I was skimming one of the bloggers I enjoy disagreeing with, Justin at The EdJurist, and found a nifty effort that he and Jon Becker are working on. It occurred to me that this would be a great component to add to the TEC-SIG web site, or TCEA as a whole, and I hope the current leadership will consider getting this going!
Wouldn’t it be neat to have districts pool video interviews from leadership in their district on the importance of tech, prof dev, data warehousing, management, etc online? Make it easy to for members to put that content online themselves a la Edublogs.tv or Teachertube.com ?
Jon Becker and Justin are creating a series of video modules featuring Online School Law Guide topics; this is in for the National Association of Secondary School Principals. While the modules are inaccessible to non-members (big mistake), you can watch the overview at The Edjurist blog.
What are the chances of doing something like this but for school leaders, and featuring them for free–no membership required–on the TEC-SIG web site?
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Could your idea be a little like this??Ed Talks
Could your idea be a little like this??Ed Talks
Thanks Miguel and I do think it would be a good idea to do something similar. I am the Sec./Treasurer of the AERA Law and Ed. SIG now and we are also considering efforts. On the free thing, you are absolutely right and if it were only up to us, it would be free – you can see that I have created content on my site and provided it free (with more on the way). But, organizations are understandably struggling with this issue now. They have to come up with ways to drive membership and thus revenue and traditionally the way to do that is to offer more services for members v. non-members. There is certainly the possibility that the increased exposure of making this free would also add members, but that is a substantial risk that I don’t think organizations like NASSP are willing to take just yet. We need organizations to prove that a free + increased exposure model works better than a restricted members-access model. If you know of such models that have worked for non-profits, we would certainly encourage you to let NASSP know about it.
Thanks Miguel and I do think it would be a good idea to do something similar. I am the Sec./Treasurer of the AERA Law and Ed. SIG now and we are also considering efforts. On the free thing, you are absolutely right and if it were only up to us, it would be free – you can see that I have created content on my site and provided it free (with more on the way). But, organizations are understandably struggling with this issue now. They have to come up with ways to drive membership and thus revenue and traditionally the way to do that is to offer more services for members v. non-members. There is certainly the possibility that the increased exposure of making this free would also add members, but that is a substantial risk that I don’t think organizations like NASSP are willing to take just yet. We need organizations to prove that a free + increased exposure model works better than a restricted members-access model. If you know of such models that have worked for non-profits, we would certainly encourage you to let NASSP know about it.