A data system is any centralized source (or interconnected sources) of data that is used for the instructional and/or operational needs of a school, district, or state, including student information systems. Data-driven decisionmaking (DDDM) is the practice of using data to inform instruction and policy. Resources in this section include innovative practices from the field and studies describing how schools have overcome common barriers relating to data.

 

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Educational Technology

Educational Technology provides news, techniques, and theories of effective use of technology in education for use and consideration when implementing professional development.

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.

Literacy - Teacher to Teacher

The annual Teacher to Teacher summer workshops sponsored by the U.S.Department of Education have become popular places for teachers to pick up lesson ideas and teaching strategies from accomplished colleagues (and share some of their own). This page collects the 2007 presentations and handouts from literacy workshop sessions around the USA. Materials are provided on teaching reading, comprehension, vocabulary and writing across the curriculum, working with struggling adolescent readers, narrative writing, expository compositions, persuasive writing, reading and writing in math and science and with limited English proficient students, plus literature and the arts. Browse dozens of articles and click anything of interest to read a summary. Middle grades teachers and literacy coaches will want to examine the several presentations on unlocking the mysteries of informational text.

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Progress Monitoring Webinars and Online Trainings

Investigate these free, online training Webinars on topics such as Using Student Progress Monitoring in a Response to Intervention Model, and Using CBM for AYP and Other Data Reporting.

SMARTBoard Lessons Podcast

The goal of this podcast web site is to share lesson ideas that use technology to engage students in learning with a focus on SMARTBoard Interactive Whiteboards between educators. Teachers can listen on lunch breaks or recesses as they mark papers or on their way to school in the morning via their iPod. Topics include the various content areas, interviews with other teachers, and discussions of lesson ideas.

Technology in Schools. Suggestions, Tools and Guidelines for Assessing Technology in Elementary and Secondary Education

This guide was written by the National Forum on Education Statistics under NCES's Cooperative Education Statistics System. Directed toward state and local education agencies, it describes how to measure technology use by examining planning and policies; finance; equipment and infrastructure; technology applications; maintenance and support; professional development; and technology integration.

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