Assingment #5: New Year Resolutions in July

 I can honestly say that they way I think about technology leadership has been radically strengthened these past 2 weeks. But my I'm fearful. I'm fearful that as July fades into August and the rush of a new school year begins, I will allow myself to fall into a comfortable trap. I'm fearful I'll find myself doing things the way I've always done them. So in spirit of NOT falling victim to this fate I'm doing something that I usually reserve December 1st; creating a New Year's Resolution List. Unlike the December list, I'm narrowing my focus to deal with technology leadership and many of the items are related to the biggest takeaway I've had from the course; PLNs. In the spirit of modeling good goal setting I've made them action-focused and connected to standards (NETS standard 3). So with no further adieu here is my top 10 list:

1. I'm using the social medium of twitter to follow at least 10 National and 10 local leaders in the field of teacher coaching. (NETS-3B/D)

2. I'm following at least 5 blogs of leaders in the field of teacher coaching and have comment on at least 2 posts every month (NETS- 3B/C)

3. I've spent at least 30 daily minutes scanning the Twitter feeds of the National and Local teacher coaching leaders to find instructional research and resources to build my own professional practice (NETS- 3B/D)

4. I've used Twitter to set-up at least 3 collaborative meetings (face-to-face or electronic) with a teacher coaching leader. (NETS- 3B/C/D).

5. I've created an organizational system in my google drive to store relevant articles and resources and share them via google with my teachers.

6. I'm now offering Google hangouts as an option for reflective debrief conversations with the teachers I mentor. (NETS
3C).

7. I've created a blog for new teachers and update it at least once a week. (NETS- 3B/C)

8. I include a research article or resource in my blog on the topic of technology at least 6 times. (NETS-3A/D)

9. I've included a video of teaching strategy in action from a teacher within our district at least 5 times. (NETS- 3A/C)

10. I created a yearly timeline which depicts my action steps for achieving goals 1-9 before the start of the school year.

Does this list represent technology leadership? I'm sorry to disappoint you but the answer is no. This isn't technology leadership because such leadership can only be measured in action. Action that demonstrates a shift in thinking and operation. But if you ask me this same question next July I can't wait to answer will be an emphatic "YES".