Agenda: Week 8
ET 680 The Role of the Technology Leader
- Announcements and Questions
- Thanks to Rachel for bringing snacks
- Pumpkin Contest Winners
- Mine
was Balloon Boy (was I the only one that looked at the ballon and
immediately thought it looked like a pumpkin wrapped in foil?)
- Balloon Boy won Most Original
- The Steelers pumpkin won 3 of the 4 remaining categories
- Assignment Schedule
- Guest Speakers
- None tonight
- Grant writing next time (room 01)
- Internships the rest of the semester
- Questions
- Educational Technology Organizations
- The EdTech Listserv
- Accessing
- Are you on it?
- What issues are discussed?
- Information to Share: Tracking Hardware and Software
- How does your school keep track of hardware
- Does anyone know what hardware you have and where
it is
- How does your school keep track of software
- Physical disks
- Number of legal copies
- Where copies are installed
- Discussion
- Information to Share: Technology Staff Development Plans
- Grants
- Introduction to Grant Writing
- Resources for Grants
- Technology Coordinator Job Description (Frazier and Bailey,
Chapter 1)
- Data Protection
- Personal Backups
- School-Wide Backups
- Server Backups
- Power Strips, Surge Protectors, and UPSs
- Discussion: What Is Your Role (as technology leader) in
Plagiarism (see handout)
- Read handout
- The principal has asked The Technology Committee to
create an information packet for teachers about plagiarism (including
Internet plagiarism)
- We cannot change the school board
- The principal has informed us that teachers are not
totally blameless, especially when it comes to educating their students
about what is and is not acceptable
- We need to advise teachers as to what they can do to
- stop plagiarism
- not draw the wrath of the School Board while doing
it
- Resources
- Assignments
- Come prepared with an idea for a project you might want
a grant to support
- Information to Share: Technology Grants (including but
not limited to E-Rate)
- Information to Share: Administrative Applications and
Systems
- Read Frazier and Bailey, Chapter 5
- Keeping in mind our discussions from class about
administrator's and administrative support personnel's positions on the
Tech Committee
- Peruse Obtaining
Resources for Technology in Education, Chapters 1-7
- Snacks Next Time: Kristin
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This page was prepared by Dr.
David M. Marcovitz.
Last Updated: November 4, 2009