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Author and professor Scott McLeod shares reflections, learnings ,and provocations based on his last two books, Leadership for Deeper Learning and Harnessing Technology for Deeper Learning. We explore the different approaches to technology integration, the challenges and opportunities connected to how school leaders frame these conversations, and what strategies and approaches have been successful in a school setting.    About Scott McLeod    A Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Colorado Denver, Scott McLeod, J.D., Ph.D., is widely recognized as one of the nation's leading experts on P-12 school leadership, deeper learning, technology, and innovation. He is the Founding Director of the UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE), the only university center in the U.S. dedicated to the technology needs of school administrators, and is the co-creator of the wildly popular video series, Did You Know? (Shift Happens). He also is the co-creator of the 4 Shifts Protocol for lesson/unit redesign and the founder of both the annual Iowa 1:1 Institute and EdCampIowa.   Scott has worked with hundreds of schools, districts, universities, and other organizations and has received numerous awards for his technology leadership work, including the 2016 Award for Outstanding Leadership from the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). Scott blogs about leadership and innovation at Dangerously Irrelevant and is a frequent keynote speaker and workshop facilitator at regional, state, national, and international conferences.   Scott currently serves as an ISTE Ambassador and Community Leader, an InnEdCO Ambassador, and on NAESP's Professional Learning Advisory Council. He has written or edited 4 books and 170 articles and other publications, and is one of the most visible education professors in the United States.   Scott McLeod on Social Media   Twitter  mcleod Facebook  facebook.com/scottmcleod Instagram  instagram.com/scottmcleod LinkedIn  linkedin.com/in/scottmcleod Pinterest  pinterest.com/scottmcleod Flickr  flickr.com/photos/mcleod YouTube  youtube.com/user/drscottmcleod   John Mikton on Social Media LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmikton/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jmikton Web: beyonddigital.org   Dan Taylor on social media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dantcz/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanTaylorAE Web: www.appsevents.com   Listen on: iTunes / Podbean / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube Would you like to have a free 1 month trial of the new Google Workspace Plus (formerly G Suite Enterprise for Education)? Just fill out this form and we'll get you set up bit.ly/GSEFE-Trial

In this episode of the podcast Dr. Martha Parham talks to Dr. Scott McLeod, who is a  Professor of Leadership for Educational Organizations at University of Colorado. Dr. McLeod is widely recognized as one of the nation's leading experts on P-12 school leadership, deeper learning, technology, and innovation. He is the Founding Director of the UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE), the only university center in the U.S. dedicated to the technology needs of school administrators. Dr. McLeod blogs about leadership and innovation at dangerouslyirrelevant.org

In this episode, we kick off our Summer Leadership Series with Dr. Justin Bathon, Director of Innovative School Models at the University of Kentucky, who talks about how the UK Next Generation Leadership Academy has evolved to help school districts throughout Kentucky take a bold step toward innovative practice and deeper learning strategies. Bathon also shares insights from his new book, Leadership for Deeper Learning: Facilitating School Innovation and Transformation, and why leaders of Deeper Learning Schools displayed high levels of courage and risk taking to create a direct and intentional visioning process to transform schools. Finally, Bathon announces an exciting new partnership between UK Next Gen and noted author and filmmaker Ted Dintersmith, that includes a What School Could Be Leadership Academy for the 2021-22 school year. Twitter: @JustinBathon. Website: lead.school. Meet Dr. Justin Bathon Dr. Justin Bathon is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership Studies at the University of Kentucky and serves as the Director of Innovative School Models for the College of Education. He is a co-Director of the Next Generation Leadership Academy at the College and a co-director of the UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE). Justin works directly with schools and school leaders to reform the systems that support the learner experience in school. Justin's research focuses on the underlying code of education and the changes necessitated by the digital, global age. This work looks at the intersections of education, law, and technology and translates research into specific actions for local learning communities. Justin has legal and educational experience at the local, state, national, and international levels including as a high school teacher in southern Illinois. He holds a J.D. from Southern Illinois University and a Ph.D. in Education Policy from Indiana University. He is co-author of Leadership for Deeper Learning: Facilitating School Innovation and Transformation that will be available in July, 2021. About Dr. Greg Goins As the Founder/Host of the Reimagine Schools Podcast, Dr. Greg Goins has emerged as one of the nation's leading voices on visionary leadership and the path to transforming our schools. He currently serves as the Director of the Educational Leadership Program at Georgetown College (KY) and previously spent 15 years as a school district superintendent in Illinois. Dr. Goins is a passionate keynote speaker and is available to speak at your next education conference or school PD day. To book Dr. Goins, please send inquiries to drgreggoins@gmail.com. Twitter: @DrGregGoins. Support The Reimagine Schools Podcast You can now help keep the conversation going by supporting the Reimagine Schools Podcast with a small monthly donation to help sustain future episodes. Thanks for your support! https://anchor.fm/greg-goins/supportIn this episode, --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/greg-goins/support

