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Role Group Strategies: Community, Teachers, Principals, District Office, Policymakers
Community
Help guide the process of upgrading a school’s technological infrastructure.
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The CEO Forum
Interactive School Technology and Readiness Chart
http://www.ceoforum.org/downloads/star3.pdf
The CEO Forum’s Interactive School Technology and Readiness (STaR) Chart is a self-assessment tool designed to provide schools with the information they need to better integrate technology into their educational process. The STaR Chart identifies and defines four school profiles ranging from the "Early Tech" school with little or no technology to the "Target Tech" school that provides a model for the integration and innovative use of education technology.
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Instructional Module for Technology Integration
The George Lucas Educational Foundation
http://www.glef.org/modules/TI/index.php
The GLEF technology integration module is designed for a two- to three-hour class or session. It can be used in conjunction with trainings of software applications that are used in classroom settings. Part One, Guided Process, is designed to give participants a brief introduction to technology integration. It answers the questions "Why is technology integration important?"; "What is technology integration?" and "How do you integrate technology into the classroom?" Part Two, Group Participation, guides participants in envisioning technology integration. It asks participants to visit various educational websites and brainstorm ideas for technology integration garnered from visiting and discussing these sites.
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A Solid Foundation
Bjornsen, A. (2004). American School and University.
http://asumag.com/mag/university_solid_foundation/
This article outlines key issues to consider when integrating new technology and guides readers through different options for connecting schools to the Internet and networking technology within the school.
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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.
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Technology Tools
Kennedy, M. (2005). American School and University
http://asumag.com/mag/university_technology_tools/
This article discusses how new technology, beyond the personal computer, can enhance education. In particular, the author describes innovations in communication systems, library check-out systems, and interactive white boards.
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Community
Advocate for and raise awareness of the need to provide schools with communication and instructional technology resources.
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A High-Tech School with a Down-Home Feel
George Lucas Educational Foundation (November, 2003)
http://www.glef.org/php/article.php?id=Art_1061
San Pasquel Elementary School in Escondido, California is an old-fashioned looking complex, but inside the K-8 school is state of the art technology. Every classroom has multiple computers and most students in grades 6-8 use laptops. Teachers have access to technology for research, presentations, and communications, and technology controlling lights and termperature conserve energy and reduce costs.
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Prototype School Design Clearinghouse
Department of Public Instruction, NC – School Clearinghouse
http://www.schoolclearinghouse.org/asps/specs.asp?dsp=070-4165
This site describes the design information for Southside High School, in New Bern, North Carolina. In this school, the communication and cabling system is built around the Tek-Net interactive information retrieval system, allowing classroom connections to all media-located information, including cable TV, DVD, VHS, Channel 1, and distance learning facilities.
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ASCD Capwiz Advocacy Toolkit
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. (2004).
http://capwiz.com/ascd/home/
These pages help those interested in education reform become involved in the policy-making process. The site provides links to elected officials, tracks current issues and legislation, and highlights important elections and candidates. It also includes a feature that identifies the major media outlets serving every zip code and allows users to send an advocacy email directly from this site.
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Making the Connection: A Guide to Involving Policymakers in a Community Dialogue on Education
Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
http://www.sedl.org/pubs/policy93/policy93.pdf
Engaging policymakers in dialogue on education is a practical action step that communities can take to influence school reform. This resource provides step by step instructions on engaging policymakers in dialogue on education issues. The authors provide a description of different roles for participants, advice on how to make the most of participation both during and after the dialogue, and a recruiting planner to assist in inviting policymakers to the discussion.
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Teachers
Serve on committees and engage administrators in powerful conversations related to technology needs and infrastructure.
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Prototype School Design Clearinghouse
Department of Public Instruction, NC – School Clearinghouse
http://www.schoolclearinghouse.org/asps/specs.asp?dsp=070-4165
This site describes the design information for Southside High School, in New Bern, North Carolina. In this school, the communication and cabling system is built around the Tek-Net interactive information retrieval system, allowing classroom connections to all media-located information, including cable TV, DVD, VHS, Channel 1, and distance learning facilities.
