• NEW - Completely updated.

  • Features revisions of each chapter to inform readers of current thinking and advances in technology.

• NEW - Distance learning coverage.

  • Devotes an entire chapter to distance learning and its relationship to World Wide Web-based delivery.

• NEW - Greater emphasis on the World Wide Web and the Internet.

  • Closes each chapter with activities making use of the World Wide Web and the Internet.

• NEW - Educational leader competencies.

  • Discusses the competencies necessary for leaders to plan, develop, and implement technology in their schools.

• Case studies.

  • Profiles actual scenarios that can be used as discussion topics or assignments to encourage students to think about and apply the text's material.

• Glossary.

  • Provides a quick and useful reference of technical terms.

• Basic computer concepts—featured in appendix A.

  • Offers a concise resource for readers to research a fundamental aspect of technology.

Anthony G. Picciano is the author of four books on education and technology. Educational Leadership and Planning for Technology is the third edition of an earlier work, Computers in the Schools: A Guide to Planning and Administration. In June 2000, Dr. Picciano published Distance Learning: Making Connections across Virtual Space and Time (Merrill/Prentice Hall) which extensively covers the growing field of distance learning.

Dr. Picciano is a professor in the Education Administration and Supervision Program in the School of Education at Hunter College. His teaching specialties include educational technology, organization theory, and research methods. He also has been a faculty fellow since 1994 at the City University of New York Open Systems Laboratory, a facility dedicated to experimenting with advanced uses of instructional technology and to providing staff development programs for organizations including public schools, colleges, and private businesses.

Dr. Picciano has served as a consultant for a variety of public and private organizations including the Commission on Higher Education/Middle States Association of Colleges and Universities, the New York City Board of Education, the New York State Department of Education, the U.S. Coast Guard, and Citicorp. He has received a number of grants and awards from the National Science Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the U.S. Department of Education, and IBM. His articles on educational technology have appeared in journals such as The Urban Review, Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, Computers in the Schools, Equity and Choice, and EDUCOM Review.