• Discuss goals of grant and perceived district needs
• Discuss selection/participation of Teacher Leaders
• Review state/local benchmarks of technology literacy for students
• Garner support for participation in pre-post surveys by all administrators
• Make technology tools available for leaders to sample

Session One - The World is Changing - Is Your School Keeping Up? (half-day session)

• Keynote by Scott McLeod
• Modeling of Webinar Technology
• Modeling of Interactive Whiteboard for Organization
• Introduction of NETS for Students
• Introduction of 21st Century Skills
• Modeling of Intel Ranking Tool activity
• Modeling of Moodle Forum
• Demonstration of RSS
• Demonstration and hands-on setup of iGoogle page
• Table Talk: What does a graduate, in 2010 and beyond, need to know and be able to do to become a successful contributing member of society? Based on the 3 skills voted as most important that our schools do not already do well, what kind of changes need to take place in schools for a graduate to obtain this knowledge and skill set? What are your best sources of information about topics that are relevant to your job (school law, pedagogy, labor relations, fiscal responsibilities, curriculum, assessment, data, leadership, technology......)?
• Homework: 1) Watch Secret 1: Love Your Employees; and Secret 2: Connect Peers With Purpose on the Interactive Site with Michael Fullan; 2) Enter the World is Changing Forum in Moodle Topic a) Respond to the Secret 1 and Secret 2 question and respond to at least one other person b) Respond to the what was your reaction question; 3) Add additional Feeds to your iGoogle page

Session Two - How Do We Support 21st Century Learners? (half-day session)

• Table Talk: Review of Session One discussions
• Role of the 21st Century School Leader facilitated by Laurie Hedges, Assistant Superintendent Herkimer BOCES 
• Modeling of Google Docs
• Hands-On: Adding to your iGoogle page; locating and adding RSS feeds
• Homework: 1) Watch Secret 3: Capacity Building Prevails; and Secret 4: Learning is the Work on the Interactive Site with Michael Fullan; 2) Enter the 21st Century Skills Moodle Forum in Topic 2 a) Respond to the Secret 3 and Secret 4 question and respond to at least one other person b)Respond to the 21st Century Skills question; 3) Determine one way that you and/or your staff might benefit from the use of a Google Doc; 4) Complete Survey in Google Form

Session Three - Data, Data, Data (half-day session)

• Introduction to Today's Meet
• Table Talk: Review of Session Two discussions
• Keynote by Suhail Farooqui of K12 Insight "Perception Data"
• Overview of Google Forms
• Prework for Technology Camp for Administrators
• Homework: 1) Watch Secret 5: Transparency Rules; and Secret 6: Systems Learn on the Interactive Site with Michael Fullan; 2) Enter the Moodle Forum in Topic 3 a) Respond to the Secret 5 and Secret 6 question and respond to at least one other person b) Respond to the Data question; 3) Determine one way that you and/or your staff might benefit from the use of a Google Doc

Technology Camp for Administrators (2 full-day sessions)

3 training topics presented each AM/PM - Administrators may choose to attend the topics that address their needs/interests. The topics to choose from are:

Administrative Uses for the Interactive White Board
Interactive WhiteBoards (SMART, Promethean, and Interwrite) are populating classrooms across the country. These devices can be used by administrators to deliver more effective professional development, better organize meetings, and to create an interactive record of committee work. This session will introduce administrators to the basic tools and applications such as timers, graphic organizers, notebook/flipchart, and more. Learn to capture your notes and easily save them for access on the web.

Analyzing Grade 3-8 Assessments The Path to School Improvement
Technology has opened the door to using a data-driven decision-making model for strategic planning. New York State grade 3-8 assessments can provide data that will guide administrators to the questions needed for school improvement. Learn strategies to implement for analyzing your districts data including trend and error analysis.

Analyzing Regents Possibilities and Limitations
Analyzing Regents exam data is different than analyzing data from NYS 3-8 assessments. In this workshop, participants will review limitations of the data and learn the appropriate way to use Regents data to inform instruction. Multiple choice and constructed response item analysis will be reviewed, and participants will interact with sample data. In addition, using other data in conjunction with assessment data for planning and evaluation will be discussed.

