EDTL 6320:Tech Leadership and Professional Development

Evelyn Piscitelli

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Vision for Educational Technology Leadership Philosophy
To help students develop 21st Century skills, schools should provides students with innovative
and learning digital tools and learning experiences that they can late use in the workforce.
Teachers should help students prepare and accommodating students to meet these goals by
implementing and allowing students to participate in online and blended classroom learning. A
successful curriculum increases student achievement by applying real world applications for
learning, using data to inform learning, teaching , and leadership, and focuses on effective use
of technology .

Link to Dynamic Media Vision

https://prezi.com/ztxrq93cqq14/transformational-change/

Other resources or professional development opportunities you would employ to support

transformational change
Futaba Classroom Games for Kids--Apps for Education

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/futaba-classroom-games-for/id487979995?
mt=8

Virtual learning communities

Virtual Learning Communities allow teachers to reach beyond their classroom walls, sharing
resources and drawing on the expertise of colleagues without the limitations of time and location.
Heres a quick overview of the funding, focus, and features of three free sites.
http://www.thinkfinity.org/

Instructional skills

EDTL 6320:Tech Leadership and Professional Development

Evelyn Piscitelli

http://www.learningfront.com/
as Taskbuilder templates to document instruction. Drop-down menus (featuring both generic and
specific school site formats) expedite constructing units, lessons, and plans for differentiation.
The embedded wiki feature supports team lesson design. Instructional tools such as graphic
organizers simplify preparation of student materials. Learning Fronts user-friendly tools ease the
paperwork load that can be a distraction from instruction. Professional networking options are
more local than global. Learning Front is a free access commercial site.

Identifying learningstyles

https://www.k12irc.org/development/identifying.phper styles

MODULE 6: RESOURCE WEBSITE UPDATES

Vision for Educational Technology Leadership Philosophy

To help students develop 21st Century skills, schools should provides students with innovative
and learning digital tools and learning experiences that they can late use in the workforce.
Teachers should help students prepare and accommodating students to meet these goals by
implementing and allowing students to participate in online and blended classroom learning. A
successful curriculum increases student achievement by applying real world applications for
learning, using data to inform learning, teaching , and leadership, and focuses on effective use
of technology .
Link to Dynamic Media Vision
https://prezi.com/ztxrq93cqq14/transformational-change/
Futaba Classroom Games for Kids--Apps for Education
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/futaba-classroom-games-for/id487979995?mt=8
Virtual learning communities
Virtual Learning Communities allow teachers to reach beyond their classroom walls, sharing
resources and drawing on the expertise of colleagues without the limitations of time and location.
Heres a quick overview of the funding, focus, and features of three free sites.

EDTL 6320:Tech Leadership and Professional Development

Evelyn Piscitelli

http://www.thinkfinity.org/
Instructional skills
http://www.learningfront.com/
The Taskbuilder templates to document instruction. Drop-down menus (featuring both generic
and specific school site formats) expedite constructing units, lessons, and plans for
differentiation. The embedded wiki feature supports team lesson design. Instructional tools such
as graphic organizers simplify preparation of student materials. Learning Fronts user-friendly
tools ease the paperwork load that can be a distraction from instruction. Professional networking
options are more local than global. Learning Front is a free access commercial site.
Identifying Learning styles
https://www.k12irc.org/development/identifying.phper styles

Documentation and Presentation tools

Google Docs--gives you the ability to collaborate on the creating of documents, speadsheet, and
slide shows.
https://www.google.com/docs/about/

ZOHO--part of a suite of free web based tools which offers document spreadsheets, and
quiz/survey creation tools
https://www.zoho.com/O show

Animoto--allows students to create great looking video without the need for editing skills.
https://animoto.com/business/education

Tools for Communicating with Parents and Students

Edublogs-- provides teachers and students with a free blogging platform

EDTL 6320:Tech Leadership and Professional Development

Evelyn Piscitelli

https://edublogs.org/
Weebly --- free website creation
https://www.weebly.com/home/

Tools for Creating Collaborative Student Projects

Wikispaces--A free wiki host providing community wiki spaces, visual page editing, and
discussion
https://www.wikispaces.com/

Voicethread-- can be used as a great tool for students , parents, and teachers to collaborate on
projects.
https://voicethread.com/