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EDUCATION 5850: Leadership and Technology

Spring, 2007

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January 4 to April 5, 2007

Leading is a responsibility and the effectiveness of that responsibility is reflected in the attitudes of the led. (Bennis & Nanus, 1997, Leaders Strategies for Taking Charge).

Annotated Bibliography -- Completed by Class, Fall 2005

It is assumed that everyone involved in the course will spend approximately 3 hours per module with "hands on" activities, and an equal amount of time practicing, reading, writing, and thinking about topics and issues raised in the course. That means that you should be spending about 6 hours a week.

Module Home Page	Assignments	Email Instructor	Discussion	Email Class	Faculty of Education	Course Outline


Module	Content	Readings (chapters from Leading in A Culture of Change)
January 4-10	Introduction to Course
Module 1 January 11-17	Internet Searching: What is Educational Technology and how Does it Relates to the Change Literature?	Self Selected online resources Email Activity One
Module 2 January 18-24	Current practices, issues and research about use of technology in educational settings	Preface and Chapter One: A Remarkable Convergence
Module 3 January 25-February 7	The Impact of Technology on Leadership Styles	Chapter Two: Moral Purpose
Module 4 February 8	Teacher Leadership
February 19-24 Reading Week
Module 5 March 1-14	The Impact of Technology on Education and Training Staff development and use of technology in the workplace	Chapter Three: Understanding Change Chapter Four: Relationships, Relationships, Relationships
Module 6 March 15 -21	Technology and Student Achievement	Chapter Five: Knowledge Building
Module 7 March 22-28 March 29 - April 5	Knowledge Management, Coherence and How People Work TogetherConcluding Personal Report/Paper	Chapter Six: Coherence Making Chapter Seven:The Hare and the TortoiseCourse Evaluation

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