EDAL670 - Technology for Leaders

Lesson Plan for Module 1 Online Class. We will try to follow the outline listed below so that we can complete everything and try to be as efficient as possible

• Log on to D2L through this address http://d2l.andrews.edu/ using your USERNAME and PASSWORD. This should be your AU Username found at the beginning of your AU e-mail address. For example my AU e-mail address is jimjeff@andrews.edu. Therefore, my username is jimjeff and the password of course is what I have chosen.
• When you enter the D2L area go to EDAL670 - Technology for Leaders. On the very top toolbar, Click on EDAL670 CHATS Now go to EDAL670 Monday, Feb 2 Chat and click to enter.
• When you come to the chat area., you will see your name on the left side bar. Make sure the cursor is in the Bottom Box.. Begin to type and introduce yourself and hit send. You will see your message in the CHAT box area.
• When we begin the class we will have an Introduction to each other..Just tell us a little bit about yourself. We have 6 or 7 people today: . Welcome to a class with online Conversations and Chats. It would be a good time now to open a second browser window. To that just click again on your desktop the browser you normally use - Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer.
• Let's begin by having a Devotional - Read The worship entitled No Time to Bother with Religion http://dailywisdom.gospelcom.net/archives/2002/03/14/
  • Answer this one question. (Why did Bonhoeffer argue that "if persons claim to be persons of faith, there is no room for taking the easy way out"? Why is this so in life and can you give some personal examples?
• Prayer - JJeffery
• Lesson Plan for Today
  • Welcome to EDAL670 Online Class today.
  • Today we begin by looking at Leadership and Technology . What is a Leader? What are the primary qualities of a school leader in the 21st Century? I would direct your attention to this paper . What is a Leader? http://www.leadernetwork.org/leaderdef.htm Take a few minutes to read this short paper. What is the main difference between a leader and a manager?
  • Let's read another view of what constitutes a Technology Leader. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2008/07/How-to-Be-a-Super-Tech-Leader.aspx
  • Let's look at what made MARY JO GORNEY-MORENO a technology leader. What do you think of Secret #1? - Broaden Your Horizon
  • Secret #2 - Communicate. Why is this so important?
  • What is Secret #3? Be an Insider? What does this mean? Let's look down the list of other secrets. (You might want to print out this article for the online class)
  • What does Passion have to do with Leadership?
  1. Now let's look at this next article, Leveraging Learning for Generation I found here. http://www.aasa.org/publications/saarticledetail.cfm?ItemNumber=3780 I will give you 5 minutes to read the article.
  2. I would then like you to react to this statement: "Once you go to the Internet, you no longer are constrained by physical presence. The Internet acts as a major enabler, linking people to anytime-anywhere learning and as a catalyst to help revolutionize our educational system." Is this a correct assessment?
  3. Now for the Final Collaborative Section School leaders say that teachers need many professional development opportunities to learn technology. In fact, adults have a much harder time learning computer skills than children do. What are the best methods for teaching teachers about technology? Please go this this site http://www.electronic-school.com/0398f1.html
• Let's begin to ask these questions:
• What is the DIgital Divide?
• Why does this digital generation gap have serious consequences for schools?
• Why does this digital generation gap have serious consequences for students?
• The article says, "That's why, before attempting any technology training, you must first get teachers excited about the prospect of using computers" What are th ebst ways to get teacheres "turned on to technology"?
• Finally: Technology training takes a great deal of time. For adults, the learning curve for developing technology skills is like learning a new language -- and it's a very unforgiving learning curve at that. Why is this so?

Thanks very much again for entering into this method of class and community building, . Hope that this class time was profitable...