Technology Planning Sites

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Technology Planning Web Sites

Billingham Public Schools Technology Plan: http://www.bham.wednet.edu/
technology/techplan.htm

Education Leadership Toolkit: Change and Technology in America's Schools: http://www.nsba.org/sbot/toolkit
This toolkit is a collection of tips and pointers, articles, case studies and other resources for education leaders addressing issues around technology and education. It is a project of the National School Boards Foundation implemented by NSBA's Institute for the Transfer of Technology to Education with a grant from the National Science Foundation.

enGauge: http://www.ncrel.org/engauge
This site is based on a framework of technology indicators in six areas that include vision, practice, proficiency, equity, access and systems. It allows district or schools to conduct online assessments of system-wide educational technology effectiveness.

Guiding Questions for Technology Planning Version 1.0 Created by the Regional Technology in Education Consortia: http://www.ncrtec.org/capacity/; guidewww/gqhome.htm
Questions to help guide teams as they plan for technology use in their district or building. Each question has a section in which that question is explored more fully and WWW resource links are provided.

International Society for Technology in Education: http://www.iste.org

ISTE/CEO Star Chart: http://www.iste.org/inhouse/starchart/
index.cfm?Section=STaRChart&CFID=
1043468&CFTOKEN=64904874

Learning With Technology Profile Tool: http://www.ncrtec.org/capacity/; profile/profile.htm
The Learning With Technology Profile Tool helps teachers and technology planning teams consider how they use technology to achieve engaged learning. The Learning With Technology Profile Tool is available as a free downloadable computer program and as a World Wide Web page.

Learning Through Technology: http://www.ncrel.org/tandl/homepg.htm
This site contains a planning and implementation guide from the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory.

Michigan Department of Education: http://www.techplan.org/; supresources.html
This Michigan site is organized around eleven elements of a technology plan and includes links in the following areas: Technology Planning Resources, Needs Assessment, Infrastructure, Curriculum Integration, Collaborations, Professional Development, Technical Support, Supporting Resources, Grants and Funding, Evaluation, Acceptable Use Policies and Technology's Impact on Learning

National Educational Technology Standards: http://cnets.iste.org
The National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) Project is an ongoing initiative of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) and a consortium of distinguished partners and co-sponsors. The primary goal of the project is to develop national standards for educational uses of technology that facilitate school improvement in the United States. The NETS Project defines standards for students, integrating curriculum technology, technology support, and standards for student assessment and evaluation of technology use. It also includes standards for both teachers and administrators.

Profiling Educational Technology Integration (PETI): http://www.setda-peti.org/

Technology Planning: http://www.netc.org/planning/
This site looks at technology plans from across the country and provides access to research and thinking about the planning process.

Technology Planning: http://www.seirtec.org/techplan.html
This site offers sample technology plans, introductory readings, and planning materials as well as links to other technology planning sites. The link Planning into Practice has several valuable tools that are particularly useful in helping districts and schools create strategic educational technology plans.

Keystone Area Education Agency does not control the contents of the sites listed. The currency of data, comprehensiveness, and relevancy of the information on these sites is the entire responsibility of each site's content manager.