A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

6. Technology

Casson, L., Bauman, J., Fisher, E.R., Linblad, M., Sumpter, J.R., Tornatzky, L.G., & Vickery, B.S. (1997). Making technology happen: Best practices and policies from exemplary K-12 schools for teachers, principals, parents, policy makers, and industry. Research Triangle Park, NC: Southern Technology Council.

This book is designed primarily to foster peer-to-peer information exchange among school personnel as they implement a program of educational technology. It provides how-to information on implementing educational technology by providing a large set of peer examples of how other schools have approached various pieces of the process. Information includes descriptive data and many case examples of implementation-related practices and policies. Many of the more than 600 examples include the name and location of the school and district.

Office of Educational Research and Improvement, Office of Educational Technology. 1997). Parents guide to the Internet. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education.

This guide introduces parents to the Internet and tells how to navigate it. The guide can help parents make use of the online world as an educational tool, and suggests ways parents can allow their children to explore the many educational uses of the Internet while safeguarding them from its potential hazards.

Additional Publications about Technology

American Association of School Administrators. (1996). Beyond bells and whistles: How to use technology to improve student learning. Arlington, VA: Author.

Braun, L. (1993). Educational technology: Help for all the kids. The Computing Teacher, 11-15.

Cafolla, R., Kauffman, D., & Knee, R. (1997). World Wide Web for teachers. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Education Week. (1997). Technology counts: Schools and reform in the information age (special issue, multiple authors). Education Week, 17(11).

Educational Testing Service. (1997). Computers and classrooms: The status of technology in U.S. schools. Princeton, NJ: Author.

Fisher, C., Dwyer, D.C., & Yocam, K. (1996). Education & technology: Reflections on computing in classrooms. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Glennan, T.K., & Melmed, A. (1996). Fostering the use of educational technology. Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation.

Gooden, A. (1996). Computers in the classroom: How teachers and students are using technology to transform learning. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Harvard Education Review. (1997). Technology and schools (Focus series 3). Cambridge, MA: Harvard Graduate School of Education.

International Technology Education Association. (1996). Technology for all Americans: A rationale and structure for the study of technology. Reston, VA: Author.

Means, B., & Olson, K. (1995). Technology's role in education forum: Findings from a national study of innovating schools. Menlo Park, CA: SRI.

National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education. (1997). Technology and the new professional teacher: Preparing for the 21st century. Washington, DC: Author.

National Governors' Association. (1997). State strategies for incorporating technology into education. Washington, DC: Author.

Office of Technology Assessment. (1995). Teachers & technology: Making the connection. Washington, DC: Congress of the United States.

Sandholtz, J.H., Ringstaff, C., & Dwyer, D.C. (1997). Teaching with technology: Creating student-centered classrooms. New York: Teacher's College Press.

U.S. Department of Education. (1996). Getting America's students ready for the 21st century: Meeting the technology literacy challenge. Washington, DC: Author.

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