Assessment Tools for Instructional
Leaders,
Decision-Makers, and Policy-Makers
CEO Forum Star
Charts - Interactive surveys resulting in a progress chart of technology
readiness -- One chart for schools and one for teacher preparation. http://www.ceoforum.org/questions.cfm
Institute for the
Integration of Technology into Teaching and Learning IITTL - Create
your own survey or use the bank available http://www.iittl.unt.edu/surveys/
NCREL Learning with
Technology Profile Tool - Snapshot: 30 minute on-line survey to
determine technology readiness/capacity of teachers, districts, or schools
http://www.ncrtec.org/capacity/profile/profwww.htm
SeirTech
Progress Gauge - In collaboration with SCRTEC
http://profiler.scrtec.org/
Snapshot
Survey - On-line survey to determine technology readiness/capacity of
teachers, districts, or schools (Based on research of Elliot Soloway and
Kathleen Norris)
http://www.snapshotsurvey.org/
The
Virtual Library: Assessment for Educators (Gateway)
http://www.schoolwisepress.com/smart/browse/browse_acc.html
Reports from Key Agencies and Organizations
Building the Net: Trends Report
2001 by SIIA
http://www.trendsreport.net/
Department of Education Directory of
Reports (Gateway)
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OPE/PPI/teachtech/reports.html
Educational Software
Report - Appalachian Educational Lab
How do teachers select, use, and value educational software
Educational Software Use: The
2000 Report (Rationale)
http://www.ael.org/rtec/survey2000.pdf
(PDF)
Educational Testing
Service Research Reports - Most recent research reports
http://www.ets.org/research/pic/index.html
eLearning - Putting a World Class Education
at the Fingertips of All Children - A National Technology Plan
http://www.ed.gov/Technology/elearning/index.html
Future of Student
Assessment - A virtual follow-up event based on proceedings at the
colloquium in Washington D.C. (Nov. '00) where foremost experts in on-line
assessment gathered to discuss the future. This will be available
until March 1, 2001. Sign-up required
http://stage.articulearn.com/ael/default.asp
National Assessment of
Educational Progress (NAEP) The Nation's Report Card
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/site/home.asp
Quality
Counts 2000: Who Should Teach? State-by-State Report
http://www.edweek.org/sreports/qc00/
Secretary’s Conference on Educational Technology:
Measuring the Impacts and Shaping the Future - http://www.ed.gov/Technology/techconf/2000/report.html
Survey
of Technology in the Schools - Milken Family Foundation
http://www.mff.org/publications/publications.taf?page=277
Teachers
Toolkit for the 21st Century (National Center for Educational Research)
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2000102
Web-Based
Education Commission Report
http://interact.hpcnet.org/webcommission/index.htm
Key Technology Resource Agencies and Organizations
George Lucas Education
Foundation http://www.glef.org/
MEGA - Middle
Educators' Global Activities - Technology resources, listserv, and support
for educators of students in the middle and upper grades. Sponsored by
NCSU
http://www.ncsu.edu/mega/
NC WiseOWL - Online
Windows to Learning
http://www.ncwiseowl.org/
Regional Educational Labs - (Sponsored by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement)
REL Network Home http://www.relnetwork.org/ - See network and focus of all regional labs. (See MAP here)
Southeastern
Regional Vision for Education (SERVE) http://www.serve.org
R*TEC
Network of Regional Technology Consortia http://www.rtec.org/
SEIRTEC - Regional R*TEC, a division of SERVE http://www.seirtec.org/
Department of Education Grants -
All
Grants
http://www.ed.gov/topics/topics.jsp?&top=Grants+%26+Contracts
Technology
Funding Sources
http://www.ed.gov/Technology/edgrants.html
E-School News Grant
Deadlines Page
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=3402
The Foundation -
On-line, interactive database of grant resources
http://fdncenter.org/
FREE - Free Federal
Resources for Educational Excellence - Free agencies and resources
http://ed.gov/free/
Grants Gateway
- MEGA Training Session Resource Page
http://www.ncsu.edu/mega/Training/Grants/grants.html
MidLink
Magazine's Grant Hotline
http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/grants.htm
National
Endowment for the Humanities
http://www.neh.fed.us/grants/
National
Science Foundation
http://www.nsf.gov/home/grants.htm
Palm Grants - Get a
Palm device for your school
http://www.palmgrants.sri.com/
Educator's
HotList - MidLink Magazine
http://www.ncsu.edu/ligon/teacher_resource.html
Encyclopedia of
Educational Statistics - Published by the National Center for
Educational Statistics http://nces.ed.gov/edstats/
North
Carolina's Best Exemplary work from NC Students (NCDPI)
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/ncbest/
Web-O-Pedia
- Dictionary of computer/technical terms
http://www.pcwebopedia.com/
State
Departments of Education - Alphabetical listing with contact information
http://ed.gov/Programs/bastmp/SEA.htm
Professional Development Articles and Resources
Downloading,
Uploading and Freeloading - How to's for downloads
http://www.sasinschool.com/resource/pages/ethread_downloading.shtml
ExplorNet -
EnTech Centers throughout NC will provide FREE training for NC teachers
http://www.explornet.org/national/entech.htm
Knowledge
Loom - Collections of proven best practices for K-12 from the LAB at
Brown University
http://www.knowledgeloom.org/
NC WIN - Online
training courses for NC Educators ($99.95 per year for 220+ courses!)
http://www.ncwiseowl.org/ncwin/welcome.html
Principal's
Executive Program - UNC Center for School Leadership Development
http://www.ga.unc.edu/pep/
Planet
Volco - International collaboration between NC and UK
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/ncbest/student/volco/
Multimedia
Mania - An award sponsored by the International Society for Technology
in Education (ISTE), HyperSIG, SAS inSchool, Knowledge Adventure, and
Macromedia
http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/mmania.how.html
Web sites and projects created by students:
Cary Academy
MidLink Magazine - http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/
NC's Best - http://www.ncpublicschools.org/ncbest/