Havelock and Zlotolow (1995) defined change agents as “solution giver,” “process helper,” and “resource linker” (pp. 9-10)

Solution Giver:

How do we collaborate with professionals and other classrooms in our schools and around the globe?  How do we quickly facilitate collaboration, assessment and feedback with students?

Connect with a video chat, public forum, or shared document.  How?

Process Helper:

Free video chat applications:

Google+ Hangout (Video Chat)

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Skype

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Public Forums:

Shared Google Spreadsheets

Shared Google Docs:

[youtube=http://youtu.be/epYTQ4lHdnQ]

Commenting in Google Docs on Student Work

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Resource Linker:

Use hyperlinks in websites, public forums, emails, documents, ect…  Hyperlinks give one click access to the reader.

Hyperlink and Embed Examples for Teachers Websites

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Fullan (2007) suggested that “moderately complex changes of innovation integration can take from 3 to 5 years, while larger scale efforts can take 5 to 10 years”

“Like in your classroom, by the time you are in  your third or fourth year, you are really starting to look more closely at what is helping children learn.”

Source:

Hsu, P.-S., & Sharma, P. (2008). A case study of enabling factors in the technology integration change process. Educational Technology & Society, 11(4), 213–228.