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Encouraging Change. Karen Work Richardson Chesterfield County Schools May 9, 2005. What Do You Already Know?. Snapshot of your school: Think, Pair, Share Percentages/Types of Use Requirements Barriers Effective Encouragements How have you approached change in the past?.
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Encouraging Change Karen Work Richardson Chesterfield County Schools May 9, 2005
What Do You Already Know? • Snapshot of your school: Think, Pair, Share • Percentages/Types of Use • Requirements • Barriers • Effective Encouragements • How have you approached • change in the past?
Leadership and Change • It’s about relationships. • It’s about vision. (Write it down, right now.) • It’s about support. (That’s you!)
Technology and the Curriculum • Learning about (technology as curriculum) • Learning from (technology provides curriculum) • Learning with (technology supports curriculum) • Teacher/Administrator Productivity Use: databases, gradebooks, communication • Classroom Management/Access Issues
Remember, this is a system… Administrative and Vision Access Skills Time Technical Support What do your teachers need in order to integrate technology effectively?
GMOTT and ASSURE • http://knowledgeloom.org/media/bpinter/1163/elements.html • What’s the philosophy? Is this always appropriate? Which teachers would feel comfortable with this? • http://www.unca.edu/education/edtech/techcourse/assure.htm • Where is technology in this model? Which teachers would feel comfortable with this?
Bridging the Gap with Webquests • Animal Adventures • Ponce De Leon • What skills does this require? Use a template to create a webpage; knowledge of curriculum • What access does this require? Ability to publish a webpage • What kind of time does this take? Several hours… • OR modify someone else’s: UVA Directory
Technology Integration Making Choices to Meet Needs and Solve Problems The Secret Life of Bees
Promoting Technology Use The same but better…Transparent Technologies: • Inspiration • Digital microscopes • Word processor • PortaPortal
New things… Blogs Wikipedia, the IvyRun Wiki Del.icio.us The Voices of Youth International News The International Boiling Point of Water Promoting Technology Use
Professional Development • Decision Making Model: http://www.ivyrun.com • Webquests for Educators: http://www.ivyrun.com • Resource Mining • Time to Create • Classroom Management • Time to Integrate
Where Can You Learn More? • Annenberg CPB Project: http://www.learner.org • Principles of Principals Video Workshop • United Streaming: http://www.unitedstreaming.com • Hosts the Netfiles Program that features technology integration issues and vignettes • PT3 Now!: http://www.pt3now.org/ • Real-life examples of technology integration
Where Can You Network? • Virginia Learning: http://www.virginialearning.org • Your Own Blog:http://schooltechleadershipblog.org/ • National Associations • Secondary: http://www.nassp.org/s_nassp/index.asp • Elementary:http://www.naesp.org/