ITSCO+Leadership+Symposium+11

**[|ITSCO Technology Leadership Symposium]**
[|Link to the Today's Meet backchannel] Twitter hashtag: #learningcloud [|Livestream link]

Keynote
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 * Click on the links below for more resources and ways to get started!**

**Sharing/Connected Learning**
My must-use tools: [|Twitter] / [|Tweetdeck] [|Diigo] / [|Delicious] [|Wordpress] Wikispaces [|Blogger] [|Google docs] [|Google Reader -] [|Animate] YouTube

[|My journey to "connectedness" post]

[|Tech for learning resources page on our school blog]

[|Connected Principals] [|Sharing: The Moral Imperative] [|The "How do you find the time?" Question] [|Social learning isn't what you think it is] - Jane Hart [|Turn on the share button] - an easy way to get started! [|What shapes your learning?] [|6 Steps to Sharing] [|Things you can do to begin developing your PLN] [|What is a PLN, anyway?] [|A Primer on Personal Learning Networks] [|Educator's PLN] - a great Ning community to join to connect with others [|Comparing 20th and 21st Century Educational Paradigms] [|Tools to become a tech-savvy educator] Will Richardson discusses value of PLN: media type="custom" key="11128968"

**Twitter**
//An easy way to quickly find other educators willing to share resources and ideas.// //Short, 140-character snippets of info with embedded links// //Track streams of information using hashtags//
 * Why?**

1. Create a Twitter account. Visit here: ** [] ** 2. Download Tweetdeck **- this is a stand-alone application that is a must for Twitter users! Helps organize your streams and makes tweeting a breeze!** ** [] **
 * Get started:**

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A great hashtag to start following on Twitter is **#cpchat** - many posts about administrative topics! Other hashtags: #edchat #elemchat #edadmin #leadershipchat

Ready to learn more about Twitter? **Some recent posts that provide information about hashtags, learning how to gauge the relevance of a follower or person worth following...** [|5 Twitter Resources for School Administrators] [|Twitter Handbook for Teachers] [|Twitter for Singletons] [|Join the Flock!] [|The Power of Twitter] [|Twitter for Education wiki] [|Twitter for Teachers] [|Find people to follow! Twitter for Teachers!] [|Ultimate Twitter Guidebook for Teachers] [|Educators, Do You Tweet?]

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Social Learning Resources from Jane Hart [|Slideshare] [|Social Learning Doesn't Mean What You Think it Does!]

**Organizing**
//Social Bookmarking// [|Diigo] - [|21st Century Principal Experiments with Diigo] - [|Diigo in Education] media type="custom" key="11128996" [|Delicious] [|Evernote]

//Organizing the blogs you read:// [|Google Reader] -Bundles to add: [|Read these blogs] - a compilation of my favorite reads [|Educational Leadership] and [|Educational Blogs] via George Couros

//Lists of go-to blogs (and see Google Reader bundles above)// http://movingforward.wikispaces.com/Blogs [|Top 100 School Administrator Blogs]

**Communication and Collaboration**
Wikis -Wikispaces and [|PBWorks]

//Google Docs// [|Google for educators] [|Google workshops for educators] (includes admin-specific resources) [|More Google for educators resources] [|Google docs: why teachers and students should be using them for coursework]

[|Skype]

[|Facebook] - communicate with your staff and community -Examples of school Facebook pages: [|Forest Green School] & [|Burlington High School] [|Edmodo] - collaboration & communication tool for teachers/students/schools - similar to Facebook design

[|Dropbox] - share files for free

Authoring and Creating
//Blogging platforms// [|Posterous] - post via email! via web! [|Wordpress] [|Edublogs] [|Blogger] (connect through your Google account)

//Why should educators blog?// [|Every principal needs a blog!] [|Why should school administrators blog?] [|Principal Blogging Project] (see page 2 for the rationale) [|An open letter to superintendents and principals: You should blog.] [|Social media allows quick updates to parents, students] [|Every principal needs a blog] [|Superintendents finding the "urge to write"]

//Teachers/students// [|Publishers, participants all] [|How to make better teachers (give them a blog)] [|Kidblog] [|Creating a Wordpress portfolio]

Presentation tools [|Prezi] Google Docs- slideshows [|Animoto] [|Photopeach]

YouTube - [|You Tube's Official Guide for Educators]

[|Connected Principals] Jane Hart - [|Learning in the social workplace] blog [|Powerful Learning Practice] ( [|Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach], [|Will Richardson] ) [|Dean SHARESki], [|Alec Couros] , [|Chris Lehmann] , [|George Siemens] [|Scott McLeod- CASTLE] Will Richardon & Rob Mancabelli [|Personal Learning Networks: Using the Power of Connections to Transform Education] Solution Tree, 2011. Marc Prensky [|Teaching Digital Natives: Partnering for Real Learning] Corwin, 2010. William Ferriter, Jason Ramsden, & Eric Sheninger [|Communicating and Connecting with Social Media] Solution Tree, 2011. Cathy Davidson - // [|Now You See It] // Daniel Pink - // [|Drive] // Clay Shirky - // [|Here Comes Everybody], [|Cognitive Surplus] //
 * Resource Collections/Works Referenced **

[|Cybraryman's Resources for Administrators] - so many resources here! [|A fantastic compilation of more links about the above resources] ! [|Free Technology for Teachers] Tools used by our students

[|Administrators Can Be Paperless Too: 7 Tools to Make It Happen]
**[|__Social Media 101 for Administrators__]  from Patrick Larkin **

Google Apps for School Leaders
[|Google Apps for Education] - official website [|For Educators] [|Crowd-sourced collection of uses from educators currently using Apps in their schools]

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 * Docs**

[|Videos - How to use Google Docs] - a series of tutorials [|Google Docs tour] [|Google for educators] [|Google workshops for educators] (includes admin-specific resources) [|More Google for educators resources] [|Google docs: why teachers and students should be using them for coursework] [|Google Docs resource] from Wes Fryer - many excellent resources shared here! [|Using Google Docs in PLCs] [|What's new in Google docs?] Linked 2/2012 [|Apps User Group] - support for schools from Eric Curts, North Canton City School [|GoDocs for Google Docs] on the iPad [|iPad apps for administrators]

[|Working with Google Apps on the iPad] from Ryan Bretag

[|What is Google Drive?] [|An Updated 63-page guide for Google Drive and Docs] from Richard Byrne

//So many uses, so little time :)// [|Video- an introduction to forms] Surveys- staff, students, parents, community members Teacher walkthrough forms [|Example of use from Chris Lehmann]
 * Forms**

[|71 Interesting ways to use Google Forms in the classroom] - many applicable for leadership

//Personal blog, school blogs, sites for teachers and kiddos// Example: [|http://brecknockhappenings.blogspot.com/]
 * Sites & Blogger**

//Maintain a personal and/or professional calendar- share with others to have multiple contributors; sync with Outlook/iCal// [|Calendar features for administrators] [|Booking appointments with Calendar]
 * Calendar**

//Used to organize through RSS the blogs you read// [|Google Reader] -Bundles to add: [|Read these blogs] - a compilation of my favorite reads [|Educational Leadership] and [|Educational Blogs] via George Couros
 * Reader**

[|Google Voice in education/for teachers/admin] [|What is Google Voice?]
 * Voice**

[|Google Cloud Connect download] [|Google across the curriculum] via Richard Byrne
 * Other**