Are you leading or following in today’s educational

VASCD – December, 2010Robert C. McCracken, Ed. D

Radford [email protected]

A Little Music to Set the Stage

Are you a leader?

A little humor to start the session

Leading: By ExampleDo you utilize technology in your work?

Google Doc’s – https://docs.google.com

Google Tools – Video Conferencing

http://www.google.com/chat/video

Web 2.0 Tools - http://www.go2web20.net

Slide Sharing

http://www.slideshare.net/cre8tivmind/web-20-528

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Leading: By ExampleI Tunes - http://www.apple.com/itunes

Podcasting - http://www.podbean.com/start-podcast?sourceid=goog_66

News and SOL Content - http://www.nbclearn.com/portal/site/learn

On-Line Polling (meeting scheduler)http://doodle.com

Leading: By ExampleBlogs – http://blogspot.com

Wiki’s – http://wikispace.com

Wikipedia – http://wikipedia.org

Sharepoint - http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/en-us/Pages/default.aspx

Leading: By Example

Vimeo: http://vimeo.com

Moodle http://moodle.com

Photo Bucket http://photobucket.com

Youtube and Youtube for Teachers http://youtube.com

Leading: By ExampleYoutube Downloader

http://youtubedownload.altervista.org

Skype –Video Conferencinghttp://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/home

What Devices Do You Utilize? What Devices Do You Allow Students to Utilize?I-Pod

I-Touch

I-Pad

Smart Phones

PDA’s

Policy IssuesCell Phones – Not Allowed

Apple Products

Netbooks

Personal Computers

State Policy: Virtual Classrooms/Charter SchoolsRecent Legislation

Establishment of virtual school programs. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to develop, and the Board of Education to approve, criteria for approving and monitoring multi-division providers of online courses and virtual school programs. The bill also allows local school boards to enter into contracts with approved private or nonprofit organizations to provide such courses and programs; such contracts shall be exempt from the Virginia Public Procurement Act. Any multi-division online provider operating prior to the adoption of approval criteria by the Board may continue operating until such criteria are adopted. 

Are you going to follow or lead?

Federal Policy/ConflictsE-Rate Issues – Compliance

Race to the Top

NCLB – Multiple Lead or Follow Opportunities

Pro’s and Con’s of On-Line Instruction

The Advantages of Online Learning Part 1

The Advantages of Online Learning Part 2

Advantages of E-Learning

Advantages and Disadvantages

Pro’s and Con’s of On-Line Instruction

Weaknesses

Research Issue

Instructional Design & Learning Theory

Instructional Strategies for Online Courses

On-Line InstructionFlorida and North Carolina

What is your position?

On-Line Instruction at ALL Levels; not as an Add-On BUT in place of traditional classroom instruction

Activity

Welcome to I Am Not For On-Line Instructionhttp://iamnotforonline.wikispaces.com

More and more technology is being pushed on public education, specifically in Virginia recent legislation was approved to establish approved vendors to offer on-line instruction to replace the traditional classroom instruction. This is the beginning of the end of education as we know it. We can use technology to aid instruction, but a full time program just is not workable in Virginia's public schools.

Here are some real reasons why on-line instruction will not work as a replacement for traditional instruction.

Welcome to I AM FOR On-Line Instruction Wikihttp://iamforonline.wikispaces.com

The world around us is changing, no one can deny this fact. Education must change as well. Technology and computers will not replace education but can support it in ways not thought possible in the past. There are many ways to support learning through technology. Here are some of the ways I believe we can help students learn through technology and specifically with on-line instruction.However there are some key issues that must be addressed in making sure that on-line technology is successful.

Growth Model and Teacher CompensationAre you “watching” the implementation of

Virginia’s Growth Model OR are you attempting to plan for total implementation?

Are you “watching” the implementation of Virginia’s new methodology for employee evaluation OR are you attempting to plan for total implementation?

Are these opportunities to lead or follow?

Future Technology

The Future of Communication

Questions and Follow-UpQuestions?

Discussion

Follow Uphttp://vascdmccracken2010.blogspot.com