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Reinventing Education Change Toolkit
IBM (2002).
http://www.reinventingeducation.org/RE3Web
This toolkit, provided free of charge to anyone working in K-12 education, is designed to help school and district leaders to guide the school reform process. The toolkit can be used to diagnose an environment for change, collaborate with members of a school change team, read real-life vignettes from education colleagues, plan a change initiative, and connect with educators worldwide.
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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.
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Technology Tools
Kennedy, M. (2005). American School and University
http://asumag.com/mag/university_technology_tools/
This article discusses how new technology, beyond the personal computer, can enhance education. In particular, the author describes innovations in communication systems, library check-out systems, and interactive white boards.
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Teachers
Serve as a leader for the use of instructional technology in the classroom; participate in professional development related to using technology and encourage others to do so as well.
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A “Fantastic Super” Use of Technology
Mary Scroggs Elementary School, Chapel Hill, NC
George Lucas Educational Foundation
http://www.glef.org/php/article.php?id=Art_1013
This pre-K-5 school’s technology infrastructure supports use of the Internet, a daily closed-circuit school television news show, wireless laptops, computers in every classroom, and a range of software programs that have become an integral part of the school’s learning package. Email is a common means of communication among teachers, administrators, parents, and students, and every Scroggs teacher has a web page that may include a daily or weekly newsletter, homework assignments, announcements, volunteer opportunities, student work, etc.
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A High-Tech School with a Down-Home Feel
George Lucas Educational Foundation (November, 2003)
http://www.glef.org/php/article.php?id=Art_1061
San Pasquel Elementary School in Escondido, California is an old-fashioned looking complex, but inside the K-8 school is state of the art technology. Every classroom has multiple computers and most students in grades 6-8 use laptops. Teachers have access to technology for research, presentations, and communications, and technology controlling lights and termperature conserve energy and reduce costs.
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One Teacher’s Story
George Lucas Educational Foundation
http://www.glef.org/php/article.php?id=Art_1051
Lynne Sueoka had been teaching for 20 years and had no experience with technology when it became her job to help other teachers learn how to use email. A decade later, she is now heavily involved in using technology for her teaching and providing professional development to other teachers around technology. Sueoka works from the mantra, "content, then technology." Her philosophy is to let technology enhance curriculum and learning, not the other way around.
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The CEO Forum
Interactive School Technology and Readiness Chart
http://www.ceoforum.org/downloads/star3.pdf
The CEO Forum’s Interactive School Technology and Readiness (STaR) Chart is a self-assessment tool designed to provide schools with the information they need to better integrate technology into their educational process. The STaR Chart identifies and defines four school profiles ranging from the "Early Tech" school with little or no technology to the "Target Tech" school that provides a model for the integration and innovative use of education technology.
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Teach for Tomorrow
Merit Network Incorporated
http://tft.merit.edu/
An interactive Web-based course to help K–12 teachers introduce Internet resources and activities into the classroom. Teachers learn Internet browsing, searching, and methods to structure student use of the Internet. The course can be used independently or with small group meetings led by a local facilitator. Graduate credit is available for the facilitator-led course. Some online materials and basic descriptions are free, but much of the training opportunities are fee-based.
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Futurekids.com
Futurekids, Inc.
www.futurekids.com
Futurekids, Inc. provides school technology solutions to help more than 2,000 schools use technology to improve classroom teaching and learning. These solutions also help schools ensure a high return on their technology investment, providing a comprehensive model of integration including technology planning and assessment, professional development training, K–12 curriculum, integration, etc.
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Intel Educational Destination
Intel Innovation in Education initiative
www.intel.com/education/
The Intel® Innovation in Education initiative focuses on preparing today's teachers and students for tomorrow's demands. The goals of this initiative are: Improving science and math education in K–12, Improving the use of technology in classroom teaching, Broadening access to technology, and Encouraging more young people to choose technical careers. As part of this effort, the Intel Education Web site is designed primarily for teachers and technology coordinators. It provides information about Intel education programs as well as content and services that support science, math, engineering, and technology education.
