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Technology Integration, Leadership, and Organizational Support Frameworks for Instructional Improvement with Information Technology

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Second Handbook of Information Technology in Primary and Secondary Education

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Abstract

Leaders for IT can use integration, leadership, and organizational support frameworks to guide their planning or assess current conditions. This chapter introduces a number of useful frameworks for leading IT, provides a rationale for their use, and suggests how to put them into practice.

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McLeod, S. (2018). Technology Integration, Leadership, and Organizational Support Frameworks for Instructional Improvement with Information Technology. In: Voogt, J., Knezek, G., Christensen, R., Lai, KW. (eds) Second Handbook of Information Technology in Primary and Secondary Education . Springer International Handbooks of Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53803-7_36-1

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