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6 years ago

When I get old...

Kevin Pashuk · I have a problem. · It is most pronounced when I look in the mirror. · I think the damn thing is haunted. · Framed in the mirror, is the face of an old guy looking back at me. · The problem is, I don't feel anywhere near as old inside as the person looking back at me. · While the ...

6 years ago

Avoiding Glassy-Eye Syndrome

Kevin Pashuk · I've often shared the story of one of most productive meetings I've ever been part of. · Early in my time in my current role, my development team met with the people responsible for curriculum and · pedagogy · at our school. · I know what you are thinking... "Sounds like a snooz ...

7 years ago

Do you really need an IT Vision Statement?

Kevin Pashuk · In preparing for my recent post: Innovation starts with your users... I got distracted.   · Not that getting distracted is uncommon for me. · Some of my best ideas have come when I was really supposed to be focusing on something else. · In public school I was labelled a 'day drea ...

7 years ago

Listening to the Future

Kevin Pashuk · John Chambers says to me: · ‘Your job · is to think of what I think · before I think of it, · and have it · ready to go · when I think of it.’ · — Rebecca Jacoby - · CIO, Cisco Systems If you are a Chief Information Officer and are only dealing with operational issues and nex ...

7 years ago

What Does the IT Department REALLY Do???

Kevin Pashuk · At some point in your career as CIO, you will need explain the services that are provided by the IT department to those granting next year's budget dollar, in a way that makes sense to the them. Let me share how I do it. · Your skill in doing so can have a tremendous impact on yo ...

7 years ago

The Last Bastion: Changing Our Schools

Kevin Pashuk · I wrote this post on my blog around 5 years ago. · Sadly, it's still very germane for most of the schools I encounter. · There are pockets of excellence (like the school I am part of), but... · Let's see if it resonates with you my reader. · ______________________________________ ...

7 years ago

Are School Libraries Even Needed Anymore?

Kevin Pashuk · Kids today have it easy. · Aside from not having to walk 2 miles (uphill) each way to school through waist deep snow, they have the Internet to provide a rich source of knowledge and information, and don't have to rely on the school library to get this information. · Back in the ...

7 years ago

Eating your own dog food.

Kevin Pashuk · Being a lifelong learner, sometimes it takes me a lifetime to learn some things.  This was one of them. · Every so often I say something that completely derails the conversation. All the momentum of the bright, brilliant dialogue comes to a screeching halt, and my conversation pa ...

7 years ago

The house across the street.

Kevin Pashuk · As I was getting ready for work today they tore down the house across the street. · We knew it was coming coming, but it was still a shock to see the house come down in such a dramatic, sudden, and casual way.  What was once a home, is now a pile of junk to be discarded. · Every ...

7 years ago

Mindful Rants of an Academic CIO

Kevin Pashuk · As someone who had a truly rotten experience with my personal academic journey, it is somewhat ironic that I am back in education as a career. As I tell people, I know firsthand why it's important to revisit what and how we teach students in order to prepare them for the real wor ...

8 years ago

Resistant to change? ... or saturated?

Kevin Pashuk · Years ago, my bright, brilliant, beautiful wife looked me in the eye and said "Do you know what's wrong with you?" · If you have been married any length of time you know I had just encountered the mother of all questions that there is no right answer for. · If I start my response ...

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