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Embracing the Information Age

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Community School Relationships

Great Parents—What's Happening in Michigan Counties
The New Basics: Education and the Future of Work in the Telematic Age by David Thornburg
Connecting Our 21st Century Students from Classroom Leadership, Volume 7, Number 5, February 2004
The Partnership for 21st Century Schools

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

Leadership

Technology Leadership Skills for the 21st Century from the State Educational Technology Directors Association

No Child Left Behind (NCLB)

Technology & Learning Magazine Online
e-Learning and Students Today: Options for No Child Left Behind
Gary Stager on One-Sided Parent Contracts—Here’s a List of Promises I Think Schools School Keep from District Administration

Policy

Reaching for the Sky: Policy to Support the Achievement of Students with Disabilities from the National Association of State Boards of Education and the U.S. Department of Education
Michigan Technology Staffing Guidelines developed under the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund Grant Program
Technology Counts 2005 from Education Week

Professional Development

Virtual Schools and Distance Learning from the State Educational Technology Directors Association
Building Learning Communities in Cyberspace: Effective Strategies for the Online Classroom
Teacher-To-Teacher Workshops from the U.S. Department of Education
The Internet Offers Teachers Online Help with Lesson Plans by Joanne Jacobs from the Chrisitian Science Monitor

Promising Practices

Intel Teach to the Future
Enhancing Education through Technology (Ed-Tech) State Program, U.S. Department of Education
Universal Design for Learning, Emerging & Promising Practices from NCSET
Universal Design for Learning, Frequently Asked Questions from NCSET
Providing New Access to the General Curriculum: Universal Design for Learning, Teaching Exceptional Children, November/December 2002
Educator’s Resource Center—Proven Solutions for Your Most Pressing Challenges from eSchool News
Ahead of the Game by Susan Black from the Scholastic Administrator, February 2004
NAEYC Technology and Young Children Interest Forum
Technology Uses in Michigan Schools: An Empirical Study by Yong Zhao, Ph.D. and Ken Frank, Ph.D.
Tips for Parents from The Achiever, September 2004
Michigan to Expand Affordable High-Speed Internet to Low/Moderate Income Families
How to Bridge the Digital Divide, Scholastic Administrator, September 2004
Learning to Read in the Computer Age (book purchasing information)

School Improvement

The Learning Online Network with CAPA
Effects of Using Instructional Technology in Elementary and Secondary Schools: What Controlled Evaluation Studies Say by James A. Kulik, SRI International
Data to Action—Technology's Role in Accountability by Staci Kalmbacker, Middle Ground, October 2004, Volume 8, Issue 2
Ten Common Principles for Schools Concerned with Excellence from the Coalition of Essential Schools
Web Site Provides One-Stop Shop for School Data from The Achiever, May 15, 2005, Vol. 4, No. 8

Technology News

eSchool News—Technology News for Today's K-20 Educators
Powerful Performances—How Technology Is Transforming K-12 Arts Classes from Curriculum Update, Spring 2004
The Growing Technology Gap Between Schools and Students: Findings from the BellSouth Foundation Power to Teach Program
The Point of Transformation: A Final Report from the BellSouth edu.pwr3 Initiative
Technology Report Examines the World by Kevin Bushweller from Education Week, May 5, 2004
In the Classroom, Web Logs Are the New Bulletin Boards by Jeffrey Selingo, New York Times (You must register to access this article. Registration is free.)
Textbook Shortages Spur Digital Alternatives by Marianne D. Hurst, Education Week, May 2004

Technology Standards, Initiatives, and Organizations

Michigan Department of Education Technology Planning Web Site
Route 21: An Interactive Guide to 21st Century Learning from the Partnership for 21st Century Skills
National Education Technology Plan Web Site
Tech Tonic: Towards a New Literacy of Technology
Association for Educational Communications and Technology
Education Resource Information Center (ERIC) sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education
Assistive Technology Online Training Project (ATTO)
Michigan Technology Standards
National Education Technology Standards for Students
National Center for Technology Planning
E-Rate, The Universal Service Fund for Schools and Libraries
National Education Technology Standards for Teachers
National Education Technology Standards for Administrators
Wisconsin Assistive Technology Initiative
Profiling Educational Technology Integration (PETI) from the State Educational Technology Directors Association
The Point of Transformation—A final report from the Bell South edu.pwr Initiative
Engauge Framework Map, North Central Regional Educational Laboratory and the Metiri Group
Technology Support Index (TSI) presented by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
Connections to the Future, A Vision of Action— Michigan’s Information Technology Strategic Plan, 2004-2007
Michigan’s State Technology Plan (1998) with update 2004 (draft), Michigan Department of Education
Microsoft Launches $35M Tech Training Program for U.S. Schools by Corey Murray, eSchool News, June 2004
International Society for Technology in Education

Technology Support

Simon Technology Center—Where Technology Enables People with Disabilities to Reach for the Stars
The Alliance for Technology Access
Resources from Center for Applied Research in Educational Technology (CARET)
The New Curriculum
Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age (book purchasing information)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

	Michigan Educators and Students Embrace the Information Age
	Best Practices in Technology
	From the Office of the Governor
	From the State Board
	From the Superintendent's Office
	Technology Tools Help Educators Make Better Informed Decisions for Students
	CEPI Fact Sheet
	The Critical Importance of Technology Support Staff
	Teaching with Technology—Success Brings Rewards
	MiConnections Links Youth With Disabilities to High-Tech Careers
	No Child Left Behind Update
	Round Up of Michigan's Technology Standards, Initiatives, and Organizations
	Technology Makes the Curriculum Accessible to ALL Students
	Michigan's Assistive Technology Resource (MATR)
	Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST)
	The Time is Now
	Virtual History Museum Helps Students Get Excited About Learning
	IDEA Update
	Technology Helps Schools Engage and Inform Families
	Detroit School Uses Technology to Bring Parents Onboard
	Dickinson-Iron ISD S.O.S. (Students Offering Support) Program
	Glossary
	Resources
	Future Skills Students Will Need to be Successful
	Education WOW!

State Board of Education

Kathleen N. Straus, President
John C. Austin, Vice President
Carolyn L. Curtin, Secretary
Marianne Yared McGuire, Treasurer
Nancy Danhof, NASBE Delegate
Elizabeth W. Bauer
Reginald M. Turner
Casandra E. Ulbrich

Ex-Officio

Jennifer M. Granholm, Governor
Michael P. Flanagan,
Superintendent of Public Instruction

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Eaton ISD
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hsasso@eaton.k12.mi.us

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