The 21st century is here—are you ready?

The Best of Corwin series showcases key chapters from critically acclaimed Corwin publications for a powerful compilation of perspectives on important education issues and topics. This collection offers some of the most important chapters from Corwin's leadership and educational technology books and focuses on 21st century challenges, technology and learning, and cyber safety. Best-selling author Lynne Schrum's edited volume explores the following topics and more:

• Ways to create the new educational environment today's learners need
• How to lead change in schools
• Curriculum, instruction, and assessment in the 21st century
• Methods for creating a safe environment, including preventing cyberbullying
• Assessing 21st century learning: how schools can examine progress and growth

This volume offers numerous tips, strategies, tools, and samples, including a sample Internet use contract and a sample acceptable use policy. If educators are well informed on the breadth and depth of 21st century skills and ways to approach them, they can prepare students today for life, postsecondary education, and careers.

1. Features the work of some of the leading figures in the field of educational technology and 21^st century learning, including Marc Prensky, Lynne Schrum, Alan November , Sameer Hinduja and Justin Patchin.
2. Explores a full range of critical issues related to leading 21^st century schools, including today's learners; their need for a new educational environment, and how to lead that change in schools; 21^st century high schools; 21^st century curriculum , instruction, and assessment; cyber safety; and preventing and responding to cyberbullying.
3. Offers numerous tips, strategies, tools and samples to support school leaders in their practice , including a sample Internet Use Policy, and a sample Acceptable Use Policy.
4. Provides an entire chapter on assessment of 21^st century learning that examines multiple ways a school and its many participants can examine progress and growth.