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• Reinventing Schools: The Technology is Now
  The National Academy of Science offers ideas about the potential of new technologies to transform learning in schools. Topics include:*The Nintendo Generation: Information technologies permeate the lives of school children.
• 21St Century Literacy in a Convergent Media World
  The goal of this work by the Bertelsmann Foundation and the AOL Time Warner Foundation is to identify and present examples of global initiatives that are addressing the need to develop 21st Century Literacy Skills.
• A Series of Studies by Henry Jay Becker
  The Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations (CRITO) through TLC, has compiled a number of studies and snapshots that Hank Becker has completed over several years. These studies examine the relationship between technology implementation in schools, teaching practices, and school reform.
• Apple - Technology Planning Guide
  Apple Computer Corporation's "Technology Planning Guide_ is a logically-written, common sense guide useful to all K-12 planners.
• Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow (Report #7, 1990)
  Though seemingly dated, this archive of reports emerging from the Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow (ACOT) program provides a foundation for schools seeking information related to the changes required for instructional technology to be effective.
• Assessing the Technology Plan
  After researching and developing the technology plan, it is essential to assess its function and workability. In this critical step, you will evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the design and the impact it will have to the district.
• Digital Divide Network
  Despite the incredible growth of the Internet since the early 1990s, many citizens still do not have easy access to basic IT tools, whether it's access to hardware, software, or the Internet itself. Access is an issue that affects people at home, at school and in the community at large.
• Digital Transformation - A Framework for ICT Literacy
  In January 2001, Educational Testing Service convened an international panel to study the growing importance of existing and emerging Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and their relationships to literacy. The pane had two major themes: to examine the need for a measure of ICT literacy across countries and to develop a Framework for ICT literacy.
• EnGauge
  The enGauge framework identifies Six Essential Conditions- system-wide factors critical to effective uses of technology for student learning, and then provides a comprehensive set of evaluative tools that give schools the opportunity to measure their effectiveness in each of the Six Essential Conditions.
• Gauging Return on Investment: Assessing Professional Growth in Skill and Use
  This article by Jamie McKenzie, first published in eSchool News (July/August, 1998), stresses the concept of assessment based on two principles: 1) We can't make adjustments in teaching and pedagogy until (or unless) we have a sense of whether what we are currently doing is working; and 2) Assessing and reporting the results openly gives our stakeholders the opportunity to understand that a robust investment in professional development pays great dividends when it comes to technology.
• Getting the Most from Technology in Schools
  This report is designed to put the role of educational technology in the proper context, not as the focus of learning but as a valuable tool to support it. Getting information from a number of other sources, this report summarizes the most important aspects of the role for educational technology.
• Gina Amenta-Shin Ed. D.
  Gina is a member of ISTE's NETS for Teachers Writing Team and NSCD's Staff Development Standards for Online Learning Team . Through her past experiences as both a doctoral student and professor, Gina has developed multiple perspectives of distance learning - using interactive technology and virtual communities to facilitate online professional development.
• Guiding Principles for Distance Teaching and Learning
  The American Distance Education Consortium is an international consortium of state and land grant institutions providing distance education programs and services to their members. While most of the members of the consortium are higher education institutions, the principles have relevance to K-12 education as well.
• International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) - Administrator Standards
  The Technology Standards for School Administrators (TSSA) were developed by ISTE in collaboration with a variety of partners.
• International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) - Student Standards
  ISTE has been integral in the creation and dissemination of technology standards for the entire educational community. All standards have been created through consortia with distinguished partners and co-sponsors.
• International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) - Teacher Standards
  The National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers were developed by ISTE with others through a Preparting Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology grant from the US DEpartment of Education.
• K-12 Networking Infrastructure Guide Recommendations
  The technology infrastructure within a school district will consist of many components depending upon the goals, objectives and resources of the district for integrating technology into learning and administrative functions. There are a variety of approaches and issues that need to be considered within the classroom, at the building level and across the district.
• K-12 STaR Chart
  The CEO Forum on Education & Technology has developed two School Technology & Readiness (STaR) Charts, one for the K-12 community and the other for colleges of education. Both contain a series of questions that, once answered, enable you to get instantaneous feedback on your institution's level of readiness in using technology.
• Laptop Lessons: Exploring the Promise of One to One Computing
  This highlights issues to consider when implementing a laptop or one-to-one program in a K-12 school.
• National Center for Technology Planning
  The National Center for Technology Planning (NCTP) is a clearinghouse for the exchange of many types of information related to technology planning. This information may be: school technology plans available for downloading via a computer network; technology planning aids (checklists, brochures, sample planning forms, PR announcement forms); and/or electronic monographs on timely, selected topics.
• National Staff Development Council
  The National Staff Development Council's revised Standards for Staff Development reflect what NSDC and the broader staff development community have learned about professional learning since the creation of the original standards in 1995. New information available at this site includes how to apply the NSDC Professional Development standards to online professional development.
• Planning for Learning with Technology
  This guidebook offers tools and strategies to help the planning team identify why, when, and how to incorporate technology successfully. A template is provided so that the team can easily transform their ideas into an action plan; online resources are available throughout this guide, in Appendix C, and at http://www.rmcdenver.com/eetnet/default.htm.
• Standards
  Currently, 49 states have adopted state standards and most districts are assisting schools in bringing standards-based reform to life in classrooms. As a result, practice is changing and, in many cases, student achievement is increasing.
• Technology in Schools: Suggestions, Tools and Guidelines for Assessing Technology in Elementary and Secondary Education
  This guide was written by the National Forum on Education Statistics under NCES's Cooperative Education Statistics System. Directed toward state and local education agencies, it describes how to measure technology use by examining planning and policies; finance; equipment and infrastructure; technology applications; maintenance and support; professional development; and technology integration.
• Texas Technology Literacy Standards for Students and Educators
  The Technology Applications Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) found in 19 TAC Chapter 126 describe what students should know and be able to do using technology. As a part of the enrichment curriculum, these TEKS are to be used as guidelines for providing instruction.
• The George Lucas Educational Foundation
  The foundation has created a website to share resources, research, professional development and examples of technology use, even if a person is working alone, so that they understand the uses of technology.
• U.S. Copyright Office Home Page
  Here you will find all key publications, including informational circulars; application forms for copyright registration; links to the copyright law and to the homepages of other copyright-related organizations; news of what the Office is doing, including business-process reengineering plans, Congressional testimony and press releases; our latest regulations; a link to our online copyright records cataloged since 1978; and much more.