judith epcke (jepcke)'s Public Profile in the Diigo Community

I am a district technology integration specialist working with K-8 teachers and students. Previously I have worked as a 4th grade teacher and a school-based technology director. Have recently compiled a powerful PLN and always looking to add to it.

Member since Mar 29, 2008, follows 43 people, 9 public groups, 272 public bookmarks (277 total).

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Education Week: Peer Review Undergoing Revitalization on 2009-11-12
Leadership Skills in School and Business on 2009-07-19
- a servant who supports and empowers others
- Sergiovanni
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- - we need to move the moral dimension in leadership away from the periphery and right to the center of practice.
  - Leadership is morally purposeful and elevating. This is the central theme of educational leadership
  - the professional association standards accentuate technical skill development
  - perhaps due to the perceived need to develop technical competence among school leaders (especially at the entry level) as a basis for practice
  - What are the characteristics of principals that make them leaders?
Leadership Skills in School and Business on 2009-07-19
- do the leadership attributes described by popular writers and theorists apply to school leaders?
- Warren Bennis
- 9 more annotations...
- - 1994 work On Becoming a Leader, wrote that leadership is like beauty: It's hard to define, but you know it when you see it.
  - * Technical skills
  - Covey's "habit" of knowing how to put first things first
  - Gardner's call for possessing task competence
  - Conceptual skills
  - bility to see the big picture
  - envision change.
  - inspiring a shared vision
  - Human skills.
Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB1472 on 2008-05-27
- Last Action
- 8/28/2007
- 1 more annotations...
- - judith epcke on 2008-05-27
    
    These 'new acts' appear on http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/09500SB1472.htm
    with the 'shall' and 'must' wording.
SB1472 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY on 2008-05-27
- shall
- shall
Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of Public Act 095-0509 on 2008-05-27
- a minimum of 2 hours
- may be
Raise Your Hands : Metanoia on 2008-05-09
- Alan November adds, “The best thing to invest in right now is collegiality. The number one skill that teachers will need is to be team-based, collegial, sharing their knowledge and wisdom.”
- the current reality of the classroom where teachers are metaphorically closing the door to learning and physically closing the door in order to do whatever they want in the classroom. These teachers are in essence committing malpractice when they choose not to be professional learners and choose not to use research-based best practices.
Illinois ICE Group Purchase - Movies on 2008-04-21
- Please note that this offer applies to comprehensive site license options only (teachers & students) and does not apply to staff-only site licenses or the purchase of individual user licenses.
ISTE | NETS for Students 2007 on 2008-04-15
- Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology
- apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes.
- 9 more annotations...
- - create original works as a means of personal or group expression.
  - interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media.
  - communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats.
  - contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems.
  - locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media.
  - process data and report results.
  - plan and manage activities to develop a solution or complete a project.
  - Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behavior
  - advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology
How to Create a 15-Minute Presentation in 1 Hour (with graphics!) on 2008-04-07

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2 to 1 Counterbalance

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This group is set up in connection with an blog post on TechLearning, as a place to build positive links/examples/ideas to counterbalance negative stories/events on the Internet.
Clif's Notes on EdTech

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Resources on Education, Technology and More.
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This group is for cool tools on the web as well as useful resources in education and technology. Go ahead...share.
EdTechTalk

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This is the group for EdTechTalk.com
educators

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Educators sharing bookmarks and best practice. We have a set of standard tags to help us share things that you may use in addition to your tags. (You may subscribe to these tags via RSS feed by subject area, which makes it very useful.)