Includes descriptions, stories, research, and resources divided into many key principles of technology leadership.

From ERIC digest

Recommendations of the Commission on Technology in Learning for California K-12 Educational Technology

From North Central Regional Ed. Lab.

from California State Board of Education

"Your place to keep pace with technology" from ESchoolNews online ... A bit overly commercial but still some good info on current and up-and-coming school technologies.

This document outlines technology integration plans by grade level for an Oregon school district. The technology document is exemplary because it takes into account ISTE’s National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS) as well as the district’s previously established content curriculum standards. Technical proficiencies and applications are described in terms of introduction, reinforcement, and mastery by grade level.

George Lucas Educational Foundation's Edutopia site provides a wealth of background on research-based best practices in education, including much on educational technology. This page is designed specifically to introduce policymakers to the site. Once there, you may also want to go to the Get Started: Educators page.

Go to Online Services or LoTi Lounge to access tools developed in an effort to promote and accurately measure authentic technology use in schools.

Not too long, but very rich info on technology leadership from Annette Lamb, a respected figure in ed tech.

Many excellent resources from North Central Regional Educational Laboratory. Includes link to enGauge, a technology assessment tool.

Companion Web site to the CD-ROM Principal Connections: A Guide to Technology Leadership

Homepage of the University of Minnesota's STLI, a 15-unit technology program based on NETS-A (i.e. TSSA) for school administrators.

In-depth research-based overview of the intersection between constructivism and educational technology

Good information on educational technology research designed to be useful to school administrators. A site worth exploring.

Article from ESchoolNews online

See technology-based projects in action in a 4th/5th, 8th, and/or 9th grade classroom.

Blog of Tim Lauer, principal of Lewis Elementary (see link to Lewis in this list).

Breaks down educational technology into four categories, explaining how each one can best be applied. Has links to various examples of each of the four kinds of technology.

GLEF's site on innovative classrooms includes several categories; this link goes to the "technology integration" topic, but you can use the left nav bar to explore other areas of innovation.

Here's a school website built around blogging.

Links to many online lessons from a school librarian.

Teacher-written success stories on teaching and learning with technology.

Adopted by CCTC in 1998.

A different viewpoint on the efficacy of technology standards for teachers.

National Educational Technology Standards for students, developed by the International Society for Technology in Education.

Also known as NETS-A, National Educational Technology Standards for Administrators.

Comprehensive resources on filters and filtering from the American Library Association.

To get the most out of the Internet, students need to learn two things: first, how to find good information online; and second, how to evaluate the information they find

New to Using Technology in the Classroom: Protecting Safety and Privacy

Curricula and resources for educators to help students be safe and secure online

Includes link to What Every District Administrator Needs to Know about Cyber Security

Specific measures a California district uses to improve network security.

for teachers : web awareness : "kids for sale" for teachers - index

Privacy Principles for Children's Online Activities

Internet Safety Tips For Educators and Families

Safe Passage: Teaching Kids to be Safe and Responsible Online - Web Sites | E-mail | Chat Rooms | Instant Messaging | File-Sharing

from the Virginia Department of Education

Sample "Acceptable Use Policies" developed by schools and libraries across the country intent on providing young people access to the Internet with an understanding of the responsibilities Internet use requires

New to Using Technology in the Classroom: Copyright Laws and Fair Use

Article from New York Times on the web

Netiquette is basically network etiquette, what to do, and not do, when communicating online. Here is a short list of guidelines to help you communicate effectively on the Internet.

Created by the Computer Ethics Institute

Article from Education World online

Articles that explain the critical issues you need to understand to do effective troubleshooting on PCs or Macs

"The eCOVE software is designed for school administrators, university student teacher supervisors, teachers observing students, peer coaching between teachers, special education specialists observing special needs students, and anyone wishing to gather data while observing behavior."

Think.com is a free service provided by Oracle Corp., designed for ages 7-14.

Thousands of schools use the Gaggle Network to provide safe, teacher-controlled email accounts for students.

Links to many different lesson plan repositories.

Breaks down educational technology into four categories, explaining how each one can best be applied. Has links to various examples of each of the four kinds of technology.

