Antonio Viva

Tag: worcester academy

Sharing thoughts on 1 to 1 Laptop Learning

I was recently inteviewed by members of Worcester Academy’s Board of Visitors regarding 1 to 1 laptop learning.

Opening Remarks 2009

Good Morning. I am Mr. Viva, the Associate Head of School here at Worcester Academy. And I know for a fact that many of you recognize me more from my voice than anything else. Does this sound familiar? “Good Morning, This is Mr. Viva, due to dangerous weather conditions, Worcester Academy will be closed today.” [...]

Technology and Social Media Trends for Schools in 2009

There is no question that the rest of the world will continue to forge ahead with adopting new technology and implementing new marketing and communication strategies well before those of us in the education world will. However, I have spent some time recently thinking and Twittering with friends and colleagues (@steveritchie @ernestkoe @alexragone @AdmissionsQuest ) [...]

WA Mash on Boarding School Podcast

I want to thank Peter Baron of Admissions Quest for asking me to speak with him on the Boarding School Podcast about my work on WA Mash. Part of the reason I have been far to busy to post here on my regular blog is because much of my energy has been devoted to getting [...]

Opening Assembly Remarks 2008

Welcome back!
I have been asked to speak briefly this morning about the renovation and restoration of Kingsley Laboratories.Before I begin.  I wanted to ask all of you, what do you think about how Kingsley turned out?
Yeah, I am pretty excited about it too.
It may seem that somehow, magically, the building went from being tired, and [...]

Open Space Technology Initiative Writing

I thought I would share my introduction to our first experience with Open Space Technology. For those of you not familiar with OST is “is a simple way to run productive meetings, for five to 2000+ people, and a powerful way to lead any kind of organization, in everyday practice and extraordinary change.”
Open Space Technology [...]

21st Century CIOs for 21st Century Schools

The technology landscape keeps changing and anyone working in schools over the past several years can tell you that. When I was hired as the CIO at my current school in 2002, using terms like podcasting, blogging and wikis were words very few faculty members would have recognized. Six years later, many of Worcester Academy’s [...]