Is your school or district cutting edge? How would you describe your infrastructure—the digital as well as the human capacity? Find out how to advance to a more state-of-the-art status where broadband and wireless networks are supported with a dedicated staff and equipment is replaced according to a proactive schedule and set of policies. To help assess your current technology use and chart a course toward increased technology implementation, consult the EdTech Locator.
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- The technology director for East Rock Magnet School in New Haven, Conn., a federal government test site for laptop learning, shares his secrets to a successful implementation. Access to SchoolCIO.com requires free registration.
- School CIO
- 7 Things You Should Know About Cyberinfrastructure
- Cyberinfrastructure merges technology, data, and human resources into a seamless whole. It integrates high-performance computing, remote sensors, large data sets, middleware, and sophisticated applications. It also helps faculty and students share expertise, tools, and facilities to generate knowledge.
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- 7 Things You Should Know About Grid Computing
- Grid computing uses middleware to coordinate disparate IT resources across a network, allowing them to function as a virtual whole. The goal of a computing grid, like that of the electrical grid, is to provide users with access to the resources they need, when they need them. Grids address two distinct but related needs: providing remote access to IT assets, and aggregating processing power.
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- 8 Tips for Going Paperless
- Eliminating paper files and handouts is a practical, easy to understand application of computer technology. Read suggestions from two technology coordinators on how to convert district information from paper based to paperless.
- School CIO
- Asset Management Systems
- Asset management systems enable districts to efficiently keep track of their computer equipment. Read this article to learn about asset management systems and how they can help districts save money.
- techLEARNING.com
- Assistive Technology Policy Checklist
- The items on this checklist can be used as a framework for guiding the development of assistive technology policies. The checklist also can be adapted for use in analyzing existing assistive technology policies or obtaining feedback from stakeholders about the appropriateness of such policies.
- NATRI
- Digital Media e-Guide
- Read about this introduction to technology tools for the art room, which covers everything from hard drives and printers, digital cameras, and digital video cameras, to different types of drawing, painting, animation, and web publishing softwares.
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- EdTech Locator - Tech Coordinators
- 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.
- CITEd
- 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
- Education is Key to Better Security
- Discover what schools are doing to protect their networks and how they are educating students and teachers about acceptable use policies.
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- Education is Key to Better Security
- Discover what schools are doing to protect their networks and how they are educating students and teachers about acceptable use policies.
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- Generation YES Blog
- Created by Generation YES, this blog works with schools all around the world to plan, implement and enhance student technology programs through innovative curriculum, online tools and research-based support services. Generation YES focuses on student-centered, project-based experiences that impact student's lives and increase student involvement in school and community through technology, as well as improve the use of technology in the school as a whole.
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- HomePage Startup
- If you're after quick access to your favorite websites, then Homepage Startup is the ideal homepage you want to set your browser to. Once you have set up your favorite websites, you simply set your browser to open HomepageStartup.com by default every time, and it manages the websites you select as favorites in one place.
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- How Safe is Your Network?
- This article gives an overview of the ever changing landscape of potential Internet security threats and the technologies emerging to thwart them. The article touches upon what schools should consider when selecting antivirus software, intrusion detection software, Internet service providers, and other security measures.
- American School Board Journal
- 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.
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- Intel Education
- Coordinate technology needs through Intel’s Education web site, which provides unit and lesson plans created by teachers, as well as other resources for math, science and technology.
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- 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.
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- Making Sense of Student Information
- This resource is the story of Wake County Public Schools in Raleigh, NC and Beverly White, chief technology officer, and how they implemented NC WISE, a statewide data system.
- The School Administrator
- Managing Classroom Technology: Tips from Experts
- Learn tips and tricks from the Education World Tech Team for teaching successfully with technology.
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- Ning
- Ning allows any user to create social networks for any purpose. Educational applications could include social networking sites for student groups, classes, science students from around the country working on similar research and many others.
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