Recommendation Two:
Provide more convenient and consistent access to instructional technology, communication technology and office materials

 

Role Group Strategies:

Policymakers
Fully fund and support policies that promote a vision for efficient, meaningful, and progressive use of technology within schools.

The Future of School Facilities: Getting Ahead of the Curve
Center on Reinventing Public Education, University of Washington and the Annie E. Casey Foundation
http://www.aecf.org/publications/data/facilities.pdf
This publication aims to capture trends recognized by forward-thinking educators regarding the most significant national facilities trends shaping the future of learning.  It considers how tomorrow’s classrooms will look different than today’s and includes an entire section regarding how new technologies will change how teachers teach and students learn.


Build Tech
Gross, Mark. Edutopia (June 2005)
http://www.edutopia.org/magazine/ed1article.php?id=Art_1307&issue=jun_05
Mark Gross provides strategies for better integrating technology into schools in ways that are central to the school’s mission. He addresses the use of technology to fix “pains” within schools, integration of school improvement plans and technology plans, technology that enhances learning communities, and operating costs.

Policymakers
Promote high standards for technology access and infrastructure in schools and teachers' ability to integrate technology into instruction.

National Education Technology Standards
International Society for Technology in Education (ITSE) and the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)
http://www.iste.org/standards
The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) and the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) have created a set of guidelines for accrediting colleges of education with programs in educational computing and technology teacher preparation. Standards have been established in the following areas: content studies for initial teacher preparation, pedagogical studies for initial teacher preparation, faculty qualifications, resources for teaching and scholarship, and resources for operating the unit.


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