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ISBN 10: 1412927307 

ISBN 13: 9781412927307

Author: Susan Brooks-Young

Focus your technology leadership skills on what matters most! Ever-changing technology and a generation of "digital-native" students challenge educators to keep pace, especially in preparing students for a successful future in an increasingly technologically advanced world. Well-known technology specialist and consultant Susan Brooks-Young emphasizes that incorporating effective, regular use of technology as a tool for teaching and learning is imperative if we want to "stay in the game." In this new book, Brooks-Young gathers her most popular and insightful work into a collection of practical technology strategies for issues most critical to busy school leaders. The book is organized into the following four sections, each focusing on a different aspect of technology leadership: New Literacies: the latest technology advances and opportunities for integration in schools Engaging Teachers and Students: tools and strategies for professional development, establishing a Web presence, classroom blogs, and distance learning Providing a Reliable Infrastructure: tech-ready facilities, cost management, software and networks, and the role of technology coordinators Legal and Social Concerns: Internet safety and security, precautions, copyright and plagiarism concerns, home-school communications, and much more School leaders will find detailed and concise information, extensive resources, and reflective questions for personal use or group discussion. This comprehensive, straightforward guide provides all the tools needed for effective technology leadership.

Table of contents:

PART I: New Literacies

1 Integration Issues for Twenty-First-Century Teachers

2 Information Literacy

3 Visual Literacy: Taking Things at Face Value

4 Library/Media Centers: Strategy for Improved Student Performance

5 Don’t Limit the Value of the Library/Media Center

PART II: Engaging Teachers and Students

6 Implementing Your Vision: Professional Development Through Promoting Effective Technology Integration

7 Provide Your Own Professional Development

8 Establishing a Web Presence: What to Do Before Building a Classroom Web Site

9 Set Out on a WebQuest

10 Blogs in K–12 Education: Where’s the Fit?

11 Video Streaming: Harnessing a Unique Capability of Technology

12 Distance Learning in the K–12 Learning Environment

13 Project-Based Learning: Technology Makes It Realistic!

PART III: Providing a Reliable Infrastructure

14 Managing Total Cost of Ownership

15 Tech-Ready Facilities

16 Software and Networks: The New Challenges

17 The Evolving Role of the Technology Coordinator

18 What to Do When Things Aren’t Working

PART IV: Legal and Social Concerns

19 Teachers, Students, and Technology Use: Some Cautions

20 Copyright and Technology Use in the Classroom

21 Monitoring Student Internet Use: It’s More Than Filtering

22 Spreading the Word Quickly: Technology-Based Home/School Communication

23 Assistive Technologies: Meeting the Needs of Students With Physical Disabilities

24 Sitting Pretty? The Ergonomics of Computer Workstations

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