Creating and Sharing Powerful Presentations
Sharing information is no longer just stand and deliver. Create presentations for both synchronous and asynchronous audiences. Create interactive, multimedia presentations to use with your Interactive Whiteboard. Learn about free tools such as Photo Story and Prezi. Use Photo Story to quickly organize photos or slides(from PowerPoint) to tell "the story." Prezi results in an interactive Movie. Take it to the next level with narration or music. Create a permanent visual record of a long-term event.

Creating Online Surveys and Analyzing the Collected Data
Once you have written effective survey questions join us to create an online survey. Google Forms will be reviewed and compared to Survey Monkey. Create a survey you can distribute to stakeholders via email or your webpage. Microsoft functions will be used to organize and analyze sample survey data from a mock questionnaire. Participants will be given the opportunity to practice these processes.

Google Docs/Calendars for Shared Workspaces
Welcome to the world of Computing in the Cloud. Learn how Google Docs can be used to streamline committee work - examples will be provided. Create group presentations asynchronously or in real time. Create Google Groups for individual committees to facilitate an online work environment and sharing of resources. Use an online calendar(s) to schedule resources, share calendars with support staff and colleagues.

How to Design an Effective Survey
Planning to administer a survey takes many factors into consideration including the construct of interest, survey formats and sampling. This workshop introduces participants to these concepts and other key ideas as a foundation for a survey design project. After this workshop, participants will be able to design different survey items around a common construct, know strategies for reducing bias, and be prepared to begin their survey research project.

Internet Safety for Schools
The safety of students and staff is a top priority of all administrators. The introduction of the Internet into instruction has enriched lessons. However, this constantly changing tool also leaves administrators, teachers, and parents leery of this environment. During this session an online professional development course will be shared to enable teachers to better understand the intricacies of the Net. The Childrens Internet Protection Act (CIPA) expects that schools will protect students from inappropriate content. Bring your Acceptable Use Policy and Technology Plan to review for CIPA compliance.

Online Tools Every Administrator Should Know About
Concerned about the cost of software? Learn about free Web 2.0 tools such as Webspiration (mind mapping), Doodle (scheduling of meetings), Skype (free telephony services between computers world-wide), Todays Meet (Engage in back channel conversation without disruption), Social Bookmarking (tag and share bookmarks within groups), and more. Time will be allotted to individual exploration of these tools and their uses.

Session Four - Putting it all Together (half-day session)

• Administators are asked to consider real-life work process scenarios that they would like to have made more efficient and effective through the use of technology.
• Discussion regarding the appropriate technology tools for each scenario presented.
• Table Talk: What is the issue? What is your action plan? What resources (people, technology, networks) are available to you to address this issue?

Session Five - Individual District Conferences (half-day session)

• Arrange a time to conference (video or live) with each component district administrative group
• Discuss the implementation of potential technological remedies from the issues discussed in Session Four
• Provide feedback and follow-up in district as needed

Session Six - Planning implementation or sharing success / failure (half-day session)

• Peer review
• Kick-Off to Year 2 

Year 2 - 2010/2011 *details of planning are in progress*

Summer Technology Camp with Teachers (1 or 2 full-day sessions)

 

Session One - The World is Changing - Is Your School Keeping Up? (half-day session)

• Review of what learners have to do to be successful
• Basic delivery of instruction
• What does good instruction look like?

Session Two - How Do We Support 21st Century Learners? (half-day session)

• Collaboration, literacy, communication and data
• Selection of the right tools
• CIPA vs. access to information
• Standardized tests vs. project based learning Can we do both successfully?

Session Three - Data, Data, Data (half-day session)

• Assessments - backwards design
• Rubrics

Technology Camp for Administrators and Teachers (2 full-day sessions)

• Look for evaluation
• Technology Planning
• Curriculum - Benchmarks
• ISTE NETS*Teachers

Session Four - Use of Look For Rubric (half-day session)

• Videotaped lessons
• Work with Teacher Leader
• Discussion

Session Five - In District (half-day session)

• Live enactment of the look for rubric with teacher leader while watching a Tech Camp teacher present a lesson

Session Six - Culminating Debrief - What is Next? (half-day session)