David Sherman, the principal of South Park Elementary School in Deerfield, Illinois, USA, talks in this interview posted on the OpenEducation.Net website about the role the school leader can play in classroom technology use. Mr Sherman began his career 21 years ago teaching fifth grade and for the past 14 years he has been in administration, the last three years as principal at South Park.

Sherman maintains two web blogs, the "Principal and Interest" and "The Principal's Page". On his blogs one will find a wealth of information, from posts about "Teaching and Modelling Responsibility". ("Do as I do, and as I say" should be our motto!) to the age old question we all face when raising children, "Protect or Prepare: Which is better for children?" In addition, Mr Sherman is a regular contributor to the educational leadership web blog "Leader Talk".

The South Park principal is a strong proponent of the use of Web 2.0 technologies in his school and community. With research pointing to the important role of leadership on school climate and instructional practice, this contribution features an interesting discussion with an administrator regarding the use of Web 2.0 tools and fostering teacher use of technology with students.