LINKS
Technology:
Turning
On the Lights this article by Marc
Prensky in Educational
Leadership explains shy schools need to embrace
students' technology-infused lives.
Technology
Integration Matrix - The Technology Integration
Matrix (TIM) illustrates how teachers can use technology
to enhance learning for K-12 students. The TIM incorporates
five interdependent characteristics of meaningful learning
environments: active, constructive, goal directed (i.e.,
reflective), authentic, and collaborative (Jonassen,
Howland, Moore, & Marra, 2003). The TIM associates
five levels of technology integration (i.e., entry,
adoption, adaptation, infusion, and transformation)
with each of the five characteristics of meaningful
learning environments. Each cell in the 25 cell matrix
contains a video (or several videos) which illustrate
the integration of technology in classrooms where only
a few computers are available and/or classrooms where
every student has access to a laptop computer.
Why
is it Important for School Leaders to Blog? - the
author of this post outlines 6 reasons why he believes
school administrators should blog.
Information Literacy
Teaching
for Information Literacy -
The intent of this collection of resources is to help
teachers navigate the increasing expectation to develop
in students the ability to use critical thinking skills,
to ask good questions, and to find the information that
not only provides answers but compels meaningful action.
These resources are structured around the key principles
of the inquiry cycle and are intended to provided teachers
with the knowledge, the skills, the tools and the resources
to effectively incorporate the information literacy into
all classes and subject areas to help our students become
effective, ethical and safe users of information.
Information
Literacy meets Library 2.0: Growing up with Google
: what it means to education
The web review of an article by Diane Oblinger - "how
do we ensure that information fluency becomes a habit
of mind rather than of an isolated library requirement
if parents, teachers, and staff do not integrate technology"
Change:
9
Principles for Implementation: The Big Shift - from the blog 21st
Century Learning "In a changing educational environment the needed
changes in education should be negotiated from a why approach rather
than a how approach"
Shift
Happens - Now What? - So what should we do
when we realize that the world has changed for our students?
Websites
PrincipalsPage.com -
a navigational tool and forum for administrators. Includes
many links to documents such as interview questions,
letters, sample policy and procedures, etc.
UCEA Center
for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE)
- dedicated to the technology needs of school administrators
Blogs
Educational
Discourse - the thoughts of a rural Saskatchewan
Administrator
Leader Talk - LeaderTalk
is the first group blog written by school leaders for school
leaders. It provides insights and resources are beneficial to P-12 administrators
and educational leadership preparation programs.
Parents as Partners -
supporting students in the 21st Century
Wikis
Wiki
While You Work - From The School Administrator (March
2008) - "One technology that can be used to focus
a team’s work is the wiki. The wiki is a web
page to which a small group of trusted individuals
can contribute or edit. Sharing information, recording
decisions in ways that are easily maintained and updated
online and protected from prying eyes is essential
to our work as decision makers."
Social Networking Sites - NING
Ed
Administrators 2.0
Ed Administrators2.0 brings educational leaders together
to share stories, videos and ideas about leading, learning
and technology in education. It is a place to mix and
mingle and network with others.
Videos
10
Top Educational Videos
Learning
to Change, Changing to Learn |
