...
