Principles
of Effective Web Design
Alertbox:
Jakob Nielsen's columns on web design and usability. Includes: current
columns, planned future columns, and thec history of Nielsen's
columns. For example: a column entitled: "The Top Ten New
Mistakes of Web Design"
For-Profit
Professional Development Organizations
Creative
Classroom Consulting:
Practical applications for the classroom in today's biggest
trends. Includes: Innovative Staff Development: Curriculum
Integration, Technology Applications, Multiple Intelligences, and
Creative Education. For example: Option to sample and/or
purchase the following workshop sample: "Collaborative
Projects that Foster Higher Level Learning" Non-Profit
Professional Development Organizations
Center for Online
Professional Development (COPE): COPE focuses on the use of
technology, in conjunction with other means, to support ongoing communities of education
professionals. The Center projects focus on work with education leaders in the areas of online professional
development, technology for teaching and learning, math education, and cultural diversity.
Includes: project links to Concert Productions,
Concordia Parish Technology Innovation Challenge Grant,
EdTech Leaders™ Online, Leadership and the New Technologies,
MathScape: Seeing and Thinking Mathematically Curriculum Center,
and more Leadership
and the New Technologies: This web site supports school
district leaders using technology to improve teaching and learning.
Includes: News Journal,
Library, Online Workshops, Harvard/ EDC Summer Institutes, and
a Site Overview
Horizon
Site: Our mission is to inform educators about the
challenges that they will face in a constantly changing world and steps they can take to meet these challenges. We
strive to accomplish this mission by using the
Horizon site, the Horizon mailing list (to which you may
subscribe here), seminars and workshops, conferences, and presentations to explore and extend our
thinking as an educational community about the implications of a rapidly changing world and what we can do
to
make educational organizations and programs more effective in the
future
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE):
Nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting appropriate use of information technology to support and
improve learning, teaching, and administration
in K-12 education and teacher education
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Articles
& Research Studies
U.S.
Department of Education Report: Getting America's Students Ready
for the 21st Century, Meeting the Technology Literacy Challenge:
Outlines the vision for the future, the four pillars for
implementing technology effectively in schools, and a plan of
action. Includes: Report from the 1995 Secretary's
Conference on Educational Technology, Report from the NT Plan
online discussion forum, Reports from five regional discussion
forums, Summaries of workshops on barriers and solutions. For
example: article stating, "Technological
literacy--meaning computer skills and the ability to use computers
and other technology to improve learning, productivity, and
performance--has become as fundamental to a person's ability to
navigate through society as traditional skills like reading,
writing, and arithmetic. Yet, for the most part, these new
technologies are not to be found in the nation's schools
RAND
Report: Critical Issues of Educational Technology:
Broad investigation of issues
critical to promoting educational technology. Includes: Technology
and Teacher Professional Development, Planning and Financing
Educational Technology, The Market for Educational Software, and
The Costs and Effectiveness of Educational Technology
RAND
Report: Fostering the Use of Educational Technology: Elements of A
National Strategy: This
report suggests that the continual growth in the presence of
technology in schools presents an important opportunity to a
nation seeking to improve school and school system
performance. The report seeks to identify principles that should
guide the actions of public officials, educators, and others
concerned with using technology to
improve the performance of schools
Technology
Works Best When It Serves Clear Educational Goals:
Article written by Donna Harrington-Lueker, argues that "For
schools trying to make the most effective use of technology, the
message many researchers send is clear." "Technology
alone isn't sufficient," says Robert Spielvogel, one of the
authors of the CCT study. "You have to have a pedagogical
plan"
Professional
Development From Reports to Reality:
Article written by Glenn Kleiman and Kirsten Johnson, states that
"Educational leaders are faced with the challenges of
designing and implementing programs that will enable teachers to
take full advantage of these powerful tools for teaching and
learning. This calls for new ways of thinking about professional
development and new ways of dealing with the real constraints of
time, money, and energy that we all face. The information
provided in this article is drawn from recent research and reports
and from discussions with educational leaders in districts that
already have such programs underway
Professional
Development: From Reports to Reality Part II:
In this follow-up issue, three members of the LNT community
provide additional examples of model programs that address these
issues
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