Naturalizing Digital Immigrants: The Power of Collegial Coaching for Technology Integration [Paperback]

Effective educational leadership entails continuously seeking and implementing innovative professional development opportunities for teachers and support staff. In todays age of rapid technology expansion within educational settings, professional development targeting technology integration remains an area of tremendous need. This guidebook details the process of collegial coaching for technology integration within educational environments and is intended for use within a variety of settings, from primary classrooms through high schools to graduate educational leadership and instructional technology courses and beyond.

Katie Alaniz is an instructor of graduate education courses at Houston Baptist University in Houston, Texas, where she works with masters level students seeking to make a positive impact in schools and society. Additionally, as an instructional technologist and computer teacher at River Oaks Baptist School in Houston, Katie guides and supports fellow faculty members in incorporating educationally enriching technological tools within their classroom learning environments. Her research and writing interests include instructional technology, collegial coaching, and teacher education.

Dawn Wilson taught middle school math for sixteen years before becoming a full time faculty member and professor of educational technology at Houston Baptist University for the last twelve years. In this position, she has mentored university and K12 teachers as they learn how to integrate instructional technology in the classroom across a variety of disciplines. Her research and writing interests include coaching for technology integration, teaching online, and flipping classroom instruction.

This book provides a practical, flexible roadmap for school leaders who would like to help teachers begin to successfully use technology to increase student learning  or increase the effectiveness of their current technology integrations. Based on a sound philosophl3*