Learning Resources - Leadership 4.03 4.03 Technology Specialists' Role. Discuss the leadership expected of Technology Specialists. Introduction Tonight you must present the budget for the district's technology plan. Next week you will be the keynote speaker at the business and industry luncheon. All the while, you are you are maintaining your computer network and providing teacher training. As a technology specialist, how can you make each of these encounters an opportunity for leading people toward making the use of technology as success? Add the recommended resources below to what you have already learned from the previous leadership competencies and discuss your views on the leadership expected of technology specialists Your Job: Use the details provided below to create a product that addresses and demonstrates mastery of this competency. Use the stepwise process listed under Your Portfolio to display the completed product in your ITSC portfolio. Product Details: Within INSYS 462, create a product that: Discusses the leadership expected of Technology Specialists and why it's necessary to possess these leadership skills. Lists and discusses as many leadership roles as you can think of that might arise as part of your job as a technology coordinator. Details how you prepare for these roles. Discusses the skills needed for each of these "hats" as they've been called. Details the type of foresight that is necessary to be successful at leading in many different roles. Discusses the importance of "vision" as a technology leader. Your Portfolio: FTP your completed product for this competency to the "4leader" folder within the web-based portfolio template provided. Click here to view the "Utiliz" page in the portfolio template. Download the "Utiliz" page from your ftp folder. Locate 4.03 Technology Specialists' Role on the "Utiliz" page. Under "4.03 Technology Specialists' Role" locate this sentence..."To view the evidence that I offer for this competency, please click here." Link the word "here" to your product. Delete the old "Utiliz" page in your ftp folder. Upload your revised "Utiliz" page. Submit the URL for your completed product in the student database.   Related Resources: Leadership in instructional technology. Mathew M. Mauer & George S. Davidson. Type of resource: Book (hard copy) Source: Upper Saddle River, N.J. Merrill, c1998. Description: Constructivist and developmentally appropriate learning theories are the underpinnings of this engaging book. After reading this book, principals, teachers, and technology specialists can not help to "step out of the box" and view teaching and technology in a new light. Issues covered: planning, funding, leadership, staff development, shared goals, censorship, and software evaluation. Technology planning and management handbook - a guide for school district educational technology leaders. Philip J. Brody. Type of resource: Book (hard copy) Source: Educational Technology Publications. Englewood Cliffs, NJ. 1995. Description: Simple, straightforward, sound, practical advice for those responsible for the leading and administrating a school district's technology plan. Staff and curriculum development are covered along with, budgeting, purchasing, equipment maintenance, strategic planning, and user support. Educational Leadership in the Age of Technology: The New Skills. Kearsley, Greg; Lynch, William Type of resource: Article (hard copy) Source: Journal of Research on Computing in Education; v25 n1 p50-60 Fall 1992. Eric No. EJ454701 Description: Analyzes the concept of educational technology leadership and how it differs from leadership in general. Educational technology, leadership perspectives. Greg Kearsley & William Lynch, editors. Type of resource: Book (hard copy) Source: Englewood Cliff, NJ. Educational Technology Publications, 1994. Description: Chapter one of this book provides an excellent review of leadership issues. School Technology Planner. Bob Hoffman and Allision Rooset. Allyn and Bacon, Needham Heights, MA. 1998. Type of resource: CD ROM Source: http://www.ablongman.com Description: Dual platform, interactive CD-ROM that provides school technology leaders with documents and templates for preparing a muli-phase technology use plan. Needs assessment documents, budget spread sheets, and technology use plans are available to modify as needed. In addition, a literature review of educational technology research is presented under the structure of eight areas common to successful technology integration. Leadership & Technology: What School Board Members Need To Know. Bailey, Gerald D.; And Others. Type of resource: Book (hard copy) Source: Call the NSBA Distribution Center at 800-706-6722 to place your order. National School Boards Association, Alexandria, VA. 1995 Description: In an easy-to-read, discussion guide format, this book helps the board and administrators hurdle the barriers to change, understand the importance of their own leadership, prepare for technology planning, and confront important technology-related issues such as purchasing, staff development, curriculum revision, facility improvement, and evaluation. The book opens with a six-step model for how boards can assist in their district's technology planning process, then offers tips and exercises to help school boards develop as teams, work with school administrators, and overcome a natural hesitancy toward change. Leadership for the Schoolhouse Type of resource: Book (hard copy) Source: Thomas J. Sergiovanni, 1996. Josey-Bass Inc. Publishers, 350m Sansome Street, San Francisco, California 94104. escription: This book provides an alternative to traditional school leadership theories. Leadership expert, Thomas Sergiovanni, writes in his latest book, "Leadership for the Schoolhouse", that leadership theories developed for corporations may not be good leadership for social enterprises such as schools. In this book, existing theories of leadership are explained, and examples of how they are not appropriate for schools are given. Finally, a new framework for school leadership is developed. [Competencies Home Page] [ITSC Home Page]