Are you leading or following in today’s educational
1. VASCD – December, 2010
Robert C. McCracken, Ed. D
Radford University
rmccracke@radford.edu
A Little Music to Set the Stage
2. Are you a leader?
A little humor to start the session
3. Leading: By Example
Do you utilize technology in your work?
Google Doc’s – https://docs.google.com
Google Tools – Video Conferencing
http://www.google.com/chat/video
Web 2.0 Tools - http://www.go2web20.net
Slide Sharing
http://www.slideshare.net/cre8tivmind/web-20-5287671
4. Leading: By Example
I Tunes - http://www.apple.com/itunes
Podcasting - http://www.podbean.com/start-
podcast?sourceid=goog_66
News and SOL Content -
http://www.nbclearn.com/portal/site/learn
On-Line Polling (meeting scheduler)
http://doodle.com
5. Leading: By Example
Blogs – http://blogspot.com
Wiki’s – http://wikispace.com
Wikipedia – http://wikipedia.org
Sharepoint -
http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/en-us/Pages/default.aspx
6. Leading: By Example
Vimeo: http://vimeo.com
Moodle http://moodle.com
Photo Bucket http://photobucket.com
Youtube and Youtube for Teachers
http://youtube.com
7. Leading: By Example
Youtube Downloader
http://youtubedownload.altervista.org
Skype –Video Conferencing
http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/home
8. What Devices Do You Utilize? What Devices Do
You Allow Students to Utilize?
I-Pod
I-Touch
I-Pad
Smart Phones
PDA’s
10. State Policy: Virtual
Classrooms/Charter Schools
Recent Legislation
Establishment of virtual school programs. Requires the Superintendent of Public
Instruction to develop, and the Board of Education to approve, criteria for approving and
monitoring multi-division providers of online courses and virtual school programs. The bill also
allows local school boards to enter into contracts with approved private or nonprofit
organizations to provide such courses and programs; such contracts shall be exempt from the
Virginia Public Procurement Act. Any multi-division online provider operating prior to the
adoption of approval criteria by the Board may continue operating until such criteria are
adopted.
Are you going to follow or lead?
12. Pro’s and Con’s of On-Line
Instruction
The Advantages of Online Learning Part 1
The Advantages of Online Learning Part 2
Advantages of E-Learning
Advantages and Disadvantages
13. Pro’s and Con’s of On-Line
Instruction
Weaknesses
Research Issue
Instructional Design & Learning Theory
Instructional Strategies for Online Courses
14. On-Line Instruction
Florida and North Carolina
What is your position?
On-Line Instruction at ALL Levels; not as an Add-On
BUT in place of traditional classroom instruction
Activity
15. Welcome to I Am Not For On-Line Instruction
http://iamnotforonline.wikispaces.com
More and more technology is being pushed on public
education, specifically in Virginia recent legislation
was approved to establish approved vendors to offer
on-line instruction to replace the traditional
classroom instruction. This is the beginning of the
end of education as we know it. We can use
technology to aid instruction, but a full time program
just is not workable in Virginia's public schools.
Here are some real reasons why on-line instruction
will not work as a replacement for traditional
instruction.
16. Welcome to I AM FOR On-Line Instruction Wiki
http://iamforonline.wikispaces.com
The world around us is changing, no one can deny
this fact. Education must change as well. Technology
and computers will not replace education but can
support it in ways not thought possible in the past.
There are many ways to support learning through
technology. Here are some of the ways I believe we
can help students learn through technology and
specifically with on-line instruction.
However there are some key issues that must be
addressed in making sure that on-line technology is
successful.
17. Growth Model and Teacher Compensation
Are you “watching” the implementation of Virginia’s
Growth Model OR are you attempting to plan for
total implementation?
Are you “watching” the implementation of Virginia’s
new methodology for employee evaluation OR are
you attempting to plan for total implementation?
Are these opportunities to lead or follow?