Educational Technology Leadership for Change
ETEC 660/695 - Fall 2006 (SUBJECT TO REVISION)
 
Date 660 Activity/Assignmnet 695 Activity/Assignment
8/22 First Class Meeting:
Overview of Class
Discussion of Course requirements 
 
First Class Meeting
Overview of Class
Discussion of Course requirements 
8/29 Leadership for Change, Curriculum Theory and Competence Discussion
Discuss School Information Form
SEDL Characteristics of Leaders of Change 
http://www.sedl.org/change/leadership/character.html
Reading Points
9/5 SEDL History of Leadership Research 
http://www.sedl.org/change/leadership/history.html 
Reading Points 
Kuhn Video 
Discuss Review of Action Research Studies/Academic Improvement Plan
9/13 Class Meeting - Vision Video
Discussion of Vision and Relationship to Teacher Leadership
Why Teachers Must Become Change Agents 
http://www.ascd.org/publications/ed_lead/199303/fullan.html 
Technology Leadership: Ten Essential Buttons for Understanding Technology Integration in the 21st Century 
http://coe.ksu.edu/Bailey/html/currentbuttonart.html 
9/19 Take self-assessment surveys
Component 1:  Analysis of Personal Leadership Skills
Action Research Proposal - for use with deconstruction analysis of example action research articles.
9/27 Component 1:  Analysis of Personal Leadership Skills
Work on gathering data for Analysis of School
Competence Journals
Overview of Action Research Primer
Critique one Action Research Article
10/4 Check on School Information progress
What to Research
Change Theory
Work on gathering data for Analysis of School Need
Kuhn Reading/Writing Assignment
10/11 Analysis of Personal Leadership Skills Due
Competence Journal Due
Kuhn Reading/Writing Assignment
Introduce McLuhan Readings
10/18 Work on:
Component 2:  Analysis of School Needs 
Component 3:  Creation of an Academic Improvement Plan 
McLuhan Video 
Read from Understanding Media - Extensions of Man 
McLuhan Writing Assignment
10/25 Discuss Data Analysis 
Work on:
Component 2:  Analysis of School Needs 
Component 3:  Creation of an Academic Improvement Plan
Competence Journal Due
Kuhn Papers Due
Work on:
McLuhan Paper
11/1 Discuss Data Analysis 
Work on:
Component 2:  Analysis of School Needs 
Component 3:  Creation of an Academic Improvement Plan

Video - Postman Speaks - Class Discussion
Discuss CD of Research/Book
11/8 Scheduled One-on-One with Research Proposal (review & revision)  Schedule
McLuhan Papers Due

Discuss research article deconstruction

11/13 Component 2:  Analysis of School Needs Due
Competence Journal Due
Discuss Healy Book (no video available)
Work on Healy Reaction Paper
11/22 Thanksgiving Week Work on Action Research
11/29 Componenet 3:  Creation of an Acadmic Improvement Plan Action Research Project
Competence Journal Due
Healy Paper Due
Discuss Position Paper 
12/6 Work on Research Proposal
Competence Journal Analysis Due
Position Paper - Rough Drafts submitted for editing (optional) 
12/13 Formal Presentation of Research Proposal  Position Papers Due