Keynote for North Carolina Technology Conference Leadership Retreat.

1. When the Answer is Both…
Dean Shareski
http://ideasandthoughts.org
@shareski
dean_shareski@discovery.com
What do we lead with?

5. What are you
reading/listening/watching?

7. @shareski
http://ideasandthoughts.org

8. http://unplugd.ca/

9. http://shareski.ca/y/abq1

10. The challenge of joy

12. joyful image
https://www.flickr.com/photos/plugusin/16694030660

16. Should Math be focused on procedure or problem solving?
Do we want to protect our students or give them freedom?
Do we want efficiency or delight?
Do we want to build up student weaknesses or strengths?

17. Should Math be focused on procedure or problem solving?
Do we want to protect our students or give them freedom?
Do we want efficiency or delight?
Do we want to build up student weaknesses or strengths?

18. Should Math be focused on procedure or problem solving?
Do we want to protect our students or give them freedom?
Do we want efficiency or delight?
Do we want to build up student weaknesses or strengths?

20. “Ideas and Dissonance are
Supposed to Bring You Joy”

21. Procedural or Conceptual?
Cultures of Immersion

25. How to Make Math Suck

31. math should involve beauty, truth, justice, love
and play.

36. Love of Reading
Knowing Historical Facts
Reading Instruction
Context

39. Safety or Freedom
The War on Childhood

43. April 25, 2014
Dear Kindergarten Parents and Guardians,
We hope this letter serves to help you better understand how the demands of the
21st century are changing schools, and, more specifically, to clarify,
misperceptions about the Kindergarten show…. Although the movement toward
more rigorous learning standards has been in the national news for more than
a decade, the changing face of education is beginning to feel unsettling for some
people. What and how we teach is changing to meet the demands of a changing
world.
The reason for eliminating the Kindergarten show is simple. We are responsible
for preparing children for college and career .…

53. Efficiency or Delight?
Cultures of Joy
Photo by Tanya Remer

54. “The secret to happy
workplaces isn’t spending
more money. It’s about
creating the conditions
that allow employees to
do their best work.”

57. https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3467/3372746317_561dc3c85b_b.jpg

58. We are currently preparing
students for jobs that don’t
yet exist . . .
Using technologies that
haven’t been invented . . .
In order to solve problems
we don’t even know are
problems yet.
https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3467/3372746317_561dc3c85b_b.jpg

62. "One of the best things we can
do for young people is, as adults
around them, do better at
managing our stress,"

65. Just Do It
https://www.flickr.com/photos/orcaman/4318034861/
“Would you want to
be a
in your own ?”
Learner
Classroom

66. Just Do It
https://www.flickr.com/photos/orcaman/4318034861/
“Would you want to
be a
in your own ?”
Teacher
School

67. Just Do It
https://www.flickr.com/photos/orcaman/4318034861/
“Would you want to
be a
in your own ?”
Principal
District

68. Let’s Make School More Like Real Life

69. Let’s Make School More Like Real Life

88. Weaknesses or Strengths
Cultures of Passion

90. http://www.gallup.com/businessjournal/559/afraid-your-weaknesses.aspx
A…English
A…Social Studies
C…Biology
F…Algebra

91. http://www.gallup.com/businessjournal/559/afraid-your-weaknesses.aspx
A…English
A…Social Studies
C…Biology
F…Algebra

92. http://www.gallup.com/businessjournal/559/afraid-your-weaknesses.aspx
A…English
A…Social Studies
C…Biology
F…Algebra 77%

93. http://www.gallup.com/businessjournal/559/afraid-your-weaknesses.aspx
A…English
A…Social Studies
C…Biology
F…Algebra
6%
77%

94. http://www.gallup.com/businessjournal/559/afraid-your-weaknesses.aspx
A…English
A…Social Studies
C…Biology
F…Algebra
6%
1%
77%

95. http://www.gallup.com/businessjournal/559/afraid-your-weaknesses.aspx
A…English
A…Social Studies
C…Biology
F…Algebra
6%
1%
77%
16%

96. http://media.gallup.com/documents/whitepaper--investinginstrengths.pdf

97. http://media.gallup.com/documents/whitepaper--investinginstrengths.pdf
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102. The Compliments Project
https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/compliments-project/

105. Dean Shareski
@shareski
http://ideasandthoughts.org