Supporting administrators with web 2.0 tools

Internet Schools West 2007

Carolyn FooteWestlake HS, Eanes ISDcfoote@eanes.k12.tx.us

Welcome to IL West 2007

Welcome via Voice Thread

Why?

administrators hold keys

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Radical Transparency

Uses of web 2.0 toolsfor administrators

work efficiency

model use

communication

provide transparency

sense of community

internal planning

currency

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How? Notes on sharing

Factors to consider when sharing tools with principals:

“SimplicityUbiquityReliabilityUsabilityAffordability”

Doug Johnson

http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/blue-skunk-blog/2007/4/23/application-triage.html

Twitter

What tools?

blogs

Leader Talk

Mabry Online

G – Town Talks

Reflections on why blog

• Terry Holliday

“I have been amazed at the response to my blog. It has helped convey the district initiatives, help staff and community better understand me as a leader and individual, and has helped recruit teachers and leaders to our school system.”

Educational Discourse

Dangerously Irrelevant

Edublogs

podcasts

Podcasting Principal

Podcasting tools

• Gabcast—records directly

• Audacity to record, Lame to convert to mp3

• Olympus Ws-100 to record and upload

wikis

Pbwiki

Wikispaces

other tools

Google

Del.icio.us/

Jott

Bloglines

www.connectedlibraries.pbwiki.com