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Katie Nettles

Education Week: The New Ed-Tech Leader Models by Digital Example - 0 views

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EdTech integration EdLeadership Technology

shared by Katie Nettles on 30 Aug 14 - No Cached
  • he is giving high school students a pivotal role in serving as technology troubleshooters, and he runs a monthly "tech night" for parents to teach them the skills their children are learning in school. Beyond that, Larkin designed a special "playtime" after professional-development sessions to let teachers experiment with new technologies, alongside experts who offer guidance.
  • He is modeling the commitment by blogging and tweeting regularly about ed-tech problems and solutions, and relying on his own virtual network of peers and experts he can reach out to for advice at any time, primarily via Twitter.
  • "Teachers have started their own blogs highlighting activities in the classroom," he says. "I never told them to do it, but I said, 'Wouldn't it be nice if a parent could find out what their child is doing?'
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  • It found that high-quality leadership was "essential" to better use of technology, and that schools whose leaders had properly implemented 1-to-1 programs, for example, saw significant improvements in everything from test scores to dropout rates, over both schools without such programs and those without properly implemented programs.
  • And there are characteristics and techniques that successful leaders in the ed-tech field share—everything from risk-taking to regularly using pilot projects to test initiatives before expanding them.
  • It was once enough for school and district leaders to surround themselves with people who understood technology, but the leaders themselves didn't necessarily need deep technology know-how. That is changing, some say.
  • "Modeling is crucial. If you want your kids and teachers to be users of 21st-century tools, … you have to show that you can do it too," he says. "It shows that I'm still a teacher—I can still instruct and still learn."
  • Every two weeks, Cook schedules "Tech Friday" before school, in which teachers can highlight a particular app, software program, or technological device, or simply ask questions of others about various ed-tech tools or approaches. Sometimes, students give presentations about new technologies to the teachers during those sessions.
  • A hallmark of successful ed-tech leadership is introducing rapid-fire pilot projects, working out the kinks, and scaling up quickly if the pilots are effective,
  • Of course, not all pilot projects work, and it's vital to cut losses quickly.
  • flexibility
  • That approach of "high standards, but not standardization" is a characteristic of successful ed-tech projects,
  • The ability to adapt
  • "Seventy-five percent of what you learn is from making mistakes," he says.
  • flexibility
  • Johnson deliberately did not tell them which apps they needed
  • experiment
  • embodies the belief among a growing number of school administrators that getting educators to embrace digital teaching and learning, and to use technology more effectively, requires leading by example
  • echnology should be a tool to reach an educational goal, not the goal itself, she says.
  • But she emphasizes that the project wasn't about the iPad—it was about delivering programs that improved students' educational experiences.
  • "What would force someone to change if their results are saying what they're doing is excellent?" he asks. "But are they preparing the students for jobs that don't exist yet?"
  • Moran says she goes beyond standardized testing to evaluate success, looking at evaluating "authentic assessments" conducted by teachers.
  • The board recently adopted a formal district vision statement that embraces innovation and risk-taking, with the understanding "that it doesn't always lead to instant success," Vodicka says. That gives him the support and courage to venture into new areas, he says.
  • Even so, those ventures are calculated risks. All the ed-tech leaders interviewed for this article say they research, experiment, and test the initiatives they seek to put in place before fully enacting them
  • they all tap into extensive social-networking communities they have formed for themselves
  • Cook says he has learned more from his personal learning network than he ever learned getting his doctorate or during his first and second years as a principal.
  • But educators no longer have the luxury of hanging back on technology, he says. "I don't think it's OK anymore to say, 'I'm just not tech-savvy,' " he says. "If we're not, we're hurting kids."
  • Katie Nettles on 30 Aug 14
     
    Ed Tech Leadership… lead by example!
Carmen Marty

20 Surprising Stats About Technology Use In College | Edudemic - 0 views

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technology college infographic

shared by Carmen Marty on 24 May 12 - No Cached
  • Carmen Marty on 24 May 12
     
    Interesting Infographic on the use of technology in college.  Might be an interesting conversation with your teachers during training.
Carmen Marty

Why Clay Shirky Banned Laptops, Tablets and Phones from His Classroom | Mediashift | PBS - 1 views

