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ProfilerPRO allows for the evaluation of knowledge, attitude, and skill based on simple surveys implemented via the World Wide Web. Inspired by the widely popular collaboration tool - Profiler, ProfilerPRO maintains the ability for members of a group to share knowledge and promote collaboration based on responses to skills-based survey items.
Tool, HPR*TEC
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QuizStar is a FREE web-based program that allows teachers to create quizzes on-line and for student's to receive immediate feedback as they take a quiz.
Tool, HPR*TEC
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RubiStar is a tool to help the teacher who wants to use rubrics but does not have the time to develop them from scratch.
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Links and resources for assessment.
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This presentation will provide strategies and tips on how to conduct needs assessment to build a strong case for funding. The presentation is for anyone who is applying for technology grants. A set of seven surveys designed to assess the schools` technology status and stakeholders` perspectives on the use of technology in teaching and learning from school faculty, students, parents, administrators, technology coordinators, and business and community members. Now available in Adobe PDF.
Presentation, SEIR*TEC
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The Equity Index is a searchable database designed to locate resources and tools to help you meet the needs of a diverse classroom. Use this index to find RubiStar Rubrics, TrackStar Tracks and educational links on the Web. Find lessons or information for persons with special needs, disabilities, and language learners. Also find essentials on including persons of various races, religions, and cultures into your community.
Website, HPR*TEC
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Find links sample technology plans, ideas for writing grant proposals, funding or technology efforts, design guidelines for webquests, rubrics for technology projects, templates for specialized web pages, or many other useful resources.
Website, SEIR*TEC
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The Scoring Guide for Student Products was created to evaluate the content knowledge and the effective use of technology in communicating ideas and information that is evident in the products that students create with computers. Check out Using Scoring Guides vs. Rubrics to understand the scope of a scoring guide.
Tool, NCRTEC
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| E-Rate |
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Links and resources about e-rate from SEIR*TEC.
Website, SEIR*TEC
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INSIGHT, the South Central RTEC Instrument Library and Data Repository, is an evaluation resource that serves a broad range of educational constituents. It consists of two distinct but interrelated components:
--INSIGHT Instrument Library
The INSIGHT Instrument Library provides a centralized library of Web-enabled educational evaluation surveys and instruments, available for program/project evaluators in K-16 education.
--INSIGHT Data Repository
The INSIGHT Data Repository is a research tool containing the accumulated historical record of administrations of evaluation instruments housed in the Instrument Library. It serves two purposes:
*Support of post-secondary research in educational technology
*Comparison data for instrument evaluation/administration.
Tool, SCR*TEC
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The School Technology Needs Assessment (STNA) collects data describing what respondents think about a variety of broad areas of technology implementation in their school:
- Conditions influencing technology use
- Professional development opportunities offered and taken advantage of
- Patterns of teacher practice, with respect to technology in teaching and learning
- The nature of student activities with classroom technology
- The impact of technology on teaching practice and student outcomes
Analysis of data provides a picture of the school as a whole, rather than of individual staff members, presented as frequencies and percentages of responses to all items, and bar graph representations of those values.
The STNA (say, "Stenna") is free and is intended for use in K-12 education settings.
Tool, SEIR*TEC
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Links and resources for technology assessment.
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Rubric designed for use with 'Assessing Technology Integration'.
Publication, NETC
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In this paper, we respond to critical issues raised by the policy makers and recent federal legislation by exploring the potential of one class of measurement tools, classroom observation protocols, to document the impact that technology is having on how teachers teach and students learn (i.e., classroom practices).
Publication, ATEC
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This Guide provides a framework and process for local educators to use for continuous data gathering, sharing of findings, and planning for improvement. Designed especially for educators with limited background in evaluation, it leads you through the stages of the evaluation process with guiding questions, evaluation task checklists, and corresponding web-based resources. On the accompanying website (www.neirtec.org/evaluation) you will find a detailed evaluation planning template and practical, step-by-step `how-to`s` for evaluation tasks ranging from selection of data-gathering strategies to development of questionnaires and facilitation of community discussions of findings.
Publication, NEIR*TEC
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The Learning With Technology Profile Tool is a computer program intended to help educators think carefully about their practice in the areas of engaged learning and technology. The program presents indicators of engaged learning and indicators of technology. For each indicator there are three choices that educators can compare to their own practice. When finished, educators can view the results in a graphical format to help identify their strengths and weaknesses.
