EIPS Technoganza

The annual EIPS Technoganza is held each year for school administrators, over a period of two days.  This year our theme was Connecting with Community: Building on Social Capital.
We were pleased to welcome back Facilitator Dean Shareski http://ideasandthoughts.org/
One of our challenges was to think about what we want to communicate and why. We need to be 'curators' of information and should really think about what we are saying. Each school has its own unique story, and there are different ways we can share.  Some quotes,  in(sites:) and books referenced at Technoganza:

If there is no sharing, there is no teaching (David Wiley)
Communication needs to be 'transparent more than gloss'
From the book Finnish Lessons, Pasi Sahlberg writes

"I wish we could stop talking about the word accountable and instead talk about responsible"

If we don't tell our story, then someone will.
(The Incredible Story of Martha Payne)

http://bowlingalone.com/

Putnam warns that our stock of social capital – the very fabric of our connections with each other, has plummeted, impoverishing our lives and communities...

food for thought..

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To view comments posted duringTechnoganza, go to the following links:

http://todaysmeet.com/eips (Day 1- Principals)
http://todaysmeet.com/eips2 (Day 2 - Assistant Principals)


Also shared:

Haiku Deck - an application for the iPad. Simple to use, library of pictures to choose from, or use your own, the application is designed for presentation use, with an emphasis on photography rather than text

Paper.li  - quick and easy way to start an online 'newspaper'

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