The decision to network a school is usually made by powerful figures outside the school. Failure to involve building staff in the development of the learning program, the design and placement of the network resources and a robust 3-4 year professional development program is courting disaster. Making good change involves a strategic and balanced deployment of resources. Schools optimize use by moving resources around to where they will do the most good. This book is designed to offer hope and inspiration as well as skill and method to those who feel passionately about changing schools for the better.
Many schools already possess many of the key elements required to make smart use of the new tools.
Other have much cultivating to do. But regardless of the starting point, all schools can make dramatic progress toward the goal of becoming information literate communities. All schools can realistically expect to equip students with the kinds of strong questioning and thinking skills that will serve them well as they find their way into this new century. Click here to learn more . The photographs were shot by Jamie McKenzie.