Author: Matt Harris, Ed.D.

The dearth of women in EdTech leadership is a major problem. In this vlog, I talk about the lack of women in educational technology leadership despite the percentage of women in teaching positions. I talk about the need to give women equal opportunities for leadership tasks as men normally get prior to taking full time leadership roles. I also discuss the women in leadership panels that I was honored to serve on in 2019 and the hope I have that all leaders, men and women, will help address this problem.

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In this vlog post, I talk about the three approaches to creating unified data systems in schools: Buy, Build, or Borrow. Schools need ecosystems of data where the data moves seamlessly between each system and thereby each department. Schools can create this in one of three ways: Buy, Build, or Borrow. Buy a complete system, Build one from scratch, or Borrow several “best of breed” systems and put them together.

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Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality are sweeping schools around the world, but I am not seeing the true learning impacts with them…yet. In this vlog post, I talk about AR/VR in education and what it has done over the past several years. I talk about the potential for ARVR to impact teaching and learning and how it has not met that potential…yet.

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In this episode of the Global Conversations series, we talk with Jeffrey Bradbury from the TeacherCast network. Jeffrey is globally known for his work in professional podcasting and educational podcasting. We talk about the two types of podcasting with tools, tips, and tricks for putting together great podcasts for all.

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In the second part of this vlog series on Information Technology in schools, I discuss the role of IT as it should be: a service. IT should be a service unit to the school helping every member of the school community work towards the school’s mission of teaching students. I discuss some resources for educating the IT staff and helping them understand the needs of educators. I also talk about certification and training around IT service models.

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The first of a two part series around IT in schools. IT in schools has 5 key roles: Planning, Networking, Data, Security, and Support. In this vlog post, I talk about these 5 roles of Information Technology and how they come to life in educational institutions. Information Technology is one for the 6 tenets of Educational Technology Leadership.

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Let’s define Blended Learning. It is a combination of face to face and online learning, but few people really know what that means. Don’t fall into the trap of looking only at time on and offline…instead consider timing, platform, and engagement. Also, blended learning is a matter of “when,” not “if.”

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Coding is the literacy of the 21st century. Coming from BETT Asia 2019 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, I talk about my keynote presentation. Coding is a universal language we need to teach children of all ages. But we don’t teach it to help students learn a new language, rather to understand the essence of computational thinking. Computational thinking is the fabric of the 21st century.

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