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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37298264Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:53:26 +0000Positive ThinkingSuperintendent's Bloghttp://superplt2blog.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Dave Barker)Blogger159125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37298264.post-5288717804227100421Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:53:00 +00002012-01-02T14:53:26.307-07:00Happy New DayWow! Yesterday certainly flew by and by the time I noticed, I was at home away from a computer and didn't post. While this was intended for New Year's Day, it certainly makes sense every other day of the year. Wait, maybe I actually did plan that as a way of making a point. Then again, that would have been too clever and didn't happen.  <!--[if gte mso 10]> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; http://superplt2blog.blogspot.com/2011/10/reflection-and-self-honesty.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dave Barker)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37298264.post-5443171453805711784Thu, 20 Oct 2011 03:40:00 +00002011-10-19T21:52:20.489-06:00October 19 - barelyI finally made it to my hotel in Manchester, CT at 11:40 ET. While the day was quite long - the 2:00 flight from Philadelphia to Hartford was cancelled, as was the next one and the one after. And when I went to get a car to make the 3.5 hour drive, there were none available. That meant either flying to Boston and driving for a couple hours or waiting until morning with the airport hotel booked http://superplt2blog.blogspot.com/2011/10/october-19-barely.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dave Barker)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37298264.post-4151884636719447885Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:18:00 +00002011-10-18T13:51:19.225-06:00Defining SuccessI read somewhere that reading outside of your areas of expertise or knowledge can help you become better at what you do. One of the reasons, if I remember correctly, is that seeing things from a different perspective can help us solve problems more quickly and possibly find better ways to do things in our work.That being said, I found an article in Entrepreneur magazine that was about answering http://superplt2blog.blogspot.com/2011/10/defining-success.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dave Barker)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37298264.post-7269543094075489859Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:30:00 +00002011-10-17T16:43:20.047-06:00Digital LegacyLast week in Guernsey, Kevin Honeycutt spoke to the students about having a digital legacy. The importance of remembering that everything we do with technology is destined to become part of our legacy cannot be understated. The anonymity of the internet tends to cover up the fact that once something is published on the web or sent as a text, etc., it can be accessed forever. Hopefully, our http://superplt2blog.blogspot.com/2011/10/digital-legacy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dave Barker)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37298264.post-8512721029691912796Sun, 16 Oct 2011 14:46:00 +00002011-10-16T08:56:08.192-06:00Tech & kidsIf you didn't think technology was a powerful tool for kids' learning, spend some time with a child with an iPad in his or her hands. My 7-year old nephew got his hands on my iPad yesterday and today and we spent time talking about constellations, music, and math. Of course, I don't have empirical evidence that he learned any of it, but he was engaged and excited. I know in the hands of a skilledhttp://superplt2blog.blogspot.com/2011/10/tech-kids.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dave Barker)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37298264.post-7224432154075949577Sat, 15 Oct 2011 22:53:00 +00002011-10-15T17:03:37.886-06:00Commit to ConsistencyIn part 3 of this I don't know how many parts post on consistency, I address a comment I received on yesterday's post. While consistency is a good thing, the fact that we could be doing something consistently wrong would not be taking us in the direction of our goals, unless our goal was to fail or not do the right thing. It reminds me of my coaching days. We tried to get our players to be http://superplt2blog.blogspot.com/2011/10/commit-to-consistency.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dave Barker)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37298264.post-650292156948412253Sat, 15 Oct 2011 05:12:00 +00002011-10-14T23:25:40.936-06:00Staying ConsistentHaving posted on a consistency challenge yesterday, traveling most of today to spend time with family, and not having the skill or knowledge to post from my phone, I find myself up later than usual producing a post and catching up on work and email. I read a couple of items today that bear repeating and continues the conversation from yesterday. Not only did I challenge myself to be more http://superplt2blog.blogspot.com/2011/10/staying-consistent.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dave Barker)1