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What Every Principal Needs

to Know

What Every Principal Needs

to Knowabout your Technology VISION and Network

INFRASTRUCTURE to move your school FORWARD

about your Technology VISION and Network INFRASTRUCTURE

to move your school FORWARD

Mike [email protected]

Mike [email protected]

Laurie YinglingLumen ChristSt RobertArchdiocese of [email protected]

Laurie YinglingLumen ChristSt RobertArchdiocese of [email protected]

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A VISION for the Archdiocese of

Milwaukee Schools...

A VISION for the Archdiocese of

Milwaukee Schools...

is to create 21st Century

Learning Environments

is to create 21st Century

Learning Environments

Our world has CHANGED and we

need to prepare students TODAY

for THEIR TOMORROW

Our world has CHANGED and we

need to prepare students TODAY

for THEIR TOMORROW

Career-ready skills:Career-ready skills:CommunicationCollaborationCritical ThinkingCreativity

“We shouldn’t limit our students’

opportunities with technology to what

we know how to do as adults.”

- Scott McLeod @mcleod

“We shouldn’t limit our students’

opportunities with technology to what

we know how to do as adults.”

- Scott McLeod @mcleod

We must impose a PARADIGM

SHIFT in our schools; we

need to update how we ‘DO’ school

We must impose a PARADIGM

SHIFT in our schools; we

need to update how we ‘DO’ school

Sir Ken Robinson:“Do Schools Kill Creativity?’’ and

“Changing Paradigms in Education”

on the convention webpage

Sir Ken Robinson:“Do Schools Kill Creativity?’’ and

“Changing Paradigms in Education”

on the convention webpage

Watch:

There is no textbook to teach ingenuity; no textbook

to teach problem solving; no textbook to

teach divergent thinking

There is no textbook to teach ingenuity; no textbook

to teach problem solving; no textbook to

teach divergent thinking

Our childrenlearn by doing

Our childrenlearn by doing

Creativity Counts

Will Richardson at ISTE 2012 (teacher, technology integrator, leader)

Will Richardson at ISTE 2012 (teacher, technology integrator, leader)

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Top Ten Topics for AdministratorsTop Ten Topics for Administrators

1. VisionAdministrators need to formulate a long-range plan for creating 21st century learning environments in their schools

Principals need to model the change they want to see in their schools


Do you have expectations for your classrooms to be 21st century learning environments?

Do you collaborate with faculty and colleagues using Google Apps?

Are you replacing the paper filing cabinet in your office with a Google Apps domain or online mobile Dropbox account?

Does your technology budget exceed your textbook budget?



Do you have a personal blog to share all the great stuff you are reading, seeing, finding, hearing, thinking?

Do you have a school website, blog, Facebook and Twitter account?

Are you discussing how to use ‘Bloom’s Taxonomy’ to create higher-order thinking projects?


2. Network and Infrastructure

Your vision can not be realized until your ‘systems’ are in place


3. Move Away from the Textbook

“Nothing in education puts a bigger ceiling on

learning than limiting kids to what is in the textbook...

“Nothing in education puts a bigger ceiling on

learning than limiting kids to what is in the textbook...

...We live in an age of iPads, Google and

Skype. To the learner that wants to know more, do more, and explore more, the opportunities are

there....

...We live in an age of iPads, Google and

Skype. To the learner that wants to know more, do more, and explore more, the opportunities are

there....

...we just have to think OUTSIDE of

the Book.- Dangerously Irrelevant Blog (

http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2012/08/think-outside-the-book.html

) Krissy Venosdale via http://venspired.com/?p=3225

...we just have to think OUTSIDE of

the Book.- Dangerously Irrelevant Blog (


) Krissy Venosdale via http://venspired.com/?p=3225



http://venspired.com/?p=3225



http://venspired.com/?p=3225

Invest in your teachers...they can

write their own textbooks!

Invest in your teachers...they can

write their own textbooks!

Invest in your students...let them

create!

Invest in your students...let them

create!


4. Create Student-Centered Learning Environments

“Sit down in front” mentality

Are you in the way of learning?

Characteristics of a student-centered classroom

Characteristics of a student-centered classroom

All are learners - all are teachers

Students are prepared for THEIR future

Project-based learning is embedded

HOT Authentic Assessments replaces LOT Multiple Choice and True and False Tests

Students are CREATORS of content - not CONSUMERS

Less memorization - If I can ‘Google it’ do I have to memorize it?

