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Using Digital Storytelling Tools to Enhance Writing and Engage Your Elementary Students

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[|Streamline Collaboration and Communication with Google Docs]

Innovative Professional Development: Host a Fed Ex Day

[|Google doc with accompanying resources]

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March 7, 2013, 2 PM EST - [|Free Web Tools for Administrator Communication & Collaboration]

Sometimes who you know is as important as what you know. Having a wide range of professional connections not only broadens your reach, it can actually help you learn, grow, and become more efficient. Join Lyn Hilt as she explores the role of the networked administrator, who, as the school's lead learner, recognizes the value and use of social media to develop professional connections, build relationships and capacity, help create organizational efficiency, and bring innovative learning experiences to students and staff.
 * Tuesday, January 22, 2013, 1:00 PM EST**
 * The Networked Administrator: Leading & Learning with Social Media**

This session is designed for administrators, teachers, educators... anyone interested in learning more about the power of connected leading and learning!

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Are you looking for ways to utilize technology to work and learn collaboratively within your educational organization? Educators have found the use of Google Docs to be beneficial in helping to promote effective communication, streamline and facilitate teamwork, assist with data collection and analysis, and more. Join Lyn Hilt as she discusses the ways in which school leaders, teachers, and students can utilize Google Docs applications to develop a collaborative learning environment.
 * Thursday, January 24, 2013**
 * Streamline Collaboration and Communication with Google Docs, 2:00 PM EST**

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 * August 13, 2012, 10 AM-12 PM EST, Presenter Spotlight**

Blogging can be a meaningful platform for communication and collaboration among all levels of a learning organization. From administrators and teachers to students and parents, blogging can serve as a reflective learning tool, a communication platform between home and school, a way for your school to connect with others around the world, and a method for promoting interactive dialogue among learners. This webinar will explore the various blogging platforms available for school use, as well as ways to get started and best practices for using blogs in the classroom. Lyn Hilt will also share ideas on how administrators can successfully manage and promote the use of blogs in their schools.
 * 10 AM EST Getting Your School Started with Blogging **

[|Google doc with blogging resources]

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As an administrator, are you constantly struggling to keep up with a variety of tasks and duties? Would you like to streamline some of those tasks and save valuable time and effort? In this webinar, join Lyn Hilt as she discusses Google Docs, Forms, and Spreadsheets, and shares some of their time-saving features that you can use on a daily basis. The webinar will show how you can use these free apps to collaborate, communicate, document, or survey.
 * 11 AM EST Google Apps for Streamlining Tasks: An Administrator's Guide **

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Google Apps resources here

Providing teachers with autonomy in their learning during professional development and in-service days is proving to be a successful strategy for today's school leaders. Using the models of Atlassian's "FedEx Days," Google's 20% time, and the "unconference" model inspired by Edcamps, school leaders can promote autonomy among their teachers with substantial learning outcomes. Learn how easy it is to design and implement this type of professional development day in your school. Join Lyn Hilt as she shares examples from schools that have successfully enjoyed these days of learning. media type="custom" key="20574654"
 * 12 PM EST Innovative Professional Development - Host a "FedEx" Day! **

[|Fed Ex Day intro to staff], including Daniel Pink's resources to get started //[|Inspiration Delivers]//- description and reflection on our day //[|It's Kind of Magical]// - description and reflections on using an #edcamp model during in-service day

Other resources: [|List of educational chats on Twitter] from Cybraryman Teacher Learning Community: [] [|Educator's PLN] [|Classroom 2.0]

As school leaders, it is our responsibility to communicate effectively with all stakeholders, such as students, staff, parents, colleagues, and community members, as well as facilitate collaborative planning and learning efforts among those groups. Using a variety of free, interactive web tools, school leaders can enhance communication and collaboration throughout their organizations. Join us to learn more about tools such as blogs, wikis, Google docs, Twitter, and more. Discover how the use of these tools can transform the way you communicate and collaborate with your school community.
 * 1 PM EST Free Web Tools for Administrator Communication and Collaboration **

[|Web Tools Google doc] - resource listing many tools and uses

[|**The Networked Administrator: Leading and Learning with Social Media**]
 * July 12, 2012, 4-5 PM EST**

Sometimes who you know is as important as what you know. Having a wide range of professional connections not only broadens your reach, it can actually help you learn, grow, and become more efficient. This session explores the role of the networked administrator, who, as the school's lead learner, recognizes the value and use of social media to develop professional connections, build relationships and capacity, help create organizational efficiency, and bring innovative learning experiences to students and staff. This session is designed for administrators, teachers, educators... anyone interested in learning more about the power of connected leading and learning!

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 * An appreciation of the importance of expanding your professional connections.
 * An understanding of how to use social media to develop these connections.
 * Ways to use social media to become more efficient.
 * Ideas for using social media to bring learning experiences to students and staff.

Supporting resources for this webinar can be found here and in any of the presentation menus on the left.

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