Leading, Connecting, Communicating

1. in the DIGITAL AGE Leading, Connecting, Communicating Google Reader Feeddler Feedly Flipbook Zite Facebook Twitter QR codes Becky Wetherington(HES) Suzanne Tanner (WES)

2. How do busy administrators keep up with the educational research and trends? I watch the nightly news and read the newspaper. Isn't that enough?

3. How do busy administrators keep up with the educational research and trends? Who has the time? Education information at your fingertips by using Google Reader (to view RSS feeds). The program is already there with your Google mail - just waiting for you to use it. We'll also show you several cool iPad/iPhone apps to view your Google Reader feeds, i.e. Feedler, Feedly, Flipbook, Zite.

4. Google Reader An RSS feed reader. (Really Simple Syndication) You can manage feeds and share them with others. Find interesting educational blogs and have the blog posts delivered to you.

9. Feeddler A fast and highly customizable Google Reader client that stays in perfect sync and presents RSS stories in an easy-to-read interface. Most popular RSS reader app for iPad and has been picked as a top iPad app.

11. Feedly • Organizes your favorite blogs, news sites, and YouTube channels. • A fast and stylish way to read and share the content of your favorite sites. • Transforms websites into beautiful cards. Syncs with:

13. Flipboard It’s Free • The news you want, all in one place. • Flipboard is a personal news magazine filled with everything being shared across the web, from breaking news to stories on world events, travel, and more. • Simply pick a few topics and your flipboard is instantly populated with news you care about. • Apple’s App of the Year

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16. Zite It’s Free An intelligent magazine that helps you discover interesting things to read. Zite analyzes millions of articles each day and brings you the best of your favorite magazines, newspapers, authors, blogs, and videos.

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18. How do educational leaders best connect with their stakeholders? By using the methods our stakeholders use: social media! Don't be afraid of it.It's really simple. Only takes a few moments. How can we lead from behind?

19. Facebook • The world’s most popular social networking site. • Makes it easy to connect and share with family, and friends (with your personal page). • Great tool (with your school page) for distributing positive news, events, and reminders from school to parents, the community, and other stakeholders.

20. Why Should I take time for Facebook? Build and revive relationships. Connect personally with your employees. Monitor what matters most to you. • Reach the parents of a huge percentage of your students.

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22. Twitter Up to 140 characters, known as ‘tweets’ Twitter is an online social networking and micro-blogging service To send and read text-based messages, a pictureor link to a website. • Twitter in Plain English http://youtu.be/ddO9idmax0o • Using Twitter in Education http://youtu.be/bV5j_OIKPp4

25. Does the boss tweet? 10 reasons why you should: 1. Teachers want to know what is on your mind.2. Teachers want to know what you care about.3. Teachers appreciate that you are engaged and involved.4. Teachers appreciate that you are willing to communicate openly.5. Teachers like the transparency.6. Teachers think it is great that you are experimenting with social media.7. Teachers take your willingness to tweet as a way of supporting their participation in social media.8. Teachers learn from you how to use social media effectively.9. Teachers respect that you are willing to speak your mind publicly.10. Teachers hope that your example of using social media will spread to other leaders in education. Adapted from: http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology_and_learning/10_reasons_why_your_edu_boss_should_tweet#ixzz2JkvIw19j

26. What should I ‘tweet’ about? Sharing innovative strategies and news from your school Spelling Bee winners, upcoming Valentine's Dance Educational articles that influence your thinking Link to an article, blog post, or online resource Thoughts and quotes Leaders need to be thinkers Questions that will help you or your school Ex) Has anyone had success using iPad minis with PreK students? Support other educators Retweeting other work is a way of saying that you enjoyed what they shared.

27. Who should I ‘follow’ on Twitter? @LowndesVikings @LowndesHighNews @gabridgemen @PineGroveMiddle @HahiraMiddle @WestsideLowndes @HahiraElem @locotech (Al Rowell) @TheVikingVoice @GoValdostaCats @GaDOEnews @DrJohnBarge @GaStandardsOrg @GeorgiaSLDS @PioneerRESATech @AJCinEducation @TheVDT @ValdostaToday @valdostastate

28. Who should I ‘follow’ on Twitter? @educationweek @edutopia @ASCD @NAESP @kathyschrock (teacher, Tech Director, professor, Massachusetts) @tonyvincent (teacher, tech specialist, Ed consultant, Arizona) @lesliefisher (former Apple K-12 engineer, now consultant, California) @DianeRavitch (Author of Death/Life of Great American Sch Sys) @MichaelBarber9 (Chief Education Advisor at Pearson) @arneduncan (US Secretary of Education) @ToddWhitaker (author of What Great Principals do Differently) @techlearning @TED_TALKS @TEDNews

29. Who should I ‘follow’ on Twitter? @NMHS_Principal (Digital Principal Award, HS, New Jersey) @patrickmlarkin (Digital Principal Award, HS, Asst Super, Massachusetts) @bcurrie5 (MS VP, New Jersey, #satchat) @Joe_Mazza (Elem principal in Penn, #PTchat) @KnappElementary (Pennsylvania) @jsnydz13 (elem principal in Indiana) @jvincentsen (elem principal in Massachusetts) @Cantiague_Lead (elem principal in New York) @MarkZiebarth (elementary principal in Minnesota) @ProtableProf (Andy Brovey at VSU) @coolcatteacher (best teacher blog winner and author)

30. Topics to search for on Twitter Use a ‘hashtag’ to search by topic #edchat Wednesdays at noon and 7:00 pm #satchat Saturdays at 7:30 am #PTchat Wednesdays at 9:00pm

31. QR codes • Typing out web addresses on the tiny keyboard is not very efficient. • QR codes are used for coding information in two-dimensional space. • Tailor-made for quickly and easily linking to content on smartphones. • Educators must advertise the positive news from school to our community.

36. Yes, these new forms of communication take time and there is a learning curve, but it is a curve that can lead in a better new direction for our schools. Let's show the kids that old dogs can learn new tricks. Take it one step at a time.

37. Leading, Connecting, Communicating in the Digital Age • Google Reader • Feeddler • Feedly • Flipbook • Zite • Facebook • Twitter • QR codes Becky Wetherington(HES) Suzanne Tanner (WES)