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What Every Principal Needs
to Know
What Every Principal Needs
to Knowabout your Technology VISION and Network
INFRASTRUCTURE to move your school FORWARD
about your Technology VISION and Network INFRASTRUCTURE
to move your school FORWARD
Mike [email protected]
Mike [email protected]
Laurie YinglingLumen Christi Catholic School (Mequon)St Robert School (Shorewood)Archdiocese of [email protected]
Laurie YinglingLumen Christi Catholic School (Mequon)St Robert School (Shorewood)Archdiocese of [email protected]
A VISION for
Schools today...
A VISION for
Schools today...
is to create Student-Centered Learning
Environments
is to create Student-Centered Learning
Environments
Our world has CHANGED and we
need to prepare students TODAY
for THEIR TOMORROW
Our world has CHANGED and we
need to prepare students TODAY
for THEIR TOMORROW
Learning today should NOT look like
learning from the past
Learning today should NOT look like
learning from the past
Three Assumptions:
1. Education will soon be ‘digital and mobile’2. Create (vs consume) and Publish (vs print) 3. Teachers need to ‘own’ technology
Three Assumptions:
1. Education will soon be ‘digital and mobile’2. Create (vs consume) and Publish (vs print) 3. Teachers need to ‘own’ technology
Career-ready skills:Career-ready skills:
CommunicationCollaborationCritical ThinkingCreativity
examplesexamples
“We shouldn’t limit our students’
opportunities with technology to what
we know how to do as adults.”
- Scott McLeod @mcleod
“We shouldn’t limit our students’
opportunities with technology to what
we know how to do as adults.”
- Scott McLeod @mcleod
We must impose a PARADIGM
SHIFT in our schools; we
need to update how we ‘DO’ school
We must impose a PARADIGM
SHIFT in our schools; we
need to update how we ‘DO’ school
Sir Ken Robinson:“Do Schools Kill Creativity?’’ and
“Changing Paradigms in Education”
on the convention webpage
Sir Ken Robinson:“Do Schools Kill Creativity?’’ and
“Changing Paradigms in Education”
on the convention webpage
Watch:
There is no textbook to teach ingenuity; no textbook
to teach problem solving; no textbook to
teach divergent thinking
There is no textbook to teach ingenuity; no textbook
to teach problem solving; no textbook to
teach divergent thinking
Our childrenlearn by doing
Our childrenlearn by doing
Creativity Counts
Examples of Student-Centered Learning
Examples of Student-Centered Learning
Top Ten Topics for AdministratorsTop Ten Topics for Administrators
1. VisionAdministrators need to formulate a long-range plan for creating 21st century learning environments in their schools
Principals need to model the change they want to see in their schools
Principals need to model the change they want to see in their schools
Do you have expectations for your classrooms to be student-centered learning environments?
Are you ‘directing’ that change? Rigor and Relevance
Do you collaborate with faculty and colleagues using online tools?
Setting the example
Are you replacing the paper filing cabinet in your office with a Google Apps domain or online mobile Dropbox account?
It is POSSIBLE to work more efficiently AND effectively
Principals need to model the change they want to see in their schools
Principals need to model the change they want to see in their schools
Do you have a personal blog to share all the great stuff and archive what you are reading, seeing, finding, hearing, thinking?
Do you have a school website, blog, Facebook and Twitter account?
Are you discussing how to use ‘Bloom’s Taxonomy’ (Rigor and Relevance) to create higher-order thinking projects?
Top Ten Topics for AdministratorsTop Ten Topics for Administrators
2. Network and Infrastructure
Your vision can not be realized until your ‘systems’ are in place
Administrators need to manage this process
Consider your IT staff; for whom do they work?
Top Ten Topics for AdministratorsTop Ten Topics for Administrators
3. Move Away from the Textbook
“Nothing in education puts a bigger ceiling on
learning than limiting kids to what is in the textbook...
“Nothing in education puts a bigger ceiling on
learning than limiting kids to what is in the textbook...
...We live in an age of iPads, Google and
Skype. To the learner that wants to know more, do more, and explore more, the opportunities are
there....
...We live in an age of iPads, Google and
Skype. To the learner that wants to know more, do more, and explore more, the opportunities are
there....
...we just have to think OUTSIDE of
the Book.- Dangerously Irrelevant Blog
(http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2012/08/think-outside-the-book.html
) Krissy Venosdale via http://venspired.com/?p=3225
...we just have to think OUTSIDE of
the Book.- Dangerously Irrelevant Blog
(http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2012/08/think-outside-the-book.html
) Krissy Venosdale via http://venspired.com/?p=3225
Invest in your teachers...they can
write their own textbooks!
Invest in your teachers...they can
write their own textbooks!
Invest in your students...let them
create!
Invest in your students...let them
create!
