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Dr. Voltz's top ten technology applications for school administrators.TRANSCRIPT
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RV’s Top Ten Technology Uses for School Administrators
Dr. Richard VoltzAssociate Director
Illinois Association of School Administrators
# 10
Use Twitter to Communicate to
Parents, Students, Community
Prezi
# 9
Use Digital Technology To Get Teachers Moving
# 8
Use Google to Background Check
Prospective Employees
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Have you ever Googled yourself?
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# 7
Develop Your Own Teacher Evaluation Plan For Including
50% Student Performance
# 6
Use Podcasting
Students
Morning announcements with iPod touch
The Principal
Start an audio Podcast and update regularly
For studentsFor parents
# 5
Investigate 1:1 Computing for Your
School
Speer doesn't see an advantage at Berkeley in using Kindles over laptops, but he is curious to see how iPads will be used in classrooms."The iPad is potentially a game-changer," Speer said. "But we're not quite sure what the game is."
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Virtual Textbooks
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Mooresville, NC Trip
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IASA Podcasts on Mooresville
athttp://bit.ly/Mooresville
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Discovery Education
Mooresville Statistics
•From 38 to 8 to 4 in student achievement in three years after 1:1
•Increased attendance
•Decreased suspensions
•All 34 NCLB sub-categories met
# 4
Mandate that teachers check for
understanding
Technology Can Help
Digital checking for understanding...
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Response generators
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polleverywhere.com
# 3
Administrator Models for Teachers
jingproject.com
Do you have some students who do not get it the first time?
Do you have students that are
absent from school?
Do you have students who have
trouble doing homework?
Do you have parents who want resources
for their child’s homework?
Are you every absent from school?
Screencasting
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Mathtrain-1.TV Probability with Ben and Jerry
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# 2
Google Docs
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Google Forms
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Others
Blog
Build a Blog
•To communicate information to parents and students
•To create a running journal of classroom activities and lessons
•Students use blogs to read and reflect on their own learning
•Students can be contributing authors on a class blog
Superintendent BloggingMark J. Stock
The School Administrator; August 2009 Number 7, Vol.66
•You can get news out more quickly.
•You can respond to traditional media.
•Your message can be accessed by readers on their schedules.
•You can increase coverage in the traditional media.
•You can build a sense of community.
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Blogs to Read
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What I’d Buy Instead of an Interactive Whiteboard by Bill Ferriter, The Tempered Radical
• Give me $5,000-$6,000 to spend on a middle school classroom with 25 students and I’ll buy:
– 5 Netbook Computers Cost: $1,250
• Give me one netbook for every 5 kids in my classroom and I can create instant workstations for groups.
– 5 YEARS of VoiceThread for my Students Cost: $300
• With little digital skill, kids of all ages can interact in Socratic style conversations on school related topics with one another both in and out of school.
– 5 YEARS of Brainpop Access for my Classroom Cost: $731
• Brainpop is a service that creates short (3-5 minute) animated videos on topics across the curriculum.
– 5 YEARS of Access to Poll Everywhere Cost: $645
• What makes Poll Everywhere—an online application that allows teachers to create and deliver quick surveys—unique is that students can respond to surveys via text message from their cell phones, making the need for student responders obsolete in most middle school classrooms considering the number of students carrying cell phones to school each day.
– A Mid-Range Data Projector Cost: $595
–Total = $3,521– Camtasia Screencasting Software Cost: $179
Backchanneling
Try Backchanneling in Your Classroom
•A backchannel is another word for chat, your students type their comments as the class is discussing an item or when you are presenting.
•Allows all types of learners to actively participate.
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Chatterous
http://chatterous.com/iasa/