Download or read book Elevate Equity in Edtech written by Victoria Thompson and published by International Society for Technology in Education. This book was released on 2024-05-21 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the connections between technology and equity, and develop a road map for integrating the ISTE Standards into your work to help foster equity in your school community. School leaders and administrators often view themselves as the instructional leaders of their schools, and for good reason. So much of what happens in a school revolves around leaders guiding educators to provide high-quality, engaging instruction. But due to their multiple responsibilities, some administrators are not fully aware of the technology and tools teachers are using, and could use additional insight into how technology can be used to innovate instruction and foster equity. This book addresses these issues, with guidance on how to create an equitable technology landscape by implementing the ISTE Standards, which can provide structure for assessing technology use and serve as a gateway to equity for students, teachers, school leaders and more. This book will: • Help education leaders and coaches understand how technology can assist them in achieving greater equity in their school community. • Demonstrate how effectively integrating the ISTE Standards can lead to greater tech equity in schools. • Help readers formulate a plan for their school’s edtech mission and vision, with guidance and examples on technology visits and evaluations. • Guide readers in implementing a system of technology accountability in their schools. • Support educators with practical resources and introduce the author’s comprehensive process for selecting technology tools with equity in mind. Through this book, school leaders will gain a deeper understanding of the connections between technology and equity, and get actionable steps for building a whole-school approach to elevating equity. Audience: Education leaders; instructional coaches
Download or read book Closing the Gap written by Sarah Thomas and published by International Society for Technology in Education. This book was released on 2022-08-26 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three experts on equity and technology offer concrete, evidence-based strategies for classroom teachers to move toward digital equity in K12 settings. Closing the Gap is an ISTE book series designed to reflect the contributions of multiple stakeholders seeking to ensure that digital equity is achieved on campuses, in classrooms, and throughout education. In this series, authors Nicol R. Howard, Sarah Thomas, and Regina Schaffer offer historical and philosophical insights while exploring challenges and solutions unique to teacher preparation programs, pre-service and in-service teachers, and instructional coaches. The second title in the Closing the Gap series, this book includes: • Examination of digital equity and the “problem of practice” for teachers and coaches • Strategies for connecting the ISTE Educator and Student Standards to practice • Discussion of key challenges facing teachers in today’s classrooms, such as access, connectivity, limited resources, digital divide, and the homework gap • Research-based vignettes from teachers who have encountered and conquered some of the challenges addressed in the book, and from edtech coaches who have implemented equity-centered innovative professional development This book helps teachers address the challenges of teaching in the digital age, providing positive examples and recommendations for achieving digital equity in their classroom communities.
Download or read book Opening Doors to Equity written by Tonya Ward Singer and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The transformative professional learning design that advances equity in your school! How do we make educational equity a reality, lesson by lesson? This compelling book is a call to action, focused on observation-based professional learning to elevate teaching practice. Learn how to bring team observation into the classroom to test, refine and transform instruction so that students of all backgrounds achieve. Ideal for classroom teachers, grade-level team facilitators, department chairs, and all education leaders, this guide shows how to: Create a culture of deep collaboration that closes opportunity gaps among students Effectively redesign instruction to reach culturally and linguistically diverse learners, using observation data and shared best practices Center instructional conversations on developing students’ skills for college and career success, including hard-to-assess skills Including video clips of actual teams, Tonya Ward Singer’s powerful and practical book promises to become a catalyst that will inspire educators as leaders of positive change. "This exceptionally valuable book provides a clear process I can use to engage with my colleagues around learning. I appreciated the ideas and practical information that will ensure that my professional learning group focuses on student learning as evidenced in real lessons. The tools that Tonya Singer provides are useful and relevant, not to mention tried and true." —Douglas Fisher, Professor San Diego State University, CA "I recommend this book without hesitation. . . Gone are the days for teachers to be working ‘behind closed doors’ . . . Go forth and TEACH like the world works––collaboratively with teams!" —Harriet Gould, Adjunct Professor Concordia University, Lincoln, NE
Download or read book The Savvy Edtech Leader written by Sheryl Abshire and published by . This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. Bridging the gap between theory and practice, the book addresses core topics such as leadership vision, strategic planning, ethics and performance management, so that both budding and seasoned professionals are well-equipped to navigate the diverse challenges they might face. By focusing on strategies that have the potential to transform learning with technology leadership, this book supports educators and leaders in harnessing technology to lead in the most effective ways, directly benefiting students. The book will help readers: Focus on internal motivation and increase confidence in order to become an effective leader. Learn how to establish a positive leadership culture at the staff and district levels. Cultivate interpersonal and team-building skills to foster collaborative, harmonious work environments. Make informed, ethical decisions as the rapid evolution of technology often outpaces the development of ethical guidelines. Build strategic planning and performance management skills to prepare to move into top education technology leadership positions. Map out a plan to support a school system's vision, and influence others to buy into and support that vision. Tackling diverse challenges that professionals in educational technology face, this book equips readers with the knowledge and practical strategies needed to bring about meaningful change. Audience: Leaders and aspiring leaders seeking higher-level education technology leadership positions, including educators, education leaders and coaches.