This is episode 5 in our 5-Part "Like No Other School Year" series, based on the book by the same title by Pamela Livingston Gaudet! In this episode, Dr. Scott McLeod and Michael Daugherty share their insights from helping educators adjust to the COVID-19 Pandemic. An Associate Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Colorado Denver, Scott McLeod, J.D., Ph.D., is widely recognized as one of the nation's leading experts on P-12 school leadership, technology, and innovation. He is the Founding Director of the UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE), the only university center in the U.S. dedicated to the technology needs of school administrators, and is the co-creator of the wildly popular video series, Did You Know? (Shift Happens). He also is the co-creator of the 4 Shifts Protocol for lesson/unit redesign and the founder of both the annual Iowa 1:1 Institute and EdCampIowa, one of the largest EdCamp events in the United States. Dr. McLeod has worked with hundreds of schools, districts, universities, and other organizations and has received numerous awards for his technology leadership work, including the 2016 Award for Outstanding Leadership from the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). Dr. McLeod was one of the pivotal figures in Iowa's grass roots 1:1 computing movement, which has resulted in over 220 school districts providing their students with powerful learning devices. Dr. McLeod blogs regularly about technology leadership issues at Dangerously Irrelevant and is a frequent keynote speaker and workshop facilitator at regional, state, national, and international conferences. He has written or edited 4 books and 170 articles and other publications, and is one of the most visible education professors in the United States. You can learn more about Scott's work by visiting his website and checking out his 4-Shifts Protocol! Mike Daugherty is a husband, father of three young children, technology director, speaker, author, and possible Starbucks addict. He has twenty years of experience in K-12 technology support serving in a wide variety of roles. Currently, he is the Director of Technology for the Chagrin Falls Exempted Village School district where he and his team have implemented a highly successful 1:1 Chromebook initiative. His success as an IT director comes from developing creative, well thought out solutions that positively impact teaching and learning. Mike serves as the Chair of the Ohio chapter of COSN. His most recent book, Certified Edtech Leadership, helps CTOs grow in their role using a standards-based approach to technology leadership. You can learn more about Mike by visiting his website! www.amplifyingoptimism.com

