EdTech Articles Note: When you click on the following links, a new browser window will open up. To come back to this page, simply close that new window. Myths and Realities about Technology in K-12 Schools http://www.edc.org/LNT/news/Issue14/feature1.htm "Only a clear-eyed commitment to using technology to help meet central educational goals will enable us to get a substantial return on our investment." By Glenn M. Kleiman, The Center for Online Professional Education (COPE) at Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) The Learning Return on Our Educational Technology Investment http://www.wested.org/cs/wew/view/rs/619 This paper is for educators and policymakers who want to learn from the research and experiences of others about how to make their technology investment a wise one. Learning & Leading with Technology http://www.iste.org/LL/30/8/index.cfm Learning & Leading with Technology is an online publication of ISTE, the International Society for Technology in Education. Articles that appear in L&L are written by educators for educators: classroom teachers, lab teachers, technology coordinators, and teacher educators. L&L emphasizes practical ideas about technology and how to use it in the K–12 curriculum. This page allows you to link to current and past articles. Making Good Schools Better - The Charge of the Instructional Leader : Some Case Stories http://www.ma-tlc.org/good_schools_better.htm The following paper was written in support of the curriculum for the Principals' Advanced Leadership Institute, which was held during the summer of 2000. The purpose of the paper was to further investigate some of the institute topics, and the material has been organized to reflect areas of interest expressed by participants during the institute. You can learn more about the authors by visiting their online bios. (Jeff Nelsen / Amalia Cudeiro ) The Power of the Internet for Learning: Moving from Promise to Practice http://interact.hpcnet.org/webcommission/index.htm (This article is in PDF format. To download the Acrobat Reader, go to http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html) The Web-Based Commission's report to the President and to the Congress of the United States, presented in PDF format, explores many aspects of the power and potential of the Internet including the strides being made to bridge the digital divide, advances in technology professional development, the quality of online content, and issues of regulation, safety, and funding. Changing the Conversation about Teaching Learning and Technology http://www.apple.com/education/k12/leadership/acot/pdf/10yr.pdf Lake Washington Public Schools http://www.lkwash.wednet.edu/ Tech Briefs for "No Child Left Behind" Planners http://www.neirtec.org/products/techbriefs/default.asp Enhancing Learning with Technology http://www.enhancelearning.ca/differentiating.html Does Teaching and Learning Change with Full Access to Word Processors by Mike Russell at BC http://www.bc.edu/research/intasc/PDF/AlphaSmartEachStudent.pdf Technology Planning http://www.seirtec.org/P2P.html Planning Into Practice by the Southeast Regional Technology Consortium This online resource and book provides a practical look at the planning process from technologies to building support in the community. Developing a School or District Technology Plan by the North Central Regional Education Laboratory http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/technlgy/te300.htm You will find sample technology plans from leading schools and districts. Taking Total Cost of Ownership to the Classroom by the Consortium for School Networking http://www.classroomtco.org/ Provides many tools to help school leaders improve their return on the technology dollar. Profile your District by the International Society of Technology Educators http://tsi.iste.org/profile/ This is an online tool that provides direct feedback on the current state of your technology plan and vision. Early Connections http://www.netc.org/earlyconnections/ Closing the Equity Gap in Technology Access and Use: A Practical Guide for K-12 Educators http://www.netc.org/equity/ HPRTEC http://www.4teachers.org/profd/techcoor.shtml Assessment Resources by HPRTEC http://www.4teachers.org/4teachers/profd/assessment.shtml Assessing Technology Planning http://www.4teachers.org/4teachers/intech/techassess.shtml Learning with Technology Profile Tool http://www.ncrtec.org/capacity/profile/profwww.htm Factors Influencing the Effective Use of Technology for Teaching and Learning http://www.seirtec.org/publications/lessons.pdf Active Learning with Technology http://www.southcentralrtec.org/alt/files/videos.htm Technology Integration http://www.glef.org/FMPro?-db=learnlivekeywords1.fp5&-lay=layout%20%231 &-Format=keyword.html&-max=200&jargonfree==Technology%20Integration&-sortfield=show%20 order&-SortOrder=ascend&-sortfield=short%20title&-find Digital Portfolios http://home.att.net/~digitalportfolio/index.html Office of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/html.f/netscape.html Youth Tech Entrepreneurs (YTE) http://www.yte.org/ Generation Yes (GENY) http://www.genyes.org/ The Global Schoolhouse http://www.globalschoolhouse.com/ WWW4 Teachers - ideas on integrating technology in the classroom http://www.4teachers.org/class/ Close this window to go back to the main List of Resources page.

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