Leading a Horse to Water:Enticing Teachers to Drink

What’s in it for you?

By the end of this presentation, you will

understand why and how to lead teachers

in integrating technology.

Please Enjoy

VIDEO:

http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?

video_id=448&title=Pay_Attention

What stage are they in?

Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow Stages of Evolution

Stage One: Entry—basics

Stage Two: Adoption—explore and investigate

Stage Three: Adaptation—integrate

Stage Four: Appropriation—understand and use

Stage Five: Invention—experiment

What stage are you in?

• Stage One Basic

• Stage Two Adoption

• Stage Three Adaptation

• Stage Four Appropriation

• Stage Five Invention

What stage are your fellow teachers in?

Top Ten Ways to Lead

Teachers in Integrating

Technology

10. Access

Technology-based and support resources

• Technology Workstation

• List of Teacher Technology Partners

9. Planning

• Work with administration

• Survey your teachers

• Survey the community

• Make budget decisions

• Calculate the cost

• Create a wish-list

• Create a technology plan

8. Mentoring

• Advocate

• Coach

• Nurture

• Listen

• Take risks

• Stay involved

• Be informed

7. Training

• On-site programming

• Development sessions

• Traditional workshops

• In-class collaborations

• Sessions with smaller groups

• Variety to teach knowledge and skills.

6. Support

• Meet school and district objectives

• Align and organize staff development

• Emotional and technical

• Work with core group of representative teachers

• Coordinate time to learn new technology

• To integrate technology into curriculum

5. Collaboration

Work with teachers to:

CREATE,

IMPLEMENT,

ASSESS,

and

REFLECT

4. Encourage

• Push the district vision

• Provide incentives

• Show how it saves time

3. Allow Practice Time and Exploration

• To learn the technology

• Identify interests and needs

• Complete training

• Supplement teachers’ strengths

• Promote diversified strategies

2. Reflection

• Prepare an Evaluation Plan

• Check out other schools- both successes and failures

• Evaluation is used to inform improvements

• Keep up with technology

• Evaluate school technology plan through:

• surveys

• participation

1. Technology

Blogs

• www.blogster.com

• www.blogger.com

Teachers can use blogs to share thoughts with other

teachers. Or, they can involve students in blogs in

order to encourage them to write, reflect, share ideas,

etc.

Other Great BLOGS?

• Please write them here.

1. Technology-cont.

Podcast

• http://epnweb.org/

• http://www.podcastforteachers.org/

Each podcast you create must have a structure.

Introduction – What the podcast is about

Body – The main information/lesson

Conclusion – Ending summary of the lesson

1. Technology-cont.

Vodcast

• http://feeds.feedburner.com/ScienceTheater

• http://feeds.feedburner.com/ecogeeks

• http://vodpod.com/

• http://abc.net.au/catalyst/vodcast_wmv.xml

Vodcasting adds video to the downloadable sound files.

As with a podcast, each vodcast must have a structure.

Other great Podcast and Vodcast Sites?

• Please write them here.

1. Technology-con.’t

Interactive Whiteboard• BrainPop

– http://www.brainpop.com/educators/interactive_whiteboard_resources/

• Mimio– http://www.mimio.com/

• EBeam– http://www.e-beam.com/

• Promethean– http://www.prometheanworld.com/

• Smartboards– http://smarttech.com/

1. Technology-con.’t

Second Life

• http://secondlife.com/

• http://secondlifegrid.net/slfe/education-use-virtual-world

Educational community with hundreds of K-12 and

higher education members. Allows you to meet other

educators, learn how to teach classes, and interact with

students in the virtual world

1. Technology-con.’t

Photo Story

• http://millie.furman.edu/mll/tutorials/p

otostory3/index.htm

Microsoft PhotoStory is a free application

that allows users to create a show and tell

presentation from their digital photos.

Other great Photo Sites?

• Please write them here.

1. Technology-con.’t

Wiki

• http://www.wiki-teacher.com/index.php

• http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers

Collection of web pages that allows for free editing.

The first developer of wiki software called it “the

simplest online database.”

Wiki Tour

Resources and Summary

THE END

Thank you for your time.