This handbook, a recent addition to the Heinemann School Management series, is targeted at senior managers, but will be of great interest to most secondary ICT co-ordinators and other members of staff.
A practical guide to working through real “nitty-gritty” problems in and out of class, it sets out ways of using ICT across all aspects of the work of a secondary school to improve performance and raise achievement levels.
Imison and Taylor give encouragement and detailed advice based on their experience of introducing ICT at Hampstead School, a successful comprehensive in the London borough of Brent, offering suggestions for using ICT effectively across your own school’s subject departments. The book also explains how ICT can benefit your school administration and record-keeping. Case studies are used throughout to illustrate how teachers and students have used ICT for particular purposes and how they have coped with the realities of using ICT in a busy secondary school.
The key areas discussed include: leadership and its role in the development of ICT in secondary schools, using ICT for management, ICT as a tool for active learning, learning environments and types of software, ICT capability, managing ICT across the curriculum, staff development and schools of the future.
I intend to keep this book to hand. It is a must for any school manager andor ICT co-ordinator wanting to realise the potential of ICT.
Managing ICT in the Secondary School by Tamsyn Imison and Phil Taylor, published by Heinemann Price: pound;16.50
