Brooks-Young, Susan.

Critical technology issues for school leaders / Susan Brooks-Young. - Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, c2006. - viii, 173 p. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Integration Issues for 21st-Century Teachers -- Information Literacy -- Visual Literacy: Taking Things at Face Value -- Library/Media Centers: Strategy for Improved Student Performance -- Don?t Limit the Value of the Library/Media Center -- Implementing Your Vision: Professional Development Through Promoting Effective Technology Integration -- Provide Your Own Professional Development -- Establishing a Web Presence: What to Do Before Building a Classroom Website -- Set Out on a WebQuest -- Blogs in K-12 Education: Where?s the Fit? (article, TS?November 2004, 11 pages) -- Video Streaming: Harnessing a Unique Capability of Technology (article, TS?May 2005, 10.5 pages) -- Distance Learning in the K-12 Learning Environment -- Project-Based Learning: Technology Makes It Realistic! -- Managing Total Cost of Ownership Issues -- Tech-Ready Facilities -- Software and Networks: The New Challenges -- The Evolving Role of the Technology Coordinator -- What to Do When Things Aren?t Working -- Teachers, Students, and Technology Use: Some Cautions -- Copyright and Technology Use in the Classroom -- Monitoring Student Internet Use: It?s More Than Filtering -- Spreading the Word Quickly: Technology-Based Home/School Communication -- Assistive Technologies: Meeting the Needs of Students With Physical Disabilities -- Sitting Pretty? The Ergonomics of Computer Workstations.

1412927293 (cloth) 1412927307 (pbk.) 9781412927307

2006001791


Educational technology.
School administrators.

LB1028.3 / .B764 2006

371.33