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This updated go-to resource offers guidance on how to manage technology policies across a school community, secure funding and facilitate training for the educators and leaders you support. Technology coordinators and facilitators must be able to navigate the complexities of a school community’s technology needs and serve a variety of individuals, including students, teachers and administrators. With its detailed, practical approach, The Technology Coordinator’s Handbook has established the standard in clarifying the wide variety of tasks and responsibilities faced by those in this critical role. Readers will learn how to be more effective learners and leaders so they can better assist s...
The major focus of this Handbook is the design and potential of IT-based student learning environments. Offering the latest research in IT and the learning process, distance learning, and emerging technologies for education, these chapters address the critical issue of the potential for IT to improve K-12 education. A second important theme deals with the implementation of IT in educational practice. In these chapters, barriers and opportunities for IT implementation are studied from several perspectives. This Handbook provides an integrated and detailed overview of this complex field, making it an essential reference.
This book provides a road map for edtech practitioners looking to advance or pivot in their careers, ensuring they are well-positioned to move forward in their professional journeys. Edtech practitioners need pragmatic and applicable strategies to shape and advance their career paths. Written by four prominent edtech leaders, this book addresses this need, guiding readers in how to build effective leadership skills with strategies that encourage creativity, flexibility and adaptability, so they can respond effectively to evolving challenges. In a field as dynamic as educational technology, such a mindset is crucial to being prepared not just to adapt to the present, but to shape the future. ...
The technology coordinator can be seen as the orchestrator in the school or district, able to balance technology policies and procedures with device-specific requirements, locate funding and support and facilitate ongoing training and support. In a time when technology is constantly changing, the technology coordinator adapts and stays abreast of the latest developments. Authors Max Frazier and Doug Hearrington expand the scope of this practical guide to include: new processes for technical support and technology lifecycle management, updated information about Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) programs, practical advice on the implementation of cloud computing services, and updated profiles and job descriptions of technology coordinators and district leaders.
"Technology coordinators and facilitators must be able to navigate the complexities of a school community's technology needs and serve a variety of individuals, including students, teachers and administrators. With its detailed, practical approach, The Technology Coordinator's Handbook has established the standard in clarifying the wide variety of tasks and responsibilities faced by those in this critical role. Readers will learn how to be more effective learners and leaders so they can better assist students and teachers in managing technology use and dealing with technology challenges. The book also offers strategies for education leaders to successfully integrate technology into school and district operations"--
Learning First, Technology Second offers teachers a classroom-tested, easy-to-use framework to help them move from arbitrary uses of technology to thoughtful ways of adding value to student learning. Learning with technology doesn’t happen because a specific tool “revolutionizes” education. It happens when proven teaching strategies intersect with technology tools, and yet it’s not uncommon for teachers to use a tool because it’s “fun” or because the developer promises it will help students learn. This book includes: • An introduction to the Triple E Framework that helps teachers engage students in time-on-task learning, enhance learning experiences beyond traditional means a...
Efficiency in Learning offers a road map of the most effective ways to use the three fundamental communication of training: visuals, written text, and audio. Regardless of how you are delivering your training materials—in the classroom, in print, by synchronous or asynchronous media—the book’s methods are easily applied to your lesson presentations, handouts, reference guides, or e-learning screens. Designed to be a down-to-earth resource for all instructional professionals, Efficiency in Learning’s guidelines are clearly illustrated with real-world examples.
Most new psychology instructors enter their first undergraduate classrooms with little or no formal preparation for their role as a teacher. The goal of this book is to review the body of teaching research that is available as well as some of the well-accepted lore, so as to make the first foray into teaching psychology a positive experience. Teaching Psychology outlines the major problems and issues confronting psychology teachers. It presents an overview of the "nuts and bolts" of teaching psychology including dealing with troubled and troubling students, choosing and using technology, developing evaluation instruments, and selecting methods for self-evaluation. Written by two award-winnin...