What Administrators Should Know and Do With Technology An ISTE Webinar Ben Smith Red Lion Area School District Monday, October 19, 2015Monday, October 19, 2015Monday, October 19, 2015Monday, October 19, 2015

Background Physics Teacher K-12 Science Coordinator Technology Resource Teacher Keystone Technology Integrator Doctoral Student in Instructional Technology STAR Discovery Educator ISTE Science Curriculum Specialist ISTE Board of Directors

Polling Question Are you familiar with the NETS-S (National Educational Technology Standards for Students)? Yes No

National Educational Technology Standards for Students

National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers

Poll Question Have you shared the ISTE NETS-T with your teachers? Yes No

National Educational Technology Standards for Administrators Required Reading:NETS-A available through

Visionary Leadership Inspire and Lead development and implementation of a shared vision for integration of technology and promote excellence and support transformation throughout the organization Inspire Engage Advocate

Pedagogical Foundations Curriculum must drive the need for technology integration Technology is the tool used to facilitate student- centered learning Scaffolding technology skills has to occur prior to the expectation that students can make thoughtful choices about its appropriate use Degree to which students can utilize technology is also dependent upon their level of cognitive ability.

Digital Age Learning Culture Create, promote and sustain a dynamic, digital-age learning culture that provides a rigorous, relevant and engaging education for all students. Ensure Innovation Model and Promote Provide Ensure Practice Participate

Why Use Technology? Make work easier - productivity Typing, calculating, recording information Help students learn better Visualization, reading Prepare students for 21st century jobs Communicate Collaborate Be Creative Solve Problems Image from

Today’s Students 21st Century Learners Multitaskers Text Messengers Gamers Appropriaters Today’s college students have spent 5000 hours reading hours gaming hours watching TV Required Reading: Marc Prensky - Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants Available at

Speak Up Report Disconnect among teachers and administrators Student Perceptions Defining Integration Rating the Quality of Integration Required Reading:Speak Up Report. Available at

Excellence in Professional Practice Provide an environment of professional learning and innovation to empower educators to enhance student learning Allocate Facilitate and Participate Promote and model communication and collaboration Stay abreast

Systemic Improvement Provide digital-age leadership and management to continuously improve the organization through effective use of technology Lead change Collaborate on metrics Recruit and Retain Establish and Leverage Partnerships Establish and Maintain Infrastructure

Digital Citizenship Model and facilitate understanding of social, ethical and legal issues and responsibilities in an evolving digital culture Ensure equity Promote, model and establish policies Promote and model social interactions Model and facilitate global culture

Striking a Balance Creating a secure, safe environment for student learning Allowing students to use their technology Allowing student creativity, collaboration, innovation and communication to develop

Knowing Content is NOT Enough In order to be successful in the 21st Century, ALL students must be able to Construct new understandings Solve problems Make decisions Communicate and express themselves Understand complex issues Work collaboratively Set goals and work to a timeline Make ethical choices

Administrative Issues Collaboration Policies iPods / Cell Phones / PDAs Banning Pencils by Doug Johnson Security

Observations Classroom Walkthroughs ICOT Supervision Plans Building Goals

A Taxonomy for Integrating Technology into Diverse Classrooms Increasing Levels of Cognition Curriculum mastery deepens Increasing Complexity of Technology Skills Technology choices become autonomous

How to Include ALL Students Have students move through the taxonomy appropriate to their abilities. As students acquire the skills of using a technology…. It becomes a tool they may choose The emphasis of an activity shifts from the technology to the cognitive skills students must employ Becomes invisible

Observing Students are passive spectators of technology Students view PowerPoint during lecture Teacher uses Interactive Whiteboard during lecture Students view websites on large screen Students listen to a podcast

Incorporating Students are leveraging technology to increase productivity Type papers using Word Make graphs with Excel Online Searches Calculators Tutorials

Producing Students create a product with a single technology Students record a podcast Students make a movie Poster session in PowerPoint

Exploring Students engage in discovery learning prior to formal instruction Students use online applet to learn about a topic Students conduct a lab with probes

Collaborating Students interact with peers, instructors, and outside resources Students make group contributions in text format to a Wiki Students work together on a Google Doc Web 2.0 Tools: mindomo, VoiceThread, etc. Student - Gaggle Blogging

Applying Students are guided to combine and integrate technologies Students use Excel, Probes and Accompanying Software, and Photobooth in Notebook to create lab report Students use PowerPoint to make slides to import into iMovie Students add movies, MP3s and images into a Wiki

Creating Students are making sound choices about the appropriate synthesis of content and technology into a final product Students are given an assignment and must choose the format for communicating information

How to get Students to be Creative Creating the Canvas Word, PowerPoint, Inspiration, Wikis, Google Docs Learning to Paint User Created Content: Podcasts, Movies, Animoto, Mapping Creative Process Instructional Design: Be Vague

Planning Documents Year Long Plan Being Creative Curriculum Map What are 21st century skills? What are technologies you / your students can use? What are your current integration activities?

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