We know longer have to learn from 8am to 3pm. We can write about ...


5. Create and Publish

Create vs Consume

Publish vs Print


6. Go Digital and Mobile! This is the future of education

Move away from your network

Collaborate online

Eliminate printing

Got Google Apps for Education?

In the near future all students will have hand-held

mobile devices

Will you allow a BYOD program?

Will your staff be prepared to use iPads or other tablets?

In the near future all students will have hand-held

mobile devices

Will you allow a BYOD program?

Will your staff be prepared to use iPads or other tablets?


•7. Create PLNs (Personal Learning Networks) for yourself and your staff

•Social Media

•Personal Learning Networks

•ArchMiledu

https://sites.google.com/a/lcstaff.org/lcarchconvention/create-your-pln

http://www.lumenchristiparish.org/school

ArchMiledufacebook.com/archmiledu

ArchMiledufacebook.com/archmiledu


8. Information Literacy•Are you preparing your

students to be information literate?

•Is your school library stuck in the past?

See the ‘Library Media Resources’ page on Arch convention site


9. How We ‘Do’ School•Is your Library the ‘center’ of your school? •Do you have someone in your Library teaching students how to be information literate?

•Have you shifted the role of the ‘computer lab teacher’ to one that supports all the needs of classroom staff?

•Do you still have a computer lab?

•Are your classroom teachers integrating technology?

This generation thinks in pictures, words, still

images, and video and is comfortable mixing them

all in the same space.- Scott McLeod

This generation thinks in pictures, words, still

images, and video and is comfortable mixing them

all in the same space.- Scott McLeod


10. Online LearningWebinars

MoodleOnline coursesOnline conferencesSkype an authorBlogs

ResourcesResources

Convention Website

ACT 21 Website

Archdiocese of Milwaukee Facebook page: (facebook.com/archmiledu) and

Twitter (@ArchMILedu)

IT Infrastructure for Educational

Environments

IT Infrastructure for Educational

Environments

Network ComponentsNetwork Components

Servers DNS SystemSwitches Wireless NetworkFirewalls / Routers

Client Devices

Email SystemOperating Systems

Antivirus/Spyware System

Inventory Bandwidth

Backup System Inventory Directory Database

IT Support

ServersServersMultiple servers for redundancy

•multiple power supplies

•multiple hard drives

•RAID system

Adequate memory

SwitchesSwitches1000/mb speed

Managed

Reduce the number of switches to least possible

Do not put switches in classroom

Firewalls / RoutersFirewalls / Routers

Content Filtering

Sizing based on network

Security, first line of defense

Appliance based vs software based

Email SystemEmail System

Exchange

Google Docs for Education

Antivirus / Spyware / Malware System

Antivirus / Spyware / Malware System

Server based administration

Client based software

Backup SystemBackup System

Onsite

Tape

Hard Drive

Offsite

Subscription Service

Directory DatabaseDirectory Database

Active Directory

Open Directory

One database maintained by multiple servers at different locations

DNS SystemDNS System

Everything ‘talks’ better when DNS is set up correctly

login issues

printing issues

mapping issues

Internal domain vs public domain

Redundancy

Wireless NetworkWireless Network

Stand-alone access points

Managed wireless network

Security

WPA KeyWEP KeyRadius

Client DevicesClient DevicesComputers - PCs & Macs

iPads, Smart Phones

Mobile Device Management

Apple iOS

Apple configurator

Manual USB sync

MDM Server

Wireless sync

Operating SystemsOperating SystemsTry to get everyone on the same level

Support packs, updates

Important to stay current

browser support

software support

Internet BandwidthInternet BandwidthWideband Technology

Web 2.0 apps and internet technologies are pushing the limits of bandwidth

“Publishing” student work online philosophy is putting more importance on upload speeds

E-rate funding

InventoryInventory

You need one!

Software and hardware

Makes IT management easier

Saves time

IT SupportIT SupportContractual partners vs an hourly break / fix agreement

Take ownership of network

Regular monitoring

Advisory role

Partner with companies that understand school environments

Budgets

Educational Pricing

Participate in technology committees