A presentation given at NJASA's Techspo 2013

1. Digital Age Leadership
Samantha Morra
Techspo 2013
Twitter: @sammorra

2. Leading & Learning
"Technology has added a new level of responsibility for school leaders.
Many consider themselves unprepared or unqualified to identify and
integrate technology in their own practice. It is important to move past
any reservations and discomforts to prepare students for the futures
they deserve. Now is the time for educational leaders to focus the
conversation on how technology fits within their classrooms to best
meet their students’ needs. If we want our children to be competitive on
a global level in the 21st century, we need to be visibly using and
talking about these tools for learning and teaching."
The future is already here, and we have to welcome the
opportunities it brings to reshape instruction.
5 Considerations for Digital Age Leaders: What Principals and District Administrators Need to Know about Tech
Integration Today, Leading & Learning with Technolgy, December/January 2009–10

3. Web 2.0/Social Media
“A whole new Web is emerging from the wilds
of cyberspace.
It's no longer all about idly surfing and
passively reading, listening, or watching.
It's about doing: sharing, socializing,
collaborating, and, most of all creating.”

4. Shift Happens

6. Technology is Ubiquitous

7. Question?
How do the changes
in our information & social landscape
change how we lead
in the digital age?

10. Why look at Social Media
Technology is ubiquitous.
Communication
Collaboration
Branding

11. Attitude

12. Fear of Mistakes

14. Social Media - Uses
Instruction
School Pride
Professional Development
Community Outreach
Global Awareness

15. Let's Start With Twitter

16. Twitter is a free Web 2.0 social
networking service that allows users to
send and receive messages known as
tweets.

17. USERNAME AVATAR FULL NAME
FOLLOWERS
FOLLOWING
PROFILE
TWEET
MENTION HASHTAG

18. The Language of Twitter
@
Reply sent to a specific person but visible to all.
RT
Re-Tweet or resending another persons tweet.
Retweets are an extremely important part of twitter because it
allows interesting ideas and news items to spread quickly.
D
Direct message in private to a specific person.
You can only DM a person who is following you.
#
Hashtag designating a topic as in #techspo

19. Why Use Twitter

20. Twitter for communication

22. Twitter for Professional Growth

23. Why I Value Twitter
My PLN - Personal Learning Network
Search for Information
Reflective Practice
Global and Local Perspectives
Instant Feedback
Newsroom
Showcase
Professional Development
Together We Are Better

24. Who should you follow?
Start with conferences you attend:
https://twitter.com/NJASANews
or speakers/authors you are inspired
by:
https://twitter.com/Pogue
Follow hashtags:
#techspo

25. Web 2.0/Social Media
“A whole new Web is emerging from the wilds
of cyberspace.
It's no longer all about idly surfing and
passively reading, listening, or watching.
It's about doing: sharing, socializing,
collaborating, and, most of all creating.”

26. Technology is Ubiquitous
Use to teach & foster empathy
Empathy as THE 21st Century Skill

27. What is Leadership?

28. What is Leadership?
Define leadership
in a way that is meaningful to you!
Share and learn from others!
http://tinyurl.com/whatisleadershiptechspo

29. Remember:
Technology is a tool.
A good tool in the hands
of a caring educator can work magic.