Supporting administrators with web 2.0 tools Internet Schools West 2007 Carolyn Foote Westlake HS, Eanes ISD [email_address]

Internet Schools West 2007

Carolyn Foote

Westlake HS, Eanes ISD

[email_address]

Welcome to IL West 2007 Welcome via Voice Thread

Welcome via Voice Thread

Why? administrators hold keys http://www.flickr.com/photos/yum9me/528865532/

Radical Transparency

Uses of web 2.0 tools for administrators work efficiency model use communication provide transparency sense of community internal planning currency http://www.flickr.com/photos/vontom/389039387/

work efficiency

model use

communication

provide transparency

sense of community

internal planning

currency

How? Notes on sharing Factors to consider when sharing tools with principals: “ Simplicity Ubiquity Reliability Usability Affordability” Doug Johnson http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/blue-skunk-blog/2007/4/23/application-triage.html

Factors to consider when sharing tools with principals:

“ Simplicity

Ubiquity

Reliability

Usability

Affordability”

Doug Johnson

http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/blue-skunk-blog/2007/4/23/application-triage.html

Twitter

What tools? blogs

blogs

Leader Talk

Mabry Online

G – Town Talks

Reflections on why blog Terry Holliday “ I have been amazed at the response to my blog. It has helped convey the district initiatives, help staff and community better understand me as a leader and individual, and has helped recruit teachers and leaders to our school system.”

Terry Holliday

“ I have been amazed at the response to my blog. It has helped convey the district initiatives, help staff and community better understand me as a leader and individual, and has helped recruit teachers and leaders to our school system.”

Educational Discourse

Dangerously Irrelevant

Edublogs

podcasts

Podcasting Principal

Podcasting tools Gabcast—records directly Audacity to record, Lame to convert to mp3 Olympus Ws-100 to record and upload

Gabcast—records directly

Audacity to record, Lame to convert to mp3

Olympus Ws-100 to record and upload

wikis

Pbwiki

Wikispaces

other tools

Google

Del.icio.us /

Jott

Bloglines

www.connectedlibraries.pbwiki.com