Tool, NCRTEC
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This monograph is intended to help states, school districts, and school personnel plan ways to measure the impact that technology is having on classroom practices and academic achievement. It also helps the technology directors conceive comprehensive and systematic evaluations from which they can develop a dynamic body of knowledge that feeds ever-expanding uses of technology to improve student achievement. These efforts are stimulated by the need to conduct more effective and rigorous evaluations of Title II-D expenditures under the No Child Left Behind legislation.
Publication, ATEC
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The School Technology Needs Assessment (STNA) collects data describing what respondents think about a variety of broad areas of technology implementation in their school:
- Conditions influencing technology use
- Professional development opportunities offered and taken advantage of
- Patterns of teacher practice, with respect to technology in teaching and learning
- The nature of student activities with classroom technology
- The impact of technology on teaching practice and student outcomes
Analysis of data provides a picture of the school as a whole, rather than of individual staff members, presented as frequencies and percentages of responses to all items, and bar graph representations of those values.
The STNA (say, "Stenna") is free and is intended for use in K-12 education settings.
Tool, SEIR*TEC
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Links and resources for grants and funding.
Website, HPR*TEC
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This presentation will provide strategies and tips on how to conduct needs assessment to build a strong case for funding. The presentation is for anyone who is applying for technology grants. A set of seven surveys designed to assess the schools` technology status and stakeholders` perspectives on the use of technology in teaching and learning from school faculty, students, parents, administrators, technology coordinators, and business and community members. Now available in Adobe PDF.
Presentation, SEIR*TEC
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Find links sample technology plans, ideas for writing grant proposals, funding or technology efforts, design guidelines for webquests, rubrics for technology projects, templates for specialized web pages, or many other useful resources.
Website, SEIR*TEC
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A compilation of various grant programs, awards, and other sources of funding with links to their respective websites.
Website, MAR*TEC
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Information on moving forward with developing a plan for funding a technology initiative in your area.
Website, ATEC
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Links and resources to general grants, specific grants, proposal writing tools, and other resources.
Website, SEIR*TEC
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Discussion on the funding education and how funding for virtual schools is impacted.
Publication, ATEC
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Brochure that highlights five effective ways for young children to use technology.
Publication, NETC
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PREL staff from the PRELSTAR program and the Pacific Regional Education in Technology Consortium (PR*TEC) contribute monthly articles for the education section of Hawaiian Hard Drive magazine. The link above takes you to a list of articles shown by title, author, and URL.
Publication, PR*TEC
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As a way of helping states and districts interested in laptop initiatives, NEIRTEC has reviewed published lessons learned from many laptop initiatives around the country and has prepared this paper, Lessons Learned About Providing Laptops for All Students. A Web discussion board has been set up to help promote discussion about these or other lessons learned.
Publication, NEIR*TEC
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Making Decisions about Open Source Software for K-12. What is open source software and what advantages does it afford educators? Can it save money? Close digital divides? Support effective learning communities? These questions and many more are addressed.
Website, NETC
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Links and resources about acquiring hardware and software for an educational environment.
Website, SEIR*TEC
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The goal of the "Learning for the 21st Century Project," is to stimulate a national dialogue about the resources and strategies needed to support school reform and improvement efforts. This paper suggests that post-secondary institutions, community-based organizations, and the private sector all have important roles to play in revitalizing and sustaining the quality of public education.
Publication, ATEC
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DESIGNING FOR TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION (DTI) is a course for district leaders who are looking for ways to integrate technology into their district`s professional development program and for teachers who want to infuse technology into their classrooms and school curriculum. It is built on the concepts of backward design of curriculum (Wiggins and McTighe) and research-based practices.
Course/Workshop, NEIR*TEC
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The EdTech LeadersﬠOnline (ETLO) program is designed for K-12 school districts, teacher training institutions, State Departments of Education, and other organizations that provide professional development for teachers. ETLO builds your organization's capacity to:
Add online, "anywhere, anytime" workshops to your professional development program.
Employ effective "community of learners" approaches to professional development.
Prepare teachers to effectively integrate technology into the curriculum.
Develop successful online workshops to meet your organization's specific needs.
ETLO's programs offer high-quality content delivered by an expert staff, along with ongoing, individualized support. These cost-effective programs provide the training and resources your staff needs for sustainable results and wide-scale impact.
Website, NEIR*TEC
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A series of white papers that pull together and analyze the latest research on integrating technology into districts, schools and classrooms. The original research document is presented, along with several smaller guides that target specific stakeholder groups, offering practical actions to take in response to the research findings, plus helpful links to stakeholder-targeted resources.