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laptops banned classroom

shared by Carmen Marty on 29 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • Carmen Marty on 29 Sep 14
     
    Interesting perspective.  One more reason we need to create high quality lesson powered by technology vs same old lesson distracted by technology.   THE ELEPHANT AND THE RIDER Jonathan Haidt's metaphor of the elephant and the rider is useful here. In Haidt's telling, the mind is like an elephant (the emotions) with a rider (the intellect) on top. The rider can see and plan ahead, but the elephant is far more powerful. Sometimes the rider and the elephant work together (the ideal in classroom settings), but if they conflict, the elephant usually wins.
Carmen Marty

The 5 Keys to Educational Technology -- THE Journal - 0 views

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technology education edtech

shared by Carmen Marty on 16 Apr 13 - No Cached
  • Carmen Marty on 16 Apr 13
     
    Good ideals to consider when planning implementations
Carmen Marty

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning: 4 Presentation Tools Worth Trying - 0 views

www.educatorstechnology.com/...tation-tools-worth-trying.html

technology presentation photos photography

shared by Carmen Marty on 27 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • Carmen Marty on 27 Nov 12
     
    Multimedia tools or  Web 2.0 Tools
Carmen Marty

iPad As.... - 0 views

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iPad apps education

shared by Carmen Marty on 26 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • Carmen Marty on 26 Nov 12
     
    iPad uses and apps to meet your objective.
Carmen Marty

5 Daily Questions for Technology Leaders| The Committed Sardine - 1 views

www.fluency21.com/blogpost.cfm

questions technology leaders

shared by Carmen Marty on 08 Aug 12 - No Cached
  • Carmen Marty on 08 Aug 12
     
    Great reflection as we begin the year!
Carmen Marty

Free Technology for Teachers: Three Approaches for Getting Content to Elementary Studen... - 1 views

www.freetech4teachers.com/...es-for-getting-content-to.html

technology teachers ipads

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  • Carmen Marty on 06 May 13
     
    Content Curation  Promising for using with iPads
Carmen Marty

5 Great infographic Creation Tools for Teachers - 0 views

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infographic tools infographics create

shared by Carmen Marty on 09 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • Carmen Marty on 09 Nov 12
     
    May want to incorporate this into analytical tools
Carmen Marty

Fried Technology: What's the Difference Between "Doing Projects" and "Project Based Lea... - 0 views

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PBL project based learning projects

shared by Carmen Marty on 29 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • Carmen Marty on 29 Nov 12
     
    Great discussion for teachers. Fits with so many modules ibl, unit design, authentic learning, etc
Carmen Marty

ISTE Unplugged - home - 1 views

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iste12 iste2012 isteunplugged technology web2.0 professionaldevelopment

shared by Carmen Marty on 14 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • Carmen Marty on 14 Jun 13
     
    Check out ISTE unplugged.
Carmen Marty

Cool Cat Teacher Blog: 89 cool apps, sites, and tools for teaching - 0 views

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apps ipad technology

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  • Carmen Marty on 10 Apr 13
     
    Everything you want to know aobut iPads
Carmen Marty

Wrong Focus: Teacher-Centered Classrooms and Technology - 1 views

www.ryanbretag.com/blog

focus teaching instruction edtech

shared by Carmen Marty on 30 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Carmen Marty on 30 Oct 12
     
    Interesting perspective on the student-centered classroom. Also goes along with Grappling's
Carmen Marty

TodaysMeet - 0 views

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technology tools collaboration

shared by Carmen Marty on 05 Sep 12 - Cached
  • Carmen Marty on 05 Sep 12
     
    Back channel conversation.  Used in session 1 to reflect on Constructing Knowledge Module.
Carmen Marty

Wikis in the Classroom: Three Ways to Increase Student Collaboration - Faculty Focus | ... - 1 views

www.facultyfocus.com/...increase-student-collaboration

wikis collaboration education web2.0 edtech

shared by Carmen Marty on 10 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Carmen Marty on 10 Oct 11
     
    Blog about wiki use in higher ed. May be a nice high school resource for Introduction to Communication Tools.
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