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ComputerLiterature • RESOURCES FOR DISTRICT LEADERS Carol Patton INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION Digital Citizenship in Schools www.iste.org $34.95 This book is an introduction to digital citizenship and how it can be taught and supported by K12 schools and districts. The authors explore the nine elements of digital citizenship, beginning with a basic deﬁnition of the concept and an explanation of its relevance and importance. They provide professional development activities to help administrators and educators determine how to integrate digital citizenship concepts into the classroom, while also providing support for responsible technology use. Activity ideas and lesson plans for teaching different aspects of digital citizenship are also included. ADOBE PRESS Adobe Illustrator CS3 Classroom in a Book www.adobepress.com $49.49 This guide targets beginning users who want to master the key features of Adobe’s vector drawing software. It covers new features that include Live Color, which enables users to explore, apply and save custom color conﬁgurations; improved integration with Flash CS3; eraser and crop area tools; document proﬁles; and improved drawing tools and controls. Offering step-by-step lessons, each chapter contains a project that builds upon the reader’s growing knowledge of the software, as well as review questions that reinforce key concepts and skills. The book comes with a CD, which includes lesson ﬁles. Adobe InDesign CS3 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques www.adobepress.com $24.99 The techniques focus on the software’s features that are most likely to be used and showcase each in a stand-alone tip, complete with hints and a graphic example. Readers explore as they go. They learn how to use the bridge to manage their ﬁles, object styles to format their images, and snippets to save layout parts for reuse. The guide also addresses customizing the interface, new object effects, ﬁner transparency controls, and table and cell styles. A lesson CD is included. Adobe Photoshop CS3 Classroom in a Book www.adobepress.com $49.49 This self-paced guide helps beginning users learn about the software’s key concepts and techniques. Those who have some experience with the software can also beneﬁ t by learning more advanced features and tools. Each chapter shares the creation of a speciﬁc project and offers review questions that test growing knowledge of the software and reinforce skills learned. The book covers new features, such as editing with nondestructive smart ﬁlters, improved curves, and adjustable cloning and healing with preview overlay. A lesson CD is included. LINWORTH BOOKS Facilities Planning for School Library Technology Centers, 2nd edition www.linworth.com $39.95 Written by a school superintendent, this step-by-step guide includes a collection of case studies that provide guidance from practitioners on common facilities issues. Readers learn the keys to success for school facilities of the future: ﬂexibility, planning, expendability and security. The book includes checklists, forms and timelines while offering all the technological and practical information needed to build the library of the future. INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION The Digital Reader: Using E-books in K-12 Education www.iste.org $37.95 The Digital Reader introduces the features that have established e-books as a powerful, effective learning tool for all grade levels and special needs students. Features include descriptions of the most popular and affordable e-book devices, software and content for educators. The book offers guidelines for accessing the free digital library resources available on the Web and for creating personal e-books using basic software tools. Strategies are also offered on how to use the annotation, reference and hypertext capabilities of electronic text to promote active reading. District Administration 60 July 2007 http://www.iste.org http://www.adobepress.com http://www.adobepress.com http://www.adobepress.com http://www.linworth.com http://www.iste.org

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of District Administration - July 2007

Contents
Editor’s Letter
Letters
News Update
Facilities/Construction Update
Curriculum Update
Inside the Law
Administrator Profile
District Profile
Cover Story: Rethinking School Bus Safety
Broadening Collective Bargaining
Searching for Subs
Jersey City’s Broad Appeal
Improving Nutrition in Schools
New Products
Computer Literature
How Well Does This Web Site Work?
Research Corner
Problem Solution
Online Edge
Speaking Out
Supervisor’s Opinion
Calendar of Events
Understanding the Times

District Administration - July 2007