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=Keeping the Instruction in Instructional Technology= //Presenters:// Sandy Blankenship, NETA (executivedirector@netasite.org) Lynne Herr, ESU 6 (lherr@esu6.org)

Key questions:
What is the skill set of today's technology coordinator? How has that skill set changed over time? Can you find that skill set in one person? What is the measure of how technology is being used for teaching and learning in your district? Who determines which web sites are blocked or unblocked in your district? What criteria are used? What is the process for teachers who need to unblock a web site they need for instructional purposes? Do you have a uniform filtering process, or do you customize filters for various groups (teachers, students, administrators, etc.) How are you building internal technology skills capacity among your staff? Do your teachers see technology as a tool to accomplish academic goals OR an add-on to an already busy day?

**How to Empower or Mentor your Staff:**
Do your staff members have a PLN? (personal learning network) How can your staff create a technology personal learning network? Who in your district/building can serve as an integration specialist? (maybe not even in name, but in role served) See what your ESU provides Free, online resources with skill building and/or technology integration NETA's Spring Conference April 29-30, 2010
 * Videos about Web 2.0 tools--great clips highlighting variety of Web 2.0 tools (Hall Davidson & Steve Dembo)
 * Keynote and Featured Speakers
 * Strands for 1:1, technology coordinators
 * Friday, April 30 includes strand for Educational Leadership

ESU 6 Technology Integration Group

 * TIG Resource Wikispace
 * [[file:TIG Flyer.doc]]
 * [[file:TIG Plan.doc]]
 * [[file:Tech Leader Model.doc]]
 * [[file:Stages of Teacher Technology Adoption.doc]]

[|CIPA Children's Internet Protection Act]

**Want to share some of the ideas introduced by Scott McLeod? Here are some resources you can share with your staff:**
Shift Happens 2009 clip from YouTube. Scott McLeod was one of creators Daniel Pink: Abundance, Asia, Automation clip from YouTube. Sir Ken Robinson on Education and Creativity from YouTube. Sir Ken states, "We are educating kids out of their creative capacities." Dr. Scott McLeod's Presentation: Dangerouslyirrelevant.org