Tim Lauer Talks About Technology, Education and Leadership

I've been following Superintendent Neil Rochelle's blog Changing High Schools since I linked to it in a post a few days ago. It's really driven home how important it is to have strong leadership to drive the creation of and to maintain a successful technology program.

Principal Tim Lauer has been involved in technology in the classroom almost from the beginning of the web age. As Technology Director at an art magnet he partnered with a local science museum and was setting up computer labs, building servers and utilizing the web in the classroom in the early to mid 90's. Now he's a Principal at his own tech savvy elementary school.

Here's audio of Mr. Lauer speaking in '07 about technology in education and his leadership role. It's called 21st Century #42 and it's posted at EdTechTalk.com