Download or read book Equity Visits written by Rachel Roegman and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2019-08-07 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Because equity and instruction are inextricably bound Why are equity visits such a critical first step to increasing opportunity and access for our under-served students? Because they take instructional rounds to a new level, providing a powerful lens for investigating the intersections of equity and instruction. After all, how can we possibly deliver equitable learning experiences, opportunities, and outcomes for our students, without first pinpointing problems of practice? That’s where Equity Visits will prove absolutely indispensable to district and school administrators. It details how to combine a strong focus on instruction with explicit, intentional efforts to address systemic inequities. Inside you’ll find A range of data collection activities and tools to target central issues of equity in your school Clear guidelines on how to investigate the ways instructional practices, structures, and beliefs lead to inequitable educational experiences—and how these are often masked in the day-to-day life of schools and districts A frank discussion of how to make race and racism an explicit part of investigating and addressing educational inequities Voices of school and district leaders who have taken crucial first steps to become "equity warriors" Recommendations on how to develop policies, initiatives, and practices to confront those inequities Few dispute that instructional improvement must be a central focus of educational leadership, but for too long achieving educational equity has been absent from the conversation. Here is your opportunity to ensure equity occupy a central spot in data collection and analysis, and be explicitly discussed at all levels of your school or district organization. In short, essential reading and doing for all administrators!
Download or read book Toward Digital Equity written by Gwen Solomon and published by Allyn & Bacon. This book was released on 2003 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines factors that collectively create and sustain the present inequalities in student access to digital technologies, and discusses some of the challenges and opportunities for addressing the issue. The 15 chapters explore philosophical and sociocultural aspects of digital equity, consider the needs of particular populations of learners, and suggest organizational structures and policies for instituting systematic change. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Equity and Quality in Digital Learning written by Carolyn J. Heinrich and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Equity and Quality in Digital Learning identifies and presents specific strategies and practices for using digital tools to reduce inequities in educational opportunities and improve student outcomes. Based on a ten-year research-practice partnership with the Dallas and Milwaukee public school districts, the book highlights the factors that can support or impede the implementation of digital learning in K-12 schools. As public schools make major investments in digital learning, it is critical to ensure that digital tools are effectively leveraged to enhance learning and reduce achievement gaps, especially for those students historically underserved in schools. The authors offer concrete ways to use evidence from the book to increase the effectiveness of digital learning. "With rich accounts of two districts' efforts to integrate digital tools, the authors offer a well-reasoned caution that digital tools can easily replicate, even amplify, inequality in our education system. Yet, they offer a clear outline for how districts can adopt and implement digital tools to improve learning for all students. This book is an essential read for any school system leader." --Betheny Gross, associate director, Center on Reinventing Public Education, University of Washington Bothell "At this moment, we are grappling with not only how to ensure equity of access to devices and internet but also how to provide equity in quality and delivery of digital content. This book serves as a resource to help educational organizations understand how we got here and offers solutions on where to go." --Lakisha Brinson, Director of Learning Technology, Metro Nashville Public Schools Carolyn J. Heinrich is the Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Public Policy and Education, chair of the Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations, and an affiliated professor of Economics at Vanderbilt University. Jennifer Darling-Aduana is an assistant professor of learning technologies in the Department of Learning Sciences, College of Education and Human Development, at Georgia State University. Annalee G. Good is a researcher at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER), codirector of the Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative, and director of the WCER Clinical Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Download or read book Future Alternatives for Educational Leadership written by Taylor & Francis Group and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-02 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers provocations for what's now and what's next in educational leadership, simultaneously bringing the field both back to its basics--of equity, democracy, humanity, and education for all--and forward to productive, innovative, and necessary possibilities. Written during the pandemic reality of 2020, this collection shares the global voices and expertise of prominent and emerging leaders, scholars, and practitioners in education from the UK, the United States, South America, Canada, Europe, Australia, and the Middle East. The authors engage with the complexities and uncertainties of leading in education. They examine research, reflections, and real stories from which school leaders, education system leaders, policymakers, and researchers in the field of educational leadership, can learn, and in which they will find honesty, authority, and inspiration to guide the future of the field. The new perspectives and hopeful alternatives presented in this outstanding book are essential to researchers, school leaders, and policymakers, and are key to advancing education into positive and democratic futures.