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The Path to Teacher Leadership in Techology
Sherry, L., & Gibson, D. (2002). Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education2(2).
http://www.citejournal.org/vol2/iss2/general/article2.cfm
This article outlines a four-stage professional growth model to develop teacher leaders who use technology to enhance teaching and learning. In addition to describing the model, the authors address where schools typically encounter problems implementing such a model and describes processes necessary for the systemic change encouraged by the model. Finally, the authors demonstrate how the theoretical model is embodied in practical applications with the Personal Learning Portal and Netseminar.
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Principals
Lead a building level assessment process to recognize strengths and weaknesses in access to technology.
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Instructional Module for Technology Integration
The George Lucas Educational Foundation
http://www.glef.org/modules/TI/index.php
The GLEF technology integration module is designed for a two- to three-hour class or session. It can be used in conjunction with trainings of software applications that are used in classroom settings. Part One, Guided Process, is designed to give participants a brief introduction to technology integration. It answers the questions "Why is technology integration important?"; "What is technology integration?" and "How do you integrate technology into the classroom?" Part Two, Group Participation, guides participants in envisioning technology integration. It asks participants to visit various educational websites and brainstorm ideas for technology integration garnered from visiting and discussing these sites.
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Principals
Set technology as a school priority by infusing it into the daily working of the school. Demonstrate mastery and commitment to technological tools, and advocate for their continued use.
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A “Fantastic Super” Use of Technology
Mary Scroggs Elementary School, Chapel Hill, NC
George Lucas Educational Foundation
http://www.glef.org/php/article.php?id=Art_1013
This pre-K-5 school’s technology infrastructure supports use of the Internet, a daily closed-circuit school television news show, wireless laptops, computers in every classroom, and a range of software programs that have become an integral part of the school’s learning package. Email is a common means of communication among teachers, administrators, parents, and students, and every Scroggs teacher has a web page that may include a daily or weekly newsletter, homework assignments, announcements, volunteer opportunities, student work, etc.
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A High-Tech School with a Down-Home Feel
George Lucas Educational Foundation (November, 2003)
http://www.glef.org/php/article.php?id=Art_1061
San Pasquel Elementary School in Escondido, California is an old-fashioned looking complex, but inside the K-8 school is state of the art technology. Every classroom has multiple computers and most students in grades 6-8 use laptops. Teachers have access to technology for research, presentations, and communications, and technology controlling lights and termperature conserve energy and reduce costs.
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The CEO Forum
Interactive School Technology and Readiness Chart
http://www.ceoforum.org/downloads/star3.pdf
The CEO Forum’s Interactive School Technology and Readiness (STaR) Chart is a self-assessment tool designed to provide schools with the information they need to better integrate technology into their educational process. The STaR Chart identifies and defines four school profiles ranging from the "Early Tech" school with little or no technology to the "Target Tech" school that provides a model for the integration and innovative use of education technology.
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The Big List of Technology and Professional Development
George Lucas Educational Foundation
http://www.glef.org/php/biglist.php?id=239
The site provides a comprehensive list of professional development opportunities, books, resources, and experts for training teachers to more effectively use technology in the classroom.
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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.
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Education Technology Initiative
The Milken Family Foundation
http://www.mff.org/edtech/
The site features a series of issues, discussions and projects intended to better prepare and develop teachers to meet the needs of students in a digital age of technology. The page includes original research and reviews of emerging research on technology in the classroom, along with some examples of technology approaches in schools.
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Futurekids.com
Futurekids, Inc.
www.futurekids.com
Futurekids, Inc. provides school technology solutions to help more than 2,000 schools use technology to improve classroom teaching and learning. These solutions also help schools ensure a high return on their technology investment, providing a comprehensive model of integration including technology planning and assessment, professional development training, K–12 curriculum, integration, etc.
