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Strategic Planning
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F.A.Q. Frequently Asked Questions
Samply put ... ... strategic planning determines where an organization is going over the next year or more, how it's going to get there and how it'll know if it got there or not.
What is ... Strategic planning can be used to determine mission, vision, values, goals, objectives, roles and responsibilities, timelines, etc.
A Ten Step Method Strategic plans are worthless unless there is first strategic vision.
a Primer A Strategic Planning Primer for Higher Education.
An Example Plan ... a little dated (1997), but notice that there is are Objectives and Tactics for meeting each objective.
A better example Strategic Planning / Gates Grant -- Bellingham Public Schools
A Google Search Strategic Planning in Schools
Chroma Mr. Loyer is publishing his science-fiction novella "Chroma" on the World Wide Web, where it will unfold in 16 installments over the course of this year. But "Chroma" is not a basic e-book, with black text digitally displayed on a white field. Instead readers participate in the telling of the tale by entering an interactive world of animated images.
Off the Topic The Quest Channel


Video Technology in Educaiton
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Digital Video for Education Video is becoming the medium of choice for collecting images and sound for educational and social science learning. It is the proper medium for research projects in education.
Putting Video on your Web Site Video is a medium that is as direct as print and catches more attention.
Shooting Video for the Web Shooting Video for the Web requires a more limited set of techniques than shooting for tape. The key is knowing what techniques to limit.
Integrating Video ... in the classroom.
dvGarage We are creating a place where individuals who are excited about Visual Media to learn and to trade with others around the world.
Weblogs replace chat rooms ... resources for those who want to be bloggers, online collections of Weblogs, blogs about blogging and essays deconstructing the blogging craze.


Curriculum Planning & Design

Computer as a Learning Partner
Educational researchers, natural scientists, middle-school teachers, and technology experts describe a semester-long thermodynamics, light, and sound curriculum for achieving integrated science understanding that involves the innovative use of computers in the classroom. A project of the University of California at Berkeley.

Evaluating World Wide Web Resources
Jan Alexander and Marsha Tate, reference librarians at the Wolfgram Memorial Library of Widener University in Chester, Pa., developed a methodology for evaluating websites for authority, accuracy, objectivity, timeliness, and thoroughness.

Fair Use Guidelines for Education Multimedia
A report adopted by the U.S. Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, this provides guidance on the application of fair use principles by educators, scholars, and students who develop multimedia projects using portions of copyrighted works under fair use rather than by seeking authorization for noncommercial educational uses.

The Online Educator
This website includes lesson plans and clear writing dedicated to making the Internet an accessible classroom tool. It is also available as a print magazine.

Russell School Technology Curriculum
This K-5 school published its efforts to integrate technology with all appropriate aspects of its curriculum so that others might benefit from their experience. Sorted by grade, then curriculum goals and themes.

Sample Curriculum-Based K–12 Educational Telecomputing Projects
Judi Harris, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin, pulled together this useful sampler of the variety of educational activities underway in the electronic world. Harris describes various interpersonal exchanges, data-gathering efforts and problem-solving projects.



Best Practices
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ISTE Home Page International Society for Technology in Education
ISTE on Technology Integration The following resources represent current thoughts from educational publications regarding what administrators should know about and be able to do with technology and what leadership qualities facilitate use of technology in schools to improve student learning. They have been used at the TSSA Forum meetings as prereading material for those participating in the development of a national consensus on technology standards for school administrators.
Standards for all Students The technology foundation standards for students are divided into six broad categories. Standards within each category are to be introduced, reinforced, and mastered by students. These categories provide a framework for linking performance indicators within the Profiles for Technology Literate Students to the standards. Teachers can use these standards and profiles as guidelines for planning technology-based activities in which students achieve success in learning, communication, and life skills.
Technology Integration Ideas This web page links to resources for students, parents, teachers, administrators, library media specialists, and technology coordinators.
Quia The site Gail Silverstein demo'ed in class Jan.31 -- 500,000 in class activities and growing!
Best Practices The lesson plans that you will find here have been written by practicing teachers and have been "kid tested" to work in the classroom. All of these lessons have been aligned with the Michigan Framework Document.
Technology Coordinator's Home Page Web site offers information to educators who play a leadership role in integrating technology in educational settings.
Proposing a Model for Technoloy Integration Technology Development/Support/Integration Model
CREATING LESSON PLANS UNO Social Studies Web


Technology Inservice
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Adult Learning Theory Inservice providers should have a good understanding of adult learning theory upon which to build inservice programs for teachers.
Learning Interchange This section of the Apple website offers information about providing inservice education.
Learning Interchange What Type of Technology Inservice Education Is Best?
Learning Interchange Students as Inservice Specialists
Technology Inservice: A Powerful Change Force Research by Nancy M. Wentworth of Brigham Young University
WebQuest Inservice A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the internet.
Another Inservice WebQuest A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the internet.


Integration Technology
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The Leadership Gap Factors Limiting Technology Integration in Education.
Online Class presents Short, easy-to-use Web-based lessons!
Web-based Education Commission The Commission was established by Congress to develop policy recommendations geared toward maximizing the educational promise of the Internet for pre-K, elementary, middle, secondary, and postsecondary education learners.
WELES Website Web-Enhanced Learning Environment Strategies (WELES).
Technology Integration Linda Burkhart helps with elementary, middle, and special needs.
Art & Technology Art and Technology in K-12 Education.
Online Class presents Short, easy-to-use Web-based lessons!
T.H.E. QUEST T.H.E. | QUEST will provide technology planning assistance and professional development in technology integration for university faculties across the state who are involved in teacher preparation programs.
Educational Technology Integration An educational technology consulting firm specializing in issues related to the integration of instructional technology in primary and secondary schools.
Technology World Helping educations make a difference!
What is Possible? A reflection on changing times from a sixth grade teacher and technology coordinator.
Tech Learning Online Reference Tools
The Journal ONLINE The Changing Role of the Teacher: How Management Systems Help Facilitate Teaching

Training Teachers Using Computers

New Insights on Technology Adoption in Schools

Uniting Teachers to Embrace 21st Century Technology: A Critical Mass in a Cohort of Colleagues
Technology Leadership Academy Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology
It's Time ... TIME Lessons were created to provide teachers with an easy method of integrating computer skills into subject area content from the classroom.
Becky Maloney's Science Place Technology resources from one of our own!


Getting Started
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ISTE Technology Standards Standards for Basic Endorsement in Educational Computing and Technology Literacy.
Educational Technology Coordinator Proposed New State Certification Program, Certification in Educational Technology Coordinator.
Integrating Instructional Technology in the Classroom This page covers issues critical to technology selection and implementation.
School Technology Leadership More rigorous models of leadership focus upon interrelationships among distributed participants .
Astronomy Picture of the Day Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.


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