Leading from the Library“We’re In! Inquire, Inspire, Innovate”

BCTLACoquitlamOct 19 | 2012

CHRIS KENNEDYSuperintendent, West Vancouver School District

With thanks to Bill Selak: http://www.billselak.com/2012/thingsthatsuck

Awesome Or Not?

Learning Commons?

e-Readers and e-Texts in School Libraries?

Incentivizing Students to Read Books?

“A tribe is a group of people connected to one another, connected to a leader, and connected to an idea.”

—Seth Godin

“Tribes need leadership. People want connection and growth and something new.”

—Seth Godin

Twitter and Facebook and group meetings and newsletters are all TOOLS. Tools matter, because tools impact the way you interact. You don’t need to use every tool, but every tool you use you must use well.

—Seth Godin

Why?

SELF-RELIANCE

CRITICAL THINKING

INQUIRY

CREATIVITY

PROBLEM-SOLVING

INNOVATION

TEAMWORK

COLLABORATION

CROSS-CULTURAL

TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY

CONNECT

ACROSS TOPIC AREAS

Credit: Scott McLeod – danngerouslyirrelevent.org

Our kids have tasted the honey

What could be

DO OLD THINGSBETTER

“Students today depend too much upon ink. They don’t know how to use a pen knife to sharpen a pencil. Pen and ink will never replace the pencil.”National Association of Teachers, 1907

DO NEW THINGSYOU COULDN’T DO AT ALL

“If I’d asked my customers what they wanted, they would have told me ‘A faster horse.’”

Henry Ford

5 obstaclesNo needNo moneyNo hurryNo desireNo trust

People prefer things that are easy to think about

The

goal

It’s not technology

What many want for their children is the benefits of digital learning

Relevant, connected, unlimited

Create a new norm for how teachers and

students learn

Can’t scale and sustain without technology

AccessDirectio

n

Moving to one-to-one opportunities

What does this mean?

What about equity?

Technology can help overcome barriers of access and geography

MOBILE TECHNOLOGY CAN CHANGE LEARNING

GOOD WRITING STILL MATTERS

USING SOCIAL MEDIA NEEDS TO

BE TAUGHT

NETWORKS ARE ESSENTIAL

THE REAL WORLD IS ADDICTIVE

Teachers will always push the boundaries

For all students, on any device, from anywhere

Key Staff

Contacts

Teacher-Librarians

Administrators

“Just-in-time” solution

TRENDS

Teachers

Schools

Districts

Governments

• Will make it easier for students...

• Will make it easier for teachers...

• Will make it easier for schools...

• Will make it easier for districts...

To be FLEXIBLE

Overpromise

Under deliver

NEXTCHALLENGE

PERSONALIZED=INDIVIDUALIZED

X

TELL THE STORIES OF THE LIBRARY OF 2020

CONNECT TO COMMUNITY LIBRARIES AND OTHER PARTNERS

BE THE CHAMPIONS OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

LEAD DON’T BE LED BY TECHNOLOGY

REMIND PEOPLE THAT LITERACY MATTERS

BE THE GATHERING PLACE

Luke: I can’t believe itYoda: That is why you fail

He says the problem with teachers is“What’s a kid going to learnfrom someone who decided his best option in lifewas to become a teacher?

He reminds the other dinner guests that it’s truewhat they say about teachers:

Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach.

. . .

I mean, you’re a teacher, Taylor.Be honest. What do you make?

This is . . .

OUR WORLD

OUR LIVES

OUR CHILDREN

OUR CURRICULUM

OUR CHALLENGE

OUR WORK

OUR ART

OUR JOY

You want to know what I make? I make kids wonder,

I make them question.

I make them criticize.I make them apologize and mean it.

I make them write.I make them read, read, read.

I make them spell definitely beautiful, definitely beautiful, definitely beautifulover and over and over again until they will never misspelleither one of those words again.

. . .

and if someone ever tries to judge youby what you by what you make, you give them this.

. . .

Here, let me break it down for you, so you know what I say is true:“

Teachers make a goddamn difference! Now what about you?“

Excerpts from poem:

What Teachers Makeby Taylor Mali

Thanks for Leading from the Library.

Where you can find me:

ckennedy@sd45.bc.ca

604-202-4379

@chrkennedy

Chris Kennedy

cultureofyes.ca

www.sd45.bc.ca