Principal 2.0The Connected Administrator

Benjamin CurranMEMSPA Annual Conference

December 7, 2011handout: http://is.gd/memspa

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Overview• Introduction• Who? (with special guest Why?)• Cooking Rice• How to Connect• Q & A• Contact & Handout Info

Who is Principal

2.0?

Toolkit + Network = Principal 2.0

What’s in your toolkit?

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OR…

Which century are your

students being prepared for?

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THE NETWORK!

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My Old Network

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My New Network…

Chew on this…

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I believe that twitter and other social learning media connect, invite, inform ideas that principals must explore to lead within today’s educational communities. Accessing social learning media advantages principals who choose to share resources, consult, and engage peer to peer with educators from diverse

backgrounds – I don’t think an administrator can be at the top of his or her game and not utilize social networks online as a learning tool.-Pam Moran

Scott McLeod

What’s better:

2 or 2,000?

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Now wait just a

second…

Talk doesn’t cook rice. --Chinese proverb

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http://reader.google.com

In just 10 minutes…

Think of all you could learn in 10 minutes a

day.

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How to connect… the Principal 2.0 toolkit

Three keys to twitter success…

Finding Folks to Follow

Hashtags

http://www.cybraryman.com/edhashtags.html

Speak up!

Info delivered directly to you…Google Reader

http://reader.google.com

Blogs worth

following:

http://bit.ly/EEblogbundle

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http://igoogle.com

Blogging made easy…Blogger

http://blogger.com

3 simple tools to help you connect:

twitter, Google Reader & Blogger

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Contact info

• email: ben@engagingeducators.com• web: www.engagingeducators.com• blog: www.engagingeducators.com/blog• twitter: www.twitter.com/engaginged• facebook:

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