Stretching Your Technology Dollar
Doug Johnson, director of media and technology at Mankato Area Public Schools in Minnesota, offers 10 suggestions for wisely spending technology funds. Among his tips are to use effective budgeting techniques, buy in groups, use sustainable technology and ensure the technology matches the need. He also suggests using free software, adopting cloud computing, eliminating spending on obsolete technology and providing appropriate training.
The future. What do our students really need to know and be able to do to succeed in future education and careers?
Content is a part of what they need to know. Standardized tests test content knowledge and some skills. There are huge debates raging over standardized testing, curriculum, and the like. But what it is that students really need to know for the future. Hint: it isn’t all content.
When properly configured, tablet devices like the iPad are great tools for school leaders. There are all kinds of productivity and utility apps that can be used to streamline tasks and help leaders make better use of their valuable time and resources.
Use the links on this page to explore the possibilities.
The categories listed here also work well as titles for folders you might want to create on your iPad. Remember, you need two apps that fit into one category in order to make a folder.
This article is cross posted at EdTechInnovations.com
Recently, Christine Wiser T&L’s Managing Editor, asked the Tech Advisors the following question:
I thought that this was a great question that would generate a lot of discussion. So, I wanted to share with you my top three and see what you have to say. After all, sometimes, the more voices heard the more progress can be made.
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by J. Robinson….Taught High School English Middle School Language Arts 16 Years, School Level Administrator 5 years, BA English, MA Instructional Technology-Computers, MSA School Administration, EdS Educational Leadership, Licensed Teacher, Instructional Technologist, Principal, Superintendent.- Ian Jukes, Ted McCain, and Lee Crockett write in their book Understanding the Digital Generation, “Schools have not recognized the changes that have occurred in the world around them and have continued to teach as if it were 1980.” In the spirit of David Letterman, here’s my “Top 10 Signs Your Schools Caught in a Time Warp.” A list for school administrators.
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