Agenda: Week 9

ET 680 The Role of the Technology Specialist

• Announcements and Questions
  • Thanks to Kristen and Katie for bringing snacks
  • Software Piracy Mini-Paper returned electronically (hopefully)
  • Technology Funding Paper Is Due Tonight
  • Technology Planning Paper Is Due in Next Week
  • Given all the discussions about planning, you should be ready to write this paper 
  • You must refer to your Stakeholders Mini-Paper 
  • You may refer to other mini-papers that touch on important issues
  • Questions
• State and National Technology Plans
• National Educational Technology Plan
• Maryland State Technology Plan
• Maryland Teacher Technology Standards (use as leverage to get everyone up to speed with technology)
  • http://www.mttsonline.org/
• Administrative and Instructional Applications (Frazier and Bailey, Chapter 5)
  • Integrated Learning Systems
    • Pearson now includes:
      • NovaNET (grades 6-12)
      • SuccessMaker (grades K-8)
    • CompassLearning (grades K-12) - http://www.compasslearning.com/
    • ClassWorks (grades K-12) - http://www.classworks.com/
    • Plato (grades K-12) - http://www.plato.com/
    • Khan Academy (grades K-12) - http://www.khanacademy.org/
      
  • Distance Education for K-12 (related to Chapter 8)
    • Online Schools (from the New York Times)
    • Adding Options to Traditional Classrooms (from the New York Times)
    • Teenagers Try Online Learning (from the New York Times)
    • Rise in Online Classes (from the New York Times)
      
    • Virtual High School
    • The Florida Virtual School
    • Pennsylvania Virtual Charter School
• 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
    • http://turnitin.com/
    • http://www.google.com/
• Discussion
  • Documentation: The Technology Notebook
  • Case Study, Picciano, pp. 273-274
• What is the school's role in cyberbullying, inside and outside of school?
• http://articles.latimes.com/print/2009/dec/13/local/la-me-youtube-schools13-2009dec13
• Open Source Software
  • Making Decisions About Open Source Software for K-12: http://www.netc.org/openoptions/
• Evaluating New Technology: Cellphones in schools
  
  • Role Play: Your principal has heard that cellphones are the next big thing in education, and he would like you to help him decide what to do about it.
  • With a partner explore uses of cellphones and ubiquitous computing in schools
  • Start with http://www.cellphonesinlearning.com/ and http://www.cellulared.com/TeachMobile/Home.html
  • Look for other sources of information as well
  • Begin to understand the issues, including pros and cons
  • Begin to formulate a plan of action for what you need to do to make a recommendation to your principal
  • Report to the class
• Time Is Short
  • This class has many topics that could cover years of study.
  • We could not discuss all of them
  • Some topics we didn't get to are listed on this agenda
  • For practical matters, see the EDTECH listserv: http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~edweb/
  • For many issues, see the leadership section in Learning & Leading with Technology: http://www.iste.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Publications (click on Learning & Leading With Technology)
• Assignments
  • Technology Planning Paper
  • Snacks Next Time: Keith and Joe
    

This page was prepared by Dr. David M. Marcovitz.

Last Updated: April 8, 2011