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An
Educator's Guide to Evaluating the Use of Technology in Schools
and Classrooms.
US Department of Education, Office of Educational Research
and Improvement. December 1998.
This guide offers basic information, worksheets and sample
forms to help school leaders evaluate the use of technology in
their schools.
Learning
with Technology Profile Tool.
North Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium (NCRTEC)
and North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL), 1997.
This tool can be used and scored directly on the web. It
is designed for evaluating district progress in using technology
to support teaching and learning.
School
Technology and Readiness Report: From Pillars to Progress.
CEO Forum on Education and Technology, 1997.
This report includes the STaR assessment tool.
Technology
in American Schools: Seven Dimensions for Gauging Progress.
Milken Exchange on Education Technology, 1998.
This project includes a guide and survey tools that address the
seven areas to which leaders should direct their attention in
order to see technology used well in their schools. The
areas are: learners, learning environments, professional
competency, system capacity, community connections, technology
capacity, and accountability.
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Plan: Planning
Process
Developing
a School or District Technology Plan.
Alan November, Carolyn Staudt et al. For Pathways to School
Improvement 1998.
This article discusses an integrated approach to technology
planning, where technology is included as part of the overall
school improvement plan.
Essential
Conditions for Successful Technology Planning.
AASA Online, American Association of School Administrators
1998.
This brief article outlines the critical elements of effective
technology planning
Guiding
Questions for Technology Planning.
North Regional Technology in Education Consortium (NCRTEC)
1997
This site includes steps for planning, linked resources for
each step, and some model technology plans.
Learning
Through Technology: A Planning and Implementation Guide. North Central Regional Education Laboratory (NCREL)
This site offers comprehensive resources
for technology planning and evaluation.
National
Center for Technology Planning (NCTP). Dr. Larry S.
Anderson. Mississippi
State University
This site offers a guidebook on technology planning; links to
plans from selected schools, districts and states; and links to
articles related to technology planning.
Technology
Plan Builder, Planning for Success.
Denver Public Schools
This site, developed for the Denver Public Schools, includes
steps for planning and linked resources for each step.
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Plan: Research
Computers
and Classrooms: The Status of technology in U.S. Schools.
Educational Testing Service (ETS) Policy Information
Center. R. Coley, J. Cradler, P. Engel, 1997.
This report contains detailed information about the status and
use of technology in education as well as a review of the research
on its effectiveness.
Does
it Compute? The
Relationship Between Educational Technology and Student
Achievement in Mathematics.
Educational Testing Service (ETS) Policy Information
Center, Princeton, NJ, H. Wenglinsky, 1998.
This report analyzes data from the 1996 National Assessment of
Educational Progress (NAEP) in mathematics and identifies
technology uses that lead to improved academic performance and
school climate and those that do not.
Factors
Influencing the Effective Use of Technology for Teaching and
Learning. SouthEast
and Islands Regional Technology in Education Consortium (SEIR*TEC).
1998.
This article summarizes the lessons learned from a study of
technology use in twelve schools.
Leaders
Guide to Education Technology.
S. Rockman.
EDvancenet. 1998.
This report provides school leaders with the information they
need to ask the right questions so that technology is used to
support and achieve educational goals in the areas of student
achievement, educational equity and workforce preparedness.
Teaching,
Learning and Computing: 1998 National Survey.
H. J. Becker, Center for Research on Information Technology
and Organizations (CRITO), 1998.
This report of a large-scale study of teachers’ use of
computer technology offers insights into how technology is really
being used in classrooms, how it affects teaching practices, and
what conditions must be in place for teachers to use technology
effectively.
Technology
Counts '99. A
special supplement to Education Week, 1999.
This annual report includes information on the quality of available digital
content and efforts to evaluate it, teachers'
preparedness to use it, and the challenges of
integrating digital content into the curriculum.
National
Center for Education Statistics.
This is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing
data that are related to education the the United States.
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Plan: Resources
Investing
in School Technology: Strategies to Meet the Funding Challenge.
U.S. Department of Education, 1997.
This report offers a framework for thinking about short and
long-term costs of school technology plans and for developing
funding strategies for those plans.
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Plan: Policies
Closing
the Equity Gap in Technology Access and Use: A Practical Guide for
K-12 Educators. Northwest
Educational Technology Consortium, 1998.
This report discusses strategies for access and equity as well
as ways of measuring district and school success in these areas.
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Professional Development I Standards
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Teachers: Professional
Development
Pathways
to School Improvement, Professional Development Resources.
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL).
This site includes a wide variety of information on
professional development.
Professional
Development Continuum.
Milken Exchange on Educational Technology, 1999.
This site provides a framework for analyzing teachers' current
levels of expertise and the professional development programs that
address their needs.
Professional
Development:
From Reports to Reality (Part 1).
LNT Perspectives, Sept. 1998.
Professional
Development:
From Reports to Reality (Part 2).
LNT Perspectives, Nov.. 1998.
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Teachers: On-Line
Professional Development
Teacher
Professional Development Institute (Tapped In). SRI International, Center for Technology in Learning
This site offers opportunities for dialogue with other
education professionals on issues of educational technology.
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Teachers: Standards
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Students: Curriculum
Standards
Connections+.
Mid-continent Regional Educational Laboratory (McREL).
This site offers suggestions on how to use the
Internet to create effective lessons based on standards and
curriculum frameworks.
National
Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS).
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
1998.
This site offers standards of what students should understand
and be able to do in the area of instructional technology in pre-K
through twelfth grade.
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Students: On-line Projects and Courses
GlobaLearn.
Since 1983, GlobaLearn has lead students on explorations of
discovery. During the spring of 2000, they will be
completing a Trans-Africa Expedition.
Global
Schoolhouse.
This site includes an Internet projects registry where you can
sign up for an ongoing project or invite others to participate in
yours. It also includes field trips, world trek, and the
global grocery list project.
The
Students: Visions of 21st Century Learning
The
Internet: A Land to Settle Rather than an Ocean to Surf.
Riel, M. Teaching and Learning in the Educational Communities
of the Future. 1998 Yearbook of the Association for
Supervision and Curriculum development, Chris Dede (editor), 1998.
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Stuff: Hardware
AlphaSmart. Intelligent Peripherals
This site offers general information about the device,
suggestions for its use, etc..
The
Stuff: Software
The
Tool Kit: An Innovative Approach to Technology Integration
in Networked Schools.. McGillivray, K. Learning and Leading with Technology,
1999.
The
Stuff: Infrastructure
A
Guide to Networking for K-12 Schools. Northwest Educational Technology Consortium, 1997
This site offers an overview of school networking, including
the design and installation of networks.
K-12
Network Technology Planning Guide. California Department of Education 1997
This is an excellent resource for network planning
Technology
at Your Fingertips Guide. National Center for Educational Statistics
This site offers comprehensive resources
for technology planning and evaluation.
The
Stuff: Technical
Support
Providing
Technical Support for Teaching and Learning. LNT
Perspectives, 1999.
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Interesting Links
Insights
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Technology in Education
Technology
Remains Promise, not Panacea
Banks, S. and Renwick, L.
LA Times, June 8, 1997.
Technology's
Promise: Responding to the LA Times, Mintz, Dave
(1997) .
FNO, 7(1).
North
Carolina Resources Teachers
Connect
This teacher resource includes the Connected
Classroom on-line journal, a list of NC's best educational
websites, online projects, professional resources, model lesson
plans, and web resources tied to the NC Standard Course of Study.
The
NC Education Place
This site includes links to many North Carolina education
resources.
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