The School Administrator

August 2005 Number 7, Vol. 62Collaborative TechnologyIncorporating students' personal devices in relevant instruction

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Learning Collaboratively With Technology
by Jim Hirsch
The associate superintendent of technology in Plano, Texas, discusses how students' social interactions demand new applications of digital learning tools in the schools they attend.
Similar Reading: The Education Blogosphere: Blogs and Wikis and Keeping Clean in Technology Use and Resources
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Technology Immerson
by Dennis L. Peterson
New tools in the hands of well-trained instructional staff may transform teaching and learning in the Minnetonka, Minn., schools, according to the superintendent.
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Laptops and Communication Lessons
by Diane E. Reed, Allison J. Armstrong and Renee A. Williams
The superintendent in Honeoye Falls, N.Y., and members of her team detail a painful though temporary setback over the district's laptop initiative and what they discovered about public input.
Similar Reading: Leading From Experience
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The Power of Technology
by Lee L. Jenkins
With the proper framework in place, instructional technology can make possible the daunting task of both leading and managing students and academic standards. The author, a former superintendent, runs a consulting practice.
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Refrains of the School Critics
by Susan Ohanian
Behind the rhetoric of public education's critics lies a contempt in some quarters for the work of eudcators. The author, who has written widely on the merits of public schools, dissects the messages and the motives lying behind them.
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Profile

Profile: Charting Yakima on a Far-Reaching Roadmap by Jay Goldman

Ben Soria's metaphor of choice as a district superintendent is the roadmap, which carries extra meaning for his personal career.

Departments

Board-Savvy Superintendent

Curing the Ownership Deficit Syndrome by Doug Eadie

Turn your board members into owners by involving them creatively and appropriately in shaping the most important products you expect them to act on, such as the annual budget or a policy statement.read more

Focus

Spousal Conflicts of Interest by Shana R. Lewis

Romantic relationships sometimes bloom between a school district employee and a sitting school board member, raising ethical questions. A lawyer with the Ohio School Boards Association offers a policy response.read more

Guest Column

Inferior Blackberries and Other Excuses I've Heard by David Van Winkle

In defending public schools, educators make the faulty assumptions that students are raw materials that must be accepted as is. A more appropriate view, says a suburban superintendent, is the student in the role of customer with needs and expectations.read more

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Tech Leadership

More Voices Create Better Policies by Doug Johnson

You can prevent open hostility between the educators and the technologists through collaborative crafting of guidelines for technology use in the school district, according to the technology director in Mankato, Minn.read more

President's Corner

The Cornerstone of Our Freedom by David Gee

In his debut column, AASA's president for 2005-2006 establishes his top priority for guiding the association.read more

Executive Perspective

Living in a Jerry Springer World by Paul D. Houston

The executive director's analysis of the social and moral contradictions present in contemporary society.read more

Federal Dateline

Will the Winds of Change Bring a Growth Model? by Terri Duggan Schwartzbeck

A hope that legislators will realize there's a much fairer way to measure students' academic progress over time.read more

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