Educational Leaders

Educational leaders are blessed with new technologies that many did not have before. Technology can be so beneficial for administrators if they know what to use and how to use it. E-mail for communication, websites for campus communication, and even blogging for sharing information. Administrators can use blogging to share ideas that work and don't work in their campuses. It is a great way to share information, especially for something like action research. It is a great way to document progress and growth as well as read and learn from other bloggers. Blogging is a wonderful tool to communicate with other educators that may be facing the same problems. Reflection is also a huge benefit for administrators. According to Dana, "Weblogs are another excellent way principal researchers can capture their thinking as an inquiry unfolds" (2009 p. 87). This is an excellent form of data collection that will create an online journal or diary of the progress made. It is a great tool to help administrators stay on track and dedicated to the process.