Download or read book My Secret EdTech Diary Looking at Educational Technology through a wider lens written by Al Kingsley and published by John Catt. This book was released on 2021-07-05 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With 30+ years’ experience developing and using EdTech products, distilled down into an easy-to-read format, My Secret EdTech Diary aims to get you thinking about the past, present and future role of educational technology and how it influences and shapes our education system. My Secret EdTech Diary reflects on the history of EdTech, lessons learned pre and post-Covid, best practice suggestions, how to select the right solutions and the questions you need to consider before pursuing your digital ambitions. With unique insights from an Educators’ and Vendors’ perspective, advice for budding EduPreneurs, guidance for schools considering how to co-produce technology solutions with vendors and how to make the right choices, Al aims to shine a light on Educational Technology through the widest possible lens. With links to research, insights from trusted peers, quick ready-reckoner checklists, questions you need to be asking, alongside voices aligned from the sector, this book aims to get you up to speed and thinking big picture EdTech.
Download or read book National Education Technology Plan written by Arthur P. Hershaft and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Education is the key to America's economic growth and prosperity and to our ability to compete in the global economy. It is the path to higher earning power for Americans and is necessary for our democracy to work. It fosters the cross-border, cross-cultural collaboration required to solve the most challenging problems of our time. The National Education Technology Plan 2010 calls for revolutionary transformation. Specifically, we must embrace innovation and technology which is at the core of virtually every aspect of our daily lives and work. This book explores the National Education Technology Plan which presents a model of learning powered by technology, with goals and recommendations in five essential areas: learning, assessment, teaching, infrastructure and productivity.
Download or read book Equity Insight written by Ethan Cruz and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you feel truly prepared for the real world after you graduated? If you want to know how to make sure your students are being prepared for the real world, then keep reading... A report produced in 2018 for CASEL showed that 52% of recent graduates believed they were not prepared for success after high school. It is not a secret that the education system is full of flaws, and students are not being taught the Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) skills they need for everyday life. On top of that, schools don't know how to handle diversity. We talk about being inclusive, but the curriculum is structured as a standard for every student, but every student has different skills, interests, struggles, needs, cultural backgrounds, and lifestyles. This is causing many students to perform poorly because they are forced to follow the standard. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) focuses on creating equity in school by making education adaptable and flexible. That way, every single student can perform at their best and learn what matters. Education desperately needs to change. That's why this book is going to inspire you and guide you to start changing the lives of your students little by little. In Equity Insight, you will find: How to make UDL easy to implement What makes a great teacher How to start making a change even when you have no support Why having SEL skills is more important than a college degree How to identify what your students really need Why SEL and UDL are the keys to a better future The best way to start SEL in your classroom with a $0 budget Every student needs to feel supported and valued. What are you waiting for to start making a change in your student's life? Students have never been more in need of Social-Emotional skills than in this time of uncertainty, anxiety, and depression. If you are ready to start making an impact on your students' lives, scroll up and click on "Buy now".
