| Apple Podcasting In Education Video Series |  |
| A three part series that explores (1) what podcasting is; (2) how standards can be met with podcasting; and (3) an administrators view on podcasting. |  |
| Public-Use Data Files And Documentation: Internet Access In U.S. Public Schools, Fall 2005 | |
| NCES: This file contains data from a fall 2005 fast-response survey titled "Internet Access in U.S. Public Schools, Fall 2005." This study was the most recent in a series of fast-response surveys that have tracked access to information technology in schoo | |
| Students Want More Use Of Gaming Technology | |
| Project Tomorrow's fifth annual Speak Up Survey, the largest annual survey addressing the attitudes and opinions of K-12 students, teachers, parents, and school administrators toward the use of technology in education, reveals that online or electronic gaming is one of the technologies that students use most frequently -- and that educational gaming is one of the emerging technologies that students would most like to see implemented in their schools. Yet, only one in 10 teachers has adopted gaming as an instructional tool. | |
| Teacher Dispositions As Predictors Of Classroom Technology Use (PDF) | |
| A research study showing the effects of teacher attributes and attitudes on technology use in the classroom | |
| The Practical Principals | |
| Two principals, Melinda Miller, principal at Willard East Elementary just outside of Springfield, Missouri and Scott Elias, the 11th grade 11th grade assistant principal at Loveland High School in Loveland, Colorado are using podcasts and blogs to share their practice with other principals and to connect with the community and districts they serve. They have a shared podcast called Pratical Principals for sharing their insights with others and both have individual blogs. Miller has a school based podcast. These sites that serve as examples of some of the ways that technology can help support communication among staff and community. But they also raise issues about privacy and what is appropriate to share with the internet world about a school. | |