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A practical and visionary look at creative educational leadership in today′s digital environment

Technology Leadership for School Improvement provides prospective and current K-12 educational leaders with practical coverage of the skills and knowledge necessary to manage and administrate technology in school settings. Designed to help educational leaders develop an understanding of multimedia teaching tools that optimize learning, as well as the leadership skills needed to support others, this one-of-a-kind book explores data-driven decision making and technology standards. Each chapter is written by a specialist in the field and follows a common format.

Features

Critical questions at the beginning of each chapter help readers focus on key objectives. Case studies with discussion questions and activities provide opportunities for readers to analyze applied situations. End-of-chapter learning aids include Key Principles for Leaders to Know sections that summarize each chapter′s content and Web Resources that provide links to additional information.

An open-access Web site includes PowerPoint slides for each chapter, e-Flashcards, a variety of useful Web resources, and additional case studies.

Tabla de contenidos provista por Syndetics

• Preface
• Part I Leadership Policy and Innovative Practice
• Chapter 1 Entrepreneurial Leadership for Technology: An Opposable Mind
• Chapter 2 Technology Leadership Standards: The Next Generation
• Chapter 3 Administration of Technology: Teaching, Learning, and Resource Management
• Chapter 4 Designing and Using Academic Information Systems: Providing Decision Support Systems for Educational Leaders
• Part II Leadership Teaching and Learning
• Chapter 5 Leading Adult Learners: Preparing Future Leaders and Professional Development of Those They Lead
• Chapter 6 Planning, Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating Technology
• Chapter 7 Web 2.0 Learning Environments in Distance Learning
• Chapter 8 Design of Creative Online Learning Spaces
• Part III Leadership: Social, Cultural, and Legal
• Chapter 9 School, Technology, and Society: Home-School Communications and Access
• Chapter 10 Security, Internet Safety, Copyright, and Plagiarism
• Part IV Leadership Digital Assessments and Evaluation
• Chapter 11 Online Evaluation
• Chapter 12 Using Technology for Assessing and Evaluating Student Learning and Instructional Practices
• Chapter 13 Program Evaluation and Technology Integration Strategies
• Glossary
• Index
• About the Editor
• About the Contributors

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Rosemary Papa (aka Rosemary Papalewis) is a professor of educational leadership and policy studies at California State University, Sacramento (CSUS), and serves as the director of the university's Center for Teaching and Learning, working with faculty across all disciplines and colleges. Prior to coming to CSUS, she held positions as the western regional vice president for Sylvan Learning Systems, the assistant vice chancellor for interinstitutional relations for the California State University system, and professor and co-founding director for the joint doctoral program in educational leadership of California State University, Fresno, and as principal and chief administrator of private schools in Nebraska. Papalewis is a past president of both the National Association of Professors of Education Administration and the California Association of Professors of Education Administration. She recently ended her term representing the California State University as vice chair and commissioner on the California Student Aid Commission and Board Chair of the Commission's auxiliary, EdFund, a $2.2 billion student lending service. Papa actively serves as a consultant to school districts, California National Guard youth programs, and corporate educational companies. She is an active researcher, having published and presented in the areas of K-12 and higher education leadership, joint doctoral programs, teacher training, mentoring, women in administration, and technology in university teaching.