http://mohjoe.edublogs.org Ed leadership and stuff like that there Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:58:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Good Morning Everyone First off, I would like to take this opportunity to say a few thank you’s! Thank you to all the Central staff who have worked to make today such a classy occasion. In particular, the administrative assistants – Connie Bradley, Lydia Parker and Lorenda Bender need special mention for ... http://mohjoe.edublogs.org/2008/06/27/leadership-graduation-address-2008/ Today’s educational leaders are required, out of necessity, to operate in with a distributed, shared leadership style. I believe this is an appropriate leadership approach because we cannot and should not have to do our work alone. This is also in line with current educational research which indicates that the ... http://mohjoe.edublogs.org/2008/06/11/resolving-hierarchy-in-a-flattening-world/ Everyone knows the saying about the only thing being constant is change. Have a look at this vid - it takes a postmodern look at the changes in our world. What do these changes mean to us a educational leaders and the work we do? I am presently in ... http://mohjoe.edublogs.org/2008/04/21/times-they-are-a-chaning-duh/ Okay, so maybe the Pink Floyd was a little "edgy". What I wanted to do is start a discussion about the imagery and hopefully get into some deeper meaning about the role education has played, is playing, and will play in our world. Here are some images and thoughts that ... http://mohjoe.edublogs.org/2008/04/10/nobody-wanted-to-play-my-game/ Hey teachers, leave those kids alone! I love the tune, hate the lyrics. Sit back, crank the volume, and take a look at this video. Be warned, the vivid, thought provoking imagery may be disturbing to some. See what symbolism stands out for you and drop me a few lines about it. I've always ... http://mohjoe.edublogs.org/2008/03/04/another-brick-in-the-wall/ Hi Everyone (Anyone):  I've not made a post for a while - started taking some classes and every spare minute seems to find me with my nose in a book!  Anyway, I came across this quote in an article on the philosophy of educational leadership.  The article contemplated modernist and postmodernist applications to education and ... http://mohjoe.edublogs.org/2008/02/06/spirit-passion-creativity/ I’ve been working with a committee from our school division on developing an assessment protocol. I am wrestling with the following thoughts: Why do we continue to try to provide assessment information to students with percentage grades? The easy answer is because our “Ministry of Education” requires the school ... http://mohjoe.edublogs.org/2007/12/13/percentage-grades/ With the ease of cutting and pasting material from the internet, we are continuously dealing with incidents of plagiarism.  Sometimes it is so blatant that it can be proven by  simply entering the suspected phrase into a search engine.  The more difficult to deal with scenario is that which cannot ... http://mohjoe.edublogs.org/2007/10/09/the-plagiarism-plague/ I am helping to plan a reunion for the high school where I work (and attended).  As I was thumbing through some things from yesteryear I came across this cartoon, drawn by a student, once published in our student newspaper.  In what year do you think this picture was drawn ... http://mohjoe.edublogs.org/2007/09/26/guess-when/ I’ve heard people say that schools are the only places that a person from 100 years ago could be dropped into and still be able to recognize.  I have even caught myself nodding to this statement.  I had some time to reflect on this today and yes, I do believe ... http://mohjoe.edublogs.org/2007/09/23/education-never-changes/