This document provides an overview of objectives and activities for Session I of a digital leadership course. The session focuses on using digital tools like external storage devices, online surveys, graphic organizers, and wikis. Participants will learn how to save files to flash drives, create and distribute surveys using Zoomerang, make graphic organizers in Gliffy, collaborate on documents using wikis, and navigate the course site on Blackboard. The session aims to help educational leaders become confident technology users.

1. Digital Tools Session I 0

3. Course Goal Encourage educational leaders to become confident technology users and leaders Or in other words Digitaleaders 0

4. Even if you are a school leader who speaks DSL*, and even if you are technophobe , you can still be a digitaleader if you . . . 0 *Digital as a Second Language

5. -- understand the importance of technology as a tool, but are not bound by its traditional uses 0

6. -- realize that your use of technology can become transparent and ubiquitous 0 http://www.jklossner.com/computerworld/other.html

12. Our Digital Landscape 0

14. Saving and Transporting Files -- Using a Flash Drive Old New 0

23. Storing Sensitive Material Data Security Policies are Not Enforced Pokemon Institute

24. Your Memory Device (Remembering MI-LIFE URL) 0 www.mi-life.org

26. Have You Ever Used Paper-Based Surveys? 0

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30. Your Zoomerang Account 0 to be used in the Optimizing Leadership course

31. 3 Easy Steps 0 Invite Participants Create a Survey Analyze Results

32. Create a Survey 0 Customize a template Create a survey from scratch Copy and update one of your previously used surveys Sample Survey

33. Invite Participants 0 Upload your email list into Zoomerang to generate an invitation Add a survey link to your website or your own email

34. Analyze Results 0 View real time results online Export into an Excel spreadsheet Share results online privately, or allow others access also New! Export chart into PowerPoint slide

35. Sample Results 0

36. Automatic Chart Creation 0 Pie with Percentages

37. Automatic Chart Creation 0 Bar with Percentages

38. Automatic Chart Creation 0 Columns with Numbers and Percentages

40. Survey Question Types Handout #1 – Question Types

41. Zoomerang Step-by-Step 0 Follow the step-by-step directions in the handout. Feel free to ask for help if you encounter difficulty. Handout #2 – Using Zoomerang

43. Tips on Writing Questions Name and Address-US 0 Avoid using this question template if you want to sort by last name, city, state, or zip code. Instead, create separate fill in the blank questions for each item of information you wish.

44. Tips on Writing Questions Open Ended Comments 0 Avoid frequent use of comment boxes. The information is difficult to disaggregate. Do, however, offer a comments box at the end of your survey to give respondents a chance to voice their opinion, praise, or complain!

45. Tips on Writing Questions Open Ended With More Than One Line with Prompts 0 Avoid using this type of question if you want to sort by any of the fields for which you want information.

46. Tips on Writing Questions Open Ended vs. Multiple Choice 0 Open ended replies will be hard to analyze – “a couple years” or “15 months” More specific, easier to analyze

47. Tips on Writing Questions Multiple Choice 0 Offer specific (not subjective) choices. What would “sometimes” mean? What kind of data would that provide?

48. Tips on Writing Questions Voluntary vs. Mandatory 0 You can force a response by making a question mandatory, but make sure you offer sufficient alternatives.

49. Using Skip Logic Skip Logic allows you to create custom paths through a survey which are determined by choices respondents make to a particular question. “ Yes” respondents would be skipped to a page of questions relevant to them. “No” respondents would be skipped to a different page. This avoids asking respondents to “Go to question 3 if you select YES or question 4 if you selected NO.” 0 More information can be found on the Zoomerang website Help section.

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52. Setting Up a Gliffy Account 0 to be used in the Optimizing Leadership course

53. Sample Graphic Organizer Process 0 Special Education Referral Process

54. Sample Graphic Organizer Organization What Works in Schools 0

55. Sample Graphic Organizer Ladywood High School Website 0 Curriculum Flowchart

57. 0 Follow the step-by-step directions in Handout #3. Feel free to ask for help if you encounter difficulty. Handout #3 – Using Gliffy

58. Graphic Organizer Activity 0 Working with your partner, create a simple graphic organizer which demonstrates ways in which you might use this tool in your work. Export (save) to a flash drive. Handout #4 – Gliffy Wordbank

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63. Segue to Wikis Armed with data from a stakeholder survey, you are now ready to begin initiating some changes that may be called for in your survey data. 0 Handout #5 Executive Wiki

65. What’s a Wiki? From cogdogblog’s Flickr photostream - flickr.com/photos/cogdog/19490596

66. World’s Most Famous Wiki! 0

67. Quickness and Collaboration 0 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-35W_Mississippi_River_bridge

68. Quickness and Collaboration 0

69. How Do Wikis Work? Wikis in Plain English 0

70. Why Use a Wiki? -- the perfect tool to collaboratively develop and maintain useful documents. 0

71. How Could You Make Wikis Work for You? 0 Let’s take notes on an actual wiki as you make suggestions! http://digitaleader.pbwiki.com

77. Making Connections with Tools With your partner, think of the tools you became acquainted with today. Make analogies between the tools on the sheet and the tools you learned about during the session. Be willing to share some of your analogies with the larger group. 0 Handout #7 - Making Connections