Effectively Using Technology for Leading and Learning
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Bobby Dodd provides a list of apps and websites that educators can use to grow professionally, including Flipboard for reading articles, Facebook and Twitter for connecting with other educators, and YouTube for tutorial videos. He emphasizes that digital leaders need to continually learn about technology to share information with students, staff, and parents and to model personalizing learning. Dodd shares his contact information and encourages connecting on social media.
Effectively Using Technology for Leading and Learning
- 1. Bobby Dodd Gahanna Lincoln H.S., Principal 2016 NASSP Digital Principal of the Year
- 2. Why? • Why do I need to grow? • Why do I need to get better at what I do? • Why do I need to be the best I can be? • Why do I really need those things? – I’m good at what I do. Kids love me! – I get Accomplished ratings each year!
- 4. Make the Choice to Make a Change
- 5. Think: “Its about growing myself” • I can identify and access different apps and websites to use for my professional growth • I can utilize different apps and websites to gain knowledge and share with others to grow my profession. • I can explain to others how and when to access different apps and websites to grow professionally.
- 6. Flipboard • App and website for reading articles, journals, and posts in any area that interests you. • Create magazines that are based on specific interests (ex. Education technology, Parenting Teens) • Read articles/posts, share them with staff, students and parents. (Ex. I share Parenting Teens articles with my parents in newsletters) • Access app any chance you get – try to go there once every 2 days (Ex. During child practice, relaxing at home)
- 7. Facebook • Becoming more of a place to share professional articles/posts, quotes, stories, experiences • Start searching for different educators and leaders who you want to connect with to learn more about them professionally and personally. • Great way to comment on articles/posts and get more ideas from different educators & leaders. • Access at any time during the day. I use it more after school to learn what different educators and leaders are doing in their schools.
- 8. Twitter • App/website to research professional posts. • Utilize hashtags (#) to find out more about specific topics (ex. #spedchat, #sschat, #ohedchat) • Similar to Facebook, great way to learn get information fast and efficiently – click on what you like, don’t click on what you don’t. • Access Twitter anytime during the day – best time to post is in the 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM if you are looking for a response back
- 9. Voxer • App where you can communicate with anyone similar to a walkie-talkie. • You can share voice messages, text messages, images, links, and videos. • It is free or there is a pro-version for $3 per/month • Useful for sharing professional resources, book chats, security in schools, extension of Twitter chats. • You can “vox” anytime, anywhere. The beauty is, you can do it while driving or anything else.
- 10. Pinterest • Pin your interests and read other pins from people who share the same interests. • Create your own board to organize your pins; share with others. • Great tool to use in the classroom with students for projects. • Find articles/posts on different areas and share with others. • Access Pinterest at any time; that is the great thing about it.
- 11. YouTube • Great place to find tutorial videos on anything. • For example, “I don’t know how to screencast and wouldn’t know where to start” • “Our team wants to use common formative assessments. Where do we start?” • Every time you watch a video, you are growing. • As long as you can “Search”, you can use YouTube.
- 12. Cybraryman • One of the top website resources for educators. • Resources for every educator (and parents, students) on a variety of different topics. • Not a flashy site, but very informative.
- 13. Inc.com • Resource that many would think is for business, but is a great resource for educators and leaders too. • For example, “I need to figure out how to get our brand out to more people.” • Great articles and posts from leading minds around the world. • Great app too. Huge presence on Twitter. • Good for motivational posts & success tips. • I also use Fast Company and Entrepreneur
- 14. GettingSmart.com • Website resource for leaders and educators. • Broken down into EdTech, Leadership and Learning. • Ideas for uses of different types of assessments and instructional methods. • Very large presence on Twitter.
- 15. EducatorsTechnology.com • Terrific website resource that has daily blogs on areas from iPads, how to use Google Drive, and infographics to name a few. • For Google districts, a great resource on how to use Google Drive and the different features Google Docs offers.
- 16. DitchThatTextBook.com • Website resource with great tips on a variety of useful ideas and tips. Anything from preparing students with useful skills to how to use Google Apps. • Great resource to share with staff members for tips on how to use different resources.
- 17. Screencastomatic.com • Record what you are doing on the screen. • Record how to use different resources, website, apps, tools and share them with others. • How does this help ME get better? – Train your staff or students on how to create screencasts and have them share with you. – Share screencasts every Friday during class or during Staff Meetings or in your weekly update.
- 18. Blogs • Find people and organizations to follow by using social media tools such Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and other website resources. • Also uses different website resources (search engines) to help find relevant blogs. • Great way to reflect, but also get great ideas and insights. • Follow blogs that you enjoy so you can get the most recent blogs sent to you.
- 19. WingClips • Great website for motivational quotes/ideas from different movies. • Utilize quotes/ideas in classroom, with staff, with parents. • How will this make me grow? – The different quotes and sayings can help spark something for you: motivation, determination
- 20. Why Do I Need To Learn More About Technology? • You may not be an expert in technology, but you need to become more knowledgeable about it. • You need to be able to share information with students, staff, and parents about technology. • You need to Personalize Your Learning to model for others. • Digital Leaders Read to Succeed
- 22. Contact Information Email: robertdodd43783@gmail.com Twitter: @bobby__dodd Instagram: bobby__dodd Voxer: bobby__dodd Pinterest: @glhsprincipal Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/people/Bobb y-Dodd/100007881709222 Blog: http://www.glhsprincipal.blogspot.com Website: http://www.TheEducationalLeaders.com