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Book Review: The IC Toolkit by Jim Knight, Jessica Wise, Michelle Harris, and Amy Musante
This week's review is on The IC Toolkit by Jim Knight, Jessica Wise, Michelle Harris, and Amy Musante . Jim Knight is a legend in the...

Kevin D
Mar 212 min read
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AI Idea: Handbook Chatbot
When meeting with school leaders - a common question involves generating use cases. Often times, it might be: "how can this help my...

Kevin D
Mar 193 min read
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AI Book Review: Atlas of AI by Kate Crawford
This week's review is on Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence by Kate Crawford. Artificial...

Kevin D
Mar 143 min read
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"The Hidden-Hand Presidency" and Principal Leadership
Why not draw leadership lessons for our Catholic schools from an analysis of the presidency of Eisenhower published in 1982? Fred...

Kevin D
Dec 6, 20244 min read
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The Promise and Peril of Chatbots: A Framework
In preparing to expand into the resolution phase of my brief series on chatbots and education (Their Promise and Peril Part 1 and Part...

Kevin D
Dec 4, 20244 min read
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A.I. and Education: The Peril of Chatbots (2/x)
If Chatbots can usher in an era of more limited human interaction but greater personalized learning , what else do we need to fear as we...

Kevin D
Nov 14, 20244 min read
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A.I. and Education: The Peril of Chatbots (1/x)
Last week , I pointed to the possibility of using chatbots as web-based tutors and aides in the classroom - assisting and monitoring...

Kevin D
Nov 5, 20242 min read
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A.I. and Education: The Promise of Chatbots
Let's start with using AI as an extension of differentiation, assuming a support role in the classroom like an aide.

Kevin D
Oct 30, 20242 min read
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Roses not Cows
As I continue to prepare and transition into a new role, I had the joy to listen to a conversation between Tyler Reagin and George Kamal...

Kevin D
Jul 14, 20212 min read
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Lessons Learned 1
As we wrap up an intense 14 months and with Los Angeles approaching normalcy (with the magical date of June 15), time for some reflecting...

Kevin D
May 24, 20212 min read
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The Emperor of Ice-Cream by Wallace Stevens
Call the roller of big cigars, The muscular one, and bid him whip In kitchen cups concupiscent curds. Let the wenches dawdle in such...

Kevin D
Nov 19, 20201 min read
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Preludes for Memnon by Conrad Aiken
Winter for a moment takes the mind; the snow Falls past the arclight; icicles guard a wall; The wind moans through a crack in the window;...

Kevin D
Nov 17, 20203 min read
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Shine, Perishing Republic
While this America settles in the mould of its vulgarity, heavily thickening to empire 'And protest, only a bubble in the molten mass,...

Kevin D
Nov 13, 20201 min read
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The Perils of Namesakes and Statues
Last night, I started reading the McCarrick report . There is a clear failure on the part of several of his brother bishops in the New...

Kevin D
Nov 11, 20203 min read
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McCarrick and the Problems of Brotherhood
The report, more than 400 pages long, catalogues various reports made about McCarrick to Church officials, some of which were ignored,...

Kevin D
Nov 10, 20203 min read
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Trivia
Forgive me blog for I have missed. I played socially distant trivia last night. Trivia - the accumulation of random facts and knowledge -...

Kevin D
Nov 6, 20201 min read
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Comm - unity
If there was ever a time where the differentiator of a Catholic school could shine through - it's a pandemic. Our schools should provide...

Kevin D
Nov 4, 20202 min read
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NaNoWriMo 2.0
Last year, I started this blog because of National Novel Writing Month - and the idea of building in more reflection and sharing into my...

Kevin D
Nov 3, 20201 min read
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Emotional Energy
I'm not exactly sure why but it takes a great deal of emotional energy - often - to come up with a blog post. In the pre-COVID world,...

Kevin D
Oct 13, 20202 min read
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The Loss of Socialization
Note: I have no degree. I have no research. I have only my own experience as a teacher, principal, and parent. The ultimate lead effect...

Kevin D
Apr 9, 20202 min read
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