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=LITT Summer Institute - Day 1: Educational Technology Leadership=

Overview of Summer Institute

 * Day 1 - Educational Technology Leadership - August 4, 2008, 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
 * Day 2 - Multimedia Applications in Education - August 5, 2008, 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
 * Day 3 - The Read/Write Web in Education - August 11, 2008, 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
 * Day 4 - Google in Education - August 12, 2008, 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM

Educational Technology Planning

 * [|Primer Slides] (Quicktime Format)
 * Educational Technology Resources:
 * [|Edtechplan.pdf]
 * [|Edtech Planning GetStarted.pdf]
 * More CDE Educational Technology Planning Resources: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/et/rs/techplan.asp
 * A wiki of tech planning resources: http://techguide.pbwiki.com/
 * 21st Century Skills (To Include in Tech Plans):
 * enGauge 21st Century Skills (From NCREL): [|PDF], [|Archive.org] look at for skills needed to be literate
 * [|Partnership for 21st Century Skills] (For Comparison)
 * [|Redefining Literacy for the 21st Century] (David Warlick's Book on the Subject)

Activity: Mock Tech Plan

 * Break into smalll groups (of three) by grade-level or other meaningful criteria.
 * Select one "goal" you'd like to plan towards.
 * Create a measurable "curriculum" goal describing what students and teachers will learn or do.
 * Then create a corresponding goal (to support your curriculum goal) for each of the following areas:
 * Professional Development
 * Infrastructure, Hardware, Software, and Technical Support
 * Funding and Budgeting
 * Monitoring and Evaluation
 * Create a PowerPoint slideshow to present your goals.
 * Share your goals with at least one other group. Then upload your file to your team page.
 * Time Permitting: A volunteer group can present to the large group.

BREAK

Passion and Professional Development

 * OnCUE Article: [|Passion and Professional Development] (PDF)
 * Blog Posts
 * [|Passion Based Learning] (Will Richardson)
 * [|Passion and Professional Development]
 * [|Toward Passion Based Conversations] (Konrad Glogowski)
 * [|Passion-Based Education] (Will Richardson)
 * [|Passion and Professional Development] (NECC Submission)
 * [|Passion and Professional Development... Online]
 * [|Passion and PD: A Discussion Starter]
 * [|Twelve Tips for Leading Professional Development] (Scroll down to the second half of the post.)

Discussion: Best and Worst Professional Development

 * Brainstorm:
 * http://thinkature.com/workspace/mwagner/RBUSD%20Professional%20Development
 * http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddnzwcn8_1056hdxxqjdn
 * Focus prompts:
 * Describe the best professional development you've been a part of.
 * Describe the worst professional development you've been a part of.

Activiy: Design a Mini-Lesson for Your Small Group

 * Consider an educational technology tool or skill you know well - and that you'd like to share with your fellow LITTs.
 * Create a quick mini-lesson for sharing this tool or skill. Put to work the new concepts you've learned here.
 * Present your mini-lesson to your small group. If applicable, put any relevant links on your team page.
 * Time Permitting: The best mini-lesson from each group will get to present to the large group.

LUNCH

Change Agents

 * Ten Strategies for Change Agents

Discussion: Successful and Unsuccessful Organizational Change

 * Brainstorm:
 * http://thinkature.com/workspace/mwagner/RBUSD%20Organizational%20Change
 * http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddnzwcn8_1057cfmqd2g3
 * Focus prompts:
 * Describe effective organizational change you've been a part of.
 * Describe ineffective organizational change you've been a part of.
 * BONUS Question: Who are the change agents in your organization?

Activity: What would it take?

 * In your small group, decide on an (educational technology related) change you'd like to see in your district.
 * Ask yourselves what it would take to accomplish this change. Consider all levels of the organization - and beyond. Remember the "human side" of school change.
 * Each group will share with the large group, and all will be able to provide feedback and additional ideas.

BREAK

Personal Learning Networks

 * Learning to Network and Networking to Learn (Abbreviated)
 * Join the [|LITT Google Group]
 * Optional: Join [|Classroom 2.0] (Optional: Create an RBUSD group in Classroom 2.0)
 * Optional: Join [|Twitter] (If you do, be sure to follow @[|markwagner])

Reflection Activity
[|Online Evaluation]

This wiki and the summer institute were originally developed by: [|Mark Wagner, Ph.D.] President, Educational Technology and Life Corporation