http://learningischange.com/2009/04/18/the-cost-of-not-doing-anything/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://learningischange.com/2009/04/18/the-cost-of-not-doing-anything/comment-page-1/#comment-1168 Penny Ryder Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:32:50 +0000 http://learningischange.com/2009/04/18/the-cost-of-not-doing-anything/#comment-1168 Hi Ben. I discovered your blog through the edubloggers directory and I'm loving it. I thing of schools and change in terms of snowballs! A school that won't change is like a snowball sitting still. It's not growing and eventually it will melt because of outside circumstances. On the other hand, a school that is open to change is a snowball on the move. It will become more attractive to people who want to contribute to change - it will draw motivated teachers, willing parent helpers, community members, grant money etc. People want to be part of something that has vision and drive. Before you know it, you have a massive snowball with everyone on board. (you just want to hope the snowball is going in the right direction!) without change, schools are sitting in slush waiting to melt. Hi Ben. I discovered your blog through the edubloggers directory and I’m loving it. I thing of schools and change in terms of snowballs! A school that won’t change is like a snowball sitting still. It’s not growing and eventually it will melt because of outside circumstances. On the other hand, a school that is open to change is a snowball on the move. It will become more attractive to people who want to contribute to change – it will draw motivated teachers, willing parent helpers, community members, grant money etc. People want to be part of something that has vision and drive. Before you know it, you have a massive snowball with everyone on board. (you just want to hope the snowball is going in the right direction!) without change, schools are sitting in slush waiting to melt.

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