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Welcome and Introductions

Research Base

1. Lessons Learned (SEIR*TEC) synopsis

2. School Technology Leadership: Incidence and Impact  (Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations University of California, Irvine)

3. Technology Leadership (The Knowledge Loom)

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Survey tools

Web sites:

1. Zoomerang

2. SurveyMonkey

3. ProfilerPro (for the slightly more adventurous)

You may view sample education surveys on the ProfilerPro Survey Library.

4. Add-A-Form

Activity 1 (See handout)

Hotlists

1. Filamentality

           Guided Tour

 2. TrackStar

           TrackStar Tutorial

Activity 2 (See handout)

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Weblogs

Blogs to review:

·         School blogs:                  

                                                Meriwether Lewis Elementary School

                                    Conners Emerson School

                                    Hunterdon Central Regional High School

·         Teacher blogs:        

                                    Carmack’s Critters

                                    Senior English

                                    Speaking of History...

                                    Mrs. Zana's Class

                                    Molecules in Motion: Room 149

                                    Mountain School Adventure

·         Administrator blogs: 

                                    Principal’s Quest

                                    Educational Technology by Tim Lauer (principal,

                                    Meriwether Lewis Elementary School)

                                    Principal's Blog by Kevin Crotchett (principal, Forest Park Elementary School)

School Administrators and Blogging (Susan's blog)

·         Class Web Logs (Willowdale Elementary School list)

      Room 208 (3rd and 4th grade students)

      A Midsummer Night's Dream (student performance project)

      LearnServe Ethopia (high school service learning project)

Blog Directories:           

                                    Google

                                    Blog Catalog

                                    Bloglines

Blogging tools: Blogger 

                       edublogs

Activity 3 (See handout)

Sharing

Wrap-Up