Technology Integration and Foundations for Effective LeadershipRelease Date: December, 2012. Copyright © 2013. 361 pages.
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In Stock. Have it as soon as May. 30 with express shipping*. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2656-0, ISBN13: 9781466626560, ISBN10: 1466626569, EISBN13: 9781466626874  | | TopDescriptionAs new technology continues to emerge, the training and education of learning new skills and strategies become important for professional development. Therefore, technology leadership plays a vital role for the use of technology in organizations by providing guidance in the many aspects of using technologies. Technology Integration and Foundations for Effective Leadership provides detailed information on the aspects of effective technology leadership, highlighting instructions on creating a technology plan as well as the successful integration of technology into the educational environment. This reference source aims to offer a sense of structure and basic information on designing, developing, and evaluating technology projects to ensure maximum success. TopTable of Contents and List of Contributors
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Taralynn Hartsell (The University of Southern Mississippi, USA), Shuyan Wang (The University of Southern Mississippi, USA)
An effective technology leader is a public advocate of the mission-driven use of technology, capable of providing guidance in various aspects of using technologies s...
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Karen R. Juneau (William Carey University, USA)
Educational technology has developed from five basic approaches toward technology use: (1) the technical perspective, (2) the objectivist perspective, (3) the constr...
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Jenny L. Daugherty (Purdue University, USA), Nathan J. Mentzer (Purdue University, USA), Daniel O. Lybrook (Purdue University, USA), Julie Little-Wiles (Indiana University-Purdue University, USA)
As an introduction to the concept of technology leadership, literature on the philosophy of leadership and technology is explored and synthesized to offer a perspect...
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Heshium R. Lawrence (The University of Texas at Tyler, USA)
Women have played a significant role in the birth and history of technology, yet their roles have diminished in recent decades and their voices have often gone unhea...
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Debra L. Chapman (University of South Alabama, USA)
The incorporation of technology into the classroom is intended to have a positive impact on teaching and learning. Technology planning is a necessary component of th...
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Melinda Bynog (Acadiana Technical College, USA)
The composition of a technology plan is a complex process composed of many parts. The integration of curriculum instruction, levels of technology across the curricul...
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Howard Yocom (The University of Southern Mississippi, USA)
Much of America’s educational system is in trouble; often suffering from a lack of direction and haphazardly incorporating solutions to little understood problems. O...
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Debra L. Chapman (University of South Alabama, USA), Melinda Bynog (Acadiana Technical College, USA), Howard Yocom (The University of Southern Mississippi, USA)
To assess, evaluate, and revise a technology plan, the first task is to collect data that is an integral component of a technology plan. How the data is collected, t...
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Madelon Reed Gruich (Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, USA)
Professional development for technology implementation is a critical component of achieving successful learning outcomes in educational settings. The use of technolo...
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Amy Payne (Northwest Mississippi Community College, USA)
Professional development is an essential aspect of any career. Many professions have minimum standards or requirements of training each year to maintain a license an...
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Donna Parker (Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, USA)
As education is transformed through technology, teachers must be armed with knowledge and the capability of using technological tools to strengthen and enhance learn...
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Christine L. Mark (Lander University, USA)
Professional development programs must have an organized process of evaluation, either formally or informally. The evaluation needs to be delivered in both micro and...
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Jonathan Beedle (The University of Southern Mississippi, USA), Sirui Wang (The University of Southern Mississippi, USA)
Technology leaders facilitate and influence the development of diverse fields and disciplines including business, mass communication, computer science, and technolog...
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Dane Conrad (Forrest County School District, USA)
A technology leader’s day-to-day responsibilities and tasks can be divided into three basic categories: evaluation, management, and support. Evaluation involves maki...
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Guoqiang Cui (Montclair State University, USA), Rebecca Vowell (Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, USA)
The exponential development of technology has brought people boundless possibilities. But, at the same time, technology also imposes great pressure on people because...
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Lena Wilhelmson (Stockholm University, Sweden), Peter Johansson (Stockholm University, Sweden), Marianne Döös (Stockholm University, Sweden)
The aim of this chapter is to describe interventions that middle managers make when they strive, as technology leaders, to bridge intra-organizational boundaries in...
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James Douglas Belk (Pascagoula (MS) School District, USA)
Periodic waves of new challenges almost always await those who are or seek to become school system technology directors. None are more apparent than when school or d...
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John DiMarco (St. John’s University in New York City, USA)
This chapter offers suggestions and discussion on implementing a website portal to create e-portfolios and Web portfolios. The need to evaluate professional credenti...
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Tim Dedeaux (Pearl River Community College, USA)
Within the field of educational research, there are several methods, approaches, and concerns a potential researcher must be made aware of. This chapter serves as an...
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Jennifer L. Styron (University of South Alabama, USA), Ronald A. Styron (University of South Alabama, USA)
Educational administrators and technology leaders are constantly battling limited resources to support the maintenance, improvement, and daily operations found withi...
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Michael Trest (The University of Southern Mississippi, USA)
The sharing of information and knowledge is vitally important for advancement in all professional fields. This is true in research and in education. Technology leade...
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Researchers in educational leadership, instructional technology, and similar fields explain to educational technology professionals aspects of technology leadership and the concepts, tools, and strategies they can use to become technology leaders. They cover technology leadership foundations; technology planning for the technology leader; leading the professional development; responsibilities of a technology leader; practical cases for technology leaders; and research, grants, and networks for technology leaders.
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TopTopics Covered- Instructional Technology
- Leadership Issues Concerning Instructional Technology
- Professional Development
- Professional Resources for Technology Leaders
- Technology Integration
- Technology Leadership
- Technology Planning
TopAuthor(s)/Editor(s) BiographyShuyan Wang (Ph.D., Ohio University, 2004) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Special Education at The University of Southern Mississippi, USA. Her research interests include technology integration into teaching and learning, technology integration into EFL classroom, distance learning, e-learning, assessment, and electronic portfolios. Dr. Wang has many publications in the format of books, book chapters, and journal articles. She has conducted large number of presentations at local, national, and international conferences. Dr. Taralynn Hartsell is an Associate Professor at The University of Southern Mississippi where she currently teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the Instructional Technology and Design programs. She earned her Ph.D. in Language, Reading, & Culture at The University of Arizona, with a focus on educational technologies. Her research interests include gender and technology, distance learning, math and science education concerning the implementation of technology, and instructional design. Dr. Hartsell has published numerous journal articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia entries in various publications, and has been serving as an editorial reviewer for two international journals. |
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