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You Bought a Bunch of Technology During the Pandemic. Now What? |
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Dr. Scott McLeod
During the pandemic we donned our superhero capes and finally put computers and internet access in the hands of our students. Then most of us took our capes off and gave kids digital worksheets. ... In this session we'll talk about leadership strategies to move beyond the traditional learning-teaching paradigm.
| Audience: | Chief technology officers/superintendents/school board members, Principals/head teachers, Technology coordinators/facilitators |
| Skill level: | Beginner |
| Attendee devices: | Devices required |
| Attendee device specification: | Smartphone: Android, iOS, Windows Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows |
| Topic: | Leadership |
| Grade level: | PK-12 |
| ISTE Standards: | For Education Leaders: Equity and Citizenship Advocate
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| Additional detail: | ISTE author presentation |
The purpose of this session is to help school leaders leverage the new learning technologies that we purchased over the past couple of years for more than factual recall and procedural regurgitation. We shouldn't unlearn our new skills and learning tools just because they conflict with traditional mindsets about P-12 schooling. As we emerge from the pandemic, too many schools have returned to old ways of thinking and being...
5 minutes - framing the problem
10 minutes - conversation
30 minutes - system-level redesigns
10 minutes - conversation
5 minutes - wrap-up
We will dip in and out of active, hands-on design and discussion throughout the session.
Richardson, J. W., Bathon, J. M., & McLeod, S. (2021). Leadership for deeper learning: Facilitating school innovation and transformation. New York, NY: Routledge.
McLeod, S., & Dulsky, S. (2021). Resilience, reorientation, and reinvention: School leadership during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Education, 6:637075. Available at https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2021.637075/full
McLeod, S. (2020, September). Designing for high engagement. Wisconsin School News, 74(12), 8-11.
McLeod, S. (2020, Summer). Rising to the challenge and looking ahead: School leadership during the pandemic. UCEA Review, 61(2), 17-19.
McLeod, S. (2020, June/July). Never waste a good crisis. Wisconsin School News, 74(10), 6-9.
McLeod, S. (2020). Leadership in times of crisis. In P. Gaudet (Ed.), Like no other school year: 2020, COVID-19, and the growth of online learning, pp. 69-80. Pasco, WA: Product Value Solutions.
McLeod, S. (2019). Multimedia learning and the educational leader. In P. M. Jenlink & B. D. Knight (Eds.), Multimedia learning theory: Preparing for the new generation of students, pp. 129-143. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.
McLeod, S. (2018). Technology integration, leadership, and organizational support frameworks for instructional improvement with information technology. In J. Voogt, G. Knezek, R. Christensen, & K. Lai (Eds.), Second handbook of information technology in primary and secondary education, pp. 535-542. New York, NY: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53803-7_36-1
McLeod, S., & Richardson, J. W. (2013). Supporting effective technology integration and implementation. In M. Militello and J. Friend (Eds.), Principal 2.0: Technology and educational leadership (pp. 249-272). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Professor, Educational Leadership; Founding Director, CASTLE CASTLE is the only university center in the USA focused on leadership, technology, innovation, and deeper learning. Scott's bio: http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/bio CASTLE: http://schooltechleadership.org
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