Dr. Justin Bathon is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership Studies at the University of Kentucky and serves as a Co-Director of the Center for Next Generation Leadership.  He is the Director of Innovative School Models for the College of Education. He is a co-Director of the Next Generation Leadership Academy at the College and a co-director of the UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE). Justin works directly with schools and school leaders to reform the systems that support the learner experience in school. STEAM Academy High School Byproduct of Next Generation Leadership Academy. Original mission to smooth the transition to higher education. So many involved in creating what that high school should be. 4 separate dual credit partnerships. Paired relationship back to just Bluegrass community college. Designing a high school from scratch is awesome. Semester model, Canvas LMS Lots of iterations, and still evolving, Didn’t really want early graduation, but it started happening In the early years, it was leader as designer. Try an idea 3 times. If we weren’t satisfied then we would abandon it. A lot of those ideas came from me, the ivory tower guy. Everybody has an opinion about what the school should be! We became gatekeepers of ideas. That brought a lot more confusion into the space, and so we abandoned it. There had to be something that made us feel like it could be great. Second time, it couldn’t be worse. Third time: Distinctly better. That first year was pretty abysmal. The kids didn’t mind the chaos because it was equal to what they experienced in the regular school. Bias toward equity. When you have a bias toward equity, you are always on the right ethical side of that choice. Core equity practice to not do credit recovery online only. Tina Stephenson, Chris Flores, and Eric Ridd Can we do this model for all kids? We abandoned the idea if it only worked for part of our kids. We focused on models that built opportunity after opportunity for kids. Some kids just need more time. We’re trying to buy them time. Authentic relationships with our community. You don’t just call yourself a PBL school, you have to learn that. We gained trust in our community. Our students accessed the whole of what Lexington felt like. Things that took iteration. Complete failure on Standards Based Grading. How to work well with higher ed. Higher ed can be flexible. The mentality about how they approach their perspectives is very different. When working with Colleges on dual credit, come with a model and concept to someone at the provost level or above. Project Moonshot - New approach to dual credit, focus on collaborative teaching. Adding two adults to students - one from high school, and one from the University. Only high schools that are willing to participate in the network get the dual credit in the schools. 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An Associate Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Colorado Denver, Scott McLeod, J.D., Ph.D., is widely recognized as one of the nation’s leading experts on P-12 school technology leadership issues. He is the Founding Director of the UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE), the only university center in the U.S. dedicated to the technology needs of school administrators, and is the co-creator of the wildly popular video series, Did You Know? (Shift Happens). He also is the co-creator of the 4 Shifts Protocol for lesson/unit redesign and the founder of both the annual Iowa 1:1 Institute and EdCampIowa, one of the largest EdCamp events in the United States. Dr. McLeod has worked with hundreds of schools, districts, universities, and other organizations and has received numerous awards for his technology leadership work, including the 2016 Award for Outstanding Leadership from the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). In 2015 he was one of three finalists to be the next Director of the Iowa Department of Education. In 2011 he was a Visiting Faculty Fellow at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. Dr. McLeod was one of the pivotal figures in Iowa’s grass roots 1:1 computing movement, which has resulted in over 220 school districts providing their students with powerful learning devices. Dr. McLeod blogs regularly about technology leadership issues at Dangerously Irrelevant and is a frequent keynote speaker and workshop facilitator at regional, state, national, and international conferences. He has written or edited 3 books and 170 articles and other publications, and is one of the most visible education professors in the United States. Follow him on Twitter @mcleod and visit his website at http://www.dangerouslyirrelevant.org.

Writing Matters with Dr. Troy Hicks is a Writable podcast. Learn how to grow great writers at https://www.writable.com/ Like and subscribe to Writing Matters on: ∙ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2HcOcaP ∙ Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2XA5wwl ∙ Soundcloud: bit.ly/2SFbrwr ∙ Google Play: https://bit.ly/2SOrUOM ∙ Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/writable/writing-matters Learn more about Dr. Troy Hicks at hickstro.org and follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hickstro An Associate Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Colorado Denver, Scott McLeod, J.D., Ph.D., is widely recognized as one of the nation’s leading experts on P-12 school technology leadership issues. He is the Founding Director of the UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE), the only university center in the U.S. dedicated to 'future ready' school administrators. He also is the co-creator of the wildly popular video series, Did You Know? (Shift Happens) and the 4 Shifts Protocol for lesson/unit redesign. Dr. McLeod has worked with hundreds of schools, districts, universities, and other organizations and has received numerous awards for his technology leadership work, including the 2016 Award for Outstanding Leadership from the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). He has written or edited 3 books and 170 articles and other publications, and is one of the most visible education professors in the United States. For more information on Scott McLeod: Website: http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org Books: https://www.amazon.com/Scott-McLeod/e/B0052ZBZTS?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2&qid=1596514309&sr=1-2) Twitter: http://twitter.com/mcleod **************************************************** Join the Writable community: ∙ Twitter: https://twitter.com/getwritable ∙ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/getwritable/ ∙ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/writ... ∙ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getwritable/ ∙ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/getwritable/ ∙ Medium: https://medium.com/writable

