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Web 2.0 for School Administrators Dr. Richard Voltz Associate Director Illinois Association of School Administrators

Email me at [email_address] to receive invitations for my Ning, Wikispace and Google Documents

Webpage for technology for administrators is http://iasa4u.ning.com Webpage containing tutorial for various technology functions is http://iasa.wikispaces.com

My goal is to develop a School Administrator Professional Learning Community On-Line so we all can learn from each other.

Goal for this workshop is for you to use one Web 2.0 skill next year as a school administrator

How many of these terms do you know? Wiki Blog Ning Jing delicious ProfCast Podcast Gcast Backchanneling Wikipedia Forum Tinyurl or bit.ly AudiBoo 14. Classroom20.com 15. iTunesU 16. Web 2.0 17. Posterous 18. Ustream 19. Friendfeed 20. TED Talks 21. FaceBook 22. Elluminate 23. RSS 24. Twitter 25. Lit2Go Extra Credit Chacha Wiimote Jott Doodle

And the winner… Karen Rose and her 3rd grade class from the Melissa, Texas, school district, singing a parody of a Madonna song “Living in a Digital World.”

Start a discussion in your district about 1:1 computing

Modernize your webpage with flash pictures, video and easy to navigate webpages

Start an audio Podcast and update regularly To staff To students To community

Start discussing “ What is the future computer for classroom use?”

Encourage teachers to engage students in their own learning

Add Twitter On Your Webpages (District, School, Administrator, Teacher)

When I was growing up, my parents told me, “Finish your dinner. People in China and India are starving.” I tell my daughters, “Finish your homework. People in India and China are starving for your job.” ---Thomas Friedman, 2005

What does it mean to be a student in the digital age?

Techno boomers: In some families, the elders are the ones pushing Facebook, Texting and Skype. Chicago Tribune; July 12, 2009

Record Lecture Using ProfCast Save to GarageBand Embed in iWeb Upload to WebPage

Gcast Can make audio recording via your phone Set up a Gcast account Call your own account from cell phone, record conversation Send as a digital file where you want it to go Now costs $99/yr for cell phone, free if upload digital file

Made with iWeb Saved on MobileMe Link to Gcast (embed)

Start discussing: “ What is the future computer for classroom use?”

“ Laptops are very ’90s,” says University of Michigan researcher Elliot Soloway. “They are your daddy’s computers.”

http://www.cellphonesinlearning.com/

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/education/09textbook.html?_r=2&ref=education

At Empire High School in Vail, Ariz., students use computers provided by the school to get their lessons, do their homework and hear podcasts of their teachers’ science lectures.

In California, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger this summer announced an initiative that would replace some high school science and math texts with free, “open source” digital versions.

“ In five years, I think the majority of students will be using digital textbooks,” said William M. Habermehl, superintendent of the 500,000-student Orange County schools. “They can be better than traditional textbooks.”

Will educators let students use mobile devices? Smart phone penetration will hit 82% by 2013 Text to screen In-class polling The App Store is producing an explosion of educational mobile content Translation tools, musical instruments, learning games, mobile books

Existing pilots of mobile education are demonstrating success Preliminary research from both Australia and the US is finding that when using iPod Touches as part of their class activities, school attendance increases, students are more willing to come to school, and they do more homework Further quantitative research is needed, but it seems obvious that kids will learn more if they are engaged in the process -- and cutting-edge mobile devices like the iPod Touch are brilliant at driving engagement.

Mobile devices offer access to the internet in places where the traditional web doesn't reach Source: http://ezinearticles.com/?iPhone-Education---4-Reasons-Why-Mobile-Devices-Will-Transform-How-Our-Kids-Learn&id=2662128

“ We should instead use technology funding to bolster new learning models and innovations, such as online-learning environments, to level the playing field and allow students from all walks of life -- from small, rural communities to budget-strapped urban schools -- to access the rich variety that is now available only to children in wealthy suburban districts.”

Backchanneling Using networked computers to maintain…an online conversation alongside a live presentation Backchanneling Avenues Chatmaker.net Chatzy.com Coverltlive.com Backnoise.com

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Do you think students are more engaged outside of school than in school?

How young professionals say they learn.

“ I can look it up on-line, find an expert and then collaborate with that person on a solution.”

“ If I had to learn something new today the first place I would go is Google, then forum sites, then video sources.”

“ I would ask professionals and see if they would share their information with me.”

“ I would first go to Google, then Wikipedia, then my address book to see who I know that I could contact and leverage their knowledge to help me.”

“ Consult with peers, look on the Internet to search and learn information about the topic I am interested in.”

Who should I vote for? Who really was Martin Luther King?

1. Write a novel 2. Share your knowledge 3. Answer tough questions 4. Make sense of data 5. Design a video game 6. Build a killer robot 7. Lose weight 8. Direct a blockbuster video 9. Compose a symphony 10. Change the world Source: Gary Stager

Personalize Education Dr. Yong Zhao at HPL 09 Leadership Conference - “Do not send a (wo)man to do what a machine can do better.”

Personalize Education Alan November at HPL 09 Leadership Conference - “We need to work with technology every day to learn how students use technology.”

YouTube Started in February 2005 Bought by Google in November 2006 for $1.65M Already has more content than TV and TV started in 1940’s. If TV played 24/7 since inception, YouTube still has more content.

New way to make presentations One minute personal introduction Do not read from slides Use video, pictures, audio, etc…

Top 3 Search Engines Google YouTube Yahoo

Demo Jing to show participants how to use RSS feeds

Is your school able to offer every course every student wants?

Video produced by Consortium for School Networking (CoSN)

Review Please tell me 3 things you know now that you did not know Please tell me 2 things you will tell your family and friends about this workshop Please give me one action you are going to start now

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