The 17 E’s of  Excellent Electronic Education Leadership, by Jonathan Martin Experimentation: Try it, the technology or the application, play with it, do something with it, and if it helps, do more with it.  If it doesn’t, move on to the next thing.  Whether it is social media, laptops or mobile devices in the classroom, video messages to the school community,  educational leaders will improve student learning and school environments by trying and testing digital tools to see the value they can offer.   Model learning by experiment. Enthusiasm! Be an irresistible force of nature: See a student, teacher, administrator, or parent doing something that you haven’t seen before with a digital device? Respond with enthusiasm first, inquiry second, and scrutiny, only if necessary, last.   Your affect, body language, and disposition, even your tone of voice, in each … Read entire article »