If we really want to move from being the sage on the stage to the guide on the side, we have to be willing to take some risks.
And if things do go awry, it’s OK.
It happens to us all. To paraphrase
Randy Nelson, the core skill of an innovator is error recovery, not failure
avoidance. If we really want to move
from being the sage on the stage to the
guide on the side, we have to be willing to take some risks. Believe us—if
our wonderful 40-year veterans in the
wild state of South Dakota can do it,
you can too.
Resources
Jackie Kooistra’s students’ work:
http://jackikooistra.wikispaces.com/home
http://salem-3rdgradeproject.wikispaces.
com/home
Project Integrate wiki: http://projectintegrate.
wikispaces.com
STAT21 wiki: http://stat21.wikispaces.com
Cate Sommervold, EdD, specializes in change manage- ment, e;ective decision making, and school system improve- ment. She is co-author of a book, with Melissa Goodwin, on creativity,
critical thinking, and communication that is
scheduled for release in June.
Melissa Goodwin is an educa- tional technology specialist who translates technology speak into the human lan- guage. She consults with organizations to strategically implement change. She is also
the co-author of a book with Cate Sommervold.
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