Links for Administrators
Planning	The Administrator's Role in Technology Integration http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/tech087.shtml 'Formative Leadership' Theory Views Principal as Leader of Leaders http://www.education-world.com/a_admin/admin189.shtml Leadership (for Technological Change) http://www.southern.org/pubs/stc/MT8.html Mission Statements With Vision: Where Is Your School Going? http://www.education-world.com/a_admin/admin229.shtml Critical Issue: Building a Collective Vision http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/leadrshp/le100.htm Critical Issue: Building a Committed Team http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/leadrshp/le200.htm Critical Issue: Leading and Managing Change and Improvement http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/leadrshp/le500.htm Golden Nuggets: Seven Tips for Technology Success http://www.education-world.com/a_admin/admin228.shtml Technology Planning: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly http://agent.microsoft.com/education/instruction/articles/planTMM.asp Assessing Staff Technology Needs: Do the Current Tools Work? http://www.education-world.com/a_admin/admin226.shtml Solving the Substitute Shortage, Part 2: Exploring Other Options http://www.education-world.com/a_admin/admin186.shtml
Public Relations	Public Relations 101: How-To Tips for School Administrators http://www.education-world.com/a_admin/admin123.shtml Community Involvement (from Educators’ Toolkit by NSBA) http://www.nsba.org/sbot/toolkit/ComInv.html Schools and the Public http://www.nwrel.org/request/feb01/thenandnow.html 10 Little-Known, Rarely Discussed, Highly Effective Presentation Techniques http://www.3m.com/meetingnetwork/articles_advice/marjorie/01-01.html Promoting Technology: 13 Ways To Do It http://www.nctp.com/html/promoting_technology.cfm School Home Page Building Blocks http://www.learningspace.org/content/default.html Web Page Creators Links http://www.montwell.com/weller/creators.html
Constructivist Approach to Learning (aka Problem/Project Based Learning or Inquiry-Based Learning)	Are You a Techno-Constructivist? http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/tech005.shtml If I Teach This Way, Am I Doing My Job? Constructivism in the Classroom http://206.58.233.20/L&L/archive/vol27/no1/feature/ Readings:Project-Based Learning http://www.jacksonesd.k12.or.us/it/ws/pbl/ Tales From the Electronic Frontier http://www.wested.org/tales/textonly/index.html Institute for Inquiry http://www.exploratorium.edu/IFI/index.html School Reform: What Role can Technology Play in a Constructivist Setting? http://pixel.cs.vt.edu/edu/fis/techcons.html Center for Problem-Based Learning http://www.imsa.edu/team/cpbl/learning.html
Keeping Up	Bill McInerney’s List of good Web sites for K-12 administrators http://www.edst.purdue.edu/mcinerney/main/edadmin.htm Education Week http://www.edweek.org/ NetDay Compass site http://www.netdaycompass.org/ Technology and Learning Magazine Online http://www.techlearning.com/content/about/tl_current.html Teachnology-The Web Portal for Educators http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/educational_technology/
Online Tutorials	Learning On the Fly: Online Tutorials Teach It All! http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr158.shtml From Concept to Classroom (short online “courses”-may need to sign in-free membership) http://www.thirteen.org/wnetschool/concept2class/index.html Arlington Public School’s List of Online Training Resources http://www.arlington.k12.va.us/imic/train/trainindex.htm#MS The Learning Space (some require membership-$35/annually) http://www.learningspace.org/teach_learn/tech/how_to/howto.html http://www.learningspace.org/teach_learn/tech/tech.html