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="Innovative Educational Leadership: A Contradiction in Terms?"=

=We'll use this wiki the month of May, 2011, and perhaps beyond, to collaborate, record, and dialog around the topics of four one-hour webinars sponsored by ESBOCES, Eastern Suffolk Board of Cooperative Educational Services, in the fair state of New York. Scott is in Nashville, Tennessee and resides part-time in the cloud. We'll discuss what that means and how you can help enrich your own life-long learning by partaking as you will in the rich cache of resources he will share with you over the merry month of May. Meanwhile, feel free to visit scottmerrickdotnet=

It's a given that an essential element of effective leadership is making sure our academic institutions improve and thrive. Or is it? For example, maintaining an ongoing plan for Professional Development can be well nigh impossible: What works one year may not work the next. There is LOTS of discussion these days about what's effective. In addition, what one school needs doesn't necessarily correspond to what another needs. Are our schools and our school districts missing something important that may, if not "save the day," at least help in particular settings? This four-week set of hour long interactions will focus on several general topics through the perspectives its presenter has developed over the last decade of teaching, teacher training, volunteer work, and professional practice. The topics are:

Week 1, Thursday, May 5, 6 pm EDT: **The Read-Write Web--**//What it Means for Teaching Practice, Professional Development, and Educational Growth//

Week2, Thursday, May 12, 6 pm. EDT: **The PLN--**//the Personal/Professional Learning Network, and the Big Question--"Why Bother?"//

Week 3, Thursday, May 19, 6 pm EDT: **3Dimensional Immersive Environments**--//Sense of Presence at a Distance and Why You Want It//

Week 4, Thursday, May 26, 6 pm EDT: **Distance Education in K12**--//"Disantiquating" Schools and Schooling with Virtual Learning//