NWBOCES Leadership Forum

This Intel Leadership Forum is presented by eNetColorado

Essential Question:

How can educational leaders support teacher effectiveness to improve student achievement?

Getting Started (30 minutes)  (see pages vi-xi)

• Activity 1: Introductions
• Google Survey
• Google survey results
• Activity 2: Essential Question and Goals (see page ix)
• Activity 3: Previewing the Action Plan(page xi)
• Action Plan Template (also on-line and on CD) sea Appendix C.01-C.04 Action_Plan_Template.doc

Module 1: Examining Leadership Behaviors and Standards (70 minutes)

• Activity 1: ISTE Standards  NETSA_Standards.pdf
• Activity 2: Learning Through Ranking (see pages 1.01-1.07)
• Visual Ranking Tool - Demo
• Visual Ranking Log-in for Students/Participants
• Activity 3: Understanding Standards for Administrators (see pages 1.08-1.11)
• Step 1: Review ISTE NETS-A
• Step 2: Essentials Conditions Checklist: NETS-A_Essential_Conditions_Activity_Template.doc
• Essential Conditions Survey
• Activity 4: Effectively Leveraging Technology (see page 1.12)
• Step 1: Reviewing the Questions
• How can you shift priorities and time to support integration of technology into instruction?
• What evidence will you accept that integration is occurring, keeping in mind that use and integration are separate?
• What helps a leader move to higher levels of comfort and knowledge relative to technology integration?
• Step 2: Discussing the Questions (Group Discussions and Sharing)
• Google worksheet   _Select this link to access the worksheet
• View Results as a web page
• Activity 5: (Optional): Revisiting Your Ranking - Revise you rankings based on your discussions in activities 3 and 4 above

Module 2: Exploring Best Practices (60 minutes)

• Activity 1: Understanding the Intel Teach Program - http://www.intel.com/education/-  (see pages 2.02-2.03)
• Overview of Programs
• Program Research
• Activity 2: Reviewing Available Resources - review resources on CD (see page 2.02)
• Current Issues/Research
• National Educational Technology Plan
• Horizons Report - 2010 K12 Report
• Project Tomorrow

• Activity 3: Exploring Web Resources for Technology Integration (35 minutes)

• Step 1: Intel Education Web Site (see pages 2.03-2.07)
• Intel Education Site - http://www.intel.com/teachers
• Intel Education Program - http://www.intel.com/intel/education
• Intel Teach Programs - http://www.intel.com/education/teach
• Intel Free Teaching Tools - http://www.intel.com/education/tools

• Intel® Education Competitions -http://www.intel.com/education/competitions

• Education Beyond Classrooms - http://www.intel.com/education/communityed
• Exploring Highlighted Resources
• Step 2: Innovation Odyssey - http://educate.intel.com/odyssey (see pages 2.07-2.09)
• Step 3: Designing Effective Projects - http://educate.intel.com/en/Projectdesign (see pages 2.09-2.12)
• 21st Century Skills Framework (see page 2:11) - http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/
• 21st_Century_Skills.pdf - a good overview of 21st Century Skills
• Step 4: Assessing Projects - http://educate.intel.com/en/AssessingProjects/ (see pages 2.12-2.13)

Module 3: Introducing Web 2.0 and New Technologies (50 minutes)

• John Kuglin Presentation
  

• Activity 1: Understanding Web 2.0 (see pages 3.01-3.04) (15 minutes)

               Exploring Web 2.0 that support 21st Century Skills

• What is Web 2.0?
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web2.0
• Some Web 2.0 sites and applications
• LFCollaboration_Tools.doc - This is available on the CD
• Forum Web2-0 Sites - This page is also available on the CD
• Blogs (see page 3.02)
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blogs
• More Information
• Blogging: It's Elementary, My Dear Watson
• Blogging Basics: Creating Student Journals on the Web
• Wikis (see page 3.03)
• Using Wikis in Education
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikis
• Collaborative Web Sites ( see page 3.03)
• More Information
• A Paradigm Shift for School Software
• Type and Travel: Web-based Word Processors
• Social Bookmarking
• http://www.diigo.com/
• http://delicious.com/
• Media Storage and Sharing Sites
• http://www.flickr.com/
• http://picasa.google.com/
• Podcasts
• http://www.epnweb.org/

• Activity 2: Learning from Current Practitioners (15 minutes)

• Meriwether Lewis Elementary - http://lewiselementary.org/
• The Flushing International High School - http://flushinginternational.org/
• Teachers Teaching Teachers - http://teachersteachingteachers.org/
• How do the web sites compare to what is currently in place in your school or district?
• How might Web 2.0 technologies impact your school or district?
• What Challenges might you face as a leader promoting Web 2.0 technologies?
• Activity 3: Exploring Web 2.0 Tools (see page 3.06) (20 minutes)

• Web 2.0 in Your School Worksheet     http://tinyurl.com/2eckmdu

• Thinking about the various Web 2.0 "tools" and new technologies we explored in this module discuss how they might support you and your schools.
• The following are additional resources that you may want to explore.
• Web2-0 - This page contains a number of links to explore including the "top ten" free Web 2.0 tools teachers are using.
• Professional Development Sites - a few sites with some professional ideas and resources (some district samples included)
• A History of Web 2.0 and Digital Natives - an interactive timeline that includes training videos on a number of Web 2.0 "tool

Module 4: Developing Your Plan of Action (30 minutes)

Colorado Self Assessment for Administrators

• Activity 1: Creating Your Action Plan
• Activity 2: Sharing Your Action Plan
• Activity 3: Concluding the Forum
• Activity 4: Evaluating Your Forum Experience
• PL Evaluation  - Course ID P022632