1. The “Connected” Leader
Collaboration, Communication, and Information Explosion
Phil Morris
Director of Technology
Kane County ROE
pmorris@kaneroe.org
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3. Why be Connected and Collaborate?
As a leader you need to be
connected...
Current Events
Emergency Notifications
What is going on around your
school cc Image courtesy of bradleyphohnson on Flickr
Communicate
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4. “I have lots of sources of information
about what's going on at the company. I
think I have a pretty good pulse on where
we are and what people are thinking.”
Steve Ballmer
Microsoft
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5. “People have really gotten comfortable
not only sharing more information and
different kinds, but more openly and with
more people - and that social norm is just
something that has evolved over time.”
Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook CEO
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6. Iceland
France
United
Hawaii Japan
States
India
Fiji
Tahiti
Australia
New Zealand
Source: Facebook
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7. How Connected Are We?
18-34 All Adults 18+ 75+
Cell Phone 95% 85% 48
Desktop
57 59 28
Computer
Laptop 70 52 10
IPod / MP3 74 47 3
No Devices 1 9 43
Source: The Pew research Center’s Internet & American Life Project
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8. Adult Internet Usage
http://pewinternet.org/Trend-Data/Online-Activites-Total.aspx
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12. Hardware for BEING Connected
Tethering
$10 /month
HP Netbook
Wifi
Hot Spot
$45 /month
IPad Verizon MiFi
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13. Web 2.0 Tools to STAY Connected
Skype
Twitter / TweetDeck
Google Reader, Docs, Voice
EverNote
Social Bookmarking / Networking
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14. Skype
Free calling over
Internet to other Skype
users
Why in Education?
$2.99 unlimited to Interviews
land and mobile
phones Field Trips
Foreign Language
Video Conferencing Guest Lecture
Professional Development
Works on many phones
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15. Twitter
Microblogging limited
to 140 characters
Computers and
Why in Education?
Smartphones
Personal Learning
65 million “tweets” Emergency Communication
per day Current Events
Global Perspective
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16. Twitter Tips
Find someone and look who they are
following
Start following at least 30-40 people
Don’t feel pressured to tweet
Use a product like TweetDeck
Setup and follow a hashtag for learning
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17. Google Voice
FREE Phone Number which includes
Roaming Phone Connection
Voice Mail
Voice Mail to Text Message
Voice Mail to Email Message
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18. Google Apps
Docs, Sheets, Presentation
Collaborate
Online
Neutral Format
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19. Blogging in the Classroom
Blogger
Edublogs
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20. EverNote
Note Taking Online
including audio
Screenshot Sharing
Sync between Mac,
PC, IPad, Phone
FREE
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21. Social Bookmarking
Online Bookmarks/
Favorites
Tagging
Grouping
Sharing to Twitter,
Facebook, etc..
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22. Text Messaging
Learn to talk in 140 characters or less
SMS
MMS
cc Image courtesy of gcbb on Flickr
In an emergency cell phones may not
work but text messaging usually will..do
you know how to send one?
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24. Set time to “disconnect”
Turn sounds off at night
Start a routine at the beginning and end
of day
Think about Life Balance...
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25. What about our Students?
Here is where they hang out...
Facebook
Tumblr
Formspring
Stickam
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26. What to look at for your Classroom
Edmodo - www.edmodo.com
Prezi - www.prezi.com
Glogster - edu.glogster.com
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28. How can you Connect with Phil
Email - pmorris@kaneroe.org
Twitter - Morris_Phil
Skype - Morris_Phil
Google Voice - 630-492-0323
Diigo - pmorris01
YouTube - techmorris
LiveMessenger - pmorris@kane.k12.il.us
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