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Educational Administrators inspire and lead development and implementation of a shared vision for comprehensive integration of technology to promote excellence and support transformation throughout the organization. Educational Administrators:
 * 1. Visionary Leadership**
 * a. || inspire and facilitate among all stakeholders a shared vision of purposeful change that maximizes use of digital-age resources to meet and exceed learning goals, support effective instructional practice, and maximize performance of district and school leaders. ||
 * b. || engage in an ongoing process to develop, implement, and communicate technology-infused strategic plans aligned with a shared vision. ||
 * c. || advocate on local, state and national levels for policies, programs, and funding to support implementation of a technology-infused vision and strategic plan. ||

a. Movie Maker could be useful and fun for faculity and administration to make/demonstrate changes that are going to be made in the district. This could be a good way to get teacher buy-in in a new way of doing things.

Jeff

1.Visionary leadership wants us to inspire and lead the transformation to the digital age. Administrators need to develop a shared vision for the school, modify for all stakeholders, and advocate for the funding of the technology revolution.

JPN

The google presentations would be excellent for teachers to share experiences and creative/innovative ideas. Would really help new teachers in the district.

Josh West

a.) Each year we throw our goals for the year together and present them to the School Board. I would love to see us use the google presentation and each department create a slide of their goals, how they will achieve them, and how they will assess them. Then put the presentation on the school's website to share with all stakeholders, including community, parents, etc. - Lisa Fleming

1. a, b, c Wouldn't it be awesome to not have a faculty or content area meetings? Instead, you use the Wiki for discussing the topics. One implication is setting a timeframe for responses. I do understand that if teachers don't use e-mail that often, how would they use the wiki? I'll think more about that one! Rod

I would use the google document for a working calendar. This way all faculty has the ability to add and change what they need to and everyone would have the ability to view it. I would save the paper copy in the lounge form being incorrect or out dated. -Emily

1a and 1b At our school we are working on a common syllabus among the language arts department. A google document can help us develop our ideas more frequently, provided we all have dependable Internet service. It saves some time by having one area for all of the ideas, rather than sending e-mail back and forth and saving paperwork. -Rod

1b and 1c An RSS feed would help manage subscriptions for a variety of purposes. For example, if you're re-writing a procedure or policy that often changes, you'd have up to date information as to the changes and regulations of them. You might be writing grants or asked to do so. Having one place for your subscriptions can save time so that you can keep updated on deadlines and requirements. -Rod

1c and 4a The use of a **blog** as an administrator could be instrumental in sharing information with stakeholders throughout the district and community. Information related to changes happening within a school or district could be clearly explained through the use of this media. Links could also be provided in an attempt to better inform stakeholders on the reasons specific decisions are being made, such as a link to the state budget proposal, or lack thereof, when attempting to explain budget cuts at the district level. An administrator could also use this format to share information about activities happening at a building or district level, as well as information about themselves at a professional level. -Jennifer R.

1a, 1b, 1c The use of **"Movie Maker"** could work very effectively in facilitating the implementation of certain initiatives at the school or district-wide level. A movie could be created showing staff members how to correctly or incorrectly implement specific strategies, showing students working on specific initiatives or meeting expectations of these initiatives, or simply describing or explaining how these initiatives have been implemented in the past and could be integrated into a district philosophy. (i.e. PBIS) -Jennifer R.

I would use the movie maker for beginning of the year staff functions. It would be a great way to show new employees fun moments or could be a important tool for poor moments. When I first made the video my initial thoughts were beginning of the year activities with staff.

Josh West