Technology Leadership for School Improvement
- Rosemary Papa - Northern Arizona University, USA
July 2012 | 320 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Technology Leadership for School Improvement is a practical textbook that prepares primary and secondary educational leaders with the skills and knowledge to manage and administer technology in their school settings. The text focuses on helping educational leaders learn what they need to know about technology standards, data-driven decision making, and creative leadership in this digital environment. To effectively cover the many facets of technology each chapter is written by a specialist following a similar structure and pedagogy for ease of use by the learner.
Preface
Part I. Leadership Policy and Innovative Practice
Theodore Creighton
Chapter 1. Entrepreneurial Leadership for Technology: An Opposable Mind
Rosemary Papa
Chapter 2. Technology Leadership Standards: The Next Generation
Ric Brown
Chapter 3. Administration of Technology: Teaching, Learning, and Resource Management
Stephen Lawton
Chapter 4. Designing and Using Academic Information Systems: Providing Decision Support Systems for Educational Leaders
Part II. Leadership Teaching and Learning
Rosemary Papa and Jessica Papa
Chapter 5. Leading Adult Learners: Preparing Future Leaders and Professional Development of Those They Lead
Shadow W. J. Armfield
Chapter 6. Planning, Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating Technology
Chih-Hsiung Tu and J. Michael Blocher
Chapter 7. Web 2.0 Learning Environments in Distance Learning
Mary I. Dereshiwsky
Chapter 8. Design of Creative Online Learning Spaces
Part III. Leadership: Social, Cultural, and Legal
Laura Sujo-Montes and Lawrence Gallagher
Chapter 9. School, Technology, and Society: Home-School Communications and Access
Janet Tareilo and Theodore Creighton
Chapter 10. Security, Internet Safety, Copyright, and Plagiarism
Part IV. Leadership Digital Assessments and Evaluation
Mary I. Dereshiwsky
Chapter 11. Online Evaluation
Cynthia Conn
Chapter 12. Using Technology for Assessing and Evaluating Student Learning and Instructional Practices
Rosemary Papa
Chapter 13. Program Evaluation and Technology Integration Strategies
Glossary
Index
About the Editor
About the Contributors