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Managing the Transition - Part2

Presenter: Alan November

Next steps for leaders:

- Re-Engineer Technology Planning to Information and Global Communications Planning - Laser focus on aligning technology to core curriculum - Role model a collaborative culture - Redefine Literacy

Quotes:


 * "Pedagogy trumps technology"**

"Too much technology is used as a $2000.00 pencil"

"If a big truck came to your school and took away all of your technology, what couldn't you learn?" //Answer many times is nothing//. We could still do everything we could before.

"Are you as good as Barrack Obama - have you tapped every communication channel to get out your message." "Make principals the best communicators in the world"

Activity (while the internet was down. :)

//**What is the one question you ask the following people:**//

- **Students** - "How has technology changed your learning?" "Who owns the learning?" How can we tap into your tech skills. If you were in charge of technology what would you do to change education? What have you created? What would you teach your teacher? What do you do at home that you do not do at school?

- **Teachers** - "How has technology enhanced your lessons". "Why are you using technology for that project?" "How are you going to assess that ... (wiki, screencast, keynote, etc.)" **//Idea - have the students create the rubric - give students the ownership over the assessment.//** Every technology staff development workshop should include a discussion on how are we going to assess this. "How did you learn this?"

- **Principals** - "What do you look for to evaluate/encourage technology use among the staff". "Have you created a collaborative environment to share knowledge among your staff." Idea: If principals can create an environment where it is commonplace to show off teaching pedagogy then teachers will feel more comfortable sharing and "bragging" about what they are doing. The roll of the principal is to create that environment.

- **Tech Director** - "How are you collaborating with curriculum developers." "Are teachers teaching themselves?"

- **Superintendent**

- **Librarian** - "How has your job function changed

Someone has already put together a video on whatever staff development topic you are about to teach. (Common Craft)

Idea: Every faculty meeting show teachers teaching. Broadcast their vocational work.

First question to ask: What is your most important problem to solve? That is where you should implement technology.

Second question to ask - "What do you love to teach?" Kids get it, great lesson, etc. Then add technology to that lesson and you will light a spark in the teacher to use technology in other lessons as well.

Idea: Have Elementary school connect to nursing homes.

We can not reach every student, but what we can do is create learning experiences.

Idea: Cottonwood Creek video - have the students create a video describing their schools. Have kids do a math video, english video, etc.

Take a risk - find two teachers in two different school (districts). Have them correct each others work for the year. When assessment is for someone they don't know students will work harder than when working for their own students.

Real power of technology is connecting students with the world. Expanding the boundaries of learning happens when you move outside bricks and mortar.

You can't do everything. Pick at least one thing and do it well!!