Educational Leadership and Planning for Technology

by PICCIANO

Edition:

2nd

ISBN13:

9780132621229

ISBN10:

0132621223

Format:

Paperback

Pub. Date:

7/1/1997

Publisher(s):

Prentice Hall

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Summary

Appropriate for courses addressing technology within education administration, and computers in educational administration, leadership, and technology. Using a theoretical foundation, as well as practical approaches for planning and implementing technology in school organizations, this book is designed to help administrators achieve successful technology-based applications in their schools. It enables administrators to provide children with positive technology-based experiences that will help them become productive citizens in the 21st century.

Section I Basic Concepts and Foundations

(56)

1 Introduction to Technology and Planning

(13)

Purpose

(2)

The Potential in Primary and Secondary Schools

(1)

The Beginning Years

(1)

Steady Progress in Administrative Systems

(1)

Instructional Systems Show Promise

(2)

The Need for Planning

(1)

The Systems Approach

(1)

Organization

(1)

Summary

(3)

2 Basic Concepts of Planning

(24)

Schools as Social Systems

(2)

Evaluating the Bottom Line: The Social Process and Rational Models

(1)

Common Elements of Educational Planning

(2)

Planning for Technology

(4)

Taking a Postive Attitude to Evaluation

(1)

Administrative and Instructional Applications

(6)

Case Study

(4)

Summary

(3)

3 Technology, Learning, and Equity Issues

(18)

Technocentric Education

(2)

When Should Computer Education Begin?

(1)

Special Education

(2)

Equity Issues

(6)

Case Study

(1)

Summary

(5)

Section II Applications

(96)

4 Computer Applications in Educational Administration

(19)

Knowledge Is Power

(1)

The Information Age

(12)

Miscellaneous Administrative Applications

(1)

Case Study

(1)

Summary

(3)

5 Computer Applications in Instruction

(28)

Instructional Computing: A New Beginning

(2)

Instructional Computing: Some History

(1)

A Brief Review of the Research

(2)

Classification Systems and Definitions of Terms

(1)

Tutor Applications

(5)

Tool Applications

(4)

Tutee Applications

(2)

Intergrated Learning Systems

(2)

Videodisc Technology

(1)

Data Communications

(1)

Curriculum Integration and Planning

(1)

Case Study

(1)

Summary

101

(4)

6 Multimedia in Education

105

(21)

Multimedia Defined

106

(1)

Multimedia for Multiple Intelligences (MI)

107

(2)

Multimedia Literacy

109

(1)

Multimedia Systems

110

(4)

Multimedia Software

114

(1)

Multimedia for Teaching and Learning

115

(4)

Multimedia Resources and Copyrights

119

(1)

Media Distribution Systems

120

(1)

Case Study

121

(2)

Summary

123

(3)

7 Data Communications, the Internet, and Educational Applications

126

(27)

Data Communications in the Schools

128

(2)

The Internet

130

(4)

The World Wide Web

134

(5)

Applications on the Internet

139

(2)

The Internet and Education

141

(7)

Summary

148

(5)

Section III Planning and Implementation

153

(98)

8 Hardware Planning and Evaluation

154

(17)

Hardware Planning for the Long Range

155

(2)

Hardware Evaluation Criteria

157

(9)

Special Considerations for Administrative Applications

166

(1)

Special Considerations for Instructional Applications

167

(1)

Case Study

167

(1)

Summary

168

(3)

9 Software Selection and Evaluation

171

(19)

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

172

(2)

Software Evaluation Criteria

174

(6)

Administrative Software Evaluation Factors

180

(3)

Instructional Software Evaluation Factors

183

(3)

Case Study

186

(1)

Summary

187

(3)

10 Staff Development

190

(16)

A Long Way to Go

191

(2)

The Staff Development Planning Model

193

(1)

Who Learns?

193

(1)

Different Alternatives for Different Needs

194

(2)

Designing and Implementing Effective Staff Development Programs

196

(5)

Resources

201

(1)

Case Study

202

(1)

Summary

203

(3)

11 Computer Facilities

206

(22)

Getting Bigger

207

(1)

Staffing and Administration

207

(3)

Central Laboratories

210

(2)

Physical Environment

212

(3)

Data Communications Facilities and Information Infrastructure

215

(2)

Hardware Maintenance

217

(2)

Software Maintenance and Distribution

219

(2)

Procedures and Documentation

221

(1)

Security

221

(3)

The Helping Place

224

(1)

Case Study

224

(1)

Summary

225

(3)

12 Financial Planning

228

(23)

Technology Can Be Expensive

229

(1)

The Cost-Effectiveness of Computers

230

(1)

A Time Line for Financial Planning

231

(3)

The Budget Worksheet

234

(2)

A Budget Model

236

(4)

Special Considerations of Budgeting for Computer Applications

240

(2)

Sources of Funds

242

(4)

Case Study

246

(1)

Summary

247

(4)

Section IV A Look to the Future

251

(58)

13 Trends and the Future

252

(17)

Major Technological Trends

253

(6)

Software Trends

259

(3)

New Communities for Learning

262

(2)

Case Study

264

(1)

Summary

265

(4)

A Basic Concepts of Computer Technology

269

(22)

B An Introduction to Administrative Software

291

(13)

C Instructional Software Evaluation Factors

304

(5)

Glossary

309

(10)

Index

319

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