Today, the Getting Smart team is speaking with Dr. Scott McLeod, an Associate Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Colorado Denver. Scott has been in the ed-tech space and an advocate for many years and is widely recognized as one of the nation’s leading experts on technology in learning. Most of his work with schools and leaders across the globe have been focused on transformation for the demands of the 2000s and beyond, as well as how to adapt traditional schooling systems to a global innovation society. Scott is also the Founding Director of the UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE), which is the only university center focused on future-ready leadership needs and supporting school leaders and systems to do that work (not just teachers in the classroom.)   In today’s podcast, Scott argues for four big shifts that are transforming learning: moving from recall to more complex problem solving, doing authentic work, adding voice and choice to build student agency, and infusing technology in powerful ways. He also describes the work that he did helping schools nationally implement technology, shares his thoughts on leadership and deeper learning, and how technology can help create powerful learning experiences.   Key Takeaways: [:15] About today’s episode. [:49] Tom welcomes Scott to the podcast! [:54] How did Scott become a middle school teacher in Charlotte? [1:12] Where did Scott go to high school? [1:20] When did Scott know he wanted to become a teacher? [1:42] Why did Scott get his Ph.D. at Iowa? [2:35] How has Scott’s law degree given him a unique perspective on the work he does today? [3:24] Why has the shift from print to digital in the last (approx.) 30 years not been the huge transformation in learning Tom once thought it would be? [5:36] Why hasn’t this shift to digital been able to create a new shared vision of learning for teachers? [7:29] Would Scott describe this shift in education as more of a technology integration rather than a transformation? [10:30] Scott describes the work that he did at Iowa (and internationally) to implement technology. [13:02] Scott explains why he wrote his recently published book, Harnessing Technology for Deeper Learning. He also elaborates on what limitations he wanted to address through the book. [16:30] Why is deeper learning taking off? [20:50] What does the 4 Shifts Protocol look like in an elementary lesson? [23:13] How might Scott redesign a secondary Social Studies lesson? [25:47] How would Scott summarize Chapter 6 from his book on mind-shifts teachers need to have. [27:01] Lightning round: Does Scott think these things are overrated or underrated? Augmented reality, automated scoring, adaptive learning, assistive technology, artificial intelligence, and anywhere-anytime learning! [30:35] What is Scott optimistic about right now in education? [32:12] Where to go to learn more about Scott and his work.   Mentioned in This Episode: Scott McLeod’s LinkedIn Education Week’s Technology Counts Survey Different Schools for a Different World, by Scott McLeod and Dean Shareski Harnessing Technology for Deeper Learning, by Scott McLeod and Julie Graber Getting Smart Ep.151: “Michael Fullan Sees Global Momentum for Deep Learning” 4 Shifts Protocol Mystery Skype “Contribution: Schools Alive with Possibility,” by Tom Vander Ark on Getting Smart DangerouslyIrrelevant.org   Want to Hear More About Deeper Learning? Check out Episode 203 with Jal Mehta that features a discussion based on his new book: In Search of Deeper Learning: The Quest to Remake the American High School.   Get Involved: Check out the blog at GettingSmart.com. Find the Getting Smart Podcast on iTunes, leave a review and subscribe.   Is There Somebody You’ve Been Wanting to Learn From or a Topic You’d Like Covered? To get in contact: Email Editor@GettingSmart.com and include ‘Podcast’ in the subject line. The Getting Smart team will be sure to add them to their list!  

