Technology Conference for Administrators - Podcasts

Technology Conference for Administrators - Podcasts episodes:

• 06.05.2008

  Episode 15 - Mark Wagner presents "Two-Way Teaching with the Two-Way Web

  Learn how popular two-way web tools can be used to create interactive multimedia content for your students, parents, and community! Understand the benefits and drawbacks of popular tools such as blogs, wikis, and Google Docs - and understand when to use each one....

  
• 06.05.2008

  Episode 14 - Mark Wagner's Spotlight Presentation "Learn to Network & Network to Learn"

  Many educators are exploring revolutionary new online tools with their students: blogs, wikis, podcasts, and more - including social tools like ning and twitter. But it is more important for educators and students to become part of an online learning network than to...

  
• 06.03.2008

  Episode 13 - Chris Walsh presents "Search, Learn, Share in the Googleverse"

  Explore Google's latest tools in a fun, faced-paced session that answers the question: is Google really improving access to the world's information? As consumers and instructional leaders, the Internet is a major source of information for educators. Google is the...

  
• 06.03.2008

  Episode 12 - Chris Walsh's Spotlight Presentation "Learning Everywhere All the TIme"

  This fast-paced, high-energy presentation explores the implications for living, teaching, and learning in a world of infinite knowledge - where today's tools support learning everywhere and all the time. The proliferation of high-speed Internet access, the near ubiquity of mobile communication devices, and...

  
• 06.03.2008

  Episode 11 - Interview with Matt Kuhn

  Matt sits down to talk to us and gives us an overview of his three McREL sessions from the conference, talks about open source software, putting your district money towards bandwidth, and remembers the good old days of the movie...

  
• 06.02.2008

  Episode 10 - McREL Power Walkthrough

  Classroom Observation Techniques & Software Get more from your classroom observations You know that to be an effective instructional leader, you should conduct regular classroom observations. But what should you look for when observing teachers? How should you track progress...

  
• 06.02.2008

  Episode 9 - McREL Online Learning Communities

  Research that says that professional development is most effective when it aims to create professional learning communities — places where teachers learn and work together to apply research to improving student achievement. By providing ongoing professional development and support for...

  
• 06.02.2008

  Episode 8 - McREL Balanced Leadership in Technology

  Matt Kuhn focuses on six major research findings from McREL’s meta- and factor-analyses on principal leadership. It also includes an introduction to the concept of shared leadership, balanced leadership, and the Balanced Leadership Framework™ in the context of leading educational...

  
• 05.29.2008

  Episode 7 - Social Networking in Education

  Steve Hargadon discusses the safe and educational uses of social networking and the new tools that make it easy to establish collaborative learning communities.   Useful links from the presentation OpenOffice.org Knoppix Curriki MIT Open Course School 2.0 Ning - create your own social network www.stevehargadon.com...

  
• 05.29.2008

  Episode 6 - Dr. David Thornburg's Keynote Presentation

  Dr. Thornburg gives his keynote presentation, Forget About the Future, It's the Present That Concerns Me, at the TCA 2008 conference. For many years the presenter has shared visions of the future with educators around the world in the...