The Best of Corwin: Educational Technology for School Leaders
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The 21st century is here—are you ready?
The Best of Corwin series showcases key chapters from critically acclaimed Corwin publications for a powerful compilation of perspectives on important education issues and topics. This collection offers some of the most important chapters from Corwin's leadership and educational technology books and focuses on 21st century challenges, technology and learning, and cyber safety. Best-selling author Lynne Schrum's edited volume explores the following topics and more:
- Ways to create the new educational environment today's learners need
- How to lead change in schools
- Curriculum, instruction, and assessment in the 21st century
- Methods for creating a safe environment, including preventing cyberbullying
- Assessing 21st century learning: how schools can examine progress and growth
This volume offers numerous tips, strategies, tools, and samples, including a sample Internet use contract and a sample acceptable use policy. If educators are well informed on the breadth and depth of 21st century skills and ways to approach them, they can prepare students today for life, postsecondary education, and careers.
Contents
Preface
Preface
Introduction
Introduction
About the Editor
About the Editor
About the Contributors
About the Contributors
Part I. Our 21st-Century Schools
- 1. Partnering: A Pedagogy for the New Educational Landscape
- 2. No More Cookie-Cutter High Schools
- 3. Strategic Leadership: Encouraging and Assessing Technology Integration
- 4. Emerging Roles Within the Knowledge Community
Part II. Technology-Powered Classrooms
- 5. Understanding Youth and Digital Media
- 6. "Short": Social Networking in a Low-Tech Environment
- 7. Why Use Web 2.0 Tools With ELLs?
- 8. Assessment in the Partnership Pedagogy
Part III. Safety and Policy Matters
- 9. Policies, Procedures, and Contracts: Communicating Expectations to Teachers, Students, and Parents
- 10. Preventing Cyberbullying
- 11. Top Ten Rules That Govern School Authority Over Student Cyber Expressions
References
References
Description
The 21st century is here—are you ready?
The Best of Corwin series showcases key chapters from critically acclaimed Corwin publications for a powerful compilation of perspectives on important education issues and topics. This collection offers some of the most important chapters from Corwin's leadership and educational technology books and focuses on 21st century challenges, technology and learning, and cyber safety. Best-selling author Lynne Schrum's edited volume explores the following topics and more:
- Ways to create the new educational environment today's learners need
- How to lead change in schools
- Curriculum, instruction, and assessment in the 21st century
- Methods for creating a safe environment, including preventing cyberbullying
- Assessing 21st century learning: how schools can examine progress and growth
This volume offers numerous tips, strategies, tools, and samples, including a sample Internet use contract and a sample acceptable use policy. If educators are well informed on the breadth and depth of 21st century skills and ways to approach them, they can prepare students today for life, postsecondary education, and careers.
Contents
Preface
Preface
Introduction
Introduction
About the Editor
About the Editor
About the Contributors
About the Contributors
Part I. Our 21st-Century Schools
- 1. Partnering: A Pedagogy for the New Educational Landscape
- 2. No More Cookie-Cutter High Schools
- 3. Strategic Leadership: Encouraging and Assessing Technology Integration
- 4. Emerging Roles Within the Knowledge Community
Part II. Technology-Powered Classrooms
- 5. Understanding Youth and Digital Media
- 6. "Short": Social Networking in a Low-Tech Environment
- 7. Why Use Web 2.0 Tools With ELLs?
- 8. Assessment in the Partnership Pedagogy
Part III. Safety and Policy Matters
- 9. Policies, Procedures, and Contracts: Communicating Expectations to Teachers, Students, and Parents
- 10. Preventing Cyberbullying
- 11. Top Ten Rules That Govern School Authority Over Student Cyber Expressions
References
References
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October 2011 | 240 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 01/02/2026 | 9781452217277 | $37.95 |
The 21st century is here—are you ready?
The Best of Corwin series showcases key chapters from critically acclaimed Corwin publications for a powerful compilation of perspectives on important education issues and topics. This collection offers some of the most important chapters from Corwin's leadership and educational technology books and focuses on 21st century challenges, technology and learning, and cyber safety. Best-selling author Lynne Schrum's edited volume explores the following topics and more:
- Ways to create the new educational environment today's learners need
- How to lead change in schools
- Curriculum, instruction, and assessment in the 21st century
- Methods for creating a safe environment, including preventing cyberbullying
- Assessing 21st century learning: how schools can examine progress and growth
This volume offers numerous tips, strategies, tools, and samples, including a sample Internet use contract and a sample acceptable use policy. If educators are well informed on the breadth and depth of 21st century skills and ways to approach them, they can prepare students today for life, postsecondary education, and careers.
Table Of Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction
- About the Editor
- About the Contributors
- Part I. Our 21st-Century Schools
- 1. Partnering: A Pedagogy for the New Educational Landscape
- 2. No More Cookie-Cutter High Schools
- 3. Strategic Leadership: Encouraging and Assessing Technology Integration
- 4. Emerging Roles Within the Knowledge Community
- Part II. Technology-Powered Classrooms
- 5. Understanding Youth and Digital Media
- 6. "Short": Social Networking in a Low-Tech Environment
- 7. Why Use Web 2.0 Tools With ELLs?
- 8. Assessment in the Partnership Pedagogy
- Part III. Safety and Policy Matters
- 9. Policies, Procedures, and Contracts: Communicating Expectations to Teachers, Students, and Parents
- 10. Preventing Cyberbullying
- 11. Top Ten Rules That Govern School Authority Over Student Cyber Expressions
- References