Yesterday I had the pleasure of presenting to a group of administrators of career technical schools. The presentation was in the form of a round table discussion around the topic of using wiki’s in education. This is the first time I have ever done a session directed towards administrators. It was an eye opening experience.
These administrators were very interested in how the technology can be used. They asked great questions, and I thank them for inviting me to be part of their professional development event. I believe I may have learned something more importaint than any of them did. As we try to get teachers to see the value of web 2.0 tools, we need to put a little more focus on getting administrators to see their value.
My new goal (I realy need to stop adding to this list) is to teach administrators how to use blogs, wikis, etc… as communications and collaboration tools. As they learn to use these tools, it will model for teachers how powerful these tools can be.
So my current goal list is:
- Do a better job of doing my job (should always be number one for all of us)
- Teach in a 1:1 environment (one computer per student)
- Get administrators to model how to effectively use web 2.0 tools
- Get teachers to effectively use web2.0 tools.
Now the challenge, how do I get the ear and time of the administrators? Off to start.
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July 21st, 2008 at 11:10 pm
You probably benefited more from this experience than the administrators did, since it was your first time working with school leaders.. Getting up and talking to that particular audience had to be intimidating. I’m glad it seemed to work out well for you.