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Administrator Technology Toolkit: Implementation at Towson University. Linda Macaulay, Ed.D . Department of Educational Technology and Literacy lmacaulay@towson.edu Dr. Judy Flood MSET Executive Director msetexecdirector@gmail.com Common Ground, April 19, 2012. Objectives.
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Administrator Technology Toolkit:Implementation at Towson University Linda Macaulay, Ed.D. Department of Educational Technology and Literacylmacaulay@towson.edu Dr. Judy Flood MSET Executive Director msetexecdirector@gmail.com Common Ground, April 19, 2012
Objectives Participants will learn: • How the Administrator Technology Toolkit was utilized in a graduate course. • Features of the toolkit that students found useful. • Aspects of the toolkit needing revision
Administrator Technology Toolkit • An online tool to support school administrators as they: • acquire and maintain the skills necessary to be technology literate and • meet the Maryland Technology Literacy Standards for School Administrators. • Developed by MSET and MSDE
Formative Assessment – Minute Paper For one minute, write your answer to the following question: • What do you know about the Administrator Technology Toolkit? Have you used it? How? We will share your responses with the whole group.
Access the Toolkit • http://mset.mrooms3.net • Login as a guest or register • Username is first part of your email address before the @ and password is changeme • Use all lowercase letters, no spaces
What is in the Toolkit? • Leadership • Teaching And Learning • Data- Driven Decision Making • Management And Operations • Professional Practice And Productivity • Social, Legal, And Ethical Issues
Implementation at Towson • Graduate course in Instructional Technology Masters program • ISTC 702: Leadership and Technology • Fall 2011
Technology StandardsFacilitated Discussion • Small groups assigned one of six NETS-A standards to facilitate • Group prepared guided discussion questions • Group assigned brief activity (from toolkit) for class to complete during discussion to better understand the standard • Discussion lasted approximately 30-45 minutes for each standard
Positive Aspects of Toolkit • Navigation bar for standards • Getting Around the Toolkit • Pre and Post Assessment for PD • Videointro. for each standard • Useful weblinks and articles • Practical application of standards • Content to also share with teachers
Improvements Needed • Summary/Overview of entire toolkit needed • Screencast tour? • Need annotations for HOW to use the toolkit • Need arrow to move BACK in toolkit (only have NEXT arrows) • Guest Access doesn’t let you participate in discussion forums • Promote the discussion boards more • Make Resources Page more prominent with visible link on each page since explains how to use toolkit • Make sure all weblinks have descriptions of what they are • Keep list of links to other sections visible on every page so it is easier to navigate • More text features (bold, color, graphic cues) to make more engaging
Next Steps • Create screencasts for each standard to explain content within each more clearly • Repair broken links • Annotate all links • Add additional resources to keep toolkit up-to-date • Suggestions?? Webex First Steps Document
Conclusion • How and why do you plan on using the toolkit? • Questions? • Want a digital copy of this presentation? Email Lmacaulay@towson.edu