Tag Archives: educational leadership

Be Relentless

Posted on June 12, 2019 by Don Watkins

Relentless: Changing Lives by Disrupting the Educational Norm by Hamish Brewer My rating: 5 of 5 stars Hamish Brewer is anything but typical. A tattooed skateboard riding principal whose zest for life and education transcends tradition, culture, place and every … Continue reading →

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EdCamp is is an opportunity for learning you cannot afford to miss

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Don Watkins

I became aware of the EdCamp movement over a year ago through one of my Twitter contacts, Christina Luce. Since that time I’ve done a lot of reading about the EdCamp movement and I’ve been very impressed by what I … Continue reading →

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Massively Open Online Course

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Don Watkins

A couple of days ago I signed up for my first ever MOOC and then I visited the Coursesites.com and signed up for a course about Locating, Creating, Licensing and Utilizing OER (Open Educational Resources). MOOCs are potentially disruptive innovation.  They … Continue reading →

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Yoga for teachers

Posted on June 15, 2013 by Don Watkins

In the past year I’ve discovered that there are many teachers who are stressed about a variety of things. For many it involves high stakes testing and tying their evaluations to the results of those tests. For others its a … Continue reading →

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Deo Gratias

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Don Watkins

That’s Latin for “Thanks be to God.” I learned that years ago as an altar boy in the pre-Vatican II Catholic Church. Two years ago I began a course of study at St. Bonaventure University in Educational Leadership. Two years … Continue reading →

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Sign of the times

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Don Watkins

It’s been incredibly hot and essentially no rain here where I live and it’s gotten me to pondering what it means. I’m not inclined to think that God or the Gods are punishing us for a misdeed. The earth may … Continue reading →

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Post information age education

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Don Watkins

Today I spent an enjoyable day at a neighboring school district listening to a staff development specialist speak to a distinguished group of area school administrators that included mostly building principals, curriculum directors and district superintendents. The focus of the … Continue reading →

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I am not giving up

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Don Watkins

This post is a response to a wonderful educator from Saskatchewan who has written a very thoughtful piece on his blog expressing his frustration with his or his district’s battle to wean students from Youtube and Facebook. Let me preface … Continue reading →

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A nerd a geek or what?

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Don Watkins

In a few hours I’ll be traveling to ISTE 2011 with my wife and two other teachers. Four of us with over hundred years experience in the classroom. We’re veterans. Diane , Kim & Dave are real classroom teachers. I’m … Continue reading →

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What now?

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Don Watkins

I work in education and I’m employed as a technology director. Everyone is a director now. Our egos call for it. Everyone’s ego demands director status. I like to think of myself as more of a facilitator. I enable teachers, … Continue reading →

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