Technology Leadership: PLNs, Vision & PD

This is curriculum developed by Wesley Fryer and Karen Montgomery for a 1.5 day workshop for school administrators in Missoula, Montana. (Presentation slides available as a PDF - 3.3 MB)

Much of the world has gone digital, so must learning at school. Creativity is vital, and good leadership matters. Stagnant, accomodation-level technology integration makes technology investments in our schools a waste of money. School leaders can and should encourage teachers to use digital learning tools in transformative ways to open new doors of opportunity for students as well as parents. By focusing on creating, communicating / sharing, and collaborating, principals can help develop a shared instructional vocabulary with teachers which is focused on student engagement. Without creation, there can be no creativity. How will you let your students create? How will you give students choices? How will your students teach the curriculum? These are essential questions to ask together with teachers, as we seek to effectively (and legally) "talk with media / pictures" and leverage the constructive power of digital media tools for learning inside and outside the classroom

Objectives

1. Connections: Build PLNs
2. Vision: Explore Digitally Informed Technology Leadership
3. PD: Experience Transformative Professional Development Models

Link for today: tinyurl.com/mtvision

Schedule

Thursday Jan 27, 2011

- Morning: The Call to Change
  - Introduction: Digital Vision in a Bubblesheet World
    - Intro to Twitter and #mtvision backchannel
    - How to Setup a Twitter Account (Screenr Screencast)
  - Montana Educators on Twitter
  - 2010 Nominees for best Edu-Tweeting
    - #vanmeter - @johnccarver @DeronDurflinger @shannonmmiller
- Social Media Guidelines for Schools: A Call to Action

Videos

Did You Know 4.0 (Oct 2009)

Social Media Guidelines for Schools - Jan 2010

Learning to Change - Changing to Learn (COSN / Pearson)

- Afternoon: Strategies for Change
  - PI4BL Administrator Walkthrough Rubric
  - Rob Reynolds on Google Apps, Forms, Walkthroughs - Using Google forms for Dynamic Data
  - Building PLNs
- Levels of Technology Use
  - Talk with Media
  - Screencasts (Screenr)
  - Group Project Work
    - Option 1: #digitalvision2011 challenge (sample video scavenger hunt activity)
    - Option 2: Tell a Story in 5 Photos (email 5 photos attached to the same email to post@5photos.posterous.com)
      - Background: Tell a Story in 5 Frames for Educators Flickr Group

Friday Jan 28, 2011 (morning only)

- Blended Professional Development: A Transformative Model
- K-12 Online Conference
  - Sample PD: Sharing - The Moral Imperative
  - K12Online from 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, & 2006
- Group Project Work
- Project Sharing
- Next Steps