Models for Success
Spare your school and you needless expense and wasted time
Acceptable Internet Use Policy
"The handbook provides links to sites that contain information on The Components of an AUP, Sample School/Division AUPs, Samples and Templates for an AUP, and Resources."
"The handbook provides links to sites that contain information on The Components of an AUP, Sample School/Division AUPs, Samples and Templates for an AUP, and Resources."
Comprehensive Technology Plan Certification Checklist
"A checklist to be used to develop and evaluate technology plans."
"A checklist to be used to develop and evaluate technology plans."
Computers as Tutors: Solving the Crisis in Education
Radical yet realistic in his approach, Dr. Bennett lays out the difficulties that are present in American education "and show why millions of computers in schools have been ineffectual."
Radical yet realistic in his approach, Dr. Bennett lays out the difficulties that are present in American education "and show why millions of computers in schools have been ineffectual."
Computer Technology in Schools
Report on the state of Canadian schools as of October 1999. From The Daily, a Statistics Canada e-publication.
Report on the state of Canadian schools as of October 1999. From The Daily, a Statistics Canada e-publication.
Criteria for Evaluating Use of Information Technology in K-12 Education
Keynote Address to the International Symposium on New Technologies of Instruction, National Taipei Teachers' College, Taipei, Taiwan, December 17, 1996 by Theodore W. Frick
Keynote Address to the International Symposium on New Technologies of Instruction, National Taipei Teachers' College, Taipei, Taiwan, December 17, 1996 by Theodore W. Frick
Fears of Chip Shortage
AMD and Intel both have announced projected shortages of their CPUs for the second quarter of 2000.
AMD and Intel both have announced projected shortages of their CPUs for the second quarter of 2000.
Fools Gold: A Critical Look at Children and Computers
"This provocative 104-page report challenges our national infatuation with high technology in early childhood and elementary school. Fool's Gold examines the real costs of computers in this domain: money spent, lost educational opportunities, and health and developmental risks." From the Alliance for Childhood.
"This provocative 104-page report challenges our national infatuation with high technology in early childhood and elementary school. Fool's Gold examines the real costs of computers in this domain: money spent, lost educational opportunities, and health and developmental risks." From the Alliance for Childhood.
Guiding Questions for Technology Planning
"A technology plan serves as a bridge between established standards and classroom practice. It articulates, organizes, and integrates the content and processes of education in a particular discipline with integration of appropriate technologies."
"A technology plan serves as a bridge between established standards and classroom practice. It articulates, organizes, and integrates the content and processes of education in a particular discipline with integration of appropriate technologies."
Network Starvation
"The dramatic failure to provide enough technical staff to support the ongoing use and development of an educational network." From From Now On.
"The dramatic failure to provide enough technical staff to support the ongoing use and development of an educational network." From From Now On.
A Survey To Identify The Duties And Responsibilities Of School District Technology Coordinators
Of interest to administrators as a point of comparison.
Of interest to administrators as a point of comparison.
Teaching, Learning and Computing: 1998
A National Survey of Schools and Teachers
A National Survey of Schools and Teachers
techLearning.com
"techLEARNING.com is produced by Technology & Learning Magazine, with contributions from hundreds of K-12 teachers, administrators & other experts in the field."
"techLEARNING.com is produced by Technology & Learning Magazine, with contributions from hundreds of K-12 teachers, administrators & other experts in the field."
Technology @ Your Fingertips
"Technology @ Your Fingertips describes a process for getting the best possible technology solution for your organization." An online guide.
"Technology @ Your Fingertips describes a process for getting the best possible technology solution for your organization." An online guide.
Technology in Schools: Some Say It Doesn't Compute!
In this story, Education World focuses on some of the research that makes a strong case against the way technology is currently used in schools.
In this story, Education World focuses on some of the research that makes a strong case against the way technology is currently used in schools.
The Technology Source
"The purpose of The Technology Source is to provide thoughtful, illuminating articles that will assist educators as they face the challenge of integrating information technology tools in teaching and in managing educational organizations."
"The purpose of The Technology Source is to provide thoughtful, illuminating articles that will assist educators as they face the challenge of integrating information technology tools in teaching and in managing educational organizations."
Understanding Information Literacy
"We are outfitting our schools, libraries, and homes with electronic technologies--but are we preparing our students and teachers for the onslaught of information that is provided by these technologies?"
"We are outfitting our schools, libraries, and homes with electronic technologies--but are we preparing our students and teachers for the onslaught of information that is provided by these technologies?"