In the classic book by Dale Carnegie, “How to Win Friends and Influence People” he states what now are fairly common perspectives. Revolutionary and impactful at the time of the writing, they still go far today. Here are a few items from the book. It is well worth the read. Some items may seem outdated, […]
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Month: February 2016
Calculating Return on Effort
Small changes can equal major time savings EDTech Managers are called on to do many things. One area that they constantly need to focus on is not allowing technology to get in the way of learning. Tech supports learning, but can sometimes cause delays, slow people down, not function correctly or at peek speeds. Small adjustments to your […]
Strategic Planning – The Final (Starting) Point
By going through the five steps, you have revisited and refined your thinking by repetitive review and reflection. Along the way others have provided input, comments and suggestions. By interacting with others you have gained support for your efforts via the discussions. You have eliminated the goals that would not advance your student focus and have expanded […]
Step Five – Your Objectives – Examples
In Step Four we talked about refining your goals and seeking alignment with the overall targets of the school. In Step Five, we get down to actionable definitions. Here is the output of Step Four: Tech Goal: We will purchase low end laptops for class use and embrace Chromebooks when applicable Now we refine it […]
Step Five – Your Objectives
Your objectives are the Action Plans you will take to meet your goals from Step 4. You now add the How and When) Now you get down to the actionable definitions of what you are going to be doing. This is the time to add measurable targets and time frames. Include Specific, Measurable objectives […]
Step Four – Define your Goals – the Product
In Step Four, you take your list that was created in Step Three and pick the ones that you want to focus on. In Step Three you made a quick list of at least 20-30, then we started narrowing it down to 5-7 ideas that might be the best. Now is the time to start […]
Step Four – Define Your Goals – Examples
Here is an example of an aligned goal: Org Goal: We will improve our student reading scores by 10% with focused intervention. Tech Goal: We will search out and embrace tech tools that empower intervention Tech Goal: We will create a custom database to track reading scores with dashboarding tools for educators And another one: […]
Step Four – Define Your Goals – Seek Alignment
Refine Your List Using the document you started creating in Step Three as a guide, develop a list of goals that you might want to move toward. You have kept it general in nature up to know, but it is finally time to start refining the goals so that they include defined targets or counts, numbers, quantities, percentages […]
Step Three – Look toward the Future – Part Two
When starting Step Three, many are tempted to dive into the practical side of ideas. At first it is just a brainstorming effort where you let the ideas flow without critique. Don’t worry about “How” or “When” yet (that is step five) For now you are just reaching for the achievable ideas and dreaming a […]
Step Three – Look toward the Future
Now for the fun part. Many want to jump to this step since it is the visionary, looking to the future part. Who does not want to dream about perfect worlds? While you can and should think about the next tech that you might want at any time during your IT career, you should get […]