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= Welcome to GADM 860 Technology for Educational Leaders =

This wiki will serve the Home Base for our class. The wiki format allows you to edit it and add your own resources.

There are six enrolled in this class--which is great--and you come from different backgrounds and have different professional goals. Your responses to the questions about what you want to know could be summarized as...just about "everything". And so, we are going to cover a broad selection of tools and ideas//.// I firmly believe that technology is only useful to the extent that it can be a tool that helps solve problems. I have grouped these tools into four areas:
 * 1) ====Research--finding what you need.====
 * 2) ====Organization--keeping track of all the stuff you have found out, need to know, and need to do.====
 * 3) ====Communication--with individuals, groups, and the world at large.====
 * 4) ====Presentation/Teaching--teaching in the classroom and at a distance, and Technology Integration in the classroom====

There is also an Explore area with various resources and Issues that looks at current thinking on the role of technology in society and education.
====Within each of these areas you will be able to focus on the tools and processes that suit you. There will also be time to further explore your own interests. And...if we find that this is not working, we will reshuffle and try something else.====


 * 1) ====Explore some of the sites, articles, and resources. See the Explore page in the menu on the left sidebar. Note that it has a place for you to add resources. The Tech Links for Faculty also has many sites chosen for university faculty.====
 * 2) ====Decide on a few different usernames (in case some are not available) and passwords you can use in creating accounts. Many of the tools we will use require you to sign in to an account, e.g. Google, Yahoo, Hotmail, Skype. If you like, you can cancel these after the class.====
 * 3) ====Choose a topic/content area you would like to know more about--preferably not just a technology issue. It can be professional, e.g. student fitness and learning, optimal school size, project-based learning, etc., or personal, e.g. gardening, music, vacation destinations, etc. You will use some of the tools we learn about to gather knowledge and resources on this topic.====
 * 4) ====Choose a topic for an online lesson. We will not have time to create an entire course online, but you will create a lesson that would typically represent one week in an online course. It would be best to choose something you have taught before or are familiar with, so you can focus on the teaching strategy. Bring any notes, files or other resources you have on hand.====
 * 5) ====Ask some questions, and feel free to answer some as well. Use the Discussion tab at the top of the page.====