{"product_id":"what-school-leaders-need-to-know-about-digital-technologies-and-social-media-isbn-9781118022245","title":"What School Leaders Need to Know About Digital Technologies and Social Media","description":"Facebook, Twitter, Google...today's tech-savvy students are always plugged in. However, all too often their teachers and administrators aren't experienced in the use of these familiar digital tools. If schools are to prepare students for the future, administrators and educators must harness the power of digital technologies and social media.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003eWith contributions from authorities on the topic of educational technology, \u003ci\u003eWhat School Leaders Need to Know About Digital Technologies and Social Media\u003c\/i\u003e is a compendium of the most useful tools for any education setting. Throughout the book, experts including Will Richardson, Vicki Davis, Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach, Richard Byrne, Joyce Valenza, and many others explain how administrators and teachers can best integrate technology into schools, helping to make sense of the often-confusing world of social media and digital tools. They offer the most current information for the educational use of blogs, wikis and podcasts, online learning, open-source courseware, educational gaming, social networking, online mind mapping, mobile phones, and more, and include examples of these methods currently at work in schools. As the book clearly illustrates, when these tools are combined with thoughtful and deliberate pedagogical practice, it can create a transformative experience for students, educators, and administrators alike.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat School Leaders Need to Know About Digital Technologies and Social Media\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the power of information technology and social networks in the classroom and throughout the education community.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword vii\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Warlick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Blogs 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKristin Hokanson and Christian Long\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Wikis 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephanie Sandifer and Vicki A. Davis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Podcasts and Webinars 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteve Dembo and Wesley Fryer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 RSS and RSS Readers 37\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWill Richardson and Karl Fisch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Digital Video 45\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMathew Needleman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Virtual Schooling 53\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Barbour and Richard E. Ferdig\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterlude: Social Media is Changing the Way We Live and Learn 67\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSheryl Nussbaum-Beach\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 One- to- One Computing 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChris Lehmann and Pamela Livingston\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Free and Open Source Software 83\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Hoffman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Educational Gaming 93\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn W. Rice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Social Bookmarking 101\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDean Shareski and Mary Beth Hertz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Online Mind Mapping 107\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarl Anderson and Richard Byrne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Course Management Systems 117\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScott S. Floyd and Miguel Guhlin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterlude: See Sally Research: Evolving Notions of Information Literacy 123\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoyce Kasman Valenza and Doug Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Online Tool Suites 137\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiana Laufenberg and Mark Wagner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Twitter 147\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlec Couros and Kevin Jarrett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Online Images and Visual Literacy 153\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKimberly Cofino and David Jakes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Mobile Phones and Mobile Learning 159\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiz Kolb and Sharon Tonner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Social Networking 173\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEwan McIntosh and Jeff Utecht\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfterword 183\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher D. Sessums\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Editors 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Contributors 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Editors \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eScott McLeod\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor of educational leadership at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. McLeod created the first graduate program built specifically to prepare tech-savvy school leaders at the University of Minnesota. A recognized expert on K−12 school technology leadership issues, McLeod works with educational, corporate, and nonprofit partners to move schools into the twenty-first century. McLeod also serves as the director of the UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE) and writes the popular education blog \u003ci\u003eDangerously Irrelevant\u003c\/i\u003e (www.dangerouslyirrelevant.org). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChris Lehmann\u003c\/b\u003e is the founding principal of the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This groundbreaking school, which integrates technology throughout classrooms and administration, has been recognized as an Apple Distinguished School and was named one of the “Ten Most Amazing Schools” in \u003ci\u003eLadies Home Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. Lehmann was named one of the “30 Most Influential People in EdTech” by Tech \u0026amp; Learning magazine in June 2010 and has received several other distinctions and awards throughout his career. He is a regular speaker and the author of the \u003ci\u003ePractical Theory\u003c\/i\u003e blog (www.practicaltheory.org).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e#edtechlead\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVisit techtoolsforschools.org for additional resources, interviews with chapter authors, and more! \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFacebook, Twitter, Google . . . today’s tech-savvy students are always plugged in. However, all too often their teachers and administrators aren’t experienced in the use of these familiar digital tools. If schools are to prepare students for the future, administrators and educators must harness the power of digital technologies and social media. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith contributions from authorities on the topic of educational technology, \u003ci\u003eWhat School Leaders Need to Know About Digital Technologies and Social Media\u003c\/i\u003e is a compendium of the most useful tools for any education setting. 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