Section outline

  • We all know that technology is changing the educational landscape and classroom instruction.  The educational writer Donald Clark has go so far to say that pedegogy has changed more in the past 10 years than it has in the past 1000 years, largely do to changes in technology.

    The Project RED research study lists "Change Management Leadership" as one of their 9 Key Implementation Factors for a successful transition to a 1:1 laptop environment.  Clearly Principals and other Site Leaders have an important role to play in the successful integration of technology into the classroom.

    But what is it that Principals REALLY need to know in order to get started?   This course is designed to give you an overview of some of the most essential concepts you will need to understand in order to manage and make instructional decisions related to a 1:1 laptop program.