The Benton Foundation and the Education
Development Center's Center for Children and Technology (CCT) released
their latest report, The Sustainability Challenge: Taking Edtech to the
Next Level, over the Internet today. In the last 10 years, the United
States has invested over $40 billion placing computers in schools and
connecting classrooms to the Internet; the report cautions that this
massive investment in educational technology, or edtech, may be at risk.
Web Wonders / Using Data to Improve Student Achievement
Center for Technology and
Learning Reports
ACOT
NEW
DIGITAL DIVIDE STUDY: A NATION ONLINE -
The U.S. Department of Commerce released a
new Digital Divide study, "A Nation Online: How Americans Are Expanding
Their Use of the Internet, which shows the rapidly growing use of new
information technologies across all demographic groups and geographic
regions.
Inexorable and Inevitable: The Continuing Story of Technology and
Assessment
Computer
Labs Versus Classroom Integration Of Computers
Placing
Computers: Classroom or Lab
Technology
Assessment Tools
National Coalition for Technology in
Education and Training
Survey of International
Investment in Educational Technology Research and Development
Secretary's
Conference on Educational Technology: Measuring the Impacts and Shaping
the Future - Be sure to view White
Papers on the Future of Technology in Education
Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to use
Technology - The ISTE
Educational Technology Foundations Standards
for All Teachers
reflect professional studies in education providing fundamental
concepts, knowledge, skills and attitudes for applying information
technology in educational settings.
CEO
Forum on Education Technology - Year
3 report, The
Power of Digital Learning: Integrating Digital Content.
Web-based
Education Commission -
established by Congress to develop specific policy recommendations geared
toward maximizing the educational promise of the Internet for pre-K,
elementary, and postsecondary education learners.
Best
Practice Advice from the Lucas Foundation
Rate Your
School's Technology Program -
The
CEO Forum's School Technology and Readiness (STaR) website offers you a
national snapshot of where educators stand in their efforts to integrate
technology to improve academic standards and student achievement. A
chart measures four variables: hardware and connectivity, content,
professional development, and integration and use. Visit this
exceptional site and complete 18 multiple choice questions to determine
YOUR school's technology readiness!
White
Papers on the Future of Technology in Education
Providing Professional
Development for Effective
Technology Use
Web-based
Education Commission -
established by Congress to develop specific policy recommendations
geared toward maximizing the educational promise of the Internet for
pre-K, elementary, and postsecondary education learners.
CEO Forum STaR Chart
Milken
Exchange Indicators
Milken Exchange
Professional Development
International Society for
Technology in Education (ISTE) - ISTE
Anneberg
Institute of School Reform Tools Matrix
Learning with Technology Profile Tool
Technology Indicators (NSSE)
NSBA Education
Leadership Toolkit
Maturity Model Benchmarks
(EDmin Open systems)
Sabine's Research
Resources and Professional Development.
Providing Professional
Development for Effective
Technology Use
1999 Secretary of Education Conference on Education
Technology
The
Technology Coordinator's Web Site
Technology Training for Teachers
The Impact of
Technology -- The Mid-continent Regional Educational Laboratory
(McREL)
Center for
Applied Special Technology (CAST)-- THE ROLE OF ONLINE
COMMUNICATIONS IN SCHOOLS: A NATIONAL STUDY
Association for Educational
Communications and Technology -
The largest educational technology
professional association. Although an academic association, they publish
research that is relevant to K-12 education.
EDC Center for Children and
Technology
CELT Center for
Educational Leadership and Technology
Computer
Professionals for Social Responsibility
CoSN,
a non-profit organization, promotes the use
of telecommunications in K-12 education to improve learning
Educause
- extensive collection of higher
education information technology materials -- nonprofit consortium of
approximately 600 colleges and universities seeking to transform education
through the use of information technology
"INTERNET USE BY TEACHERS:
Conditions of Professional Use & Teacher-Directed
Student Use" is a report that answers questions such as...
* How often do teachers & students use the Internet & how do they use it?
* How accessible is the Internet to teachers?
Milken Exchange
- Technology reports, surveyes, and articles
International Society for
Technology in Education (ISTE) - ISTE
is devoted to the promotion of thoughful and pedagogically sound uses of
technology to enhance teaching and learning.
Education Week - Technology
Counts '99: Building
the Digital Curriculum
Louisiana
Center for Education Technology
Education Program Evaluation -
US Department of Education
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Market Data
Retrieval (MDR) - recent
results of a national survey (65 percent of 85,000 public school in US)
The Learning Connection: Schools in
the Information Age - This
extensive research report examines, "how educators are grappling with the
difficult interplay of technological change and educational values" and
"identifies key factors that make the connection work, and reviews major
players in the education technology arena." Companion site What's Working
in Education goes into greater detail about lessons learned in the field.
Tech Corp Home Page
- A national, non-profit organization
of technology volunteers, funded by the business community, helping to
improve K-12 education at the grass roots, through the effective
integration of technology into the learning environment
Advanced
Telecommunications in U.S. Public Schools
The School
Technology and Readiness Report:
From Pillars to Progress
Office
of Technology Assessment:
Making the Connection
Technology and
the new Professional Teacher:
Preparing for the 21st Century Classroom
Silicon High
Assessments
of Multimedia Technology in Education: Bibliography
Summary
of Current Research and Evaluation Findings on Technology in Education
Learning
on the Internet
The
Status of Technology in the Education System: A Literature Review
Connecting The Nation:
Classrooms, Libraries, and
Health Care Organizations in the Information Age
WBT(Web-based Training)
- Covers the broad scope and many
aspects of education across the www with site reviews provided.
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