Casey, Michael/Vidal, Darryl: Vision (E-Book)

<span><span>This book provides a straightforward approach to developing a school or districts vision to guide all stakeholders toward a common goal with educational technology. This book is intended for educational leaders to provide a structured methodology for a school or district to develop their own vision of educational technology. This book discusses educational technology in a non-technical manner and addresses ideas and concerns about 1:1 computing and bring your own device solutions (BYOD). This book will answer the following questions:</span></span><br><span></span><br><span><span>- Why do we need a VISION for Technology in Education?</span></span><br><span><span>- How do we develop our own VISION for Educational Technology?</span></span><br><span><span>- Does our VISION for educational technology support our District Strategic Plan?</span></span><br><span><span>- How do todays infrastructure requirements, instructional applications and equipment impact our VISION?</span></span><br><span></span>

This book provides a straightforward approach to developing a school or districts vision to guide all stakeholders toward a common goal with educational technology. Intended for educational leaders, this book provides a structured methodology for a school or district to develop their own vision of educational technology.

Darryl Vidal has been consulting for schools implementing technology for over twenty years. His projects include district-wide implementations of VoIP, Wireless, Data Center Virtualization, and Video Security. His primary instructional focus for over fifteen years has been the ever evolving technology classroom. Mr. Vidal has developed the formal strategic planning and project management methodology known as MapIT^sm. He is currently the Vice President and principal Education Technology Consultant for Southern California-based technology firm Networld Solutions, Inc.


Michael Casey has over thirty years of experience in Education as a classroom teacher, Educational Technology Resource teacher, Program Manager for Educational Technology and as an Executive Director for Information Technology at San Diego Unified School District. He is currently the director of Technology for Del Mar Union Schools and the President and CEO of Eire Group a technology consulting solutions group.