Managing+the+Transition

School leaders need to:
 * Tap the power of collaborative applications (ex: Googledocs)
 * Reorganize the library as an "on-line learning center"
 * Provide staff development to guidance counselors so they can teach tools for life-long learning to students (ex: iTunes, MIT Open Coursework)
 * Build community among staff (ning.com)

"Technology is not a vision, technology is a tool." "The teacher should not be working harder than the student." School leaders should be planning for learning results, not technology. The only sector of our society that has not improved productivity is education. The "system" must be changed first. Graduation requirement possibilities: all students must take 1 on-line course and 1-2 college credits prior to receiving diploma. All language teachers should have access to Skype so students can speak with a "native speaker" 3x/week for 20 minutes. By 2012, every student in elementary in school in England will be learning dual language starting in kindergarten. The USA needs to "change the system" and began teaching foreign language in elementary school. Every school leader should meet with a group of 10-12 students on a monthly basis. This group of students can update the leader on what they learned in school, new application for iPhone, cool websites they just found, etc.
 * Random quotes and thoughts from Alan November:**