Admins&Tech

Administrators do much to set the tone and focus for learning. Looking for SMART Board resources? Check here..... They have power to support changes in teacher action via modeling, expectations, support and focus, and thus alter what happens for students in classrooms. [|Research] shows that technology can and does have a positive impact on student learning. How it is implemented is of course very important.

The International Society for Technology and Education has established National Educational Technology Standards: [|NETS for Students 2007**] (PDF 90 KB) [|NETS for Teachers 2008**] (PDF 39 KB) [|NETS for Administrators 2009**] (PDF 67 KB)

Nets standards for admins include systemic improvement. Find helpful resources on using data tools, such as Cognos, Datamentor, and NYSTART.

The staff development team is available offer goals support and regular support for teachers relative to technology and other elements of good practice. In the technology area, Tech Mentors are also a resource for:
 * short or long tech minutes at meetings
 * support for tech committees ( hardware advice, but more importantly connections to school goals and curricular connections
 * regular support for teachers and professional teams in their buildings

The **technology-equity connection** is rich.
 * Locating [|culturally affirming materials] is now more possible than ever.
 * The "Digital Divide", be it defined by access or skills, must be addressed for us to be true to our mission.
 * The engagement factor can be remarkably affected via tech integration.[[image:engagement.gif width="483" height="365"]]

Much is shifting, and must shift, in our approach to teaching:[| Learning, education, approaches, digital and traditional]

What Does Technology Integration Look Like?
Check out the [|Technology Integration Matrix] to see what integration looks like at both one to one access (every student has access) as well as shared access (labs, stations, groups sharing technology). This site has examples at all levels from entry and adoption to innovation and transformative.

5 Essential Technology Tools for Campus Administrators
by Miguel Guhlin
 * Read Part 1: 5 Essential Technology Tools for Campus Administrators
 * Read Part 2: **In this second in a series of three articles on “Five Essential Tools for Campus Administrators," I offer some imperfect responses to the most common questions about blogging.**
 * Read Part 3: In this third in a series of three articles on “Five Essential Tools for Campus Administrators," I suggest that R.E.A.C.H. is a way to help schools engage parents, as well as their children, in achieving students’ academic success.

**Ithaca Initiatives:**
Literacy Matters http://literacymatters.wikispaces.com/ //(See links to left on this page)// Literacy Changes http://literacychanges.wikispaces.com/ [|Secondary Literacy Collaborative] http://tiny.cc/seclit (requires login for full access) Literacy Academy http://icsd-literacyacademy.wikispaces.com/ Content Mapping - Overview and Support Resources [|Curriculum Database] (CDB) https://www.icsd.k12.ny.us/cdb/login.php [|Friendship Assistance Brigade] FAB - Antibullying from ICSD educator Celia Clement

