principals

The Times They Are A-changin' Web 2.0 and Instructional Leadership
Principals' Short Course July 4, 2007 Revised July 6, 2008

//**In 1998, they were thinking, what do kids need to be able to do with technology? It was,**// **I guess//, a good questions at that time. Today it’s, “what do kids need to know to be able to learn today and live productively?”//** [|David Warlick,] June 25, 2007

How can one create a learning environment in the classroom, the school and the school division to enable** "//the simultaneous personal and public experience of using all of the tools at the teacher’s disposal to tear down walls, collaborate with each another, and question the traditional role of technology in the classroom"?// [|Ben Wilkoff]
 * Essential Question

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Links
[|Bloglines] [|Donna's Bloglines Account] - use this to find blogs to follow [|Twitter] - http://www.twitter.com/donnadesroches [|Delicious] [|Donna's Bookmarks] (add me to your network) [|Wordle] [|What Does the Network Mean to You?] - VoiceThread Narrative

Blogging
[|Grade 3's at McKitrick School] [|Grade 1 at Connaught School] [|Grade 7 at Connaught School]

Audio Tools
[|Skype] [|YackPack] (walkie talkie widget) [|Kathy Cassidy's Blog with YackPack]

Podcasting
[|Audacity] [|PodBean] - hosting site [|Grade 10 'Unknown' Podcasts]

**Wikis**
[|Wikispaces] Iditarod Collaborative Project

Digital Story Telling
[|Flickr](Visual Story: [|Incoming Call)] [|ImageChef] (student insert) [|fd's Flickr Toys] [|VoiceThread] (Comic Life Project) [|RockYou] (Mrs. Sparrow's Blog) [|Comiqs]

Video Editing, Storage and Sharing
[|YouTube] [|TeacherTube] [|JumpCut]

[|Ustream]

[|WizIQ]

Social Networks
[|Ning] [|Classroom 2.0] [|Art Ed 2.0]

Content Management Systems (CMS) - Drupal
[|Maymont School]

[|Second Life]

Productivity Tools
[|Google] [|Zoho] [|Marking Work in Google Docs] - an excellent blog post with tips and hints on how to respond to work created in Google Docs.™

Mind-Mapping
[|Bubble.us]

We'll need to rethink..
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Protection or Education
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[|Online safety: Dispelling common myths]: At National Education Computing Conference 2008, a panel of internet safety experts agreed: Education is the best tool to keep kids safe online.

[|How has information changed? David Warlick]
 * Information Literacy**

Professional Development
[|National Education Technology Standards] (NETS) for Teachers (revised July 08) Connaught Summer Workshop Mentorship Project [|K-12 Online Conference]


 * Shift Happens...** the future...

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From TechLearning
June 15, 2007

[|5 Web 2.0 Time Savers]
 * [|The Web 2.0 Visual Glossary]**
 * For Web 2.0 newbies, here is a visual tour of key tools for administrators.**
 * [|The Executive Wiki]**
 * Wikis can be a multitasking administrators' best friend**
 * These applications can help busy administrators reclaim precious hours.**