NOW Classrooms Leader's Guide: Enhancing Teaching and Learning Through Technology (A School Improvement Plan for the 21st Century) (Now!)

Part of the NOW Classrooms series.With a clear vision for action, school and district leaders can establish a creative, collaborative school climate that equips students with the 21st century skills necessary to thrive in the connected world. Part of the NOW Classrooms series, this guidebook outlines a flexible framework that school leaders can use to drive instructional innovation and create an engaging, student-centered learning environment using technology.The guide will help school leadership and management create 21st century schools:Understand that real transformational change results from teaching and learning, not ever-changing digital devices.Learn how to bring communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity to the center of classrooms in grades K-12 and increase digital citizenship.Review education tech tools, digital platforms, and other online options for managing building- and district-level changes now and in the future.Explore how to address varied leaders' and staff members' willingness to shift the school culture.Follow a school improvement plan designed to lead real, systemic change in a school.Contents:Chapter 1: The Why: Creating and Communicating a Vision for ChangeChapter 2: The What: Planning the LaunchChapter 3: The How: Defining and Deploying Essential ResourcesChapter 4: The Then What: Providing Professional Development and Sharing Your StoryChapter 5: A Shifting VisionAppendix A: Grade-Band Books at a GlanceAppendix B: Technology Tools, Apps, Terms, and Resources References and ResourcesBooks in the NOW Classrooms series:NOW Classrooms, Leader's GuideNOW Classrooms, Grades K-2NOW Classrooms, Grades 3-5NOW Classrooms, Grades 6-8NOW Classrooms, Grades 9-12 Read more