Publication, WestEd RTEC
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Computer-based technology is a means, not an end. It is a tool that can be used to achieve instructional goals, not a goal in itself. Yet, many schools and districts invest time and money in acquiring technology without clarifying their goals for how best to use this important tool. This Knowledge Brief, developed by WestEd's Regional Technology in Education Consortium, is for educators and policymakers who want to know how to make the most of their investments in computer-based technology for schools. The brief draws on recent reviews of research on technology use in schools and addresses the question, "Under what conditions does this technology have the most benefits for students?" Based on this review, the brief summarizes lessons for developing effective school or district technology plans.
Publication, WestEd RTEC
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This article reviews what it means to be in the Knowledge Age; lays out the needed skills, theoretical supports, and main features of this new learning landscape; shows how the Knowledge Age-driven `turn-around` strategy for reform compares with the current `top-down`,`bottom-up`, and `systemic-mixed mode` models; and describes the critical work to be done to bring the powerful toolkits of educational technology to the service of an emerging alternative education model.
Publication, WestEd RTEC
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Leadership is an important issue in integrating technology into the curriculum. Here are some resources for leadership in technology.
Website, SEIR*TEC
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Found on the Pathways to School Improvement Web site, these documents examine topics that arise as technology is integrated into educational systems.
Website, NCRTEC
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The Collaborative for Technology Standards for School Administrators (TSSA Collaborative) has developed and documented a national consensus on what Pre-K-12 administrators should know about and be able to do to optimize benefits of technology use in schools. This consensus was released by the TSSA Collaborative in November 2001 as Technology Standards for School Administrators (TSSA). NCRTEC, a founding member of the Collaborative, makes the TSSA available in a Web version, a PDF version, and in printed format. Contact Us for the print version. For further information, visit the TSSA Web site.
Website, NCRTEC
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Teaching English language learners (ELLs)
Each of the practices in this spotlight includes suggestions on how to support the literacy development of ELLs in the elementary grades (K-6).
Website, NEIR*TEC
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Technology integration is a complex challenge that is not easily addressed with a single intervention. While access to technology and teacher training are important, other key elements are necessary to ensure the effective use of technology in schools. One such element is leadership. The principles presented in this spotlight are drawn from the findings of recent research and can help leaders--school administrators, technology staff, and innovative practitioners--make informed decisions and support the effective integration of technology. Included are success stories about schools and districts whose leaders have successfully put these principles into action. The spotlight content was developed by the Appalachia Regional Laboratory (AEL) with stories added by NEIRTEC.
Website, NEIR*TEC
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Research consistently demonstrates that the key to the success of any innovation is the support of a superintendent and/or principal. Technology will only impact student learning and staff productivity when leaders both know the best uses of technology and practice those uses for themselves.
This theme focuses on resources that will help leaders succeed in producing and implementing a technology plan for their schools or districts, and in exercising improved decision- and policy-making based on effective use of data (data-driven decision-making).
Website, WestEd RTEC
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| No Child Left Behind |
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This Guide provides a framework and process for local educators to use for continuous data gathering, sharing of findings, and planning for improvement. Designed especially for educators with limited background in evaluation, it leads you through the stages of the evaluation process with guiding questions, evaluation task checklists, and corresponding web-based resources. On the accompanying website (www.neirtec.org/evaluation) you will find a detailed evaluation planning template and practical, step-by-step `how-to`s` for evaluation tasks ranging from selection of data-gathering strategies to development of questionnaires and facilitation of community discussions of findings.
Publication, NEIR*TEC
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Making NCLB Work for You
Using Local Flex or State Flex to Improve Academic Achievement and Support Student Success.
This website is a collaborative effort between the US Department of Education and The Northeast and Islands Regional Technology in Education Consortium (NEIRTEC) and its partners.
Website, NEIR*TEC
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References and links compiled by Julia Stapleton (Educational Consultant and Former Director of Educational Technology New Jersey Department of Education)
Website, MAR*TEC
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The MAR*TEC Technology Fellows Institute is designed to improve the ability of educators in the mid-Atlantic region to address the increased accountability demands of No Child Left Behind (NCLB).
Website, MAR*TEC
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SchoolsMovingUp's special section on No Child Left Behind (NCLB) provides a wide range of resources, including services, articles, tools, and select Department of Education guidance, regulations, legislation, and announcements. For easy reference, resources are organized by key NCLB topics.
