Options for advancing professional knowledge in your school or district deserve special attention. Find out how to pursue options that move toward best practices in utilizing technology for instructional and administrative purposes. To help assess your current technology use and chart a course toward increased technology implementation, consult the EdTech Locator.

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Access and Equity in Online Classes and Virtual Schools (PDF)

The focus of this Issues Brief is to increase the awareness of the importance to students, teachers, and administrators of making online courses accessible to meet your legal obligations. This Issues Brief references civil rights legislation in the United States, but the issues of access and equity are relevant to all online programs.

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.

Association of University Centers on Disabilities

The AUCD's mission is to advance policy and practice for and with people with developmental and other disabilities, their families, and their communities by supporting our members in research, education, and service activities that achieve our vision. On their website you can find information about ways technology is being used to educate students with disabilities.

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Benchmark Your Technology Know-How

The Technology Standards for School Administrators (TSSA) project was initiated as a direct result of the widely perceived need to focus on school administrators as critical to the successful implementation of information technology in schools. As a collaborative project, the TSSA initiative has forged a national consensus on what school administrators should know and be able to implement to ensure districtwide technology leadership.

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Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use

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.

Consortium for School Networking (CoSN)

The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) is a voice for K-12 education leaders who use technology strategically to improve teaching and learning. CoSN provides products and services to support leadership development, advocacy, coalition building, and awareness of emerging technologies.

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CoSN Ed Tech Resources

Search The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) site for products and services to support and nurture leadership development, advocacy, coalition building, and awareness of emerging technologies.

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CoSN Small District Technology Leadership Wiki

The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) is a voice for K-12 education leaders who use technology strategically to improve teaching and learning. The objective of this wiki is to provide a space for collaborative work around topics regarding effective planning for and use and implementation of technology.

Creating a Tech-Infused Culture

This article provides 22 tips on how to effectively integrate technology into schools and school culture.

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Creating and Connecting: Research and Guidelines on Online Social – and Educational - Networking (PDF)

Share this survey from NSBA with your administration. Discuss how to address the recommendations about school policies and social networking.

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.

Dropout Prevention for Students With Disabilities: A Critical Issue for State Education Agencies

This issue brief provides guidance to states as they respond to requirements presented in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA 2004) in the area of dropout prevention for students with disabilities. It also highlights the role of State Performance Plans as starting points for states to develop data collection and monitoring procedures, and supplies states with considerations and recommendations for providing a consistent method of tracking dropout data.

EdTech Locator - Administrators

Use the EdTech Locator to identify where you, your school, or district is located on a continuum of technology integration. Map a course to deepen your technology integration to improve the achievement of all students. In addition, use CITEd's Teacher Self Assessment to help identify your placement on the Ed Tech Locator.

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Enhancing Your Instruction Through Differentiation

Enhancing Your Instruction Through Differentiation is a professional development module created by Access Center staff for technical assistance providers or district or State personnel. This module provides background information about differentiated instruction, demonstrates differentiation strategies, and addresses issues of implementation at the school and district level.

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Evaluation of the Enhancing Education Through Technology Program: Final Report

Financial Literacy & Education Summit Webcast

Watch this webcast to hear from some of our nation’s leading thinkers and practitioners in the field of financial literacy education. Learn the importance of teaching sound money management skills to students in these unstable times.

Getting Connected

This article discusses several technology-based practices used by schools and districts to improve communication between administrators, teachers, and parents.

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Henrico County, VA Technology

Look at the web site of Henrico County, VA to see their experience with one-to-one computing and find some helpful hints.

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