[Bridging_the_digital_divide] a new blog

Tue Nov 2 09:17:41 EST 2004

Dr. Scott McLeod, who is on the TouchSmart Publishing advisory board 
has started a new blog.  Below is the guidance from him regarding it...

As you know, it's impossible to keep on top of all of the information 
sources (listservs, newsletters, bulletins, magazines, journals, web 
sites, etc.) that have information on school technology leadership 
issues. Some are from the ed tech arena, some cater to ed leadership 
folks, some are random education sources, etc. So... we're starting a 
blog.

The idea behind the blog is that school leaders (principals, 
superintendents, district tech coordinators, CTOs, CIOs, media 
specialists, etc.) and educational leadership faculty will be able to 
go to one place, the blog, to stay up-to-date regarding current school 
technology leadership news, events, and issues. The blog will utilize 
multiple authors and will draw from a multitude of sources. By 
spreading the information monitoring and posting load, we can have a 
powerfully current information source without overly burdening one or a 
few individuals.

The blog will be located at

  http://www.schooltechleadershipblog.org

If you go there now, you'll see our test posts.

The blog will officially start on Nov. 10, so if you're interested in 
being a blog author, please complete the online signup form by Sunday, 
Nov. 7:

   http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB223W5M3FC3X

Thanks!

SCOTT

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ABOUT THE STLI

Administrative leadership may be the single most important factor 
affecting schools’ successful integration of technology. The University 
of Minnesota School Technology Leadership Initiative (STLI) was created 
to help address the critical nationwide shortage of administrators who 
can effectively facilitate the implementation of technology in schools 
and school districts. The STLI graduate certificate is the first and 
only academic program in the country to comprehensively address the 
breadth and depth of the International Society for Technology in 
Education (ISTE) National Educational Technology Standards for 
Administrators (NETS-A) and has been found by the American Institutes 
for Research to have statistically significant effects on students’ 
technology leadership knowledge, skills, and abilities. Our students 
are superintendents, principals, technology coordinators, media 
specialists, teachers, and other educators. More information on the 
STLI, including application materials and curricular info, is available 
at www.schooltechleadership.org.

STLI POSTSECONDARY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM (P3)

Could your local university educational administration preparation 
program use some help preparing future administrators to understand 
technology leadership issues? You might want to encourage them to 
become involved in our Postsecondary Partnership Program (P3).

P3 is an opportunity for other educational leadership preparation 
programs to receive assistance with their technology-related preservice 
and inservice training of school administrators. Departments selected 
for P3 receive 1) license-free access to STLI course descriptions, 
syllabi, lesson plans, reading lists, classroom activities, teaching 
techniques, and electronic learning objects for the duration of the 
partnership; 2) access to the STLI’s growing library of school 
technology leadership resources; 3) regular updates regarding current 
school technology leadership topics and recently released technology 
leadership resources; and 4) a free site visit to the University of 
Minnesota to meet with the STLI project team and members of its support 
network.

The deadline for applications is noon, December 1, 2004. More 
information about P3 is available at

   http://www.schooltechleadership.org/page.cfm?p=8
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Scott McLeod, J.D., Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Policy and Administration
Project Director, School Technology Leadership Initiative
Affiliate Faculty, Law School
Attorney at Law
330 Wulling Hall
86 Pleasant Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0221
(612) 626-0768 (office)
(612) 624-3377 (fax)
mcleod at umn.edu
www.umn.edu/~mcleod
www.schooltechleadership.org

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President
TouchSmart Publishing
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