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Technology and the Educational Workplace: Understanding Fiscal Impacts 1997 AEFA Yearbook, Vol. 18 »

Authors: Kathleen C. Westbrook
ISBN-13: 9780803965614, ISBN-10: 0803965613
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Corwin Press
Date Published: August 1998
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Kathleen C. Westbrook

Book Synopsis

If you're interested in how education and technology can work together to improve relations in the "global village," you'll want to read this book. Here is the latest research on how technology can improve education and help create a worldwide educational environment. Chapter authors discuss various ways in which technology is changing education. They explore exciting new programs for training administrators and teachers how to use, teach, supervise, and get the most from the technology in their schools. You'll gain insights on how to develop the negotiating skills to obtain funds to implement and run your technological programs. Find out how to ensure a technologically-advantaged education for all your students. Learn strategies you can use to overcome technology-resistance from staff, parents, and students.

	Preface
	Introduction
	About the Contributors
Sect. I	Policy Changes Facing the Global Village
1	The GINIE Project: Responsible Neighbors, Many Generations	3
2	State Financing of International Higher Education Partnerships for Trade and Development	18
3	Education, Technology, and the Social/Economic Order	36
Sect. II	National and State Issues
4	Common "Mythstakes" in Technology Planning	63
5	The Coming Crisis in Student Access to Educational Technology: Revisioning the State and Federal Roles in Funding	77
6	Teachers and Parents Without School Buildings: How Teacher Unions Can Use Technology Creatively	99
Sect. III	Curriculum, Training, and Local Development
7	At a Distance: Using Technology in Distributed Learning in Higher Education	111
8	Technology and Change in School Administrator Preparation	127
9	Preparing Teachers to Teach With Technology: The Costs and Benefits of Developing an Electronic Community of Learners	150
10	Images of the Future: Crystal Ball Gazing and Technology Policy Making	175
11	Bits 'n' Bytes: Epilogue and Prologue	184
	Appendix	195
	Index	197