Today, we have a very special PLN Guest Post by Kathi Renn of Be the Change! I’m so excited to have her visit and post on my Blog, she’s an amazing Education Leadership blogger who is incredibly creative, talented and super nice, too! Welcome, Kathi!
Reflection #5: Road Trip
Thanks for inviting me to your blog Juhi. I am happy to be your guest blogger this week!
This last couple of weeks has been huge for me, with regard to my own personal digital leadership journey. The path has had some steep drop offs that led to lessons in storage of information (My advice… always back-up your system.), winding side streets that have led to hidden digital treasures, insightful vista pullouts with tremendous views into student engagement and a lot of newly paved roadways leading to a strong foundation for true digital leadership.
Being a strong digital leader involves many elements, but for me the most important ones are time to learn and prepare, as well as time to management and maintain. The priceless exposure and support, which I have received from Dr. Malone this week, has proven to be the first step in this exciting road trip.
As a digital leader it is my job to ensure the same time and support to my teachers and staff. I also believe that in order for teachers and staff to embrace recommended social media and digital tools, I need to model the very items I am asking them to participate and use. I would start with collaborative items like Twitter, Facebook and blogging. I believe that most teachers are naturally collaborative and they would find immediate value in using these sites and tools to improve instruction, share ideas and celebrate success.
As I end this post, I find myself needing to stop and “re-fuel”. Although the journey has been fantastic and I have learned much more than I ever expected to learn, my vehicle (brain) will need time to explore these tools to make them most effective as part of my digital leadership plan.
Do you have an explanatory figurative anecdote (sorry, I used to teach 7th grade) you could share that explains your digital leadership journey?
Excellent collaboration Juhi ... and creative solution to losing your password Kathi! Learning is certainly a worthy journey, so excited to be on this journey with both of you!
ReplyDeleteThanks Glenn. As my husband always says, "adapt and overcome". In this instance, it even produced an opportunity for digital collaboration.
DeleteThanks Glenn. It really was a fun idea!
DeleteKathi - Great post! I am so excited to work with you to build our PLN.
This comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteJuhi and Kathi- Fantastic idea about guest blog. I'm stealing this idea and will plan to have an experienced teacher guest blog a few times a year. I anticipate starting with a letter to first year teachers that they can read during New Educator Training. Juhi- Thanks for helping me learn!
ReplyDelete