The concepts of self-differentiated leadership and of crucial conversations both have, at their core, the idea of harnessing one’s emotional responses and of looking through, over, and beyond the emotions…
Author: Bryan Harris
I am an instructional technologist for the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry in Richmond, VA. Before that, I spent more than 20 years as a public school music teacher in Chesterfield County, VA, primarily teaching guitar and music technoogy at the high school level.
I hold a Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Richmond, and a Master of Education degree with a focus on Digital Learning and Leading from Lamar University.
I believe that every person has the need, the desire, the ability, and the right to learn, and that as educators we must meet our students wherever they are, and help bring them to where they want and deserve to be.
Eating Elephants and Innovating Education
What’s the best way to eat an elephant? One bite at a time. I believe the same holds true for any large-scale goal, for any organization. Napkins and cutlery are…
Exerting My Influence
As the time to actually try and convince my colleagues to sign on to my innovation plan draws nearer, I have begun to examine the fundamentals of exactly what that plan is…
I Can Get Satisfaction
There are people who believe that creativity cannot be taught. To them, creativity is an “either you have it or you don’t” proposition–Carol Dweck (2016) would say that such people…
What Have I Done?
With this post, I am wrapping up my fourth class in the DLL program. One-third of the way to my master’s degree in education. My master’s degree in education. That phrase has…
Grow, Prune, Repeat…
It’s time now to step back a little over 4 months (or approximately 237 years, depending on how you measure–time is subjective and relative, especially if you’re a grad student…
We’ll Start At The End….
In my last post, I outlined goals (both Big Hairy Audacious ones and…Little Bald Reticent ones?) for my innovation plan, which can be found here. In that post, I used a modified…
Big Hairy Audacious Goals and Where to Find Them
In my innovation plan, I have proposed an online Technology-Assisted Music course for my district. There will be a year-long version for students, and a quarter-long professional development version for…
My Learning Philosophy
When I was 10 years old, I was a Cub Scout, and for Christmas my parents gave me a copy of the Boy Scout Handbook, to prepare me for moving…
Creating Significant Learning Environments
As part of my DLL coursework in EDLD 5305, I created an innovation plan which involves establishing an online course in Technology-Assisted Music. The details of that plan can be…