Website, WestEd RTEC
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NEIRTEC has developed a set of "Technology Briefs" aimed at providing local No Child Left Behind (NCLB) planners with strategies, key questions to consider, and selected resources that will inform the technology application and planning process.
Website, NEIR*TEC
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TechTips provides training needed to fulfill the potential of inclusive education and to maximize the benefits of technology in K-12 education.
The project is based on the premise that by truly understanding that how all students learn educators can better determine what types of technology tools can better enhance learning (Hasselbring, 2001). Differentiation revolves around the belief that students learn in many different ways (Verde, 2004). This approach is very familiar to many special educators and is gaining currency in the general education world, due to the following factors:
* recognition that not all children learn in the same way;
* diversity of today classrooms;
* emphasis that No Child Left Behind places on all students becoming proficient, and;
* increasing evidence that validates differentiated instruction techniques.
Website, WestEd RTEC
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Links to announcements and reports on Federal Initiatives affecting teaching and learning with technology.
Website, SEIR*TEC
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This theme addresses 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 of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation, education leaders are expected to develop plans that effectively employ technology to enhance learning and increase student achievement.
Website, WestEd RTEC
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Some of the nation's leading Interactive Video Conferencing (IVC) experts and practitioners in the K--12 use of IVC, meeting at an invitational symposium in October 2002, proposed a number of bases for policies that would greatly enhance the technology's huge potential for engaging students and enriching instruction. Symposium participants--who represented school districts, regional service centers, and state education agencies from around the United States--identified several key needs in the field which are discussed in this document.
Publication, NETC
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Making Decisions about Open Source Software for K-12. What is open source software and what advantages does it afford educators? Can it save money? Close digital divides? Support effective learning communities? These questions and many more are addressed.
Website, NETC
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Links and resources related to use policies and safe use of the Internet.
Website, HPR*TEC
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Links to announcements and reports on Federal Initiatives affecting teaching and learning with technology.
Website, SEIR*TEC
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The goal of the "Learning for the 21st Century Project," is to stimulate a national dialogue about the resources and strategies needed to support school reform and improvement efforts. This paper suggests that post-secondary institutions, community-based organizations, and the private sector all have important roles to play in revitalizing and sustaining the quality of public education.
Publication, ATEC
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Making Decisions about Open Source Software for K-12. What is open source software and what advantages does it afford educators? Can it save money? Close digital divides? Support effective learning communities? These questions and many more are addressed.
Website, NETC
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SchoolsMovingUp offers practitioners knowledge and expertise they need to make sound decisions and take tangible action in their school reform efforts. It provides high-quality resources, proven services, and powerful tools that education professionals can use in their work with low-performing schools nationwide.
Website, WestEd RTEC
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Content and Technology Standards covering all the mid-Atlantic states and national standards.
Website, MAR*TEC
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Making Decisions about Open Source Software for K-12. What is open source software and what advantages does it afford educators? Can it save money? Close digital divides? Support effective learning communities? These questions and many more are addressed.
Website, NETC
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A searchable database that provides online resources (Webquests, TrackStar tracks, ThinkQuests, and favorite links) on a range of subjects, themes, and areas. Applicable standards can be searched by theme and state.
Tool, HPR*TEC
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Resources and links to state level technology resources in the Southeast region.
Website, SEIR*TEC
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The Collaborative for Technology Standards for School Administrators (TSSA Collaborative) has developed and documented a national consensus on what Pre-K-12 administrators should know about and be able to do to optimize benefits of technology use in schools. This consensus was released by the TSSA Collaborative in November 2001 as Technology Standards for School Administrators (TSSA). NCRTEC, a founding member of the Collaborative, makes the TSSA available in a Web version, a PDF version, and in printed format. Contact Us for the print version. For further information, visit the TSSA Web site.
Website, NCRTEC
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The goal of the "Learning for the 21st Century Project," is to stimulate a national dialogue about the resources and strategies needed to support school reform and improvement efforts. This paper suggests that post-secondary institutions, community-based organizations, and the private sector all have important roles to play in revitalizing and sustaining the quality of public education.
Publication, ATEC
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ProfilerPRO allows for the evaluation of knowledge, attitude, and skill based on simple surveys implemented via the World Wide Web. Inspired by the widely popular collaboration tool - Profiler, ProfilerPRO maintains the ability for members of a group to share knowledge and promote collaboration based on responses to skills-based survey items.
