Interview with Scott McLeod

Scott McLeod is an innovative and refreshing new voice in education.  Not satisfied as  Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Educational Administration program at Iowa State University and Director of the UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE), to just publish his thoughts in  sparsely read journals -he has used his considerable technical savvy to develop a very well read blog dangerouslyirrelevant.org and co-created the "viral" video, Did You Know? (Shift Happens). Scott  has received numerous national awards for his technology leadership work, including recognitions from the cable industry, Phi Delta Kappa, and the National School Boards Association. In this 40 minute podcast--we talked about a vast range of topics such as how he got started,  why his blog has continued to be so successful, his thoughts on why schools need to change now, assessment, why professional development and the academy resist change and what he is reading. Scott was so articulate and candid that you may not notice the minutes flying by and like me want more from this highly engaged and informed catalyst for 21st century change.