This is a presentation I gave to the heads of schools at the Quebec Association of Independent Schools in April of 2012. My thinking has evolved since then and you can read about it at http://www.yourlearningcurve.com/2013/07/networks-power-with-vs-power-over.html. Basically, I am advocating using the power structure of networks over that of a hierarchy to spearhead change in school culture. Power with is more effective than power over for authentic change.

1. Connected
Administrators
Network Nodes in the 21st Century
@dabambic
www.yourlearningcurve.com

2. Our ExperienCe of
the world
depends on the type of networks
we inhabit

3. The Beginning of My Transformation

5. My Humble Pie: I was
not leading the
pedagogical parade.

6. Abundance beyond your wildest dreams!

7. Twitter,
Serendipity, &
New Networks

9. dkuropatwa on Flickr

10. Heather Reisman
Founder & CEO of
Indigo with the
KOBO
46% market
penetration
Top selling e-
reader
"Innovate &
collaborate"

11. verbeeldingskr8
flicker stream
CHALLENGE OF THE
DIGITAL AGE
EDUCATION'S
PERFECT STORM

14. Kibuyu's Flickr stream
NETWORKS ARE
HARD WIRED INTO
HUMAN BEINGS -
SHARED
EVOLUTIONARY PATH

15. Mike G. Ottawa Flickr
Simplest networks
dyads and families

16. verbeeldingskr8
flickr stream
Linear networks -
bucket brigades

17. Telephone Trees or
Ponzi Schemes:
Same Two Ties with
Different Pattern

19. Milgram's 6 Degrees of Separation

20. 3 Degrees of Influence

21. Obesity in Social Networks(video link)

22. The Strength of Weak Ties

23. Causes of Contagion: Induction
verbeeldingskr8 Flickr

24. HOMOPHILY
mmwm Flickr

25. CONFOUNDING
personal training corpus christi on
Flickr

26. Dynamic Spread of Happiness

27. The Network of Ties Can Create Diamonds
parl Flickr
jurvetson Flickr

28. Nature's Superorganism(video link)
See Physicist Giorgio Parisi explanation

29. Michael Heiss Flickr
A Network's Emergent
Properties
The Whole is Greater
than the Sum of its Parts

30. Unhealthy School Networks(video link)

31. NETWORKS AMPLIFY

32. FIVE RULES OF NETWORKS
1. We shape networks by the ties we make.
2. Our networks shape us.
3. Our friends affect us.
4. Our friends' friends' friend affects us.
5. The network has a life of its own.

33. SCHOOL HEAD, HEART OR
NETWORK NODE?

34. Learning to write with Twitter
(link to YouTube video)

35. dkuropatwa Flickr

36. From Serendipity to
Probability
Innovate &
Collaborate

37. Social Bookmarking - Diigo
"A curator is an expert learner. Instead of
dispensing knowledge, she creates spaces in
which knowledge can be created, explored
and connected." - George Siemens
founder of Connectivism; a learning theory

38. Powerful leaders
use the
network
to make
diamonds
from
graphite

39. Some Mind Shapers
Albert László-
Barabasi
Linked
Nicholas Christakis &
James Fowler
Connected
David Weinberger
Too Big to Know
George Siemens
Connectivism