Next Practices

An Executive Guide for Education Decision Makers

By (author) Darryl Vidal, Michael Casey

Not available to order

Publication date:

18 February 2014

Length of book:

100 pages

Publisher

R&L Education

ISBN-13: 9781475808025

N3xt Practices is a ground-breaking advisory book for education decision makers. Its purpose is to challenge the top trends and initiatives of the previous decade in educational technology and bring light to their short-falls and misses. It also highlights successful endeavors and strategies and details a common-sense methodology to move your school/district forward in its technology initiatives while insuring sustainability, and longevity and ultimately, success through results. Next Practices identifies technology-based initiatives, such as Interactive White Boards, Data Centers, and 1-to-1 Computing, and reviews actual implementations and case studies – both successful and unsuccessful – to provide a structure to plan and implement educational technology initiatives practical for schools and districts of all sizes. Next Practices goes beyond the examination of current best practices and redefines for educational leaders NEXT Practices for successful technology initiatives in support of 21st century learning.

Summary
PART 1 – EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY AS DEFINED
Introduction
Education and Technology
Your Organization

PART 2 – REAL WORLD TECHNOLOGY SUCCESSES & FAILURES – WHAT & WHY
Interactive White Boards
One-to-one Initiative
Wireless Networking
Enterprise Computing and the Data Center

PART 3 – PLANNING FOR EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY SUCCESS – CURRICULUM BASIS
Curriculum Focused – Purposeful Work
Professional Development – your District’s Priorities, Practices, and Realities
Technology Planning vs. Implementation Planning

PART 4 – THE WAY FORWARD
The Strategic Planning Process
Strategy vs. Tactics
Develop Technology Standards (Practices Aren’t Standards)
Be careful not to take too long of a view
Classroom Technology Standards – The Classroom doesn’t belong to the Teacher, it belongs to the School District (Shhhh …. Don’t tell them!)
Enterprise Management and Sustainability
Enterprise Desktop Management – One Platform Please
The Cloud
The Physical Layer – Standardize Infrastructure
PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
About the Authors

In Next Practices, Darryl Vidal and Mike Casey describe a curriculum approach to infusing technology into the educational setting – a brilliant portrayal of easy-to-follow steps and a process so user friendly it is a must read for administrators and teachers everywhere. Downright powerful information for professionals who are committed to effectively leveraging technology in contemporary classrooms.