As tech leaders we will be invited to conversation around some tough issues. Reaching out to our personal learning network for advice and resources is one way to take advantage of your personal learning network. There is no need for each of us to reinvent the wheel or feel isolated from each other when working on these issues. The Vermont School-IT List Serv has provided ed tech leaders in Vermont with a forum to discuss some of the touch issues as well as get help on technical issues. I would strongly suggest every Vermont ed Tech leader to join.
It’s also a place where many important announcements are made about events and deadlines that impact us as ed tech leaders.
During our ed tech leadership class, we have already began helping each other as leaders by creating a collection of resources that might prove helpful as we consider some of the tough issues in educational technology around Ethics, Equity and Responsibility.
Mat also helps us better understand some Universal Design for Learning by designing a ISTE Proposal for a poster session for a conference that includes this very informative video from CAST.
Lori shares a format to engage 6th grade parents in a conversation about the school’s one to one program. The slides are filled with thoughtfully selected relevant videos and resources parents can use to work with the school on safe and responsible use of digital devices.
Susie offers us a structure to help us have conversations about engaging more girls and women in STEM. She has gathered some links to local community programs that are focused on this issue to guide our thinking in how we as educators might also support the efforts to involve girls in STEM.
is working on the topic Women / Girls in Tech.
Meanwhile Holly shares a draft of a training that can help educators better understand and navigate the complex world of protecting student privacy online. The slide deck introduces that can help us have important conversations about some tough issues, including federal regulations like FERPA and COPPA and challenges us to look at our own local privacy policies
Kris is working on a training that will will provide a framework and resources for teachers to help build student understanding of how to safely and productively use technology. He has selected and assembled a collection of resources that are engaging for teens that teachers can use to have important conversations with teens ranging from internet safety to copyright.
Here are some of the resources you curated together.
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