EDL-595—DR. AMY G. DIKKERSADJINORIA H. TOMLIN

FALL, 2012

TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION AT THE

ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL

STRATEGIES NECESSARY FOR EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATIVE TECHNOLOGY:

*VISIONARY LEADERSHIP*DIGITAL AGE LEARNING CULTURE*EXCELLENCE IN PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE*SYSTEMATIC IMPROVEMENT*DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP

The International Society for Technology in Education

(ITSE)

and

Administrative Integration of Technology

VISIONARY LEADERSHIP

The Leader Must:

*have a “shared vision” for effective inte-

gration of technology.

*promote excellence.

*support transformation within the

organization .

Change Must:

*be purposeful.

*be an ongoing process.

*exceed and maximize learning goals.

*PROVIDES A RELEVANT, RIGOROUS, AND ENGAGING EDUCATION CURRICULUM FOR ALL LEARNERS

*USES INSTRUCTIONAL INNOVATIONS

*IS LEARNER-CENTERED

*ADDRESSES THE DIVERSE NEEDS OF THE LEARNERS

*PROVIDES STUDENTS THE ABILITY TO COMPETE IN THE GLOBAL LEARNING COMMUNITY

DIGITAL AGE LEARNING CULTURE

EXCELLENCE IN PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

Professional Learning

*****************************

*Professional Development

*Learning Communities

*Effective Communication

*Team work

*Modeling and mentoring

Innovation

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*Stay abreast of emerging trends

*Educational research

*Websites

*Blogs

*Wikis

SYSTEMATIC IMPROVEMENT

DIGITAL AGE LEADERSHIP DIGITAL AGE MANAGEMENT

*Effective use of information

*Effective use of resources

*Purposeful change

*Use of highly competent personnel

*Develop partnerships to support

systematic change

*Establish and maintain an infrastruct-

ure for technology

*Integrated operational system

*EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIONS MODEL: SAFE LEGAL AND ETHICAL USE OF TECHNOLOGY

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THEIR INTERACTIONS ONLINE

AN UNDERSTANDING OF CULTURE THROUGH THE USE OF COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATION TOOLS ONLINE

AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE GLOBAL SOCIETY AND ITS EFFECT ON 21ST CENTURY LEARNERS

DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP

ADMINISTRATOR’S READINESS FOR TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION

*Technology integration as a vision and goal at the district level

*Qualified and trained technology instructors and administrators

*Opportunities for professional development of technology

*Available funding and quality resources

*Guidance from professional experts and organizations

PROPOSED TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS FOR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS

*Understand the elements of long range

planning and emerging technology

*Develop and demonstrate the ability to

analyze and react to technology issues

*Visualize the overall picture for educa-

tion and schools

*Use technology in communicating with

faculty, staff, parents, and the community

*Using technology appropriately in relation

to school programs and activities

Reference: Thomas, W.R. (2012). Educational technology: are school administrators ready for

it? Atlanta, GA: Southern Regional Education Board.

*Use technology to collect and analyze

student data and other information and

to make decisions and display more

appropriate management skills

*Understand how to integrate current

and available technologies effectively

*Understand the legal and ethical issues

related to technology usage and licen-

sing

SIX QUALITIES OF 21ST CENTURY TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATORS

1—Individual excellence

2—Organizational skills

3—Courage

4—Results (goal-oriented)

5—Strategic skills

6—Operating skills

Reference: Solomon, G. & Schrum, L. (2007). Web 2.0: new tools

new schools. Eugene, OR: International Society for

Technology in Education

THE ADMINISTRATOR’S PRACTICAL APPLICATIONUSE OF TECHNOLOGY

BLOGGING(Twelve Reasons for an Administrator to blog)

*Sharing news and events *Community Building

*Progress monitoring *Customer relations

*Status alerts *Branding

*Marketing *Creating “customer evangelists”

*Public relations *Thought leadership

*Community building *Advocacy

Reference: Solomon, G. & Schrum, L. (2007). Web 2.0: new tools, new schools.

Eugene, OR: International Society for Technology in Education.

THE ADMINISTRATOR’S PRACTICAL APPLICATIONUSE OF TECHNOLOGY

BLOGGING vs. E-MAILING

********************************************************Blogs can replace e-mail as a way for administrators to communicate with stu-

dents, parents, and other educators.

*Blogs can be used for updates to teachers and your staff.

*Blogs can be used to post events, explanations, or collect suggestions for projects.

*Leaders themselves must be willing to model blogging in alignment with its dis-

trict’s acceptable use legal policy.

THE ADMINISTRATOR’S PRACTICAL APPLICATIONUSE OF TECHNOLOGY

WIKIS

*************************Characteristics of a Wiki:

1-invites all users to edit any page

2-invites all users to create new pages

within the wiki website

3-enables communities to write

documents collaboratively

4-involves the visitor in an ongoing

process of interaction, creation,

and cooperation

5-are free

Ways Administrators May Use a Wiki

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*Project-based learning

*Problem-solving

*Cooperative planning

*Production of new ideas or to

brainstorm

*Collaboratively write school docu-

ments

*Peer-edit/review school documents

*Embed surveys *Reports

*School-wide projects

BLOGS VS. WIKIS

BLOGS

***************************shares writings and multimedia in the form of

“posts”

*visitors comment on author’s post

*original post and comments made by others

cannot be edited by visitors=content grows

stale

*a ‘single’ page website--linear

WIKIS

****************************allows one to collaborate from a variety of

experiences and personalities

*the format may vary from one page to another;

(open structure)

*Content can be edited by those who access the

website

*a multiple page collaboration=non-linear

THE ADMINISTRATOR’S PRACTICAL APPLICATION USE OF TECHNOLOGY

RESOURCES

http://www.commoncraft.com/videoblogs

http://wikispaces.com/content/for/teacher

http://www.educationworld.com/a/tech/tech087.shtml

http://www.educaionworld.com/a_issues/chat/chat259.shtml

REFERENCES

Common Craft. (2012). Blogs in plain English [online video]. Retrieved from

http://www.commoncraft.com/video/blogs

International Society for Technology in Education. (2009). Advancing digital

age leadership [online article]. Retrieved from

http://www.iste.org/nets

New Hanover County Schools. (2011, June 22-23). Summer Technology Institute

[technology workshop]. Wilmington, NC: New Hanover County Technology

Department.

Solomon, G. and Schrum, L. (2007). Web 2.0: New tools, new schools. Eugene,

OR: International Society for Technology in Education.

Thomas, W.R. (202). Educational technology: Are school administrators ready

for it? Atlanta, Ga: Southern Regional Education Board.