Education presents a variety of computer environments. Each requires well thought-out guidelines and procedures, as well as some creativity. Here are some common challenges along with possible solutions from master teachers.

Links to many curricular websites, broken into grade level and subject area.

"The promise of the Web as more than just a readable, searchable resource has been slow to be realized ... until now. Two new Internet technologies, Weblogs and RSS (Real Simple Syndication), are redefining the way students and teachers use the Internet, turning them from mere readers into writers to the Web as well, and making it easier to filter and track the ever-growing number of resources coming online each day."

Center for Applied Special Technology's site on Universal Design for Learning.

Classroom response systems may help to engage all students and provide another way to do quick formative assessment.

An educator describes and sometimes recommends websites from the "more engaging, personal interactive web".

Apple's introduction to the use of digital multimedia tools in education.

Excellent paper on different models/paradigms present in approaches to assessment and electronic portfolios in K-12. By Dr. Helen Barrett, e-portfolio guru.

Brief article from Oct. 2005

Links to many sites about using handhelds in education. The majority are administrator-focused.

Concept map linked to many examples of blogs, background information on blogs, and blogs used in education. Several Blog-hosting sites specifically oriented toward education exist, including www.weblogg-ed.com and www.schoolblogs.com

Excellent set of links on online learning in K-12 from the University of Wisconsin Distance Education Clearinghouse.

eCove by Flowing Thought ... download a free trial and check it out. Powerful tool to help with data collection during teacher observations.

Brief article with good links to explore podcasting in K-12. Free registration required.

These are commercially sponsored, but still worthwhile background reading on subjects including tablet computing, handheld computing, wireless computing, and more. Site may require free registration.

Describes educational interest in Second Life, an online massively multiplayer role-playing environment. (Website may require free registration.)

5 minute movie from the New Media Consortium providing an introduction to the educational possibilities of the online immersive environment called Second Life.

A ~10 minute video on setting up and effectively using Skype, a free voice over IP service, in the classroom.

This very useful piece of equipment is getting cheaper and grants from SMART make it even more available.

Do you know what MySpace is? You should ... many of your students spend a lot of time there!

Not education-targeted, but a good introduction to RSS, Bloglines, Flickr, and del.icio.us, all important emerging technologies.

Describes the origins of SurfYourWork.com, which apparently is being tested in SD Unified at this time.

Descriptions and examples of many ways TaskStream is being used in K-12 education.

Ideas for educational uses of wikis.

Overview of an educator's favorite modern web technologies for teaching, learning, communicating, collaborating, and productivity.

Brief article from 2000, but still illustrates possibilities most schools are far from.

Gen Yes is a program empowering students to work with teachers to improve a school's use of technology in teaching and learning.

Contains many links to technology-related grant and free computer resources. These are primarily small, classroom-oriented grants; note there are more general grant links at the bottom which will help locate school- and district-level technology grant opportunities.

Excellent GLEF Edutopia site on best practices in technology professional development.

Many links to websites on professional development with technology.

Broad futurism on the convergence of the technological and the biological. "We are probably the last generation to experience a clear difference between offline and online."

T.G. Carroll asks, "If we didn't have the schools we have today, would we create the schools we have today?"

Public-private partnership formed post-NCLB to promote a "compelling vision of education" to "fully prepare people for work and life in the 21st century."

Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century More than one-half of all teens have created media content, and roughly one-third of teens who use the Internet have shared content they produced. In many cases, these teens are actively involved in what we are calling participatory cultures. A participatory culture is a culture with relatively low barriers to artistic expression and civic engagement, strong support for creating and sharing one’s creations, and some type of informal mentorship whereby what is known by the most experienced is passed along to novices. ... A growing body of scholarship suggests potential benefits of [participatory culture], including opportunities for peer-to-peer learning, a changed attitude toward intellectual property, the diversification of cultural expression, the development of skills valued in the modern workplace, and a more empowered conception of citizenship.

This article implores the education community to thoughtfully prepare, now, for the advent of "ubiquitous computing": "Based on ... trend lines, we can predict with reasonable certainty that the majority of students in the public schools will have a wireless portable computing device by the end of the decade or sooner."

from Dave Moursund, respected educational technologist from the University of Oregon