The ABC

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Presented By Hope Caime and Sandy Swartz
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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.

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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/administrators
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Think About.
As an administrator, what resources or tools are
necessary to accomplish your daily tasks?
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Curriculum

• Information on Standards
• Suggestions for implementing Standards-based
  curricula
• Information on research about best practices
• Marco Polo

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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

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Finance

• Basic information about school and education
  finance
• Information about additional funds available
  through grant-writing or fund-raising activities
• School Grants

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General

• Target issues from an administrators point of
  view
• Cover a broad range of topics
• Leadership with Teach-nology

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Instruction

• Classroom Instruction
• Common instructional strategies for models and
  lesson planning
• Online lesson builders
• Planning for professional development workshops
• Instructional Framework

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Productivity

• Basic software programs
• Tutorials for using Microsoft Office and other
  programs
• Internet search engines
• Internet storage
• Pdf995

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Professional Development

• Information about training
• Online training options
• Professional Organizations
• Professional-growth needs
• Edutopia Online Professional Development

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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

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Professional Reading

• Internet-based publications to keep up with the
  trends and issues in education news
• E-newsletters
• Quick article searches
• The Doyle Report

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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

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Resources

• Websites
• http//www.icsrc.org/VITAL/principalweb.html
• http//www.suelebeau.com/administrators.htm
• http//www.vickiblackwell.com/administrators
• Book
• Brooks-Young, Susan. 101 Best Web Sites for
  Principals ISTE Publications, 2005.
• ISBN 1-56484-214-2