Scott McLeod

Associate Professor of Educational Administration, Iowa State University

Scott McLeod, J.D., Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Kentucky. He also is the Founding Director of the UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE), the nation’s only academic center dedicated to the technology needs of school administrators, and was a co-creator of the wildly popular video series, Did You Know? (Shift Happens). He has received numerous national awards for his technology leadership work, including recognitions from the cable industry, Phi Delta Kappa, and the National School Boards Association. In Spring 2011 he was a Visiting Canterbury Fellow at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. Dr. McLeod blogs regularly about technology leadership issues at Dangerously Irrelevant and Mind Dump, and occasionally at The Huffington Post. He can be reached at scottmcleod.net.

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Are you an infrequent edublogger?

Are you an infrequent edublogger? Would you like to blog more but often have writer’s block? If so, check out Melanie Holtsman’s Fall Blog Challenge. She has a list of weekly […]

Moving beyond electronic worksheets

Many organizational web sites are simply online brochures: static entities with a few pages of information. They’re not interactive. They’re not updated. Once you’ve read the text and seen the […]

Should a ’21st century leadership’ book ignore technology?

In September 2007 I profiled a book that I had purchased called The 21st Century Principal. In that post, I noted the extreme paucity of content related to digital technologies, […]

Guest blog series – What do administrators need from teachers?

In September I had an awesome guest blog series on the topic of what teachers need from administrators. Curt Fuller, a principal in Florida, said I should have a series […]

USA Today asks (in all seriousness): Has social media gone too far?

Today’s front-page headline on the paper version of USA Today: Has social media gone too far? n Seriously? That’s the headline? n When a drunk driver runs over someone, do we blame the […]

Connected Principals has joined the CASTLE family!

I am absolutely delighted to announce that the Connected Principals blog is now a member of the CASTLE blog family. Connected Principals currently has 22 school administrators blogging about technology […]

Be a courageous edublogger

Miguel Guhlin had an awesome post yesterday about being a courageous edublogger. Here are a couple of quotes: I have found that discussing some topics usually ruffle feathers of those […]

Video – Education in America

Here’s a video from GOOD and the University of Phoenix. Happy viewing! (hat tip to Dennis Richards)

We can’t let educators off the hook

Steve Dembo said: I don’t see it as teachers spurning technology, or choosing not to take advantage of those new ideas and tools. I think most teachers don’t even realize […]

The Textbook Challenge: Environmental Science (7th grade)

First up in my analysis of my children’s textbooks for The Textbook Challenge: my 7th-grade daughter’s Environmental Science text. The purpose of the challenge is to compare textbook content to […]

I misunderstood the technology, and the consequences are devastating for me personally

Here’s a quote for you: n n … I’ve decided to hang up my blogging hat. I was a fool, and I didn’t anticipate how this kind of thing could […]

My take on SAI’s legislative priorities this year

The School Administrators of Iowa (SAI), which has been a critical partner and steadfast supporter of our work here at CASTLE, asked all of its members to recommend some advocacy priorities […]

The Textbook Challenge [CONTEST]

I have been known to say that there’s not much in your children’s textbooks that isn’t available in at least a dozen places online for free. But, hey, maybe I’m […]

Reconciling standards- and data-driven accountability with 21st century skills – Wrap-up

Last week was another phenomenal week of guest blogging here at Dangerously Irrelevant. I had invited guests to reflect on how to reconcile standards- and data-driven accountability with so-called ‘21st […]

Video – A cynic’s guide to social media

A new video from John Spencer: [Hat tip to Greg Carroll]

Leading Digitally, TICAL’s Administrator 2.0 webinar series

The Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership (TICAL) is an incredible technology leadership resource for school administrators. If you have not spent some time on the TICAL web site, you […]

3 days ’til The Textbook Challenge!

On Monday I launch The Textbook Challenge. What’s that, you say? You’ll have to wait and see. I’m giving out prizes. Hope you’ll participate!

Should students be allowed to use cell phones on all assignments and assessments?

North Scott High School in Eldridge, Iowa is allowing students to use their cell phones for practice tests. Teachers are using PollEverywhere to assess students’ knowledge and see what course […]

Video – IDEO envisions the future of the book

Here’s IDEO’s take on the future of the book: A hat tip to Don Tapscott. I added this video to my new page on The Future of Print.

Guest blog series – Reconciling standards- and data-driven accountability with 21st century skills

In August I put out the call for guest bloggers on the topic of Reconciling standards- and data-driven accountability with the ’21st century skills’ movement. I had a number of […]

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