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Lee Ann Altman

Critical Issue: Technology Leadership - 0 views

  • School leaders at all levels must collaborate with staff members and school personnel to create a vision for the future and a process for change, ensuring that schools and school districts are viable and thriving learning communities for students, staff, and community members. The focus on the purpose and direction of the organization (as a strategy for change work) is to ensure the long-term stability and quality of the educational program. All leadership roles have some management and executive tasks, and the difference between superintendent, principals, and directors is a matter of degree. The scope of the work and the scale of the operation change at each level of leadership. But regardless of a leadership level, school leaders need to make every effort to understand people in lower positions and discuss with them different perspectives. They must go beyond managerial roles and a "facts-and-methods" view of management and focus on the executive challenges of leadership to survive and thrive.
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      School leaders must collaborate with staff members to create a vision for the future. This will ensure schools have a thriving learning community for students,staff, and community.
Lee Ann Altman

Educational Leadership:Giving Students Ownership of Learning:Working with Tech-Savvy Kids - 0 views

  • However, schools can teach students the 21st-century skills they need by involving them in technology planning and implementation. By empowering students to work with adults to solve real-world problems, schools can engage students in meaningful dialogue about technology use, Internet safety, online learning, and filtering. In the process, they hone students' skills in problem solving, collaboration, civic awareness, ethics, leadership, and information and media literacy. Schools benefit from students' insights and experience; at the same time, they show students how their education is relevant for the world today. This kind of involvement captures students' enthusiasm, creates new communication pathways to parents and the community, promotes deeper understanding of the school technology policy, promotes student leadership, improves technology integration schoolwide, and builds respect and trust among all groups.
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      Schools can teach students the 21st - century skills they need by involving them in technology planning and implementation. This kind of involvement captures students' enthusiasm, creates new communication pathways to parents and community, promotes deeper understanding of the school technology policy, promotes student leadership, improves technology integration schoolwide, and builds respect and trust among all groups.
  • Five Time-Tested Models
  • Model 1: Students as Committee Members
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  • Model 2: Students as Trainers
  • Model 3: Students as Technical-Support Agents
  • Model 4: Students as Resource Developers and Communicators
  • Model 5: Students as Peer Mentors and Leaders
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    Most school or district technology plans call for the inclusion of all stakeholder groups as key to creating a sense of ownership and support that will lead to long-term success. However, these plans often ignore the largest stakeholder group of all-the students.
Karen Shean

School of the Future - 0 views

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    Today is graduation day at The School of the Future, a high school started in 2006 by Microsoft as part of its U.S. Partners in Learning program and the School District of Philadelphia. We covered the school in 2007, while this graduating class was in its sophomore year (there they call it "second-year").
Angel Owens

http://www.nassp.org/portals/0/content/55193.pdf - 0 views

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    Bumpy Road: what principals need to know as the technology leader. Written by university professors, this goes through the 10 questions school administrators need to ask themselves to be prepared to lead their school on the technology front.
Angel Owens

What We Know about Successful School Leadership [e-Lead] - 0 views

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    I thought this was timely and a good article in addition to what we have been reading in Dr. Williamson's course.
Angel Owens

TeachersCount > Best of the Web: Technology in the Classroom - 0 views

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      It's everywhere!!!
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      Thought Jenny would enjoy this one.
  • Technology Solutions for Schools helps both primary and secondary schools implement technology in their curriculums. Programs include standards-based and creative projects for all ages.
    • Angel Owens
       
      This may be a helpful reference when we all get promoted one day!
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    I am in LOVE with this article. Lists some of the best technology that should be used the classroom.
Kate McElvaney

Amount Of Time Teens Spend Online Can Improve Digital Literacy - 0 views

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      Because what we have them doing in school might be "more intensive," but it's not real world use? 
  • Many of these students can locate basic pieces of information and browse web pages if given specific instructions. But they are performing at lower levels than will allow them to fully utilize the educational, employment and social opportunities available to them in a modern context.
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      Hear the call for higher-order thinking using technology?
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  • teenagers who spend time on the web are more digitally literate during a time when technological proficiency is increasingly important, a recent report suggests.
  • participating in certain activities like emailing and chatting online influence digital reading performance
  • In school, however, students perform more negatively with more intensive computer use, suggesting that students are developing digital reading literacy largely through computer use at home.
Lee Ann Altman

The Disadvantages of Technology in Classroom - 0 views

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    While technology can be a great addition to the classroom, it also can be a source of frustration for both the teacher and the student. Unless the teacher is well trained in technology and can support the hardware in the classroom, a technology expert will be needed to troubleshoot problems. If schools cannot support the purchased technology, it essentially renders it useless in times of crisis or disrepair.
Karen Shean

Educational Leadership:How Teachers Learn:Learning with Blogs and Wikis - 0 views

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    Founded in 1943, ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) is an educational leadership organization dedicated to advancing best practices and policies for the success of each learner. Our 175,000 members in 119 countries are professional educators from all levels and subject areas--superintendents, supervisors, principals, teachers, professors of education, and school board members.
Kate McElvaney

The Future of Education - Charting the Course of Teaching and Learning in a Networked W... - 0 views

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      Lots of great professional development opportunities.
  • August 30th, Tuesday (2pm Pacific, 5pm Eastern, 9pm GMT):  Richard and Rebecca DuFour on Professional Learning Communities to Improve Schools
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      The experts speak live!
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      I bet Katherine could help them out!
Karen Shean

Smartboard in the Classroom - 1 views

shared by Karen Shean on 22 Jun 11 - Cached
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    This workshop explores a dozen ideas for using interactive whiteboards in the classroom, adapting existing Notebook projects, and integrating resources for each subject area.
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    Interactive whiteboards are gaining in popularity in schools. SMART technology is one of the most popular interactive whiteboard options. Do some exploring using the following interactives: This workshop explores a dozen ideas for using interactive whiteboards in the classroom, adapting existing Notebook projects, and integrating resources for each subject area.
Lee Ann Altman

Great Advantages of Technology in the Classroom | Smart Classrooms - 0 views

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    It is not surprising with technological advances we have in the world that we are seeing more and more technology in the classroom. This stretches from college level to the grammar and middle school levels. It is becoming more and more normal to see technology such as computers and Internet in the classroom.
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