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Getting It Right

Aligning Technology Initiatives for Measurable Student Results

By: Ian Jukes, Matt McClure, Randolph MacLean

The authors provide a model for addressing state and regional standards, improving test scores, meeting curricular requirements, and providing measurable accountability for technology expenditures.

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Grade Level: PreK-12, Elementary, Secondary
ISBN: 9781412982375
Published By: Corwin
Series: The 21st Century Fluency Series
Year: 2011
Page Count: 136
Publication date: September 28, 2011

Price: $33.95

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A fresh look at technology planning for schools

This book is designed to help educational leaders, decision makers, and teachers wade through the complexities of aligning technology planning with learning goals. Organized around a problem-solving model based on solution fluency, the authors outline how to:

Address state, regional, or provincial standards
Improve test scores · Meet curricular requirements
Foster relevant staff development
Provide measurable accountability for technology expenditures

Included are sidebars with advice and comments from educators who have successfully integrated technology initiatives with learning goals. Their experiences help light the path through the journey toward "getting it right" for 21^stcentury learners.

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Ian Jukes

Ian Jukes has been a teacher, an administrator, writer, consultant, university instructor, and keynote speaker. He is the director of the InfoSavvy Group, an international consulting group that provides leadership and program development in the areas of assessment and evaluation, strategic alignment, curriculum design and publication, professional development, planning, change management, hardware and software acquisition, information services, customized research, media services, and online training as well as conference keynotes and workshop presentations. Over the past 10 years, Jukes has worked with clients in more than 40 countries and made more than 7,000 presentations, typically speaking to between 300,000 and 350,000 people a year. His Committed Sardine Blog is read by more than 78,000 people in 75 countries.