Web Sites for Policy-Makers/Leaders
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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/starchart.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

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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

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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/ 

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  Grants and Funding Resources

• 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/

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Encyclopedias and Directories

• 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

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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/ 

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Shining Examples

• 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

    • Compound Web Sites

    • The Black Plague

  • MidLink Magazine -  http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/ 

  • NC's Best - http://www.ncpublicschools.org/ncbest/ 

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