Download or read book K 8 Digital Citizenship Curriculum written by Ask a Tech Teacher and published by Structured Learning LLC. This book was released on 2019-09-21 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 9 grade levels. 17 topics. 46 lessons. 46 projects. A year-long curriculum that covers everything you need to discuss on internet safety and efficiency. Digital Citizenship–probably one of the most important topics students will learn between kindergarten and 8th and too often, teachers are thrown into it without a roadmap. Well, here it is–your guide to what our children must know at what age to thrive in the community called the internet. It’s a roadmap for blending all pieces into a cohesive, effective student-directed cyber-learning experience that accomplishes ISTE’s general goals
Download or read book Championing Technology Infusion in Teacher Preparation written by Arlene C. Borthwick and published by International Society for Technology in Education. This book was released on 2022-08-17 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Educators learning how to meaningfully integrate technology into their teaching practice will find resources and action plans to prepare them for today’s tech-infused lessons. Advancing teacher preparation to full adoption of technology infusion is no small undertaking. Written by 20 experts in the teacher prep field, Championing Technology Infusion in Teacher Preparation provides research- and practice-based direction for faculty, administrators, PK-12 school partners and other stakeholders who support programwide technology infusion in teacher education programs. Such organizational change involves almost every individual and system involved in teacher preparation. Topics addressed include: • Defining technology infusion and integration. • Systemic planning and readiness of college-level leadership. • Programwide, iterative candidate experiences across courses and clinical work. • Technology use and expectations for teachers and students in PK-12 settings. • Instructional design in teacher preparation programs to include integration of technology in face-to-face, blended and online PK-12 teaching and learning. • Strategies to support induction of new teachers in PK-12 settings. • Technology use, expectations, and professional development for teacher educators • Models for effective candidate and program evaluation. • Roles for government agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in nationwide collaboration for technology infusion in teacher preparation. This book will help administrators in colleges and schools of education as well as teacher educators in preparation programs support the developmental needs of teacher candidates as they learn how to teach with technology. With action steps and getting started resources in each chapter, the book is well-adapted for small group study and planning by collaborative leadership teams in colleges and schools of education. The book is also appropriate for the study of effective organizational change in education by graduate students.
Download or read book Disruptive Classroom Technologies written by Sonny Magana and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2017-05-04 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ensure your technological integration is leading to deeper learning! Have we developed, at considerable cost and effort, classrooms that are digitally rich but innovation poor? Timely and powerful, this book offers a new framework to elevate instructional practices with technology and maximize student learning. The T3 Framework helps categorize students’ learning as translational, transformational, or transcendent, sorting through the low-impact applications to reach high-impact usage. Teachers and leaders will find: Examples of technology use at the translational, transformational, and transcendent levels Activities, guides, and prompts for deeper learning Evaluative rubrics to self-assess current technology use, establish meaningful goals, and track progress This guide helps teachers and leaders realize the potential of modern teaching and learning tools to unleash students’ passion for limitless learning. "We need to build collaborative communities of students using the social media aspects of technology to change classroom conversations from monologue to dialogue, increasing student impact questions, and allowing errors. This is the core of Magana’s claims, and how we’ll see technology really make the difference we’re after!" —John Hattie, Laureate Professor, Deputy Dean of MGSE, Director of the Melbourne Education Research Institute "Fresh, innovative, and revolutionary, Magana′s T3 Framework promises to challenge the status quo and invite disruptive practices in educational technology." —Yong Zhao Author, World Class Learners "The T3 Framework is a brilliant breakthrough in our understanding and use of technology for learning." —Michael Fullan, Professor Emeritus OISE/University of Toronto, Canada
Download or read book Learning Transformed written by Eric C. Sheninger and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2017 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eric Sheninger and Thomas Murray outline eight keys to intentionally design tomorrow's schools so today's learners are prepared for success.
Download or read book written by Will Richardson and published by Solution Tree Press. This book was released on 2011-07-26 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Internet connects us in unprecedented ways. To prepare students to flourish in this new learning world, schools will need to transform themselves in important ways. This book is a road map for any educator thinking about using the web for learning. Build your own learning network, and use learning networks in the classroom and schoolwide to improve student outcomes.
Download or read book Behind Their Screens written by Emily Weinstein and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How teens navigate a networked world and how adults can support them. What are teens actually doing on their smartphones? Contrary to many adults’ assumptions, they are not simply “addicted” to their screens, oblivious to the afterlife of what they post, or missing out on personal connection. They are just trying to navigate a networked world. In Behind Their Screens, Emily Weinstein and Carrie James, Harvard researchers who are experts on teens and technology, explore the complexities that teens face in their digital lives, and suggest that many adult efforts to help—“Get off your phone!” “Just don’t sext!”—fall short. Weinstein and James warn against a single-minded focus by adults on “screen time.” Teens worry about dependence on their devices, but disconnecting means being out of the loop socially, with absence perceived as rudeness or even a failure to be there for a struggling friend. Drawing on a multiyear project that surveyed more than 3,500 teens, the authors explain that young people need empathy, not exasperated eye-rolling. Adults should understand the complicated nature of teens’ online life rather than issue commands, and they should normalize—let teens know that their challenges are shared by others—without minimizing or dismissing. Along the way, Weinstein and James describe different kinds of sexting and explain such phenomena as watermarking nudes, comparison quicksand, digital pacifiers, and collecting receipts. Behind Their Screens offers essential reading for any adult who cares about supporting teens in an online world.
