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Authors: Susan Brooks-Young
ISBN-13: 9781412927291, ISBN-10: 1412927293
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date Published: April 2006
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Susan Brooks-Young

Prior to embarking on a career as an author and consultant, Susan Brooks-Young spent more than 23 years as a prekindergarten through Grade 8 teacher, site administrator, and technology specialist at a county office of education. Since 1986, she has written articles, columns, and reviews for a variety of education journals. She has published a number of books about technology for education leaders, which have received international attention. Susan focuses much of her energy on working with school leaders on their role in successfully implementing instructional technology programs. To that end, she works on a variety of international projects. Susan is also a regular speaker at national and international conferences.

Book Synopsis

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 coalesces 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

Pt. I	New literacies	5
1	Integration issues for twenty-first-century teachers	6
2	Information literacy	13
3	Visual literacy : taking things at face value	22
4	Library/media centers : strategy for improved student performance	28
5	Don't limit the value of the library/media center	34
Pt. II	Engaging teachers and students	39
6	Implementing your vision : professional development through promoting effective technology integration	40
7	Provide your own professional development	47
8	Establishing a Web presence : what to do before building a classroom Web site	53
9	Set out on a WebQuest	60
10	Blogs in K-12 education : where's the fit?	66
11	Video streaming : harnessing a unique capability of technology	75
12	Distance learning in the K-12 learning environment	84
13	Project-based learning : technology makes it realistic!	92
Pt. III	Providing a reliable infrastructure	99
14	Managing total cost of ownership	100
15	Tech-ready facilities	110
16	Software and networks : the new challenges	116
17	The evolving role of the technology coordinator	122
18	What to do when things aren't working	127
Pt. IV	Legal and social concerns	133
19	Teachers, students, and technology use : some cautions	134
20	Copyright and technology use in the classroom	139
21	Monitoring student Internet use : it's more than filtering	145
22	Spreading the word quickly : technology-based home/school communication	151
23	Assistive technologies : meeting the needs of students with physical disabilities	157
24	Sitting pretty? : the ergonomics of computer workstations	162