Dangerously Irrelevant

This blog aims to clarify some of the inconsistencies that K-12 school leaders may face.

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Join us for our 2025 Teacher Leader Summit in Denver!

1 week ago | dangerouslyirrelevant.org | Scott McLeod

Colorado educators! (and anyone else within reasonable driving distance… looking at you, Nebraska, Wyoming, Kansas, New Mexico, and maybe Utah and Oklahoma!)We hope that you will join us for our June 2025 Teacher Leader Summit in Denver. On Thursday, June 5, we will be leaning into instructional redesign for deeper learning. On Friday, June 6, we will fold artificial intelligence into the mix. Individuals are invited but teams are encouraged. Register soon!—THURSDAY, JUNE 5.
The AI vicious cycle (REVISED)

2 weeks ago | dangerouslyirrelevant.org | Scott McLeod

Yesterday James Bedford reached out to me, noting that my AI vicious cycle was very similar to his AI Wheel of Death and asking me to give him proper attribution. Of course I was immediately horrified that I might have misappropriated James’ intellectual property…Here’s the thing: I had never seen James’ image of last September until he sent me a link!I said to James:Thanks for sharing.
The AI vicious cycle

1 month ago | dangerouslyirrelevant.org | Scott McLeod

Hey, y’all, I think I have this whole ‘AI in education’ thing figured out. Am I doing this right?
Sara Lev | @mcleod

2 months ago | dangerouslyirrelevant.org | Scott McLeod

[I am reviving the Deserves a Bigger Audience (DABA) feature of this blog and the red megaphone!]I had the chance a couple of weeks ago to finally meet Sara Lev. If you don’t know Sara, she is absolutely incredible. Sara is a current Teacher on Special Assignment (TOSA) and instructional coach – and former Transitional Kindergarten (TK) teacher – at Larchmont Charter School in Los Angeles, California.
We need a manager for our fantasy baseball league!

Feb 5, 2025 | dangerouslyirrelevant.org | Scott McLeod

Do you love baseball? We lost a manager in our educator fantasy baseball league and need a new one… Details are below. Please get in touch ASAP if you are interested. Rounding for Home is a friendly competitive, weekly head-to-head, fantasy baseball league heading into its fourth year. We use Yahoo! to manage the league and use traditional fantasy baseball statistics (R, HR, RBI, SB, AVG | W, S, K, ERA, WHIP). All managers to date have been P-20 educators.
My own job sucks so…

Oct 23, 2024 | dangerouslyirrelevant.org | Scott McLeod

As we work to transform schools, I’m surprised at how often I hear some variation of the following from parents, school board or community members, and maybe even educators:I have to do whatever my boss says. I don’t have much voice and choice in what I do. Kids need to learn how to follow directions or they’re going to lose their jobs. They can’t just do whatever they want at work.
[BFTP] The one question I’m asking at ISTE 2013

Jun 20, 2024 | dangerouslyirrelevant.org | Scott McLeod

[BFTP] The one question I’m asking at ISTE 2013[ISTELive 2024 starts this week so I am resurrecting three blog posts from previous years. Below is Blast From the Past (BFTP) #3 from 2013!]Here’s my guiding question for the ISTE conference this year (for both presenters and vendors). If you’re at ISTE right now, I encourage you to ask this question too!Image credit: Because I’ve never told him he can’t fly, Lotus Carroll
[BFTP] 5 thoughts from ISTE weekend

Jun 19, 2024 | dangerouslyirrelevant.org | Scott McLeod

[ISTELive 2024 starts this week so I am resurrecting three blog posts from previous years. Below is Blast From the Past (BFTP) #2 from 2015!]Five thoughts from the first couple of days here at the 2015 ISTE Conference…If “it’s not about the technology, it’s about the learning,” then why are we centering so many of our sessions on the tools? Are there uses of technology with students that would offend the majority of us so much that we would stand up and shout, ‘No! We should never do that!’?
Why a random motivational speaker won’t help your staff remember their ‘why’

Jun 3, 2024 | dangerouslyirrelevant.org | Scott McLeod

This post from a school administrator came across my feeds this weekend:Looking for suggestions of a great speaker for the first week of PD– motivational– reconnecting with your “Why” for staff. Thank you in advance for your suggestions!I posted it to Facebook with the comment, “Does anyone think this is going to have any long-term impact whatsoever?”Some folks thought that I was criticizing the speaker side of this dynamic. Just to clarify, I don’t actually have an issue with that side of things.
ISTE Community Leaders: Apply for the 2024-2025 cohort

May 23, 2024 | dangerouslyirrelevant.org | Scott McLeod

[I am highlighting various initiatives of the ISTE Community Leaders…]For the past week or so, I’ve been sharing some of the many things that ISTE Community Leaders do. From our new podcast to expert webinars, from helping others within ISTE Connect to meetups and conference events, we are busy but also are having a blast. If all of this sounds fun to you too, applications for the 2024-2025 ISTE Community Leaders cohort are now open.