1. Becoming a Digital
School Administrator
Larry Baker!
!
Twitter: @labcbaker!
Blog: “Larry’s Opinion Drive-thru”!
2. Larry Baker (@labcbaker)
Associate Principal, Mercy
High School!
Apple Distinguished
Educator!
Teaches “Technology
Leadership” at Madonna
University
3. iTunes U Course!
Becoming a Digital School Administrator
Focus is Technology
Leadership through
Modeling.
Course materials
originate from veteran
building administrators.
4. “The literature . . . asserts that principals
should learn how to operate technology
and use it whenever possible for
carrying out their own duties . . . “ !
Ronald E. Anderson and Sara Dexter!
“School Technology Leadership:An Empirical Investigation of Prevalence and
Impact”
5. “Leaders who successfully model their
school’s values and practices . . . .
Demonstrate the importance of
continuous learning through visible
engagement in their own professional
learning . . . . “!
!
Kenneth Leithwood, et. al!
National College of School Leadership Research Report RR800
6. “Your staff will watch very carefully. If
they see that you are unwilling to “walk
the talk” about integrating technology . . .
it is all but certain there will be less
willingness . . . to do the extra work
required to learn about implementing
and integrating technology.” !
Principal Chris Toy!
“Leadership and Effectively Integrating Educational Technology”
7. iTunes U Course!
Becoming a Digital School Administrator
Interactive Communications!
We Have Cameras . . . .!
Paperless Workflow!
Team Work in the Cloud!
Flipping Faculty Meetings!
Connecting for Professional
Development
From Principal Brent Coley’s Blog
22. 14 Ways Evernote Can Help Principals Manage
Schools - - Asst. Principal Bert Webb!
Virtual Filing Cabinet!
Contact Log!
Project Management!
Minutes from Meetings!
Absence Tracker!
Discipline Tracking!
Evidence (photographs) filing Creative Commons photo by Gustavo da Cunha Pimenta
23. (Cont.) 14 Ways Evernote Can Help Principals
Manage Schools - - Asst. Principal Bert Webb!
Voice memos!
Data Storage!
Portable Note-taking!
Track Work Orders!
Emergency Document Availability!
Schedules, Schedules, Schedules!
Collaboration
Creative Commons photo by The Unquiet Library
24. Some Uses of Google Forms by
High School Administrators
Building Access Requests!
Capital Purchase / Painting Requests!
Applications for positions!
Surveys!
Sandwich Orders!!
Walk-through Feedback
30. Connecting through Social Media
for your own PD
Create a Personal Learning Network
(“From the Trenches” — Tom Murray)
* Find “go-to” experts
* Obtain up-to-date information
* Share and identify best practices
* Participate globally in chats or forums
* Solicit feedback
* Share and collect resources
31. “Principal Twitter” Eric Sheninger!
I use as this book
resource in
Technology
Leadership!
Eric emphasizes
“connectedness”
32. !
Using Twitter for PD
Read Chapter 8!
Follow ten
educators as Twitter
PLN.!
Reflect experiences
through discussion.