The document discusses using Web 2.0 tools for school administrators. It provides an overview of various online tools including wikis, blogs, podcasts, and social networking sites that administrators can use for professional development. The goal is to help administrators develop online professional learning communities to share knowledge and learn from each other.

2. Web 2.0 for School Administrators Dr. Richard Voltz Associate Director Illinois Association of School Administrators

4. Email me at [email_address] to receive invitations for my Ning, Wikispace and Google Documents

5. Webpage for technology for administrators is http://iasa4u. ning .com Webpage containing tutorial for various technology functions is http: //iasa . wikispaces .com

6. My goal is to develop a School Administrator Professional Learning Community On-Line so we all can learn from each other.

7. Goal for this workshop is for you to use one Web 2.0 skill next year as a school administrator

8. How many of these terms do you know? Wiki Blog Ning Jing delicious ProfCast Podcast Gcast Backchanneling Wikipedia Forum Tinyurl or bit.ly AudiBoo 14. Classroom20.com 15. iTunesU 16. Web 2.0 17. Posterous 18. Ustream 19. Friendfeed 20. TED Talks 21. FaceBook 22. Elluminate 23. RSS 24. Twitter 25. Lit2Go Extra Credit Chacha Wiimote Jott Doodle

10. And the winner… Karen Rose and her 3rd grade class from the Melissa, Texas, school district, singing a parody of a Madonna song “L iving in a Digital World.”

12. Teacher is key!

13. Virtual Book Study

14. Infrastructure & Connectivity

16. If I were you…

17. Make a Video Podcast

18. Start Your Own Blog

19. Start a discussion in your district about 1:1 computing

20. Modernize your webpage with flash pictures, video and easy to navigate webpages

21. Start an audio Podcast and update regularly To staff To students To community

22. Start discussing “ What is the future computer for classroom use?”

23. Encourage teachers to engage students in their own learning

24. Add Twitter On Your Webpages (District, School, Administrator, Teacher)

25. What is Web 2.0?

26. When I was growing up, my parents told me, “Finish your dinner. People in China and India are starving.” I tell my daughters, “Finish your homework. People in India and China are starving for your job.” ---Thomas Friedman, 2005

30. What does it mean to be a student in the digital age?

32. Techno boomers: In some families, the elders are the ones pushing Facebook, Texting and Skype. Chicago Tribune; July 12, 2009

33. The Old Web

35. The New Web

37. Record Lecture Using ProfCast Save to GarageBand Embed in iWeb Upload to WebPage

39. Google Documents

41. Make a Video Podcast

53. School District Dashboard

56. Start Your Own Blog

63. Modernize your webpage with flash pictures, video and easy to navigate webpages

65. Start an audio Podcast and update regularly To staff To students To community

67. Gcast Can make audio recording via your phone Set up a Gcast account Call your own account from cell phone, record conversation Send as a digital file where you want it to go Now costs $99/yr for cell phone, free if upload digital file

69. Made with iWeb Saved on MobileMe Link to Gcast (embed)

79. Start discussing: “ What is the future computer for classroom use?”

80. Virtual Textbooks

92. English Via Cell Phone

93. Encourage teachers to engage students in their own learning

94. “ We should instead use technology funding to bolster new learning models and innovations, such as online-learning environments, to level the playing field and allow students from all walks of life -- from small, rural communities to budget-strapped urban schools -- to access the rich variety that is now available only to children in wealthy suburban districts.”

101. Screenshots

105. Inspiring Idea

107. Add Twitter On Your Webpages (District, School, Administrator, Teacher)

111. Follow me on Twitter at rvoltz and IllinoisASA

113. Do you think students are more engaged outside of school than in school?

114. What are you doing about it?

115. How young professionals say they learn.

117. “ I can look it up on-line, find an expert and then collaborate with that person on a solution.”

119. “ If I had to learn something new today the first place I would go is Google, then forum sites, then video sources.”

121. “ I would ask professionals and see if they would share their information with me.”

123. “ I would first go to Google, then Wikipedia, then my address book to see who I know that I could contact and leverage their knowledge to help me.”

125. “ Consult with peers, look on the Internet to search and learn information about the topic I am interested in.”

128. http://rayfelt.wordpress.com/

129. Poll By Texting

131. 1:1 Source: Gary Stager

132. Start a discussion in your district about 1:1 computing

135. 1. Write a novel

137. 2. Share your knowledge

139. 3. Answer tough questions

140. Who should I vote for? Who really was Martin Luther King?

141. 4. Make sense of data

143. 5. Design a video game

146. 6. Build a killer robot

148. 7. Lose weight

150. 8. Direct a blockbuster video

152. 9. Compose a symphony

154. 10. Change the world

156. 1. Write a novel 2. Share your knowledge 3. Answer tough questions 4. Make sense of data 5. Design a video game 6. Build a killer robot 7. Lose weight 8. Direct a blockbuster video 9. Compose a symphony 10. Change the world Source: Gary Stager

157. Personalize Education Dr. Yong Zhao at HPL 09 Leadership Conference - “Do not send a (wo)man to do what a machine can do better.”

158. Personalize Education Alan November at HPL 09 Leadership Conference - “We need to work with technology every day to learn how students use technology.”

162. Video

163. YouTube Started in February 2005 Bought by Google in November 2006 for $1.65M Already has more content than TV and TV started in 1940’s. If TV played 24/7 since inception, YouTube still has more content.

167. New way to make presentations One minute personal introduction Do not read from slides Use video, pictures, audio, etc…

168. Students are different today

169. Top 3 Search Engines Google YouTube Yahoo

170. Demo Jing to show participants how to use RSS feeds

173. Skype

174. Skype on the go…

177. Is your school able to offer every course every student wants?

179. Video produced by Consortium for School Networking (CoSN)

180. RSS

182. Backchanneling Using networked computers to maintain…an online conversation alongside a live presentation Backchanneling Avenues Chatmaker.net Chatzy.com Coverltlive.com Backnoise.com

184. Review Please tell me 3 things you know now that you did not know Please tell me 2 things you will tell your family and friends about this workshop Please give me one action you are going to start now

185. Let’s play Jeopardy

186. Use Two Screens

187. Work efficiently in your office

188. More Tips

190. Learning from each other…