Tool, HPR*TEC
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The School Technology Needs Assessment (STNA) collects data describing what respondents think about a variety of broad areas of technology implementation in their school:
- Conditions influencing technology use
- Professional development opportunities offered and taken advantage of
- Patterns of teacher practice, with respect to technology in teaching and learning
- The nature of student activities with classroom technology
- The impact of technology on teaching practice and student outcomes
Analysis of data provides a picture of the school as a whole, rather than of individual staff members, presented as frequencies and percentages of responses to all items, and bar graph representations of those values.
The STNA (say, "Stenna") is free and is intended for use in K-12 education settings.
Tool, SEIR*TEC
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This tool is designed to help school districts in California write and update their technology plans. The TPB will work for ANY district, lending a hand to ensure compliance with requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act's Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT).
Website, WestEd RTEC
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The TechPlan Toolkit provides rubrics, checklists, and other guides for planning technology implementation. Where appropriate, links are provided to other sites that offer models of best practice, example plans, and additional tools and resources to support a more informed technology planning program.
Website, WestEd RTEC
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Links and resources for technology assessment.
Website, HPR*TEC
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Links and resources for technology planning.
Website, HPR*TEC
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Explores facets of the integration of technology in the curriculum from the school level standpoint, and addresses the ways in which school principals can assess the state of integration.
Publication, NETC
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Rubric designed for use with 'Assessing Technology Integration'.
Publication, NETC
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This Guide provides a framework and process for local educators to use for continuous data gathering, sharing of findings, and planning for improvement. Designed especially for educators with limited background in evaluation, it leads you through the stages of the evaluation process with guiding questions, evaluation task checklists, and corresponding web-based resources. On the accompanying website (www.neirtec.org/evaluation) you will find a detailed evaluation planning template and practical, step-by-step `how-to`s` for evaluation tasks ranging from selection of data-gathering strategies to development of questionnaires and facilitation of community discussions of findings.
Publication, NEIR*TEC
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This NCREL interactive Web site is designed to assist districts in their efforts to map out new mathematics and science curricula. Use this site to compare the breadth of your curriculum to that of top achieving nations.
Tool, NCRTEC
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A series of white papers that pull together and analyze the latest research on integrating technology into districts, schools and classrooms. The original research document is presented, along with several smaller guides that target specific stakeholder groups, offering practical actions to take in response to the research findings, plus helpful links to stakeholder-targeted resources.
Publication, WestEd RTEC
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Computer-based technology is a means, not an end. It is a tool that can be used to achieve instructional goals, not a goal in itself. Yet, many schools and districts invest time and money in acquiring technology without clarifying their goals for how best to use this important tool. This Knowledge Brief, developed by WestEd's Regional Technology in Education Consortium, is for educators and policymakers who want to know how to make the most of their investments in computer-based technology for schools. The brief draws on recent reviews of research on technology use in schools and addresses the question, "Under what conditions does this technology have the most benefits for students?" Based on this review, the brief summarizes lessons for developing effective school or district technology plans.
Publication, WestEd RTEC
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Guiding Questions for Technology Planning is designed to help technology planners as they consider the most significant issues related to technology planning.
Publication, NCRTEC
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Find links sample technology plans, ideas for writing grant proposals, funding or technology efforts, design guidelines for webquests, rubrics for technology projects, templates for specialized web pages, or many other useful resources.
Website, SEIR*TEC
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The Leadership and Learning with Technology modules support educators in their journey toward effective technology integration. Administrators, classroom teachers, and other members of the education community will find goals and resources to gain greater understanding of technology's impact on learning.
This site consists of six interrelated module frameworks that focus on planning and actions essential for implementing, managing, and supporting educational technology in schools. Each module provides goals and resources for creating a workshop. The resources include a wide range of technology-oriented analysis, planning, and skill development.
Website, NCRTEC
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This article reviews what it means to be in the Knowledge Age; lays out the needed skills, theoretical supports, and main features of this new learning landscape; shows how the Knowledge Age-driven `turn-around` strategy for reform compares with the current `top-down`,`bottom-up`, and `systemic-mixed mode` models; and describes the critical work to be done to bring the powerful toolkits of educational technology to the service of an emerging alternative education model.
Publication, WestEd RTEC
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As a way of helping states and districts interested in laptop initiatives, NEIRTEC has reviewed published lessons learned from many laptop initiatives around the country and has prepared this paper, Lessons Learned About Providing Laptops for All Students. A Web discussion board has been set up to help promote discussion about these or other lessons learned.
