| Weaving A Secure Web Around Education: A Guide To Technology Standards And Security (PDF) |  |
| This is a report about the Internet and has a tutorial section on connecting to the Internet that explains bandwidth. |  |
| Weaving A Secure Web Around Education: A Guide To Technology Standards And Security (PDF) | |
| Discussion of possible content for websites at various levels of education | |
| Web Designers Handbook | |
| The Web Design handbook is a place where users can find a range of useful techniques and code segments. | |
| Welcome To Tapped In | |
| Tapped in provides a space for educators to provide and receive professional development around the subjects of technology and effective online learning. | |
| Welcome To The ENT (Education New Technologies) Gallery | |
| Education with new technologies has a gallery where they show "pictures of practice." These are the best examples of how teachers are using technology to change the way they teach in significant ways. they include the teacher's organization of the lessons with technology from big ideas through to assessment, including a teacher's reflection. Examples of student work illustrate the type of learning outcomes that are connected with these strategies and practices. The projects illustrates the use of a suite of tools to help teachers teach for understanding by developing lessons that build on standards and focus on assessment. One of the interesting tools is a collaborative Curriculum Design tool. | |
| What Could Go Wrong? Talking To District Leaders About Cyber Security (PDF) | |
| Security is a tough topic to talk about. K-12 technology leaders are not sure they fully understand it themselves, much less feel competent to explain it to others. Superintendents and other district leaders feel overwhelmed and it's easy to be seduced by the "you're better off not knowing" adage. Even though everyone is working in an educational setting, it's hard to reveal how much you don't know. So technologists don't talk and superintendents don't ask -- and we venture into insecure territory with our eyes half closed. | |
| What Does Smart Leadership Look Like? | |
| An article introducing the publication's yearly Leadership Guide. Several critical issues in technology leadership, such as netowrk security and data management are addressed. | |
| What Factors Facilitate Teacher Skill, Teacher Morale, and Perceived Student Learning In Technology-Using Classrooms? | |
| Abstract - Based on a comprehensive study of 94 classrooms from four states in different geographic regions of the country, this quantitative study investigated the impact of seven factors related to school technology (planning, leadership, curriculum alignment, professional development, technology use, teacher openness to change, and teacher non-school computer use) on five dependent measures in the areas of teacher skill (technology competency and technology integration), teacher morale, and perceived student learning (impact on student content acquisition and higher order thinking skills acquisition). Stepwise regression resulted in models to explain each of the five dependent measures. Teacher technology competency was predicted by teacher openness to change. Technology integration was predicted by teacher openness to change and the percentage of technology use with others. Teacher morale was predicted by professional development and constructivist use of technology. Technology impact on content acquisition was predicted by the strength of leadership, teacher openness to change, and negatively influenced by teacher non-school computer use. Technology impact on higher-order thinking skills was predicted by teacher openness to change, the constructivist use of technology, and negatively influenced by percentage of technology use where students work alone. Implications for the adoption and use of school technologies are discussed. | |
| What It Takes: Essential Skills Of The K-12 CTO (PDF) | |
| Discusses what today's district-level technology leader need to know in order to keep up with the challenge of ever-changing technologies and ever-shrinking budgets. | |
| What Teachers Should Know And Be Able To Do (PDF) | |
| In this policy, the National Board presents its view of what teachers should know and be able to do--its convictions about what it values and believes should be honored in teaching. | |
| What Works? Seven Strategies For Success In School Business Partnerships | |
| This tool takes the user through "7 strategies" of creating successfull school/business partnerships,and puts focus on what has worked in examples. CTO's can get tips and ideas for many of the 7 strategies. The website also identfies best practices through case studies, "Success tips" in the areas of program development, partners, communication, evaluation, and samples, and it provides examples of potential barriers and how to overcome them. | |