When its quiet, I really enjoy my reading, especially my Google RSS reader. Every time I get an hour to read I find at least a handful of thought provoking statements. Today its Clay Shirky, he’s a regular contributor.
A revolution doesn’t happen when a society adopts new tools. It happens when society adopts new behaviors. (Clay Shirky)
Its got me thinking about our schools Laptops for Learning programme. We have the devices, now we need to get the schools society to adopt new behaviours. Can middle leaders significantly impact on adopting new teaching behaviour from a middle standpoint, when every discussion I have been a part of starts emphasises…. ‘you must have senior leadership buy-in?’ IMHO yes, now I need to define the types of behaviours we are looking for. Action planning worksheets showcased in this afternoon NCSL E-Learning course only identified the typical columns, what, who is responsible, by when and the expected outcomes. A poultry reflective column asking, were these outcomes met?! Maybe action planning should have describe the new behaviours we should expect to see as a result of change when innovating / leading.