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The Path to Teacher Leadership in Techology
Sherry, L., & Gibson, D. (2002). Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education2(2).
http://www.citejournal.org/vol2/iss2/general/article2.cfm
This article outlines a four-stage professional growth model to develop teacher leaders who use technology to enhance teaching and learning. In addition to describing the model, the authors address where schools typically encounter problems implementing such a model and describes processes necessary for the systemic change encouraged by the model. Finally, the authors demonstrate how the theoretical model is embodied in practical applications with the Personal Learning Portal and Netseminar.
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Technology Tools
Kennedy, M. (2005). American School and University
http://asumag.com/mag/university_technology_tools/
This article discusses how new technology, beyond the personal computer, can enhance education. In particular, the author describes innovations in communication systems, library check-out systems, and interactive white boards.
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District Office
Create a committee involving all critical school stakeholders to review and respond to technology needs within schools.
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Reinventing Education Change Toolkit
IBM (2002).
http://www.reinventingeducation.org/RE3Web
This toolkit, provided free of charge to anyone working in K-12 education, is designed to help school and district leaders to guide the school reform process. The toolkit can be used to diagnose an environment for change, collaborate with members of a school change team, read real-life vignettes from education colleagues, plan a change initiative, and connect with educators worldwide.
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The CEO Forum
Interactive School Technology and Readiness Chart
http://www.ceoforum.org/downloads/star3.pdf
The CEO Forum’s Interactive School Technology and Readiness (STaR) Chart is a self-assessment tool designed to provide schools with the information they need to better integrate technology into their educational process. The STaR Chart identifies and defines four school profiles ranging from the "Early Tech" school with little or no technology to the "Target Tech" school that provides a model for the integration and innovative use of education technology.
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A Solid Foundation
Bjornsen, A. (2004). American School and University.
http://asumag.com/mag/university_solid_foundation/
This article outlines key issues for administrators to consider when integrating new technology and guides readers through different options for connecting schools to the Internet and networking technology within the school.
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District Office
Advocate for and promote a vision of efficient and meaningful use of technology within schools.
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The Digital Superintendent – Plano Independent School District
George Lucas Educational Foundation (August, 2003)
http://www.glef.org/php/article.php?id=Art_1046
This article profiles the efforts of Doug Otto, superintendent of Plano Independent School District (ISD) outside of Dallas, to bring technologoy into schools. Under his leadership, the district has adopted technologies ranging from a fiber-optic network to handheld personal digital assistants (PDAs). In addition to the Internet, the network gives teachers access to a library of digital videos, online curriculum, and videoconferencing.
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The Big List of Technology and Professional Development
George Lucas Educational Foundation
http://www.glef.org/php/biglist.php?id=239
This site provides a comprehensive list of professional development opportunities, books, resources, and experts regarding training teachers to more effectively use technology in the classroom.
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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.
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Institute for the Transfer of Technology to Education
National School Boards Association
http://www.nsba.org/site/page_micro.asp?TRACKID=&CID=63&DID=195
The Institute for the Transfer of Technology to Education (ITTE) is managed by the National School Boards Association to help advance the wise use of technology in public education. By joining the Technology Leadership Network (TLN), members become connected with administrators, and educators with policymakers, researchers, and many of the world’s leading high tech firms. The network provides exposure to leading technology thinkers, global perspectives and best practices. Resource are intended to help administrators determine the best way to align resources, create appropriate, new policies, and implement the most effective technology solutions.
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Technology Tools
Kennedy, M. (2005). American School and University
http://asumag.com/mag/university_technology_tools/
This article discusses how new technology, beyond the personal computer, can enhance education. In particular, the author describes innovations in communication systems, library check-out systems, and interactive white boards.
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Policymakers
Fully fund and support policies that promote a vision for efficient, meaningful, and progressive use of technology within schools.
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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.
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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.
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Policymakers
Promote high standards for technology access and infrastructure in schools and teachers' ability to integrate technology into instruction.
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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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