1 BLC 10 New Communication Tools for Administrators Dr. Richard J. Voltz Associate Director Illinois Association of School Administrators
May 12, 2015
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BLC 10New Communication Tools
for Administrators
Dr. Richard J. VoltzAssociate Director
Illinois Association of School Administrators
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"If you are a thought leader and you are running a school system, then you should be technologically on the front lines and you should be the voice of that school system," she said. "I urge you to blog, to use the Web anyway that you can to get the great news about your schools out."
Lead by example
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Suggest your administrator use
“polleverywhere.com”
at his/her opening speech
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Top Web 2.0 Apps
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2009 Rank Program Description Web Address
1 Twitter Micro-blogging tool www.twitter.com
2 Delicious Social bookmarking tool www.delicious.com
3 YouTube Video hosting and sharing tool www.youtube.com
4 Google Reader RSS Reader www.google.com/reader
5 Google Docs Online office suite www.google.com/docs
6 WordPress Blogging tool www.wordpress.com
7 Slideshare Presentation sharing site www.slidechare.net
8 Google Search Web searching tool www.google.com
9 Audacity Audio/podcasting tool audacity/sourceforge.net
10 Firefox Web browser with extensions www.mozilla.com/firefox
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2009 Rank Program Description Web Address
11 Ning Private social networking tool www.ning.com
12 Skype Instant messenger and voice call tool www.skype.net
13 PowerPoint Presentation software office.microsoft.com/powerpoint
14 Blogger Blogging tool www.blogger.com
15 Moodle Course management system www.moodle.org
16 iGoogle Personal start page tool www.google.com/ig
17 Wikipedia Collaborative encyclopedia www.wikipedia.org
18 Flickr Image hosting and sharing tool www.flickr.com
19 VoiceThread Collaborative slideshow tool www.voicetread.com
20 JingScreen capture and screencasting tool
www.jingproject.com
Mooresville, NC Trip
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IASA Podcasts on Mooresville
athttp://bit.ly/Mooresville
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Mooresville Statistics
• From 38 to 8 in student achievement in two years after 1:1
• May be number 1 this year
• Increased attendance
• Decreased suspensions
• All 34 sub-categories meet NCLB except 1
Yes and...If my school had a
1:1 program ...
Yes but...If my school looked
like the previous pictures ...
Your school can broadcast its own
video live!
Ustream video with your iPhone
Google Docs
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Principal use of Google Docs• Create a form for teachers to sign up for extracurricular assignments
• Create a form for teachers to sign up for collaboration groups
• Create a form for teachers to indicate special skills and training for building emergency plan
• Use document to put classroom observation notes into so the notes can be shared immediately with the teacher.
Google Forms
How would you use Google Documents?
Google Documents
• Staff meeting agendas and follow up notes• Grade level or subject area team planning• Share a template for classroom observations• Weekly Announcements• Shared listing of upcoming school events• Revise long documents where each teacher edits one particular section
• Back up important documents• Save a tree and turn in an assignment using Google Docs instead of printing. Easy for the teacher to make comments - just go to Insert / Comment.
Google Forms• Principal's use forms for classroom observation with
entry from an iPod Touch.– technology inventory– feedback on mentoring and lead teacher programs– staff development surveys
• Forms for morning lunch count, students enter selections and teacher sees totals.
• Business Manager is working on one for her OSHA building walk-throughs.
• To do list: enter jobs for my assistant as I identify what needs to be done... all of the assignments are in one place.
• Collect data before a workshop:
iPad for Administrator Use
IASA Podcast Network
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iAnnotate
Jing
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jingproject.com
How would an administrator
use Jing?
Record Audio with Slides Using ProfCast
Save to GarageBandEmbed in iWeb
Upload to WebPage
Administrators Can Make Video
Podcasts
World Leaders Make Video
Podcasts
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Superintendent Video On Referendum
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Citizens Video On Referendum
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Administrators Can Make Audio Podcasts
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Morning announcements with iPod touch
AudioBoo.fm
Evergreen Park HS Uses Audioboo
Evergreen Park HSUses
YouTube
How would you use audio or video
podcasting?
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Introduction to Web Page
Start Your Own BlogBlog
How do I blog?
http://www.blogger.com/home
Superintendent BloggingMark J. Stock
The School Administrator; August 2009 Number 7, Vol.66
• You can get news out more quickly.• You can respond to traditional media.• Your message can be accessed by readers on
their schedules.• You can increase coverage in the traditional
media.• You can build a sense of community.
Could blogging be dangerous?
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Yes
• Putting something on the web never goes away.
• Do not write something STUPID!
• Future employers may read your blog.
Blogging Idea
• Purchase a professional book and give to teacher and administrator volunteers by audio file
• Encourage participants to make at least one blog entry per chapter and respond to another person’s blog entry per chapter
• Meet in person every three to five chapters to discuss in person
Would you blog?
Read Blogs
• Look for blogs written by people who share your interest
• Who do these bloggers follow?• Who comments to these blogs?• Comment to the blog yourself
Blogs to Read
Superintendent Principal News & Content Technology
Kent Bugg Principals Page – The Blog
TED Talks Dangerously Irrelevant
Scott Kuffel The Principal and Interest
TWIT Free Tech for Teachers
Don White Practical Principals Podcast
Mashable 2 Cents Worth
Wiki
Wiki for Administrator
Evaluation
http://iasa.wikispaces.com/
How could administrators use
Skype?
Add Twitter To Your Communication
Follow me on Twitter at rvoltz and IllinoisASA
Schools and Districts Twitter
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Trick: Find another school administrator who is using Twitter
and see who they follow.
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What I’d Buy Instead of an Interactive Whiteboard by Bill Ferriter, The Tempered Radical
• Give me $5,000-$6,000 to spend on a middle school classroom with 25 students and I’ll buy:
– 5 Netbook Computers Cost: $1,250
• Give me one netbook for every 5 kids in my classroom and I can create instant workstations for groups.
– 5 YEARS of VoiceThread for my Students Cost: $300
• With little digital skill, kids of all ages can interact in Socratic style conversations on school related topics with one another both in and out of school.
– 5 YEARS of Brainpop Access for my Classroom Cost: $731
• Brainpop is a service that creates short (3-5 minute) animated videos on topics across the curriculum.
– 5 YEARS of Access to Poll Everywhere Cost: $645
• What makes Poll Everywhere—an online application that allows teachers to create and deliver quick surveys—unique is that students can respond to surveys via text message from their cell phones, making the need for student responders obsolete in most middle school classrooms considering the number of students carrying cell phones to school each day.
– A Mid-Range Data Projector Cost: $595
– Total = $3,521– Camtasia Screencasting Software Cost: $179
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Google Teacher Example
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