Tregeo Decision Making Process

Wow…What a day it has been!

Its been a while since my last post.  During this time, I have been transitioning to a new role in my district, getting ready to be a DADDY and staying true to my addiction to learning.  Today was a special day in my quest to learn.  Have you ever sat in a class and just wondered, why haven’t I known about this for my entire life.  This workshop is designed to train us in the decision making process.  The focus is on the process!  I have read many wonderful books on leadership, managment and organizational change, but this proves to be one of the greatest learning experiences I have had in a while.  As our new Superintendent stated, “you will probably use this your entire life”.  I definitely agree with his statement.

Dr. James Coles has certainly had his share of experiences.  Today we learned about the big picture of decision making and the benefits of a process.  The process we are dicussing involves the SA, DA and PPA.   
SA stands for Situation Appraisal
DA stands for Decision Analysis
PPA stands for Potential Problem Analysis

As the Math, Science and Technology director, my issues are span multiple areas and involve multiple groups of people.  I am anxious to start employing this process in my work.  I am also excited to do so with a the wonderful group of professionals I work with. 

While I have just began this quest, please take a second to share your experiences with the Tregeo Decision Making Process.  Have you applied this to your organanization?  If so, please do share. 

Thanks for stopping by.  Perhaps the next time you are here, I will be a happy daddy, who has less time to blog!

ASSET 2008

Happy St. Patty’s Day to all.  Today I am attending the 2008 ASSET technology conference with 800 other educators.  This is always a very exciting conference.  Its great to see all the educators from across Long Island, as well as getting a chance to see the latest and greatest from our technology vendors. I really enjoyed the keynote address given by Rushton Harvey.  This was the first time I participated in a keynote using a classroom response system.  Rushton was able to use this interactive technology to poll the audience on various topics.  I am going to use this space to share my experiences and notes from todays conference.  

• SmartBoard Exemplary Educator
• Google Educator  
• Gabcast
• Podcasts and Vodcasts and Cell Phones by Noel Forte
• Comic Strips in Edu

What does it mean to be LITERATE?

I hope to reach out to a big audience with this one, because it sure is a relevant question these days.  From one generation to the next there are differences in opinons on what it means to be literate in the 21st century.  I for one have always found video and music to be a powerful means of delivering a message.  Maybe you have seen this or maybe you haven’t, but please watch this.  To my fellow bloggers, please share your ideas on what it means to be literate after watching that show.  Comments will be posted and I am setting up our very first podcast regarding this topic. 

Are our students getting what they need?

This Monday I had the pleasure of meeting with David Warlick and Karen Cator, chair of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills at the 2020 Vision Now conference on Long Island.  It was a great day.   One of the conversations I had was about the Classroom 2.0 website which I found great.   That night I came across some great student videos.  Check out this video.