According to our guests pre-service teachers, administrators, and universities are behind the education technology curve. This week's Edtech Chat discussed the challenges we face in bridging the gap between etdech possibilities and preparation. Follow:@L_Hilt @Mcleod @thomascmurray @bamradionetwork Lyn Hilt is an Elementary principal; K-6 technology integration coach; author, "The Principal's Post" (blog)and regular on-air commentator for BAM Radio Network. Scott McLeod, J.D., Ph.D., is widely recognized as one of the nation’s leading experts on K-12 school technology leadership issues. Dr. McLeod currently serves as the Director of Innovation for Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency in Iowa. He also is the Founding Director of the UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE).

According to our guests pre-service teachers, administrators, and universities are behind the education technology curve. This week's Edtech Chat discussed the challenges we face in bridging the gap between etdech possibilities and preparation. Follow:@L_Hilt @Mcleod @thomascmurray @bamradionetwork Lyn Hilt is an Elementary principal; K-6 technology integration coach; author, "The Principal's Post" (blog)and regular on-air commentator for BAM Radio Network. Scott McLeod, J.D., Ph.D., is widely recognized as one of the nation’s leading experts on K-12 school technology leadership issues. Dr. McLeod currently serves as the Director of Innovation for Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency in Iowa. He also is the Founding Director of the UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE).

According to our guests pre-service teachers, administrators, and universities are behind the education technology curve. This week's Edtech Chat discussed the challenges we face in bridging the gap between etdech possibilities and preparation. Follow:@L_Hilt @Mcleod @thomascmurray @bamradionetwork Lyn Hilt is an Elementary principal; K-6 technology integration coach; author, "The Principal's Post" (blog)and regular on-air commentator for BAM Radio Network. Scott McLeod, J.D., Ph.D., is widely recognized as one of the nation’s leading experts on K-12 school technology leadership issues. Dr. McLeod currently serves as the Director of Innovation for Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency in Iowa. He also is the Founding Director of the UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE).

Jokes You Can Use: On Our Mind: RIM buys JayCut for the PlayBook. Eileen Award: BuzzGarwood (twitter) Advisory: Visualization of the United States National Debt. From the Twitterverse: Don’t forget to join the conversation on MiddleTalk and Twitter at #midleved this Friday at 8:00 pm EST. News: Atlanta Cheating Resources: Bill McBride http://billmcbride.pbworks.com/w/page/14094960/Welcome-to-my-Wiki Timer Tab Online Timer, Alarm & Stopwatch. Keeps time on a tab in your browser. http://www.timer-tab.com/ Pic4Learning Web Spotlight: Lino Online stickies. http://en.linoit.com/ ISTE 2011: BYOD Bring Your Own Device Led by Scott Meech References: https://profiles.google.com/smeech.net/posts http://www.linkedin.com/in/smeech http://globaleducation.ning.com/profile/ScottMeech How Paul R. Woods got it in his district: Install wireless first. Students can bring in their own machines, but they must allow the school to put their proxies on their machines. If kids try to get around it, the network locks their screen and they have to see the building tech person to get it unlocked again. How did you get teachers on board? First year: bring your device in and allow our techs to look at it. Following years: pick an electronic textbook. The school bought the licensing for all the books on all the devices. The best way to get teachers involved is to let the kids use it and then let them ask the teachers that don't use it if they can use it in their classroom. BYOD is a better way to sustain a 1 to 1 program. District provided computers are an unsustainable way to provide tech. Find schools that are doing this successfully and then go to the IT department. Get administrators on your side before going to IT department. There is some risk going forward: 3-2-1 Rule: Save in 3 different spots. Create a safe place to fail in to create buy-in with your staff/admin/tech. www.schoolweblockers.com: Cloud storage for $1.00 per year. @paulrwood on Twitter. http://twitter.com/#!/paulrwood Website: http://whatisyouritvision.blogspot.com/ Related: Scott McLeod (http://bigthink.com/blogs/dangerously-irrelevant) UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE) ISTE 2011: Professional Development led by Liz Davis Events & Happenings: Calendar of Events:

