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Scott McLeod
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Facilitating Administrators' Instructional Leadership through the Use of a Technology Integration Discussion Protocol
Scott McLeod
Journal of Research on Leadership Education Vol. 10, No. 3 (2015) pp. 227–233
Digital learning tools are increasingly prevalent in classrooms, yet too often technology integration efforts by educators replicate rather than transform traditional instructional practices. Opportunities to take advantage of the new affordances...
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Social Media Strategies for School Principals
Dan Cox; Scott McLeod
NASSP Bulletin Vol. 98, No. 1 (March 2014) pp. 5–25
The purpose of this qualitative study was to describe, analyze, and interpret the experiences of school principals who use multiple social media tools with stakeholders as part of their comprehensive communications practices. Additionally, it...
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Teachers' Technology Competency and Technology Integration in 1:1 Schools
Nicholas J. Sauers; Scott McLeod
Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 56, No. 6 (2018) pp. 892–910
Although school 1:1 computing programs have been around for over 20 years, the literature base on such programs remains sparse. Despite limited research on efficacy and implementation, 1:1 initiatives are increasingly popular in P-12 schools. The...
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The Dearth of Technology Leadership Coverage
Scott McLeod; Jayson W. Richardson
Journal of School Leadership Vol. 21, No. 2 (March 2011) pp. 216–240
This study focused on understanding the extent to which technology leadership is discussed, framed, and given voice in the fields of educational leadership and educational administration. To do this, we collected data and conducted content analyses...
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Technology Leadership in Native American Schools
Jayson W. Richardson; Scott McLeod
Journal of Research in Rural Education Vol. 26, No. 7 (2011)
Principals of schools serving Native American students have a unique role as technology leaders. They must be cognizant of technological demands, government mandates, as well as unique societal and cultural needs. In this study, the researchers...
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Commentary: UCEA CASTLE Response to "An Interview With Joseph South"
Scott McLeod; Jayson W. Richardson
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 17, No. 3 (September 2017) pp. 295–300
The University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) was founded more than six decades ago to build a knowledge base of research and effective practice for the field of educational leadership. UCEA is a collective of approximately 100 top...
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Technology Leadership Is Just Good Leadership: Dispositions of Tech Savvy Superintendents
Jayson W. Richardson; Scott McLeod; Nick Sauers
AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice Vol. 12, No. 1 (2015) pp. 11–30
This study describes core dispositions of school district superintendents who have been identified as technology savvy leaders by a prominent educational technology newspaper. The superintendents in this study described how they accomplished their...
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Opening The Door: An evaluation of the efficacy of a problem-based learning game
Scott J. Warren; Mary Jo Dondlinger; Julie McLeod; Chris Bigenho
Computers & Education Vol. 58, No. 1 (January 2012) pp. 397–412
As higher education institutions seek to improve undergraduate education, initiatives are underway to target instructional methods, re-examine curricula, and apply innovative technologies to better engage students with content. This article...
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Job Attainment and Perceived Role Differences of Cyberschool Leaders
Jayson W. Richardson; Dennis Beck; Jason LaFrance; Scott McLeod
Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 19, No. 1 (2016) pp. 211–222
As cyberschooling options expand, it is vital that we understand the nuances of these particular learning opportunities. Because little research exists on leaders of K-12 cyberschools, this exploratory case study had two purposes. We first examined...
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Studies of Technology Tool Usage Are Not Enough: A Response to the Articles in This Special Issue
Scott McLeod; Justin M. Bathon; Jayson W. Richardson
Journal of Research on Leadership Education Vol. 6, No. 5 (December 2011) pp. 288–297
The research in this special issue of the "Journal of Research in Leadership Education" (JRLE) is critically important for moving forward the practice of school leader preparation. The articles are well done and each includes at least one multimedia ...
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Perceptions of Online Credentials for School Principals
Jayson W. Richardson; Scott McLeod; Amy Garrett Dikkers
Journal of Educational Administration Vol. 49, No. 4 (2011) pp. 378–395
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the perceptions of human resource directors in the USA about online credentials earned by K-12 school principals and principal candidates. Design/methodology/approach: In this mixed methods study, ...
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How Do School Districts Treat K-12 Principals and Principal Candidates with Online Credentials?
Jayson W. Richardson; Scott McLeod; Amy Garrett Dikkers
International Journal of Leadership in Education Vol. 14, No. 3 (2011) pp. 351–368
This study was designed to understand how school districts treat their current principals and principal candidates who have taken online courses or who have earned online degrees. Through a survey of 105 human resources directors in K-12 schools...
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A Bridge to Success: STLI--In that No Man's Land between School Technology and Effective Leadership, the University of Minnesota's School Technology Leadership Initiative Is a Welcoming Bridge
Amy Garrett Dikkers; Joan E. Hughes; Scott McLeod
T.H.E. Journal Vol. 32, No. 11 (Jun 01, 2005)
Few mechanisms exist today in K-12 education to prepare school leaders to understand and espouse innovative technologies, even as technological innovation is occurring so rapidly. Although nearly all public school teachers now have access to...
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Academic Achievement and Perceptions of the Learning Environment in Virtual and Traditional Secondary Mathematics Classrooms
Joan E. Hughes; Scott McLeod; Rachel Brown; Yukiko Maeda; Jiyoung Choi
American Journal of Distance Education Vol. 21, No. 4 (November 2007) pp. 199–214
This study examined Algebra students' achievement and perceptions of their classroom environments in both online and traditional face-to-face learning contexts using two validated assessments, the Assessment of Algebraic Understanding (AAU) test and ...
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Emerging Technologies in Global Communication: Using Appreciative Inquiry to Improve the Preparation of School Administrators
Raymond L. Calabrese; B E. Roberts; Scott McLeod; Rae Niles; Kelly Christopherson; Paviter Singh; Miles Berry
International Journal of Educational Management Vol. 22, No. 7 (2008) pp. 696–709
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe how practitioners from Canada, the UK, Singapore, and the USA, university educational administration faculty from the USA, and the editor of a premier international journal of educational management...
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Large-Scale 1:1 Computing Initiatives: An Open Access Database
Jayson Richardson; Scott Mcleod; Kevin Flora; Nick Sauers; Sathiamoorthy Kannan; Mehmet Sincar
International Journal of Education and Development using ICT Vol. 9, No. 1 (Apr 19, 2013) pp. 4–18
This article details the spread and scope of large-scale 1:1 computing initiatives around the world. What follows is a review of the existing literature around 1:1 programs followed by a description of the large-scale 1:1 database. Main findings...