aea8-2011-phase2day2

==**2010-2011 AEA 8 Technology Leadership Training ** == **Phase 2, Day 2**

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=Activating Your Program's Strategy and Evaluation = === John B. Nash, PhD, Associate Professor, Iowa State University === jnash@iastate.edu

==**Is this you? ** ==

Have you ever embarked on an initiative that you were excited about but didn't get the results you wanted? Or did the initiative just stop? Did you wonder why? What about in the realm of technology? How do you know if all the investments in educational technology that your school has been making are working? **Do any of the following apply to your district?**
 * You're using technology in your school but haven't defined to what end.
 * You have money for hardware but no plan.
 * There are pockets of excellence in your district but taking them to scale is elusive.
 * You'd like to implement systems for improvement
 * Your technology committee is focused on purchases and not a vision.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em;">There's lots of dabbling with technology in your district but no thread to link the outcomes
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em;">You'd like to know if the programs you have in place are making a difference.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">This live, interactive workshop provides participants with a fresh, approachable perspective on setting strategy for achieving goals in school-based programs with an emphasis on technology and 21st century skills. Participants learn:
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em;">A simple yet effective technique for setting strategy and goals for your school's programs.
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em;">How to effectively answer the question "Is my initiative reaching its goals?"
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em;">How to confidently demonstrate to stakeholders that your programs are effective.

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> Live Webinar
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">This workshop will be conducted on the web via Adobe Connect. Instructions will appear here soon on how to connect to the webinar on the day of the workshop.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">You will not need a web-cam to participate, however a headset with a microphone is strongly encouraged.

==<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">Resources ** ==
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Conversation Starter **
 * Start with your thoughts on the question found here.
 * Word clouds of results with <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">Wordle
 * media type="custom" key="8443448"
 * What's on your mind?
 * What have you been reading?
 * What do you want to get from this training?
 * Add thoughts here: [|Wallwisher]


 * We need**
 * Here are notes taken during the session.
 * If you are one of those people who needs to write down things as a way to remember this jobs for you! (<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">Notes from Australia )
 * Anyone who is on Twitter. We need you to volunteer to take notes via Twitter using the workshop tag #techleader
 * Follow the Tweets here: @http://www.monitter.com/?

**<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Notes **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Review the key points of the workshop here as noted by past participants.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">**<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Slides **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here are the slides from the workshop [[file:ActivateStrat Eval_SCHOOLS_webinar__AEA8.pdf]]


 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Templates **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Download in PDF (good for scribbling on) [[file:StrategyStrand-CASTLE Workshop.pdf]]


 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Download in Word (good for typing in)[[file:StrategyStrand-CASTLE Workshop.doc]]