Dan Leitner is a teacher at Blaker-Kinser Jr. High School in the Ceres Unified School District

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Computers and Technology in Education

Educational Technology Computer Links

California Educational Technology Historical Documents

• 1996 - Connect, Compute and Compete - A report from the Educational Technology Task Force
• 1995 -California's K-12 Network Planning Guide - A guide providing statewide networking standards and implementation
• 1992 - California Master Plan for Technology - A report prepared by the California Planning Commission for Educational Technology.
• 2001 -Education Technology Planning: A Guide for School Districts
  The CTL developed Education Technology Planning: A Guide for School Districts to assist school districts in their efforts to bring the power of education technology to enhance teaching and learning in California.
• 2003 - California K-12 Education Technology Recommendations  Recommendations by the California Commission on Technology in Learning

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California Educational Technology Programs

• Commission on Technology in Learning -Tthe Commission on Technology in Learning was formed to make policy recommendations to the State Board of Education in areas that include statewide planning for education technology, including a statewide master plan for use of education technology in the elementary and secondary instructional program, dissemination of technology resources, and development of guidelines for ongoing comprehensive statewide evaluation of all technology, telecommunications, and distance learning programs that directly and indirectly affect California education in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive.
• Educational Technology Staff Development Program for Grades 4-8- Provides technology training funds targeting qualified schools with grades 4-8 students. (AB 1339)
• Education Technology Planning: A Guide for School Districts
• California School Information Services
• Statewide Education Technology Services (SETS)
  Statewide education technology services providing learning resources, administrator training, and technical support resources.
• Student Technology Showcase
  Spotlight on student technology projects throughout California.
• Education Technology Plan
  An approved education technology plan is required to receive education technology funds.
• California School Technology Survey
  This important data collection helps measure the progress of technology integration in California classrooms, is a requirement for several education technology-funded programs, and is used by the California Department of Education to determine grant eligibility and awards.

   

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Other California Educational Technology Related Sites and Resources

• California Education Technology Office
• California Technology Assistance Project (CTAP)
  Statewide educational technology leadership initiative providing assistance to schools and districts in integrating technology into teaching and learning.
• California Technology Assessment Profile (CTAP2)
  On-line, self-assessment tool that allows school and district educators and administrators the ability to gather data for staff technology professional development and technology planning.
• California Elementary Educational Programs - A site with links to resources for elementary and middle schools
• California's Improving America's School Act
• California Instructional Technology Clearinghouse - A site that provides information on software that supports California's curriculum frameworks and standards.
• CLRN - A site that provides information on software that supports California's curriculum frameworks and standards. CLRN replaced the California Instructional Technology Clearinghouse in 2001.
• California School Information Services (CSIS) - A project that connects California local educational agencies
• California Secondary Educational Programs - A site that links to resources for high schools
• California Technology Showcase
• Computer Using Educators (CUE) - The oldest and largest organization in the United States dedicated to learning, teaching and technology.
• E-Rate
• Net Day - Volunteers wiring America's schools
• Office of the Secretary of Education
• On-line Dictionary of Computing
• Schools of California Online Resources in Education (SCORE) Links to curriculum ideas for K-12 subject areas
• U.S. Departiment of Education Office of Educational Technology

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Other Educational Technology Related Sites and Resources

• Consortium for School Networking
• From Now On A Web Site Created by Jamie McKenzie
• The George Lucas Educational Foundation (Includes Edutopia newsletter and Learn & Live)
• National Educational Technology Standards for Students (ISTE)

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Educational Technology Funding

• California Department of Education Funding Opportunities
• EAST (Environmental and Spatial Technology) Grant
• Digital High School - Provides technology funds for California High Schools
• E-rate
• Edtech Grant Program For High Schools (AB 2882)
• Educational Technology Staff Development Program for Grades 4-8- Provides technology training funds targeting qualified schools with grades 4-8 students. (AB 1339)
• Technology Literacy Challenge Grant Information - Federal Grant funding technology projects.

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Educational Technology Staff Development Sites

• My E-Coach.com
• Educational Technology Staff Development Program for Grades 4-8- Provides technology training funds targeting qualified schools with grades 4-8 students. (AB 1339)

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Federal Educational Technology Programs

• Environmental & Spatial Technology (EAST)
  Project-based service learning integrated with advanced technological applications.
• Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT)
  Formula and competitive grant funding for school technology from the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 used in classrooms to improve student academic achievement.
• E-rate
  E-rate Federal discounts for telecommunication services and infrastructure.
• Federal School Renovation Technology Grant (SRTG)
  Competitive grant for purchasing hardware to lower the student-to-multimedia computer ratio in 4th to 8th grade at recently renovated schools.

Organizations

• CTAP-California Technology Assistance Project
• CUE- Computer Using Educators
• ISTE Online- International Society of Technology in Education
• NCSA-National Center for Supercomputing Applications

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Research

Falling through the Net II: New Data on the Digital Divide. McConnaughey, James W. & Lader, Wendy. National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce (1998).

Gender Gaps: Where Schools Still Fail Our Children. AAUW Educational Foundation (1998).

ETS researcher Randy Elliot Bennett argues that advances in technology, in particular, the advent of the Internet, will work to revolutionize the business and substance of assessment.
How the Internet Will Help Large-Scale Assessment Reinvent ItselfBennett, Randy Elliot. Edutational Testing Service (2001).