Administrator Technology Toolkit: Implementation at Towson University Linda Macaulay, Ed.D. Department of Educational Technology and Literacy lmacaulay@towson.edu Dr. Judy Flood MSET Executive Director msetexecdirector@gmail.com Common Ground, April 19, 2012

Objectives Participants will learn: How the Administrator Technology Toolkit was utilized in a graduate course. Features of the toolkit that students found useful. Aspects of the toolkit needing revision

Administrator Technology Toolkit An online tool to support school administrators as they: acquire and maintain the skills necessary to be technology literate and meet the Maryland Technology Literacy Standards for School Administrators. Developed by MSET and MSDE

Formative Assessment – Minute Paper For one minute, write your answer to the following question: What do you know about the Administrator Technology Toolkit? Have you used it? How? We will share your responses with the whole group.

Access the Toolkit http://mset.mrooms3.net Login as a guest or register Username is first part of your email address before the @ and password is changeme Use all lowercase letters, no spaces

What is in the Toolkit? Leadership Teaching And Learning Data- Driven Decision Making Management And Operations Professional Practice And Productivity Social, Legal, And Ethical Issues

Implementation at Towson Graduate course in Instructional Technology Masters program ISTC 702: Leadership and Technology Fall 2011

Technology Standards Facilitated Discussion Small groups assigned one of six NETS-A standards to facilitate Group prepared guided discussion questions Group assigned brief activity (from toolkit) for class to complete during discussion to better understand the standard Discussion lasted approximately 30-45 minutes for each standard

Positive Aspects of Toolkit Navigation bar for standards Getting Around the Toolkit Pre and Post Assessment for PD Video intro. for each standard Useful weblinks and articles Practical application of standards Content to also share with teachers

Improvements Needed Summary/Overview of entire toolkit needed Screencast tour? Need annotations for HOW to use the toolkit Need arrow to move BACK in toolkit (only have NEXT arrows) Guest Access doesn’t let you participate in discussion forums Promote the discussion boards more Make Resources Page more prominent with visible link on each page since explains how to use toolkit Make sure all weblinks have descriptions of what they are Keep list of links to other sections visible on every page so it is easier to navigate More text features (bold, color, graphic cues) to make more engaging

Next Steps Create screencasts for each standard to explain content within each more clearly Repair broken links Annotate all links Add additional resources to keep toolkit up-to-date Suggestions?? Webex First Steps Document

Conclusion How and why do you plan on using the toolkit? Questions? Want a digital copy of this presentation? Email Lmacaulay@towson.edu