**Personal Learning Networks and Personal Learning Committees**
[|Twitter4Teachers] - This wiki was created to easily help educators find other educators! Be sure to check out their [|Principals] page and add yourself soon! [|Principal Blogs] [|Apple's Learning Interchange] - //**Great Thinkers, Doers and Other Great Sites for Stimulation**// David Warlick - [|Learning 2.0] and [|David Warlick's CoLearners Wiki] David Jakes - [|The Strength of Weak Ties] - Louise Maine- [|Hurricane Maine], Spinning through the Web 2.0 World - Will Richardson - [|Weblogg-ed] Vicki Davis - [|Cool Cat Teacher Blog] - Teaching content with new tools, enthusiasm, and the belief that teaching is a noble caling. Konrad Gluckowski - //[|Blog of Proximal Development]//. Miguel Guhlin - [|Around the Corner] and [|Share More! Wiki] Judy O'Connell - [|HeyJude] Learning in an online world and [|Judy's Web 2.0 Notes] - As an educator and information professional I am fascinated by emerging technologies, innovation with Web 2.0, and what this all means for schools and school libraries. Karl Fisch - [|The Fischbowl] - A staff development blog for [|Arapahoe High School] teachers exploring constructivism and 21st century learning skills. Darren Kuropatwa - his blog, [|A Difference] - Scott McLeod - [|Dangerously Irrelevant] - Ruminations on technology, leadership, and the future of our schools. Troy Hicks - //[|Digital Writing, Digital Teaching]// is a blog written by Troy Hicks, an assistant professor of English at [|Central Michigan University] and a Co-Director for the [|Red Cedar Writing Project]. Named one of the [|top 100 educational blogs by OEDb], It explores the variety of issues related to teaching writing with new media for K-12 teachers and teacher educators [|Infinite Thinking Machine] - designed to help teachers and students thrive in the 21st century. Through an active blog, an Internet TV show, and other media resources, the ITM shares a "bazillion practical ideas" for turning the infinite universe of information into knowledge. We showcase examples of innovative instructional methods, talk with leading experts, and share real stories from the classroom to improve how we think, learn, teach, and live. And we try to have a little fun along the way. [|Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…]Best Web 2.0 Apps for Education - 2008 [|Apple Learning Interchange] - Useful projects and ideas to use technoogy in education.
 * [|Enjoy Great Content] Educator created lessons and activities, Rich with movies, images and podcasts,Special collections from content providers
 * [|Meet Others] - In this unique social network for educators, Locate colleagues from around the globe, Find peers across a variety of content areas
 * [|Collaborate Online] - Use new Web 2.0 tools to engage with others, Create and manage your own custom groups, Share content, news, polls and conversations

Sites for SMART Boards
[|NLVM] - National Library of Virtual Manipulatives Find this and many other resources on our SMART Board page!

Easy Modeling
Going Paperless - Model efficient and environmentally friendly communication (and save money!) by __using email__ and scanning documents to PDF format easily on your school's photocopier!

Talent Release Form
[|Here is a release form for ICSD student publishing]

**[|NYS Standards Review Working Principles]** 7-17-08
Through this comprehensive standards review initiative, we will (item 8) **Integrate technology throughout all the content areas.** //The influence of technology has extended to the types of texts (multimedia) as well as the uses of those texts. While “new literacy” requires an even higher degree of “old literacy,” there are new skills that are required. To this end, one proposal is to add two new categories, PRESENTING and VIEWING. PRESENTING involves selecting, synthesizing, and organizing information to convey a message. Conversely, VIEWING is the obverse of presenting. VIEWING involves comprehending, critically examining, and making use of the information in a presentation. These are not limited to technology, but technology has changed the ways in which information has been presented and viewed. The most obvious variable is the inclusion of multimedia elements in documents. For other ways in which technology has affected literacy, one needs to look no further than search for information on the internet.//

[|The Partnership for 21st Century Skills - ICT Literacy Maps]
//In collaboration with several content area organizations, the Partnership for 21st Century Skills developed a series of ICT Literacy Maps illustrating the intersection between Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Literacy and core academic subjects including English, mathematics, science and social studies (civics/government, geography, economics, history). The maps enable educators to gain concrete examples of how ICT Literacy can be integrated into core subjects, while making the teaching and learning of core subjects more relevant to the demands of the 21st century.//

National Council of Teachers of English: [|21st Century Curriculum and Assessment Framework]
Today, the NCTE definition of 21st century literacies makes it clear that further evolution of curriculum, assessment, and teaching practice itself is necessary. //Literacy has always been a collection of cultural and communicative practices shared among members of particular groups. As society and technology change, so does literacy. Because technology has increased the intensity and complexity of literate environments, the twenty-first century demands that a literate person possess a wide range of abilities and competencies, many literacies. These literacies—from reading online newspapers to participating in virtual classrooms—are multiple, dynamic, and malleable. As in the past, they are inextricably linked with particular histories, life possibilities, and social trajectories of individuals and groups. Twenty-first century readers and writers need to// //• Develop proficiency with the tools of technology • Build relationships with others to pose and solve problems collaboratively and cross-culturally • Design and share information for global communities to meet a variety of purposes • Manage, analyze, and synthesize multiple streams of simultaneous information • Create, critique, analyze, and evaluate multimedia texts • Attend to the ethical responsibilities required by these complex environments//

//Sir Ken Robinson on Schools Killing Creativity//
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