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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.
• 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.
• Campbell-Kibler Associates
  For the past 25 years Dr. Patricia B.
• Distance Learning Guidelines
  Established in 1997 to provide an integrated quality assurance service for United Kingdom higher education, this independent body is funded by subscriptions from universities and colleges of higher education, and through contracts with the main higher education funding bodies. Once again, though targeting higher education, the guidelines have broader applicability.
• Educator's Guide to Evaluating the Use of Technology in Schools and Classrooms
  This guide was developed for the U.S. Department of Education by the American Institutes for Research in conjunction with its formative evaluation of the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund.
• Edutools
  The EduTools website was launched in September 2002 by the Western Cooperative on Educational Telecommunications (WCET). It is a web-based database containing independent reviews of 45 Course Management Systems (CMS).
• 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.
• Equal Access: Computer Labs
  As increasing numbers of people with disabilities pursue educational opportunities that require computer use, accessibility of computing facilities becomes even more critical. The key is simply equal access.
• 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.
• 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.
• Moodle and other Open Source LMS Systems
  open source LMS tools should not be overlooked. Some people who have used Blackboard and WebCT find Moodle to be superior to both.
• 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.
• National Study of School Evaluation: Indicators of Quality
  What should students know and be able to do as a result of a quality information technology program? What are the indicators of high performing instructional and organizational systems that support students' achievement of the desired results for their learning? These questions and other critical issues related to identifying research-based indicators of high performing technology systems are addressed in the NSSE's publication, Indicators of Quality Information Technology Systems in K-12 Schools.
• 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.
• Plugging In: Choosing and Using Educational Technology
  Plugging In: Choosing and Using Educational Technology ,is another older (1995) but still appropriate publication that introduces what we know about effective learning and effective technology, and puts it together in a planning framework for educators and policymakers. After reading about effective learning and technology, educators can follow the instructions in the yellow section to actually use the framework to plan technology and technology-enhanced programs that complement learning.
• 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.
• Teachers' Internet Use Guide
  Standards-Based Instruction is the primary focus of this website. Here, you will: Learn how to design, develop, implement, and evaluate a standards-based lesson that uses the Internet;Explore some sample lessons that were created using this process; and Design your own lesson.
• Technology Briefs for NCLB Planners
  The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation emphasizes the importance of leveraging the power of technology in all areas of K-12 education, from reading to science to special education. As a result, education leaders at the state and local levels are expected to develop plans that effectively employ technology to enhance learning and increase student achievement.
• 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.
• TechSoup - The Technology Place for Non-Profits
  Although designed as a support place resource for non-profit organizations, this site offers solid technology planning advice, resources and tools. The information is written in straight-forward terms in a "question and answer_ format.
• 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 Alliance for Technology Access
  The Alliance for Technology Access (ATA) is a network of community-based Resource Centers, Developers and Vendors, Affiliates, and Associates dedicated to providing information and support services to children and adults with disabilities, and increasing their use of standard, assistive, and information technologies.
• The Future of Networking Technologies for Learning
  In 1995 the US Department of Education commissioned a series of white papers on various issues related to networking technologies for education. Those fourteen papers are now on the web, along with the proceedings of the conference of authors in November 1995.
• 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.
• The Growing Digital Divide in Access for People with Disabilities
  This White Paper was commissioned by the National Science Foundation was presented on May 25, 1999 at the "Understanding the Digital Economy_ conference; a public conference convened in response to a directive from the President of the United States to the National Economic Council, in consultation with executive branch agencies.
• 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.
• Virtual Architecture - Curriculum-based Telecomputing Projects and REsources
  University of Texas Professor Judi Harris created a Web site that is rich in ideas on how to mine the Internet for projects. She offers a framework for designing and implementing curriculum-based telecomputing projects.
• Wireless Technologies
  This gives descriptions of most of the developed wireless technologies and provides resources and background information that may be helpful to planners.