Introduction

Abstract

Ever since the widespread adoption of personal computers in the schools in the early 1990s, educators have been striving to find methods to successfully integrate technology into the curriculum. Today this goal has become even more crucial with the adoption of the Common Core Standards by the majority of the states (http://www.corestandards.org/). Technology is woven throughout the Standards and is viewed not as a separate skill, but as a learning tool through which to gain knowledge and skills in all the subject areas. The adoption of the Common Core Standards has also had an impact on the school library program (Gewertz, 2012). Many school librarians are responding positively by using their expertise with technology, the inquiry process, and a wide variety of texts to help other educators as they implement the Standards. The three chapters in this section inform this movement by providing insights on technology, leadership, and literacy. The first chapter in this section reports on a study of school librarians as technology leaders.