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Techies are from Mars… (Teachies are from Venus)

Techies are from Mars… (Teachies are from Venus). NEA PR Council - 2005. 2 themes: 1) Teachies from Venus, techies from Mars, but we all gotta’ talk…. 2 themes: 1) Teachies from Venus, techies from Mars, but we all gotta’ talk…. 2) Ed tech leader’s lot in life: to have a lot to do in life….

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Techies are from Mars… (Teachies are from Venus)

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  1. Techies are from Mars… (Teachies are from Venus) NEA PR Council - 2005

  2. 2 themes: 1) Teachies from Venus, techies from Mars, but we all gotta’ talk…

  3. 2 themes: 1) Teachies from Venus, techies from Mars, but we all gotta’ talk… 2) Ed tech leader’s lot in life: to have a lot to do in life…

  4. Education equation Learning Goals Learning Facilitation Effective Learning/or not?

  5. Education equation- v 2.0 Learning Goals Learning Facilitation Effective Learning/or not? Technology Inclusion YOU

  6. We gotta talk...

  7. An ed tech director’s lot... To stand in-between the teachies and techies and translate, mediate, facilitate…

  8. Communication Revolution What’s the #1 communication problem in high tech/networked schools & organizations?

  9. Communication Revolution What’s the #1 communication problem in high tech/networked schools & organizations? People communicating with people …a problem tech amplifies...

  10. Communication Revolution Experiment - Who were you talking to?

  11. Communication Revolution Experiment - Who were you talking to? When you read email you are reading yourself!

  12. Communication Revolution It’s not just for machines anymore .. • Techies are from Mars... • Teachies are from Venus…

  13. Communication Revolution It’s not just for machines anymore .. • Techies are from Mars... • Teachies are from Venus… • Communication probs? You bet! • (without the romantic makeup dinner)

  14. What did you say? Subtextometer: Same conversation, different levels... Teachie: I need more file space...

  15. What did you say? Subtextometer: Same conversation, different levels... Teachie: I need more file space... Techie: I don’t have file space to give you...

  16. What did you say? Subtextometer: Same conversation, different levels... Teachie: I need more file space... Techie: I don’t have file space to give you... Teachie: You don’t feel my pain… Techie: Where’s my pizza?

  17. What did you say? Same thing, different languages...

  18. What did you say? Same thing, different languages... Teachie: Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears!

  19. What did you say? Same thing, different languages... Teachie: Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears! Techie: Non-hostile users, Italian-urban networkers, USA-domain-based ID holders, lend me your carbon-based aural input devices!

  20. What did you say? Same thing, different perspectives... Teachie: Halp! Halp! The network’s down!

  21. What did you say? Same thing, different perspectives... Teachie: Halp! Halp! The network’s down! Teachie: Halp! Halp! The network’s down! Techie: Spell checker probably doesn’t recognize his last name...

  22. What did you say? Same sounds, different words...

  23. What did you say? Same sounds, different words... Teachie: Can we put the entire band on the bus?

  24. What did you say? Same sounds, different words... Teachie: Can we put the entire band on the bus? Techie: Depends on your bandwidth...

  25. What did you say? Same sounds, different words... Teachie: Go ditch it all!

  26. What did you say? Same sounds, different words... Teachie: Go ditch it all! Techie: Exactly! Go digital!!

  27. What did you say? Same sounds, different words... Teachie: Go ditch it all! Techie: Exactly! Go digital!! Teachie: Finally we agree on something!!

  28. What did you say? Same sounds, different words... Teachie: Go ditch it all! Techie: Exactly! Go digital!! Teachie: Finally we agree on something!! Assumicide:

  29. What did you say? Same sounds, different words... Teachie: Go ditch it all! Techie: Exactly! Go digital!! Teachie: Finally we agree on something!! Assumicide: people assume they’re communicating when they’re not

  30. Communication Revolution Anthropology 101 in a sentence: All communication is tribal, and everyone’s insecure… the rest are details…

  31. Communication Revolution Bad communication: • Can paralyze an organization…

  32. Communication Revolution Bad communication: • Can paralyze an organization… In absence of good communication: • Conspiracy theories abound…

  33. Communication Revolution Bad communication: • Can paralyze an organization… In absence of good communication: • Conspiracy theories abound… Good communication makes members: • Valued, invested, happier better problem solvers

  34. Communication Revolution Mars/Venus is a cross cultural situation -- go for the win-win...

  35. Communication Revolution Mars/Venus is a cross cultural situation -- go for the win-win... • Don’t change each other, understand each other as different

  36. Communication Revolution Mars/Venus is a cross cultural situation -- go for the win-win... • Don’t change each other, understand each other as different • Techies are happiest when they solve the teachies’ problems

  37. Communication Revolution Mars/Venus is a cross cultural situation -- go for the win-win... • Don’t change each other, understand each other as different • Techies are happiest when they solve the teachies’ problems • Techies want appreciation

  38. Communication Revolution Mars/Venus is a cross cultural situation -- go for the win-win... • Don’t change each other, understand each other as different • Techies are happiest when they solve the teachies’ problems • Techies want appreciation • Teachies want empathy

  39. Communication Revolution Mars/Venus is a cross cultural situation -- go for the win-win... • Don’t change each other, understand each other as different • Techies are happiest when they solve the teachies’ problems • Techies want appreciation • Teachies want empathy • “Help me grieve, and fix my printer!”

  40. We gotta talk...

  41. An ed tech director’s lot... To wear many hats as you manage rapid change… “So, Jim, where do you see yourself in ten minutes?”

  42. Change management biz... Balancing many hats as a change manager...

  43. Change management biz... Balancing many hats as a change manager... • Leader/policy maker by default, not design…

  44. Change management biz... Balancing many hats as a change manager... • Leader/policy maker by default, not design… • Government/God/Parents - ignored during good times, blamed during bad…

  45. Change management biz... Balancing many hats as a change manager... • Leader/policy maker by default, not design… • Government/God/Parents - ignored during good times, blamed during bad… • Change counselor: everyone takes their next step...

  46. Change management biz... Balancing many hats as a change manager... • Therapist...

  47. Change management biz... Balancing many hats as a change manager... • Therapist... • Translater teacheze into techeze, vice versa

  48. Change management biz... Balancing many hats as a change manager... • Therapist... • Translater teacheze into techeze, vice versa • Cultivator of new worker: soft + hard skills • (a la SCANS Report…)

  49. Change management biz... Balancing many hats as a change manager... • Cheerleader - What does it take? • Guts, vision, clarity, purpose, sensitivity:

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