| High School Classroom: Part Two (PDF) |  |
| Short for web log, a blog is a website where individuals or groups share ideas, events, and insights with online audiences. A classroom blog is a way for teachers to communicate with students, parents, and the community in general. |  |
| Planning Guide For Maintaining School Facilities (PDF) | |
| Guide aims to help school facilities managers plan for efficient and effective operations. | |
| Acceptable Use Policies | |
| Description of why you must have an acceptable use policy and what it should have | |
| Safeguarding The Wired Schoolhouse | |
| help school leaders understand the issues involved in managing Internet content. | |
| Copyright Primer For Administrators | |
| Copyright law is an area of increasing scrutiny. This primer discusses copyright compliance and the various sitations that an administrator may encounter when dealing with these regulations. | |
| 4JNet Acceptable Use Guidelines (PDF) | |
| An example of guidelines used in an Oregon school district for acceptable use of their electronic communications network. | |
| Compliance. Protection. Recover. A Layered Approach To Laptop Security For Education (PDF) | |
| A white paper detailing the security issues that arise with the increased use of technology, and especially mobile technology, in education. A layered approach to addressing the issues is outlined. | |
| Six Steps To Managing Internet Access | |
| An article detailing six steps to managing internet access and security in schools. | |
| A Beginner's Guide To School Security | |
| An article introducing six major areas of concern that should be addressed when developing a network security strategy for a school or district. | |
| Home: Part One (PDF) | |
| Online courses can enable schools to expand student learning opportunities. Schools can offer subjects on which no local expertise is available, that only a few students are interested in, or that are unavailable because of traditional scheduling. This is particularly true for languages, advanced course topics, and college preparatory courses, but online courses can also be invaluable in helping students who are struggling or who have dropped out and wish to recover the credits necessary to graduate. | |
| Meet Your New School Library Media Specialist | |
| A library media specialist has become an essential part of a school's faculty. This article describes the role of an LMS, how to recruit candidates, and the changes that may need to be undertaken at the school in order to take full advantage of the LMS' knowledge and skills. | |
| Elementary School: Part One (PDF) | |
| Mobile technologies are becoming ever more sophisticated, with expanded computing power and connectivity with external devices, which increases their usefulness in schools. These technologies can help make learning science more meaningful, authentic, productive, and motivating for students and teachers. Strategic integration of mobile and classroom technologies can enhance learning across the curriculum. | |
| Synching Up With The iKid | |
| Children today have been surrounded by technology for their entire lives. Smart schools and smart educators realize this and are working to integrate technology that will engage and excite students. | |
| The Effectiveness Of An Online Algebra Course (PDF) | |
| The role of mastering algebra is to learn to manipulate abstract symbolic representations for underlying mathematical concepts, an ability with increasing importance in a world where relatively abstract technology is used to organize work in a great many domains (Moses, 2002). As a gateway course to further education, algebra is a critical milestone in secondary education. Algebra is increasingly integrated into elementary school mathematics, and the majority of secondary level students take a stand-alone algebra course. States, districts, schools, and instructors need information about effective approaches to teaching algebra. The quality of algebra curricula and instruction has received special attention in recent years when the mathematics test scores of students in the U.S. have been compared to scores of students in other countries, scores on state mathematics tests have been used to evaluate schools, and the need for qualified scientists and engineers has grown. | |
| Home: Part Five (PDF) | |
| Just as students can use technology to access information outside of school, teachers can benefit from the opportunity as well. By providing remote access to school and district networks, teachers can have access to school-based resources and web-based tools to streamline administrative tasks, enhance planning opportunities, and support student learning. | |
| Community: Part Two (PDF) | |
| Online learning offerings can expand access to life-long educational opportunities that transcend traditional schooling. When courses are available online, community members can connect to classes that interest them or that they need to improve their employment prospects. Public access to technology can ensure that these educational opportunities are available for those who lack access at home. | |
| Four Steps To A Better Technology Grant Proposal | |
| Article that discusses four steps to write better grant proposals | |
| Boost The Credibility Of Your Grant Proposal With A Solid Review Of Existing Research | |
| Ways to improve grant proposals with a solid review of existing research | |
| Cowan Sunset High School | |
| Cowan Sunset High School in Las Vegas caters to about 500 students who would have otherwise dropped out of school . The school provides a day nursery for moms and dads, and the school day runs from 2-9pm in order to allow students to work in the mornings or evenings. Students report that the teachers are understanding at Cowan, and they enjoy the different environment that the school provides. | |
| Developing A Budget For A Grant Proposal | |
| Article about creating a budget for a grant proposal | |
| Finding Funding | |
| This article provides some helpful advice on how to find find funding for school technology and ends the articles with links to many different resources for finding and applying for grants. | |
| Funding Toolbox | |
| Article about funding and grant seeking | |
| Grants And Funding Alert | |
| Newsletter about grant writing | |
| Assistive Technology And The Story of Lukas Bratcher | |
| Lukas Bratcher was born with a birth condition that limited the use of his limbs. He was unable to play a musical instrument, until a community member developed a euphonium that could be controlled by a joystick, which opened and closed the valves. This technology fulfilled Lukas' dream of playing in the school band. | |
| Using Technology To Raise The Achievement Of All Students | |
| The goal of this initiative is increased achievement and success for all students through the unlimited and effective use of accessible technologies. | |
| The CoSN Accessible Tech4All Initiative | |
| The goal of this initiative is increased achievement and success for all students through the unlimited and effective use of accessible technologies. | |
| Critical Issue: Enhancing System Change And Academic Success Through Assistive Technologies For K12 Students With Special Needs | |
| In this Critical Issue, we draw from successful assistive technology initiatives in Wisconsin and Schaumburg School District 54, Illinois, to frame our focus on key elements of effective systemic change to improve schools. | |
| High School: Part Two (PDF) | |
| The use of technology can be particularly effective in of special education. Adaptive and assistive technologies give students with physical or learning challenges to access to learning opportunities. In addition, administrative systems allow teachers to automate the creation, monitoring, and updating of individualized education plans (IEPs), streamlining the administrative processes and allowing teachers to spend more time developing learning experiences and working with students | |
| High School Library: Part Three (PDF) | |
| Increasingly, the Internet can be a critical research tool. In addition to accessing publicly available websites, libraries often pay for subscriptions to private databases of copyrighted material such as newspapers, magazines, and journals that are not freely available. The combination of free and for-fee online services along with traditional books, periodicals, and other primary source materials helps provide students with a wide range of sources and perspectives that not only give students familiarity with different types of writing, but also can improve the quality of their research. | |
| iCommons iCurriculum | |
| A wiki which aims to build a movement of open education practitioners working together to build new global initiatives | |
| Technology Funding: A How-To Guide | |
| An article that outlines the essential components of a proposal for external funding of technology initiatives. | |
| TechMatrix: A Guide To Technology Tools For Learning | |
| The TechMatrix is a powerful tool for finding assistive and learning technology products for students with special needs. | |
| Online Communities Transform Teacher Development | |
| web-based professional development | |
| Why You Should Consider Hiring An ASP | |
| Reasons for hiring an application service provider | |
| Bookshare.org Library Now Free To All U.S. Students With Qualifying Disabilities | |
| The Bookshare.org library provides print disabled people in the United States with legal access to over 37,300 books and 150 periodicals that are converted to Braille, large print or digital formats for text to speech audio. | |