Jeff Utecht – Educator, Consultant, Author
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Conference Week
Mar 17th
So let me cut through the smoke and mirrors and really tell you why this coming week is important to me.
Simple….on Tripit.com I’m trailing David Warlick in the number of countries I’ve traveled to this year. As an International Educator….that’s just wrong!
I won’t pass David this coming week but I’ll tie him going into the opening of Baseball Season and we all know from there it’s a whole new ball game.
This coming week I’ll start my travels in Singapore where I’ll be brainwashed attending the Apple Distinguished Educators Asia Institute. I was suppose to attend here in Bangkok last year, but thanks to More >
EARCOS Admin Tech Cohort – Reflection
Nov 6th
50+ Administrators talking about skllls needed in the new workplace
Back at work and reflecting on the tech cohort that I tried to run at the EARCOS Admin Conference. I talked about it here and what my hopes were for the group. It’s the first time I’ve tried to embedd a cohort in a traditional conference model and to be honest I had very limited success.
We met as a cohort during the first session. I was excited to meet the 33 admin who had signed up ahead of time to be apart of the project. During the first session we had 50+ people More >
Changing Conference Models
Oct 27th
In a weeks time I’ll be in Manila, Philippines to attend the EARCSO Administrators Conference. This will be the third year I’ve presented at the conference…guess it a good thing they invite me back every year.
This year though I’m trying something different. With the permission of the head of EARCOS. I asked if I could set up a cohort of administrators who might want to go deep in learning about leadership in a digital world. Of course I didn’t even know at the time if any administrators in the region would want to do such a thing. Imagine being More >
Connecting People or Connecting Content
Mar 25th
aaahhhhh……I sit here in the open air lounge of the Magellan Resort, a soft breeze is blowing off the ocean as I over look the pool below and out across the bay to three islands. It’s gonna be a wonderful sunset tonight. I’m telling you overseas conferences are really hard….I mean it.
I’m continuing to think about the Web and how we use it to connect. Maybe this is all for nothing…but I can’t stop thinking about it.
When it comes to building social networks or online communities I think it’s clear to understand what you are and who you are More >
RSS is about content, Twitter is about people
Mar 23rd
I leave tomorrow for the EARCOS Teachers Conference (Twitter hash and web tag #ETC09) where I’ll be giving four presentations.
My first one is on Networks and Communities and although my Twitter Network has pointed out to me this is not a new presentation for myself…I do feel like there is something different. I’ve pushing myself to think deeper about personal networks and online communities and I need to be clear about my message and what I believe before I step into the room…or at least clear enough so that those in the room can help me push my own thinking on More >
Preparing for November
Oct 21st
My wife left early this morning for Hawaii. I know…completely lost on her. From Bangkok to Hawaii…..
She’s off to visit a friend, one of the benefits of taking a year off from working and having frequent flier miles to spend.
So that leaves me with a week of no school and time to myself to prepare for what has shaped up to be one heck of a busy November.
Nov. 1-4: EARCOS Admin ConferenceNov. 7-9: Jakarta Weekend Workshop: Learning in a Digital World
Nov. 21-22: United Nations International School of Hanoi
This week I’ll be creating my presentations and focusing in on what my message More >
One small step for EARCOS
Aug 13th
The EARCOS Staff
I had two great days in Manila spending time with the EARCOS team looking at how technology and the web can help to streamline some of their internal practices and also looked at how EARCOS can use technology at both it’s Administrator and Teacher conferences to help connect participants.
Up until now, the team at EARCOS has been sending a Word Document to those giving workshops. The presenters fill out the form and then e-mail it back. The EARCOS staff then copies that information into a FileMaker Pro database where they create the schedule.
So we sat down and talked and More >
Morning in Manila
Aug 10th
I woke up this morning to find myself in Manila. You know, one of those you roll over open your eyes and can’t remember where you are mornings. I’m just getting use to waking up in our new home in Bangkok and I’m off to Manila to do some consulting work with EARCOS (East Asia Regional Council of Overseas Schools).
I equate EARCOS to an Educational Service District (ESD) back in the United States. According to the stats on the website:
The East Asia Regional Council of Overseas Schools is an organization of 110 member schools in East Asia. These schools have More >
