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Doug Johnson has created an instant workshop, laid out with objectives, rationale, assessment forms and evaluation tools. Just create a few activities and you are ready to go. Bulleted lists make the book easy to use. This book is of value to anyone, including media specialists, who plan or deliver staff development in schools with teachers or administrators. It also can serve as a college textbook for pre-service teachers in educational technology, administration, and Internet classes. • Receive a clear list of technology skills and staff development plans that will help school librarians and others plan, administer, and evaluate in-services in technology for school staff • Provides a plan for increasing and evaluating the technology proficiency of school staffs • Provides clear descriptions of specific technology skills and a framework for technology staff development • Gives step-by-step instructions for creating a staff development model for advanced computer users and administrators

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<p> All teachers' questions about computer use can be answered in this well-organized, clearly written book. Johnson's tone uplifts and motivates the reader to take on the challenge of developing computer skills. He provides a wonderful framework for teachers to create strategies, goals, and resources for proficient computer use. He sees computers as a way to empower teachers both personally and professionally. He offers a proven staff development plan based on his own experience with the CODE 77 Program, created in 1992 for the Mankato Public Schools in Minnesota. This book provides an overview of specific skills teachers can apply, from file management to hypermedia use. Each chapter provides skill objectives, self-assessment criteria, free advice, a model portfolio, and even homework. The book moves forward to more advanced computer skills that illustrate how instructional delivery can be modified and enhanced by computer technology. Johnson never loses focus of the need for assessment. The appendix provides some very useful examples and handouts, ranging from an application form for a CODE 77 Project to self-evaluation forms to tutorials. If technology coordinators and school administrators follow the tips and framework of the book, teachers will empower themselves to take full advantage of what computer technology has to offer. Highly Recommended. - <p>The Book Report

All teachers' questions about computer use can be answered in this well-organized, clearly written book. Johnson's tone uplifts and motivates the reader to take on the challenge of developing computer skills. He provides a wonderful framework for teachers to create strategies, goals, and resources for proficient computer use. He sees computers as a way to empower teachers both personally and professionally. He offers a proven staff development plan based on his own experience with the CODE 77 Program, created in 1992 for the Mankato Public Schools in Minnesota. This book provides an overview of specific skills teachers can apply, from file management to hypermedia use. Each chapter provides skill objectives, self-assessment criteria, free advice, a model portfolio, and even homework. The book moves forward to more advanced computer skills that illustrate how instructional delivery can be modified and enhanced by computer technology. Johnson never loses focus of the need for assessment. The appendix provides some very useful examples and handouts, ranging from an application form for a CODE 77 Project to self-evaluation forms to tutorials. If technology coordinators and school administrators follow the tips and framework of the book, teachers will empower themselves to take full advantage of what computer technology has to offer. Highly Recommended. - The Book Report

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Doug Johnson is director of Media and Technology at I.S.D. 77 Mankato Public Schools in Minnesota.

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