Jokes You Can Use: What goes up and never comes down? Your age 1 egg takes 5 minutes to boil. How long do 10 eggs take to boil? The same 5 minutes. How many times does a tailor have to cut 100 yards of cloth to get 100 equal pieces? 99 times. You don’t cut the last piece, it is already there What side of the teacup is the handle on? I really don't know the answer Which is heavier? 1 pound of hay or 1pound of metal. They both weigh a pound Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickled peppers, Peter piper picked. If Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peckers, how many pickels did Peter piper picked? How many Ps are there in THAT? None...T..H...A...T.....there are NO P's in the word THAT What has 100 eyes and cannot see? A potato Two Indians standing on a bridge. One is the father of the other ones son. What is the relation between the two Indians? Mother and Father What has NO legs and CAN run? Water On Our Mind: ISTE 2011 (#iste11) The problems with skipping a show Eileen Award Gabe Walker & Michael Cohen Advisory: BBC - Witness http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/witness Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) In this podcast, I look at the ELA Reading Common core for grades 6-8 and see how they apply to science. This is the first in a three part series. It focuses in on Key Ideas and Details. From the Twitterverse: Don’t forget to join the conversation on MiddleTalk and Twitter at #midleved this Friday at 8:00 pm EST. News: University of the People http://www.uopeople.org/ What's the Best Way to Grade Teachers? By Kristina Rizga| Wed Jun. 29, 2011 11:35 AM PDT http://motherjones.com/contributor/2011/06/grading-teachers-evaluations First Digital Only Textbook: http://mashable.com/2011/06/27/iste-textbooks-k-12/ The many health perks of good handwriting http://www.healthkey.com/sc-health-0615-child-health-handwriti20110615,0,5764943.story Resources: ISTE Online: Free PD for you. What happens at ISTE . . . goes social: http://tumblr.com/xtl38xls1q http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/07/webcasts-and-keynotes-from-iste-2011.html Socrative: Socrative is a smart student response system that empowers teachers to engage their classrooms through a series of educational games and exercises via smartphones and tablets. Our apps are super simple and take seconds to load and run. Teachers control the questions and games on their laptop, while students respond and interact through their smartphones/laptops. Run it as an app or on any web browser. Currently free. No mention of what prices will be once it is out of beta. http://www.socrative.com/ Weaving History Create 'factlets' — places, people, events — and string them together into 'threads' at the click of a button.Automatically visualize the results temporally and spatially, search by any attribute, automatically import Wikipedia articles and much more … Very bare bones currently. It’s reliance on Wikipedia could cause some problems for schools (but maybe not). Potential to be exciting and useful for students and teachers. http://www.weavinghistory.org/ Web Spotlight: Ujam You sing the lyrics, it figures out the tune. Even if you can’t carry a tune in a bucket, sing into the mic and it comes up with the music to go along with it. Anybody can become a musician with this app. Think of it as your answer to the kid who says, “You can’t make a song out of that!” Now you can. http://www.ujam.com/ ISTE 2011 Led by Scott Meech References: https://profiles.google.com/smeech.net/posts http://www.linkedin.com/in/smeech http://globaleducation.ning.com/profile/ScottMeech Related: Scott McLeod (http://bigthink.com/blogs/dangerously-irrelevant) UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE) Events & Happenings: Calendar of Events:

Recently, Dr. Scott McLeod, Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Policy and Administration at the University of Minnesota sat down with Colleen Needles, the host of Comcast Newsmakers (Twin Cities Region, MN edition), to discuss his work as Director of the UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE).In this brief but wide ranging interview [MP3, 6MB], which aired on CNN Headline News, Dr. McLeod shares his views on what will be necessary to ensure that school leaders can survive and even thrive in the fast changing, technologically-rich era in which we are all living.For more on Dr. McLeod's views about the future of school leadership and education, be sure to visit his award-winning blog, Dangerously Irrelevant.Technorati tags: CASTLE, McLeod, technology leadership, dangerously irrelevant, Comcast, education, Minnesota, CIC, Cable in the Classroom