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Leading 21st-Century Schools: Harnessing Technology for Engagement and Achievement | 
| Authors: Lynne M. Schrum, Barbara B. (Barry) Levin
Publisher: Corwin Press
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Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 6.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 1412972957
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Publication Date: August 3, 2009
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Aligned to the ISTE NETS standards for administrators, this guide provides an actionable plan for integrating new technology into teaching and learning and realizing measurable improvement.
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Tells how to create a tech-savvy school in keeping with the newly updated NETS-A standards November 13, 2009
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Lynne Schrum and Barbara B. Levin's LEADING 21ST CENTURY SCHOOLS: HARNESSING TECHNOLOGY FOR ENGAGEMENT AND ACHIEVEMENT tells how to create a tech-savvy school in keeping with the newly updated NETS-A standards. From ethical and legal considerations to recommended activities and resources, this packs in 21st century skills from creating wikis and blogs to social networking. Top picks for any education library.
Leading 21st Century Schools March 10, 2010
M. Feit
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I read this book for as required reading for an Instructional Technology Leadership graduate class that I am enrolled in. As a future elementary special education teacher, this is not a book that I would typically seek out. However, I think this book is possibly more useful for an individual like myself, than someone who is already a technology leader or the educator with a technologically oriented mindset. The book is well organized and easily accessable even for someone like myself with limited tehcnological expertise.
The book is divided into three sections. The first section is dedicated to presenting information on why it is so important to move towards a more technologically focused education system. The second section concentrates on what can and should be included in this new vision of education. This section strongly emphasises the great potential that the Web 2.0 tools has for educators and students. The final section presents topics relating to the practical considerations involved in being a leader int the 21st Century school.
The book makes a strong case for the importance of changing the focus of the traditional school to include 21st Century skills and technologies. More importantly, the book includes tools, and several real examples to assist the educators who want to play a part in leading their schools in this direction. I often felt mildly inspired and strongly motivated by the examples that the authors presented. I found my mind racing to find ways to implement the tools and strategies in a special education setting. I look forward to using this information in my education career.
A good resource for educators and school leaders who want to integrate technology into the school setting. March 3, 2010
M. C. BUSTAMANTE
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Leading 21st Century Schools: Harnessing Technology for Engagement and Achievement. Lynne Schrum & Barbara B. Levin. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin, 2009. 232 pages.
The book Leading 21st Century Schools: Harnessing Technology for Engagement and Achievement, by Lynne Schrum and Barbara Levin, is a good resource for educators and school leaders who want to integrate technology into the school setting, following the lines of the National Educational Technology Standards for Administrators. The authors clearly describe and explain the use of Web 2.0 tools for administrative tasks, as well as for teachers and students. Strategies for several content areas specifically within the K-12 curriculum are provided. At the end of each chapter, there is a useful set of activities to consider using within the school and materials to consult online to expand upon the different topics. Also, at the end of the book there is a complete glossary of technological terms and a list of Web 2.0 tools and online resources classified by content area. The authors focus on collaborative, communicative, and creative skills through the use of online tools and provide an overview of legal and ethical issues such as copyright or fair use, as well as safety considerations.
Technological issues and terms are explained in a simple language, so the text is easy to read. I would recommend this book to educators that are not familiar with technology. I enjoyed reading about several different aspects of technology within the educational setting. Even though the strategies for effective use of technology within the diverse content areas are K-12 oriented, I believe this is a good resource as well for a college faculty. Since evidence from research is presented with references throughout the book, this is a source that I would also recommend to graduate students of instructional technology.
Resource for Innovators March 3, 2010
Evi J. Wusk (Lincoln, NE)
If you like school the way its always been done, this book is not for you. But if you are an innovative educator in a position of leadership, I would recommend this book. This is one of the first pieces I've read that acknowledges the influx of digital native (Prensky, 2001) teachers entering the teaching profession and the resulting change. Today (3/2/10), this is a very current look at the "problem" of doing school the way it has always been done. Our kids today are largely bored and find lessons lacking relevancy and meaning. For many of them the lessons taught in school will not transfer to their future careers and lives. The ubiquitous nature of the Internet has changed the education ballgame (many have said this), but this book goes beyond just identifying the problem and extends to include tools and strategies for practice. This book is not only visionary, but also realistic about the responsibilities and challenges that exist within a public school setting.
One thing that makes this book stand out from its neighbors is its format. Each chapter contains at least one story of a real teacher/school leader who is working today. These stories helped to bring the content to life for me and allowed me to more effectively transfer the new knowledge to my current setting. I loved how each chapter started with the key vocabulary and ended with activities to consider. This allowed me to delve into each chapter as thoroughly as I wanted, and implement resources the next day in my classroom. This book's reach is much farther than its 212 pages with numerous Internet links to explore in each chapter. Although I've finished reading it, this won't be the last time I pick up this resource.
I do wish that the book were narrower (physically). The large white margins on the sides made it a bit wide for reading on the couch, but this is trivial. If I do have one qualm with the content of the text, I found the language arts resources lacking in comparison with math social studies, and science, but overall this is a quality resource that I'm glad to have on my shelf close at hand.
Great resource for educational professionals March 3, 2010
O. Dema
Leading 21st Century Schools: Harnessing Technology for Engagement and Achievement. Lynne Schrum & Barbara B. Levin. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin, 2009. 212 pages.
The primary aim of Schrum and Levin's book is to provide an overview of information and resources for educators and administrators to help them lead effectively in 21st century schools. This up-to-date text is intended to provide ways educational professionals can use technology to enhance students' learning and equip them with the essential 21-st century skills such as problem solving, collaboration, critical thinking, communication, creativity, innovation, etc.
One of the particularly valuable features of this book is that it is written in alignment with NETS which were designed to support administrators in leading required of 21st-century schools. Based on these standards, the book can serve as an excellent and useful resource of information about the tools they will need. The book represents a remarkable job done by Schrum and Levin in presenting a great variety of free Web 2.0 tools (e.g. wikis, podcasts, Google Docs, blogs, social networks, etc.) for teaching and learning that offer school leaders many ways to improve instruction, engage students and enhance their achievement and productivity. Throughout the book, the authors unpack the importance of the technology tools and ways they can be used effectively in various academic subjects at any grade level.
It is also noteworthy that integrated in the book are stories from leaders and educators that demonstrate how Web 2.0 tools have been used successfully in their schools. These examples support the theoretical foundations of the text as they illustrate the real-life and practical application of various technology resources. In addition, the Glossary supplement at the end of the books is especially helpful as it contains straightforward definitions to the key technology terms.
This is a very practical and accessible book that offers a comprehensive overview of technology tools that will help the students acquire and practice the 21st-century skills. This book can be encouraging for school leaders and professional educators who want to become technology leaders and get deeper knowledge and understanding of what it takes to assist teachers and students in using technology effectively. In addition, the book can serve as an excellent and useful resource for "digital immigrants" as they learn to embrace the new technologies their students are using.
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