The Changing Roles of Administrators
As
the instructional leaders, administrators provide valuable support for teachers.
To help classroom teachers create an interface between students and educational
technology, administrators need ongoing training and support in understanding technology
management issues, impacts of technology on educational change,
and administrative uses of technology.
The importance of school leaders in the success of
technology integration cannot be overstated. Superintendents
and principals must be involved in and support technology initiatives.
Research has consistently found that, when school leaders are
informed about and comfortable with technology, they become key
players in leading and supporting technology integration activities.
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Leaders should model the use of technology.
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In order to do so, leaders must become technology users and
be involved in planning and implementing technology in their own school buildings.
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