Mr Hammerlund

The Digital Tatoo. I've used it as a metaphor before.  I've lectured about it.  My intent was to have students T H I N K  before they posted to the internet. I told them we don't know how their information will be used in the future. I still believe that. I don't want them to do things now that they regret in the future.  A few things about this: 1. I want students to take risks.   Aside I am torn between the belief school is a place to fail and make mistakes you can learn from, allowing students to redo assignments and quizzes, and motivating them to try harder the first time around.  If I am scaring them with the image of a permanent tattoo, why would they take risks with their learning? 2. Rewriting information In my talk, I briefly spoke about how it is possible to change what the information people can search about you by creating more content and continually striving to improve the content so the best rises to...

It's always possible to go from good to great. (p. 8) Not a lot happened in this chapter, but there were several previews of myths the researchers dispelled. Successful leaders are bold, risk-seeking visionaries. Innovation distinguishes successful companies. You're either quick or you're dead. Radical change on the outside means radical change on the inside. Success means you had a lot of good luck. So what does this mean for educators? Combining "creativity with discipline" (p. 10) would allow for someone to succeed - and more. Creativity seems to be the key. Enough rambling.