1. TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION AT THE
ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL
EDL-595—DR. AMY G. DIKKERS
ADJINORIA H. TOMLIN
FALL, 2012

2. The International Society for Technology in Education
(ITSE)
and
Administrative Integration of Technology
STRATEGIES NECESSARY FOR EFFECTIVE
ADMINISTRATIVE TECHNOLOGY:
*VISIONARY LEADERSHIP
*DIGITAL AGE LEARNING CULTURE
*EXCELLENCE IN PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
*SYSTEMATIC IMPROVEMENT
*DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP

3. VISIONARY LEADERSHIP
The Leader Must: Change Must:
*have a “shared vision” for effective inte- *be purposeful.
gration of technology.
*be an ongoing process.
*promote excellence.
*exceed and maximize learning goals.
*support transformation within the
organization .

4. DIGITAL AGE LEARNING CULTURE
*PROVIDES A RELEVANT, RIGOROUS, AND ENGAGING EDUCATION
CURRICULUM FOR ALL LEARNERS
*USES INSTRUCTIONAL INNOVATIONS
*IS LEARNER-CENTERED
*ADDRESSES THE DIVERSE NEEDS OF THE LEARNERS
*PROVIDES STUDENTS THE ABILITY TO COMPETE IN THE GLOBAL
LEARNING COMMUNITY

5. EXCELLENCE IN PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
Professional Learning Innovation
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*Professional Development *Stay abreast of emerging trends
*Learning Communities *Educational research
*Effective Communication *Websites
*Team work *Blogs
*Modeling and mentoring *Wikis

6. DIGITAL AGE LEADERSHIP DIGITAL AGE MANAGEMENT
*Effective use of information *Develop partnerships to support
systematic change
*Effective use of resources
*Establish and maintain an infrastruct-
*Purposeful change ure for technology
*Use of highly competent personnel *Integrated operational system
SYSTEMATIC IMPROVEMENT

7. DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP
*EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIONS MODEL:
SAFE LEGAL AND ETHICAL USE OF TECHNOLOGY
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THEIR INTERACTIONS ONLINE
AN UNDERSTANDING OF CULTURE THROUGH THE USE OF
COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATION TOOLS
ONLINE
AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE GLOBAL SOCIETY AND ITS
EFFECT ON 21ST CENTURY LEARNERS

8. ADMINISTRATOR’S READINESS FOR TECHNOLOGY
INTEGRATION
*Technology integration as a vision and goal at the district level
*Qualified and trained technology instructors and administrators
*Opportunities for professional development of technology
*Available funding and quality resources
*Guidance from professional experts and organizations

9. PROPOSED TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS FOR
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
*Understand the elements of long range *Use technology to collect and analyze
planning and emerging technology student data and other information and
to make decisions and display more
*Develop and demonstrate the ability to appropriate management skills
analyze and react to technology issues
*Understand how to integrate current
*Visualize the overall picture for educa- and available technologies effectively
tion and schools
*Understand the legal and ethical issues
related to technology usage and licen-
*Use technology in communicating with
sing
faculty, staff, parents, and the community
*Using technology appropriately in relation
to school programs and activities
Reference: Thomas, W.R. (2012). Educational technology: are school administrators ready for
it? Atlanta, GA: Southern Regional Education Board.

10. SIX QUALITIES OF 21ST CENTURY TECHNOLOGY
ADMINISTRATORS
1—Individual excellence
2—Organizational skills
3—Courage
4—Results (goal-oriented)
5—Strategic skills
6—Operating skills
Reference: Solomon, G. & Schrum, L. (2007). Web 2.0: new tools
new schools. Eugene, OR: International Society for
Technology in Education

11. THE ADMINISTRATOR’S PRACTICAL APPLICATION
USE OF TECHNOLOGY
BLOGGING
(Twelve Reasons for an Administrator to blog)
*Sharing news and events *Community Building
*Progress monitoring *Customer relations
*Status alerts *Branding
*Marketing *Creating “customer evangelists”
*Public relations *Thought leadership
*Community building *Advocacy
Reference: Solomon, G. & Schrum, L. (2007). Web 2.0: new tools, new schools.
Eugene, OR: International Society for Technology in Education.

12. THE ADMINISTRATOR’S PRACTICAL APPLICATION
USE OF TECHNOLOGY
BLOGGING vs. E-MAILING
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*Blogs can replace e-mail as a way for administrators to communicate with stu-
dents, parents, and other educators.
*Blogs can be used for updates to teachers and your staff.
*Blogs can be used to post events, explanations, or collect suggestions for projects.
*Leaders themselves must be willing to model blogging in alignment with its dis-
trict‟s acceptable use legal policy.

13. THE ADMINISTRATOR’S PRACTICAL APPLICATION
USE OF TECHNOLOGY
WIKIS Ways Administrators May Use a Wiki
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*Project-based learning
Characteristics of a Wiki:
*Problem-solving
1-invites all users to edit any page
*Cooperative planning
2-invites all users to create new pages
*Production of new ideas or to
within the wiki website
brainstorm
3-enables communities to write
*Collaboratively write school docu-
documents collaboratively
ments
4-involves the visitor in an ongoing
*Peer-edit/review school documents
process of interaction, creation,
*Embed surveys *Reports
and cooperation
*School-wide projects
5-are free

14. BLOGS VS. WIKIS
BLOGS WIKIS
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*shares writings and multimedia in the form of *allows one to collaborate from a variety of
“posts” experiences and personalities
*visitors comment on author‟s post *the format may vary from one page to another;
(open structure)
*original post and comments made by others
cannot be edited by visitors=content grows *Content can be edited by those who access the
stale website
*a „single‟ page website--linear *a multiple page collaboration=non-linear

15. THE ADMINISTRATOR’S PRACTICAL APPLICATION
USE OF TECHNOLOGY
RESOURCES
http://www.commoncraft.com/videoblogs
http://wikispaces.com/content/for/teacher
http://www.educationworld.com/a/tech/tech087.shtml
http://www.educaionworld.com/a_issues/chat/chat259.shtml

16. REFERENCES
Common Craft. (2012). Blogs in plain English [online video]. Retrieved from
http://www.commoncraft.com/video/blogs
International Society for Technology in Education. (2009). Advancing digital
age leadership [online article]. Retrieved from
http://www.iste.org/nets
New Hanover County Schools. (2011, June 22-23). Summer Technology Institute
[technology workshop]. Wilmington, NC: New Hanover County Technology
Department.
Solomon, G. and Schrum, L. (2007). Web 2.0: New tools, new schools. Eugene,
OR: International Society for Technology in Education.
Thomas, W.R. (202). Educational technology: Are school administrators ready
for it? Atlanta, Ga: Southern Regional Education Board.