Guiding a traditional staff to 21st Century collaboration

1. Baby Steps Guiding a Traditional Staff to Online Collaboration http://czthomas.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/baby-steps-sand.jpg

2. PRESENTERS Eric Cole East McDowell Jr. High Marion, NC [email_address] Keith Ledford West McDowell Jr. High Marion, NC [email_address]

3. Acknowledgment The fact that you are here in this session we realize we are “Preaching to the Choir.” http://www.impawards.com/2006/posters/preaching_to_the_choir.jpg

6. Step One cont. Know the clients….. As odd as it may sound, some teachers do not yet utilize email as a basic communication tool. This should be a starting point. Set a short term goal for having all staff check email daily. Many parents view email as their preferred method of communication.

13. Introduce “Blogs”

15. INTRODUCE GOOGLE Every educator should have their own professional Google account to take advantage of Google Tools for Educators and http://www.google.com/educators/index.html