LAP 2006

Presented By: Hope Caime and

Sandy Swartz

LAP 2006

Purpose of Workshop

• To provide school administrators the necessary resources to become proficient Internet users.

• To provide principals quick access to the best Internet sites for their regular use.

LAP 2006

Internet Sites by Category

• Curriculum• Data-Driven Decision Making• Finance• General• Instruction• Productivity• Professional Development• Professional Organization• Professional Reading• Research Institutes and

Education Centers

http://www.vickiblackwell.com/administratorshttp://www.vickiblackwell.com/administrators

LAP 2006

Think About…….

As an administrator, what resources or tools are

necessary to accomplish your daily tasks?

LAP 2006

Curriculum• Information on Standards

• Suggestions for implementing Standards-based curricula

• Information on research about best practices

Marco Polo

LAP 2006

Data-Driven Decision Making

• Overview of Standardized Testing• Strategies to make programmatic

decisions based on the student data gathered

• Ready-to-use practical tools and information

National Center on Educational Outcomes

LAP 2006

Finance• Basic information about school and

education finance

• Information about additional funds available through grant-writing or fund-raising activities

School Grants

LAP 2006

General• Target issues from an administrator’s point

of view

• Cover a broad range of topics

Leadership with Teach-nology

LAP 2006

Instruction• Classroom Instruction

• Common instructional strategies for models and lesson planning

• Online lesson builders

• Planning for professional development workshops

• Instructional Framework

LAP 2006

Productivity• Basic software programs

• Tutorials for using Microsoft Office and other programs

• Internet search engines

• Internet storage

• Pdf995

LAP 2006

Professional Development

• Information about training

• Online training options

• Professional Organizations

• Professional-growth needs

Edutopia Online: Professional Development

LAP 2006

Professional Organizations

• Organizations for district-level administrators and school-site administrators

• Offers professional development opportunities• General areas of concern for site administrators

International Society for Technology in Education

LAP 2006

Professional Reading• Internet-based publications to keep up

with the trends and issues in education news

• E-newsletters

• Quick article searches

The Doyle Report

LAP 2006

Research Institutes and Education Centers

• Research-based resources

• Reports, briefs, toolkits, and model lessons to help make decisions about programs

Annenberg Institute for School Reform

LAP 2006

ResourcesWebsites: http://www.icsrc.org/VITAL/principalweb.html http://www.suelebeau.com/administrators.htm http://www.vickiblackwell.com/administratorshttp://www.vickiblackwell.com/administrators

Book: Brooks-Young, Susan. 101 Best Web Sites

for Principals: ISTE Publications, 2005.

ISBN 1-56484-214-2