Publication, NEIR*TEC
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Links and resources to assist in planning and evaluation.
Website, NCRTEC
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Planning strategies and links to technology plans.
Website, NETC
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Making Decisions about Open Source Software for K-12. What is open source software and what advantages does it afford educators? Can it save money? Close digital divides? Support effective learning communities? These questions and many more are addressed.
Website, NETC
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Information on moving forward with developing a plan for funding a technology initiative in your area.
Website, ATEC
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Links and resources about acquiring hardware and software for an educational environment.
Website, SEIR*TEC
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Leadership is an important issue in integrating technology into the curriculum. Here are some resources for leadership in technology.
Website, SEIR*TEC
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Sample technology plans, introductory readings, planning materials, and links to other sites about technology planning.
Website, SEIR*TEC
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This report is intended to provide background information that will help reading specialists, education technology specialists, classroom teachers, and special education teachers work together to understand, evaluate, and implement effective uses of technology within K-6 reading programs. It brings together the research-based guidelines for teaching children to read from the National Reading Panel report (NRP, 2000) with information about the potential uses of multimedia digital technology to enhance reading instruction. It provides background about effective reading instruction and potential uses of technology, and summarizes the currently available research evidence on ways in which technology can successfully enhance reading instruction in the elementary grades.
Publication, NEIR*TEC
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Found on the Pathways to School Improvement Web site, these documents examine topics that arise as technology is integrated into educational systems.
Website, NCRTEC
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Teaching English language learners (ELLs)
Each of the practices in this spotlight includes suggestions on how to support the literacy development of ELLs in the elementary grades (K-6).
Website, NEIR*TEC
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Links to announcements and reports on Federal Initiatives affecting teaching and learning with technology.
Website, SEIR*TEC
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CAPE is a suite of resources, tools, and professional development activities designed to assist program and project leaders in collecting and analyzing data they can use in making decisions about the implementation of their projects. CAPE is grounded in the belief that if school systems and individual schools have the capacity to plan and implement good evaluations, they will get the most out of their projects—to the ultimate benefit of students.
Website, SEIR*TEC
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INSIGHT, the South Central RTEC Instrument Library and Data Repository, is an evaluation resource that serves a broad range of educational constituents. It consists of two distinct but interrelated components:
--INSIGHT Instrument Library
The INSIGHT Instrument Library provides a centralized library of Web-enabled educational evaluation surveys and instruments, available for program/project evaluators in K-16 education.
--INSIGHT Data Repository
The INSIGHT Data Repository is a research tool containing the accumulated historical record of administrations of evaluation instruments housed in the Instrument Library. It serves two purposes:
*Support of post-secondary research in educational technology
*Comparison data for instrument evaluation/administration.
Tool, SCR*TEC
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The School Technology Needs Assessment (STNA) collects data describing what respondents think about a variety of broad areas of technology implementation in their school:
- Conditions influencing technology use
- Professional development opportunities offered and taken advantage of
- Patterns of teacher practice, with respect to technology in teaching and learning
- The nature of student activities with classroom technology
- The impact of technology on teaching practice and student outcomes
Analysis of data provides a picture of the school as a whole, rather than of individual staff members, presented as frequencies and percentages of responses to all items, and bar graph representations of those values.
The STNA (say, "Stenna") is free and is intended for use in K-12 education settings.
Tool, SEIR*TEC
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This Guide provides a framework and process for local educators to use for continuous data gathering, sharing of findings, and planning for improvement. Designed especially for educators with limited background in evaluation, it leads you through the stages of the evaluation process with guiding questions, evaluation task checklists, and corresponding web-based resources. On the accompanying website (www.neirtec.org/evaluation) you will find a detailed evaluation planning template and practical, step-by-step `how-to`s` for evaluation tasks ranging from selection of data-gathering strategies to development of questionnaires and facilitation of community discussions of findings.
Publication, NEIR*TEC
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In this issue of Data Stories read about three lessons learned about planning, evaluating, and implementing professional development during the first two years of ExplorNet's Centers for Quality Teaching and Learning project . Accessible for online viewing in AdobeﬠPDF.
Publication, SEIR*TEC
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Links and resources to assist in planning and evaluation.
Website, NCRTEC
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Links and resources to help administrators evaluate their technology programs.
Website, SEIR*TEC
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