The tech support section includes information about issues related to staffing models, funding models, and practices that keep a school or district’s computer systems up and running. Resources in this section include innovative practices on providing support. 

 

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Access, Adequacy, and Equity in Education Technology

This report examines the state of educational technology resources and support in public schools across the country, as reported by classroom teachers and instructional assistants.

Art Education 2.0

Learn to explore ways of using technology to promote effective art education practices, encourage cultural exchanges and joint creative work, and support artistic projects, curricular activities, and professional development opportunities with Art Education 2.0. Discussion forum topics include taking art to the hearing impaired and computer art programs for middle school students.

Assistive Technology Services in Shawnee Mission School District: Shawnee, Kansas

This brief case study describes how one school district moved away from a referral-based system for student assistive technology needs to a student-centered, team-based solution.

Learning Point Associates

Classroom 2.0 LIVE Conversations

Classroom 2.0 LIVE Conversations are community-scheduled opportunities to talk on specific topics with other members of the Classroom 2.0 using one of the online voice/video/sharing programs. Using this wiki page you can find discussions to participate in, or schedule to host additional ones.

Closing the Gap: AT Resources for Children and Adults with Special Needs

Closing The Gap highlights hardware and software products appropriate for people with special needs, and explains how this technology is being implemented in education, rehabilitation, and vocational settings around the world.

Creating an Effective Virtual School Program

This article explains how administrators can turn their ideas into reality and implement virtual schools. The article lays out the initial choices that must be made, and delves into important topics such as accountability and finding the right teachers for virtual schools. 

District Administration

Cyberbullying for Administrators

Demonstrate strong leadership in your school district with a proactive approach towards cyberbullying. Learn how cyberbullying occurs anonymously, which requires new tactics and strategies.

EdTech Online: Grants

Explore this easy-to-use grant directory to learn more about U.S. Department of Education technology grants for states, districts and local schools.

EdTech Online

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GenYES 2.0

GenYES is a student-centered research-based solution for school-wide technology integration. Students work with teachers to design technology-infused lessons and provide tech support. The resulting collaboration provides the students with project-based learning and the teachers with on-site, sustainable professional development. GenYES includes innovative online tools that support student and teacher collaboration and a student-run help desk.

Great Schools: The Parents Guide to K-12 Success

Founded by a former teacher, GreatSchools helps parents choose schools, support children's education and improve schools in the community.

Information Technology Making a Difference in Children's Lives: An Issue Brief for Leaders for Children

This Issue Brief urges groups working on children's issues to include technology planks in their platforms and policy agendas. In addition to working for equitable access to digital tools for underserved children, the report encourages leaders of children to lobby for changes in public programs serving children to make them more effective, efficient and accessible by incorporating information and communications technology.

Interactive Map of Preparedness Resources

This tool provides an accessible, interactive directory of federal, regional, state, and local disability-related emergency management resources. The map contains information on regional branches of FEMA and ADA&IT Technical Assistance Centers, Governor's websites and state disability resource agencies, a directory of ILCs and SILCs by state, state Citizen Corps and American Red Cross Chapters, as well as links to State and local Emergency Management Agencies.

Maine Learning Technology Initiative: Successful Strategies for Maine Schools

What makes for the successful implementation of one-to-one technology in the classroom? Explore this resource to find a list of strategies that will ease the process. Each strategy refers to supporting resources, including many from Maine schools.

Maine Learning Technology Initiative

Middle School Math Project

Although the Middle School Math Project was developed specifically for California teachers (it's aligned to CA standards and textbooks), middle grades math teachers in every state will be rewarded when they explore this website. This project seeks to make the connections between math and technology. Visit the link above to examine collections of video and print lesson components, many with teacher support material, aligned to standards (and several popular texts) by grade level.

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Mobile Technologies Webinar

Learn how well schools are preparing students for the jobs of the future. Have students mastered new technologies? Are you keeping up?

Partners in Learning

The Microsoft Partners in Learning initiative supports the dual commitment by Microsoft to advance the quality of education and provide alternative channels for economic progress. By building partnerships with governments and schools around the globe, Partners in Learning works to integrate technology into daily teaching, learning, and research.

Portaportal

Portaportal is a web based bookmarking utility that lets you store links to your favorite websites online. Now your bookmarks are no longer limited to any one machine.

Promoting Education and Technology - Together

Join Cheryl Volkman, CEO Emeritus of AbleNet, Inc., in her online discussion of her experience working with and learning from administrators (hosted by the National Center for Technology Innovation).

Resources to Combat Cyberbullying

Teach proper web etiquette to your students by learning new and positive ways of promoting appropriate online communication.

Simmons Assistive Technology Showcase

The Assistive Technology Showcase wiki provides handouts from the 2008 CEC Assistive Technology Showcase, sponsored by Simmons College and Apple Computer, Inc.

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