Top Ten Topics for AdministratorsTop Ten Topics for Administrators
4. Create Student-Centered Learning Environments
“Sit down in front” mentality
Are you in the way of learning?
Characteristics of a student-centered classroom
Curriculum
Characteristics of a student-centered classroom
Curriculum
Characteristics of a student-centered classroom
Instruction
Characteristics of a student-centered classroom
Instruction
Characteristics of a student-centered classroom
Assessment
Characteristics of a student-centered classroom
Assessment
Top Ten Topics for AdministratorsTop Ten Topics for Administrators
5. Create and Publish
Create vs Consume
Publish vs Print
Top Ten Topics for AdministratorsTop Ten Topics for Administrators
6. Go Digital and Mobile! This is the future of education
Move away from your network
Collaborate online
Eliminate printing
Got Google Apps for Education?
In the near future all students will have hand-held
mobile devices
Will you allow a BYOD program?
Will your staff be prepared to use iPads or other tablets?
In the near future all students will have hand-held
mobile devices
Will you allow a BYOD program?
Will your staff be prepared to use iPads or other tablets?
Top Ten Topics for AdministratorsTop Ten Topics for Administrators
•7. Create PLNs (Personal Learning Networks) for yourself and your staff
•Social Media
•Personal Learning Networks
•ArchMiledu
ArchMiledufacebook.com/archmiledu
ArchMiledufacebook.com/archmiledu
Top Ten Topics for AdministratorsTop Ten Topics for Administrators
8. Information Literacy•Are you preparing your
students to be information literate?
•Is your school library stuck in the past?
See the ‘Library Media Resources’ page on Arch convention site
Top Ten Topics for AdministratorsTop Ten Topics for Administrators
9. How We ‘Do’ School•Is your library the ‘center’ of your school? •Do you have someone in your library teaching students how to be information literate?
•Have you shifted the role of the ‘computer lab teacher’ to one that supports all the needs of classroom staff?
•Do you still have a computer lab?
•Are your classroom teachers integrating technology?
This generation thinks in pictures, words, still
images, and video and is comfortable mixing them
all in the same space.- Scott McLeod
This generation thinks in pictures, words, still
images, and video and is comfortable mixing them
all in the same space.- Scott McLeod
Top Ten Topics for AdministratorsTop Ten Topics for Administrators
10. Online LearningWebinars
MoodleOnline coursesOnline conferencesSkype an authorBlogs
A Pep Talkby Kid President
A Pep Talkby Kid President
ResourcesResources
Convention Website
ACT 21 Website
Archdiocese of Milwaukee Facebook page: (facebook.com/archmiledu) and
•Twitter (@ArchMILedu)
IT Infrastructure for Educational
Environments
IT Infrastructure for Educational
Environments
Network ComponentsNetwork Components
Servers DNS System
Switches Wireless Network
Firewalls / Routers Client Devices
Email System Operating Systems
Antivirus/Spyware System
Inventory Bandwidth
Backup System Inventory
Directory Database IT Support
ServersServersMultiple servers for redundancy
•multiple power supplies
•multiple hard drives
•RAID system
Adequate memory
SwitchesSwitches1000/mb speed
Managed
VLAN segmentation
Reduce the number of switches to least possible
Do not put switches in classroom
Firewalls / RoutersFirewalls / Routers
Content Filtering
Logging/History
Sizing based on network
Security, first line of defense
Appliance based vs software based
Email SystemEmail System
Exchange
Google Docs for Education
Antivirus / Spyware / Malware System
Antivirus / Spyware / Malware System
Server based administration
Client based software
Backup SystemBackup System
Onsite
Tape
Hard Drive
Offsite
Subscription Service
Directory DatabaseDirectory Database
Active Directory
Open Directory
LDAP integration
One database maintained by multiple servers at different locations
DNS SystemDNS SystemEverything ‘talks’ better when DNS is set up correctly
login issues
printing issues
mapping issues
Internal domain vs public domain
Redundancy
Wireless NetworkWireless Network
Stand-alone access points
Managed wireless network
Security
WPA KeyWEP KeyRadius
Client DevicesClient DevicesComputers - PCs & Macs
iPads, Smart Phones
Mobile Device Management
Apple iOS
Apple configurator
Manual USB sync
MDM Server
Wireless sync
Operating SystemsOperating SystemsTry to get everyone on the same level
Support packs, updates
Important to stay current
browser support
software support
Internet BandwidthInternet BandwidthWideband Technology
Web 2.0 apps and internet technologies are pushing the limits of bandwidth
“Publishing” student work online philosophy is putting more importance on upload speeds
E-rate funding
InventoryInventory
You need one!
Software and hardware
Makes IT management easier
Saves time
IT SupportIT SupportContractual partners vs an hourly break / fix agreement
Take ownership of network
Regular monitoring and maintenance
Advisory role
Partner with companies that understand school environments
Budgets
Educational Pricing
Participate in technology committees
