Meta-Index

• AECT and AERA 1997
• Journals and research articles
• Organizational Learning/Change
• Incentives
• Good links
• Curriculum resources
• Technology integration plans and ideas
• Interesting postings
• Studies and reports
• Engaged Learning

AECT and AERA 1997

• IT Forum ITFORUM is a listserv devoted to IT issues and concepts
• Dan Surry & John Farquhar Diffusion Theory and Instructional Technology
• Brent Wilson Creating Technology-Supported Learning Communities
• Lorraine Sherry BVIP - Lessons Learned
• Lorraine Sherry BVIP - Case Study

Journals and research articles

• Teachers and Technology: Making the Connection WWW version of:
  U.S. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment. Teachers and Technology: Making the Connection. OTA-EHR-616.Washington, D.C.: GPO, April 1995.
• From Now On by Jamie McKenzie
• CSS Journal
• Holloway's article a critique on research methods in adoption/diffusion issues
• Surry & Farquhar Incorporating social factors into instructional design theory

Organizational Learning/Change

• Schein, E. H. (1996, July). Organizational learning: What is new?
• Schein, E. H. (1996). Three cultures of management: The key to organizational learning in the 21st century.
• Schein, E. H. (1995). Kurt Lewin's change theory in the field and in the classroom: Notes toward a model of managed learning.
• Everson, S.T. (1997). Developing organizational learning in schools.

Incentives and barriers

• University Of Minnesota, Crookston Exemplary site
• Building models of connectivity: a 7 layer model J. Sechrist
• Integrating the Web in Education Judy Rice, BYU

Good Links

• Gordon Wells: Dialogic inquiry in education: building on the legacy of Vygotsky A good paper on classroom adoption of technological innovations, using an activity theory conceptual framework
• Untangling the Web: Guidelines for Researching on the World Wide Web By Alexander R. Jonas & Darren W. Minarik - Presented at the NCSS Annual Conference Cincinnati, Ohio, November 22, 1997
• Gene Wilkinson's evaluation form for instructional web sites
• ERIC Digests
• New Chalk an electronic newsletter from UNC - Chapel Hill
• South Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium resources for early childhood through college, AUPs, alternative assessment and portfolios, special ed, technology plans, etc.

Curriculum resources

• The Teachers' Internet Use Guide A product I created for RMC Research
• The Well Connected Educator
• General Education Web Resources from Class IV
• OnlineClass
• Core Knowledge Curriculum
• Intergenerational Cultural Projects
• Selective, timely list of resources relating to ethnicity in America
• Selective, timely links to resources relating to Gender in America
• IBM K-12 solutions
• Learner Online Annenberg/CPB Project
• SAMI
• AskLN Mentoring Service a service of AT&T's Learning Network
• Schoolnet Lesson Plans to teach kids about the Internet, its history and its uses
• Newbie-U: New User University, is an incredibly easy and fun way for new users of the Internet to master their new found world.

Technology Planning

• Involving stakeholders in the visioning process
• Critical Issue: Developing a School or District Technology Plan from NCREL. To be successful, a technology plan must promote meaningful learning and collaboration, provide for the needed professional development and support, and respond flexibly to change.
• NCREL's Guiding Questions for Technology Integration These are the tools used in the EETNET workshops. It's associated with the Engaged Learning Model.
• Online resources from NCRTEC Related to NCREL's guiding questions (above)
• Search British Columbia's Community Learning Network This site has recently moved and is being reconstructed.
• National Center for Technology Planning Larry Anderson, University of Missisippi (big, comprehensive site)
• The Mid-continent Regional Educational Laboratory (McREL) Primarily curriculum integration.
• Tammy Payton: Integrating Technology in the Classroom Curriculum integration rather than technology planning.
• EETNET Web site Excellence and Equity through Technology Network (workshop materials online)

Interesting postings

• Cathy DeMoll on electronic dialogue

Studies and Reports

• Word processors and Children's Writing in a High Computer Access Setting This study examined the writing of children in a technology rich environment over a three year period beginning in grade 3.
• The Role of Online Communications in Schools: A National Study The CAST Study
• Does the use of the Internet improve K-12 education? MCREL study
• Finding Time for Professional Development NCREL
• NCES Report on Telecommunications U.S. Public Schools Update to the 1995 report
• Effectiveness of technology in K-12 Educational Testing Service survey report - dated 1996 but just came out in spring 1997

Studies and Reports

• Plugging In: Choosing and Using Educational Technology by NCRTEC. Plugging In is a planning framework for educators and policymakers interested in effective learning and effective technology.

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