Networked+Administrator

"The smartest person in the room isn't the person at the front of the room. It's the room."-David Weisenberg

Next Networked Administrator presentation date: Tuesday, January 22, 1 PM EST
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Accompanying resource: [|Web Tools for Admin]

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Click on the links below and from any of the presentation menus on the left for more resources and ways to get started!

**Sharing/Connected Learning**
[|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] [|Social Media: Guidelines for School Administrators] [|Personal learning networks for educators, 10 tips] [|5 tools for global educators] [|Because a PLN is a gift...] [|5 ways being a connected principal benefits my students]

Will Richardson discusses value of PLN:

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**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 an 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 posts that provide information about hashtags, learning how to gauge the relevance of a follower or person worth following...** [|Building a professional learning network on Twitter] [|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="8342860" [| Delicious] [|Evernote]

//Organizing the blogs you read:// [| Google Reader] -Bundles to add: [|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 Producing
//Blogging platforms// [|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]

Resource Collections
[|Cybraryman's Resources for Administrators]- so many resources here! [|A fantastic compilation of more links about the above resources]! [| Free Technology for Teachers] [|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.


 * Previous presentations on this topic:**

[|The Networked Administrator: Leading and Learning with Social Media]
Simple K-12 Webinar, September 15, 2011 media type="custom" key="20298040"

[|The Networked Administrator] [|Pennsylvania Educational Technology Expo & Conference] Mon., 2/14, 4:00 PM, Hotel Hershey media type="custom" key="27748685"