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=Intel Leadership Forum(v3.6)=

This page and those attached support the Intel Leadership Forum delivered by Dave Backler and Paula Churchill

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Essential Questions:
How can educational leaders support teacher effectiveness to improve student achievement? Where does the use of technology enhance student learning? Where is my institution in the technology integration scheme and how can I implement change in this area? What are the first things to do this coming school year to moving towards a 21 century learning environment? Please click on the link below: [|21st Century needs]

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The Plan:
Over the course of several meetings the group will examine their views about technology and its effective use as well as investigate some Web 2.0 tools for personal and educational use. The objective at the end of the sessions is to create an action plan individualized to the school/district that helps move toward 21st century classrooms.

Getting Started (30 minutes) (see pages vi-xi)
[|Google Survey]
 * Activity 1:** Introductions

Google survey results Action Plan Template (also on-line and on CD) sea Appendix C.01-C.04 Action_Plan_Template.doc Support Websites: Evaluating Professional Development: An Approach to Verifying Program Impact on Teachers and Students: http://www.nsdc.org/library/publications/research/shaha.pdf Research Points: Essential Information for Education Policy http://www.aera.net/uploadedFiles/Journals_and_Publications/Research_Points/RPSummer05.pdf
 * Activity 2:** Essential Question and Goals (see pagei x)
 * Activity 3:** Previewing the Action Plan(page xi)

Module 1: Examining Leadership Behaviours and Standards (70 minutes)
Visual Ranking Tool - Demo Visual Ranking Log-in for Students/Participants Step 1: Review ISTE NETS-A Step 2: Essentials Conditions Checklist: NETS-A_Essential_Conditions_Activity_Template.doc Step 1: Reviewing the Questions How can you shift priorities and time to support integration of technology into instruction? What evidence will you accept that integration is occurring, keeping in mind that use and integration are separate? What helps a leader move to higher levels of comfort and knowledge relative to technology integration? Step 2: Discussing the Questions (Group Discussions and Sharing) Google worksheet _Select this link to access the worksheet View Results as a web page - http://tinyurl.com/ybhhfev
 * Activity 1:** ISTE Standards NETSA_Standards.pdf
 * Activity 2:** Learning Through Ranking (see pages 1.01-1.07)
 * Activity 3:** Understanding Standards for Administrators (see pages 1.08-1.11)
 * Activity 4:** Effectively Leveraging Technology (see page 1.12)
 * Activity 5:** (Optional): Revisiting Your Ranking - Revise you rankings based on your discussions in activities 3 and 4 above

Module 2: Exploring Best Practices (60 minutes)
Overview of Programs Program Research
 * Activity 1:** Understanding the Intel Teach Program - http://www.intel.com/education/- (see pages 2.02-2.03)
 * Activity 2:** Reviewing Available Resources - review resources on CD (see page 2.02)
 * Activity 3:** Exploring Web Resources for Technology Integration (35 minutes)

Step 1: Intel Education Web Site (see pages 2.03-2.07) Intel Education Site - http://www.intel.com/teachers Intel Education Program - http://www.intel.com/intel/education Intel Teach Programs - http://www.intel.com/education/teach Intel Free Teaching Tools - http://www.intel.com/education/tools Intel® Education Competitions -http://www.intel.com/education/competitions

Education Beyond Classrooms - http://www.intel.com/education/communityed Exploring Highlighted Resources Step 2: Innovation Odyssey - http://educate.intel.com/odyssey (see pages 2.07-2.09) Step 3: Designing Effective Projects - http://educate.intel.com/en/Projectdesign (see pages 2.09-2.12) 21st Century Skills Framework (see page 2:11) - http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/ 21st_Century_Skills.pdf - a good overview of 21st Century Skills Step 4: Assessing Projects - http://educate.intel.com/en/AssessingProjects/ (see pages 2.12-2.13)

Module 3: Introducing Web 2.0 and New Technologies (50 minutes)
What is Web 2.0? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web2.0 Some Web 2.0 sites and applications LFCollaboration_Tools.doc - This is available on the CD Forum Web2-0 Sites - This page is also available on the CD Blogs (see page 3.02) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blogs More Information Blogging: It's Elementary, My Dear Watson Blogging Basics: Creating Student Journals on the Web Wikis (see page 3.03) Using Wikis in Education http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikis Collaborative Web Sites ( see page 3.03) More Information A Paradigm Shift for School Software Type and Travel: Web-based Word Processors Social Bookmarking http://www.diigo.com/ http://delicious.com/ Media Storage and Sharing Sites http://www.flickr.com/ http://picasa.google.com/ Podcasts http://www.epnweb.org/ Activity 2: Learning from Current Practitioners (15 minutes)
 * Activity 1:** Understanding Web 2.0 (see pages 3.01-3.04) (15 minutes)

Meriwether Lewis Elementary - http://lewiselementary.org/ The Flushing International High School - http://flushinginternational.org/ Teachers Teaching Teachers - http://teachersteachingteachers.org/ How do the web sites compare to what is currently in place in your school or district? How might Web 2.0 technologies impact your school or district? What Challenges might you face as a leader promoting Web 2.0 technologies? Activity 3: Exploring Web 2.0 Tools (see page 3.06) (20 minutes) Web 2.0 in Your School Worksheet http://tinyurl.com/ydtqry9

Thinking about the various Web 2.0 "tools" and new technologies we explored in this module discuss how they might support you and your schools. The following are additional resources that you may want to explore. Recommended Applications to explore - these are "targeted" applications for exploration Web2-0 - This page contains a number of links to explore including the "top ten" free Web 2.0 tools teachers are using. Professional Development Sites - a few sites with some professional ideas and resources (some district samples included) A History of Web 2.0 and Digital Natives - an interactive timeline that includes training videos on a number of Web 2.0 "tool

Module 4: Developing Your Plan of Action (30 minutes)

Activity 1: Creating Your Action Plan Activity 2: Sharing Your Action Plan Activity 3: Concluding the Forum Activity 4: Evaluating Your Forum Experience