Digital Learning for All, Now : A School Leader′s Guide for 1:1 on a Budget.

FRONT COVER -- DIGITAL LEARNING FOR ALL NOW -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES AND ILLUSTRATIONS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE: POTENTIAL WITHIN REACH -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Publisher's Acknowledgments -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- PART I: WHY WE NEED DIGITAL LEARNING FOR ALL, NOW -- CHAPTER 1: BEYOND A DOUBT: DIGITAL IS THE FUTURE OF TEACHING AND LEARNING -- Starting With the End in Mind -- Truth 1: The Future of Learning and Work Is Digital -- The Pace of Technology Change -- The Rise of the Information Age -- Access Is the First Step -- Raising the Performance Bar -- Knowing Is No Longer Enough: 21st Century Skills -- Truth 2: Proper Preparation for the Digital Age Requires Digital Access -- How Do We Achieve Fluency? -- Living in One World, Learning in Another -- Truth 3: Continued Investment in Print Is a Waste -- Money, Money, Money-and Other Barriers -- Chapter Summary -- PART II: GETTING TO 1:1 -- CHAPTER 2: BYOD: CROWDSOURCING HARDWARE AND CLOSING THE EQUITY GAP -- An Introduction to Bring Your Own Device -- Three Trends That Make BYOD Possible -- Trend 1: Lighter, Faster, Smaller, Cheaper -- Trend 2: The Browser and the Price Benefit of Open Source -- Trend 3: Customize or Perish -- Implementation Challenges for BYOD -- Challenge 1: The District Should Pay -- Challenge 2: It's About Equity -- Challenge 3: Networks, Capacity, and Security -- Planning for the Issues and Adjustments Needed for BYOD -- Chapter Summary -- CHAPTER 3: TAKE THE OPEN PATH: THE BROWSER AND OPEN SOURCE-SAVING MONEY AND IMPROVING LEARNING -- Introduction to Open-Source Software -- There Is Money to Be Saved -- The History of Open Source -- A Browser Shows the Way -- Open Source Comes of Age -- The Big Move to Make Software Small: Impact of the App -- The Rise of Google -- The Answer Is in the Cloud -- How Much Can We Save? -- Open-Source Productivity Software Resources.

Strategies for Supporting Open-Source Change -- Strategy 1: Focus on Value -- Strategy 2: Balance the Pitch Between Function and Savings -- Strategy 3: Support the Change, Support Each Other, Support Yourself -- Strategy 4: Get Out of Your Building -- Open Source and Online Instructional Materials -- A Target-Rich Environment -- The Text Is Dead: Long Live the Text -- Retrofitting Is a Waste -- Free, Engaging, and Rigorous -- Wiki Is Not a Four-Letter Word -- Open Sharing of Resources -- Six Strategies to Get Started -- Chapter Summary -- CHAPTER 4: OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO SUCCESS: STRATEGIES FOR DEFEATING THE INERTIA OF PRINT AND OTHER BLOCKING FORCES -- Unwavering Faith -- The Pareto Principle: The Power of Focus -- Barrier 1: It's All About Control-Part A: Curriculum and Instruction -- History Repeats Itself -- Instructional Control Barrier Strategy 1: Redefine the Role of the Teacher -- Instructional Control Barrier Strategy 2: Replace the Textbook -- Instructional Control Barrier Strategy 3: Recognize That All Content Is Not Created Equal -- Barrier 1: It's All About Control-Part B: Access and Equipment -- Control as a Foundation of the IT Enterprise -- Technology Control Barrier Strategy 1: Support Your Own -- Technology Control Barrier Strategy 2: Five-Minute Rule -- Technology Control Barrier Strategy 3: Leverage Student Expertise -- Technology Control Barrier Strategy 4: Attack the Damage Myth -- Barrier 2: One Size Fits All -- One-Size-Fits-All Barrier Strategy 1: Equity Is Not Synonymous With Sameness -- One-Size-Fits-All Barrier Strategy 2: Celebrate the Power of Differentiation -- Barrier 3: Risk Aversion -- You Can't Boil the World -- Risk-Aversion Strategy 1: Move From Zero to Acceptable Risk -- Risk-Aversion Strategy 2: Focus on Responsible Use, Not Prohibiting Use -- Risk-Aversion Strategy 3: Understanding Common and Special Causes.

Chapter Summary -- PART III: BUILDING THE SYSTEM -- CHAPTER 5: SYSTEMS AND MEASUREMENT: ALIGNING INSTRUCTION, ASSESSMENT, AND SUPPORT SYSTEMS WITH 21ST CENTURY OUTCOMES -- Three Phases of Technology Integration -- Systems of School Improvement and Their Impact on 21st Century Learning -- Guided Rethinking: New Assumptions and Aligned Systems -- Four Foundational Systems: Part 1-Focus, Focus, Focus -- Four Foundational Systems: Part 2-Instruction and Assessment -- The Next Level: Critical Support Systems-Curriculum and Communication -- The Next Level: Professional Support, Professional Evaluation, and Resource Deployment -- Chapter Summary: What Is Your Readiness for Realignment? -- CHAPTER 6: LEADING THE CHANGE PROCESS: MODELING THE SKILLS AND BEHAVIORS WE EXPECT FROM OUR STUDENTS -- Staring Into the Abyss -- 21st Century Skills: Modeling the Change We Hope to See -- Skill 1: Communication -- Rationale -- Building Your Skills -- Supporting the Change -- Skill 2: Independence and Collaboration -- Rationale -- Building Your Skills -- Supporting the Change -- Skill 3: Innovation and Adaptability -- Rationale -- Building Your Skills -- Supporting the Change -- Skill 4: Critical Thinking -- Rationale -- Building Your Skills -- Supporting the Change -- Analysis -- Synthesis -- Evaluation -- Skill 5: Information Literacy -- Rationale -- Building Your Skills -- Supporting the Change -- Skill 6: Personal Responsibility -- Rationale -- Building Your Skills -- Supporting the Change -- Conclusion -- GLOSSARY OF TERMS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.

This book shows school and district leaders how to make the shift to a 1:1 computing/learning environment economically and how to align all systems, including curriculum, instruction, assessment and professional learning, to that goal.

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