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Jeff Birdsong May 31, 2022 May 31, 202201 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, Digital Education, leadership, Professional Development, TechEd

“I’m Good Enough, I’m Smart Enough…” I’ve always been a big fan of Saturday Night Live; some seasons more than

“In God We Trust, All Others Must Bring Data”

Jeff Birdsong March 6, 2022 March 6, 202201 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, Digital Education, education, ISTE, Professional Development, teachers

The title of my post is from W. Edwards Deming, and while Deming was referring to the business world, we

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Feedback for Flourishing

Jeff Birdsong February 20, 2022 February 20, 202201 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, Digital Education, education, feedback, ISTE, leadership, Professional Development

Many years ago, I worked in a factory that made potato chips. My job, though, was in the packaging department,

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Lifelong Learners

Jeff Birdsong February 6, 2022 February 6, 202201 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, Digital Education, EdTech, ISTE, ISTE 4.5.A, Professional Development

Lifelong learners. That’s a basic mentality important for all of us. I know it is hard to tell that

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Six Degrees of Professional Development

Jeff Birdsong January 23, 2022 January 23, 202201 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, Digital Education, ISTE, leadership, teachers, TechEd, technology

Many years ago, a play called “Six Degrees of Separation” so titled because of a theory popularized in a story

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Can I Speak Freely?

Jeff Birdsong November 7, 2021 November 7, 202101 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, Digital Citizenship, Digital Education, ISTE, leadership, teachers, TechEd, technology

We all have different ways of expressing ourselves. Some choose to fashion, dressing in various ways that stand out. Others

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I’m On It!

Jeff Birdsong October 25, 2021 October 25, 202101 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, Digital Education, ISTE, leadership, TechEd

For the past few posts I’ve written, I feel they were more about relationships with colleagues or relationships between coaches

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Build Me Up (Buttercup)!

Jeff Birdsong October 11, 2021 October 11, 202101 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, Building Capacity, Digital Education, ISTE, technology

Usually, I would share a story to build on my reason for my post this week. I won’t

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Come Forward!

Jeff Birdsong September 26, 2021 September 26, 202101 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, Digital Education

I think for many, this can be how we view some leaders. Probably, the more influential the person in leadership,

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The Canvas Can

Jeff Birdsong August 24, 2021 August 24, 202101 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, Digital Education, ISTE, TechEd

Throughout my most recent graduate class in digital education, our cohort worked on a project focusing on ISTE standards for

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