JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW TEMPLATE

North American University

Education Department
M.Ed. in Educational Leadership
EDUC 5321: TECHNOLOGY FOR SCHOOL PRINCIPALS
Name: Aysun Coban

Date: Nov. 23, 2014

Cite the reviewed article in APA format:

Schrum, L., Galizio, L. M., & Ledesma, P. (2011). Educational Leadership and
Technology Integration: An Investigation into Preparation, Experiences, and
Roles. Journal Of School Leadership, 21(2), 241-261.
INTRODUCTION
Research Questions (if research questions are not specifically mentioned, what is
the theoretical background or overarching theme):
What are the specific state requirements regarding leadership licensure
preparation in each of the 50 U.S. states, with respect to technology coursework?
What is the current status of "technology integration courses" in leadership
licensure preparation programs in major institutions in the 50 U.S. states?
What do current technology-savvy administrators report about their preparation,
experience, and practice in supporting, assisting, and promoting use of
technology for integration into curricular activities?
Purpose of the research:
The purpose of this research was to investigate the current status of administrator
preparation to understand how individuals may or may not learn to provide the
leadership necessary for facilitating teachers' use of technology in creating student
curricular engagement and achievement and improving the school conditions necessary
for teachers' integration.
METHODOLOGY
What is the methodology for the research or approach used to understand the
issue? Provide information regarding the following:

Participants: School principals, assistant principals, and other administrators.

Procedures:
Online surveys have been emailed and the responses have been collected.
Some responses are collected via phone call.
Data Collection Methods/Data Source:
Survey Monkey used for online survey.

State requirements for technology implementation have been looked at.

Data Analysis: Researchers compared administrators current skills and
experiences with states technology requirements.
RESULTS
Findings or Results (or main points of the article):
The result shows that even though there were many state requirements for technology
implementation there have not been many opportunities for administrators to get trained.
Administrators ended up training themselves on their own in order for them to be
technology savvy.
DISCUSSIONS
Conclusions/Implications (for your profession):
I think technology implementation is very significant for school leaders to improve
success of their school. If principals are already tech-savvy leaders, teachers are
being more tended to use technology for their teaching.
REFLECTIONS
Students Reflections (changes to your understanding; implications for your
school/work):
These researches show us how school leaders thoughts effect implementation of
technology in education. When principals believe the needs of technology in their
schools, teachers and other administrators will be more motivated to implement
technology into curricular activities. Tech-savvy administrators schools teachers
and students usually having more chance to learn more about technology
applications. If principals believe that using and teaching technology is important as
teaching students other core subjects, I believe that students will be able to learn all
other subjects with many supportive tech tools.
Moreover, in terms of 21th century learning objectives, students are expected to be
aware of digital citizenship. In other words, students should use technology properly
to reach information and use tech tools to implement them into their learnings.
Therefore, school principals should be ready to support teachers for technology
implementation to improve students academic success.