VAP+-+Leading+with+21st+Century+Tools

=Session 1:=

=**Leading with 21st Century Tools**=

__Class Description__: Develop skills and use tools to create a vision of a 21st Century Classroom that will enhance teaching and learning in your school. Training in the use of digital tools will provide teachers with the skills to use their device as an organizational, productivity and communication tool.

__Practical Application:__ Teachers will learn to effectively use their Macbook as a management tool during their day to day activities. Teachers will receive an overview of the device and learn its functionality. Participants will define their vision of a 21st century classroom that will be fully developed throughout the 3 day institute.

__**Agenda** __:
 * Welcome and Introductions
 * Icebreaker
 * Goals and Objectives of the iLead Institute
 * Overview of Leadership in 21st Century Schools
 * MacBook Orientation
 * Shell
 * Desktop
 * Browsing-Installing 21st Century Leader BookMark ToolKit
 * Applications
 * Mapping Your Vision
 * Overview of Session 2

9:00 - 9:30 (30 min):

**Icebreaker:**
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 * Welcome & Overview of iLead Institute**
 * Goals and Objectives:**
 * To define a vision of a 21st century classroom
 * To modify the teaching skills for a digital age
 * To explore the emerging technologies to best prepare students for higher education and beyond

9:30- 9:45 -

9:45-10:30 (45 min):


 * Don't be afraid of Information Overload:**

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 * Discussion**: What are your expectations of the iLead Institute?

As a 21st century school teacher, are you prepared for the discussions around the integration of technology and the Common Core? What is a 21st century classroom? In the last ten years...
 * Where are you today?**
 * How does your classroom look different?
 * How have your practices changed?
 * How have student practices changed?

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 * __A Personal Vision of Educational Technology:__**

by Alexander McDonald
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__**Some examples of 21 st Century Schools:**__
 * [|NYC ischool]
 * [|High Tech High]
 * [|Model 21st Century Schools]

10:30 - 10:45 BREAK

10:30 - 12:00 (90 minutes) __**IMacbook Orientation**__ >
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">Macbook Overview
 * Ports and Connectors
 * Indicator Lights
 * Features of the Macbook
 * CDs and DVDs
 * Built-in_ camera
 * Dongle for LCD projector
 * The Desktop
 * Menu Bar
 * Dock
 * Hard Drive
 * Getting Online
 * Using the Web on the Mac >
 * Safari
 * Firefox-Tabs
 * Bookmarking
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Browsing-//**Installing 21st Century Leader BookMark ToolKit**//
 * Applications

"Technology should be like oxygen, “ubiquitous, necessary, and invisible.” Chris Lehmann
__**In preparation for designing your vision...**__ Where are you? Where do you want to be?
 * [|How innovative is your school]?
 * Innovative
 * Emerging
 * Traditional
 * Underdeveloped
 * [|Developing Technology Vision Statements]

12:00 - 1:00 LUNCH

1:00-2:00

Sample Mindmap
 * Mapping Your Vision**
 * Collaborative mind mapping [|Mind42.com]
 * Demo 21st Century School
 * Building your own

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2:00-2:30

__**Applications**__
 * iLife Suite
 * iPhoto
 * iMovie
 * GarageBand
 * ILife how to videos from Apple
 * Quicktime Pro
 * Audio Recording
 * Screencast
 * Video Recording - Built-in web cam
 * Google Account

2:30 - 3:00 (30 minutes) Closing discussions How will this device support in implementing your vision? How will devices, such as the Macbook, alleviate some of the challenges you identified earlier?

Session 2 Overview

[|Evaluation]

Resources: Apple Videos [|A Day In The Life of A Leader] [|Changing Education Paradigms] [|National Education Technology Plan] [|Sample Technology Vision Plan Statements] [|ISTE NETS for Administrators] [|ISTE NETS for Teachers] [|ISTE NETS for Students] [|What is 21st century education?] [|Partnership for 21st Century Skills] [|Thinking In Mind] (Blog)

P21 Common Core Toolkit pdf Apple Challenge Based Learning [|Digitally Speaking] [|Learning to Change-Changing to Learn Advancing K-12 Technology Leadership, Consortium for School Networking(COSN) Video]
 * Introduction to Leading and Learning in 21st Century Schools**