This document appears to be from a presentation about tools to help administrators work more efficiently. It introduces topics like communication, collaboration and making jobs easier. The agenda includes introductions, expectations, discussions, practicing key tools and sharing. It discusses struggles with technology and keeping up with changes. The presentation will focus on tools like RSS, personal start pages, iGoogle, Google Docs, social bookmarking, Evernote and Twitter to help attendees access information, share documents and expand their professional learning networks. The goal is to introduce simple tools to save time and make jobs easier.

1. ITSC 2009
Tools to help administrators work
(smarter not harder)

2. Warning!

3. R U Full?

4. Do you want more time?

5. Do you want more time?

6. today is not about...
• Planning
• Standards
• Creating policy
• Funding
• Tech in the Classroom

7. today is not about...

8. today is about...
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Information
Making your job easier
• (hopefully)

9. today is about...

10. What does our day
look like?
• Introductions
• Expectations
• Discussions
• Practice key tools
• Sharing
• Questions

11. Today’s Enemy...
Tell me if I am talking too much!

12. My Challenge
Keep it Simple Stupid!

13. Introductions
? • Name
• District, School, Position
• What was your first
computer?
• bigfoot believer?

14. Introductions
• Skip Offenhauser
• Bend LaPine School District
• Principal- Buckingham Elementary
• Apple IIe
• Absolutely!

15. Introductions
• Name
• District, School, Position
Take
• What was your first
computer?
• Are you a bigfoot believer?

16. Survey Results...
Blogs
Twitter
Personal Start Pages
RSS Wikis
Social Bookmarking
Google Docs

17. Things change fast...
How do we keep up?

18. Technology and You...
• how do you use
technology today?
• how did you use
technology 5 years ago?
• What are some of your
struggles?

19. Technology and You...
• how do you use
technology today?
• how did you use
Take
technology 5 years ago?
• What are some of your
struggles?

20. Our struggles
are not new...

21. Our struggles
are not new...

22. Let’s get Started!!!

23. Why?
As we move forward today,
always ask why.
Why would I want to use
this tool?

24. The biggest problem -
Access to Information

25. RSS
(let the information come to you)

26. RSS
(let the information come to you)

27. RSS and Personal
Start Pages
iGoogle

28. RSS and Personal
Start Pages
iGoogle
http://skipoffenhauser.blogspot.com/

29. Google Documents
and Forms
Google
DOCS

30. Social Bookmarking
and del.icio.us

31. Social Bookmarking
and del.icio.us

32. Things I want to show you but not
sure if we have time to practice...

33. Never Forget
with Evernote

34. Expand your PLN
with Twitter