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Bartles, Lisa – American School Board Journal, 2000
To understand how a school uses technology, administrators should examine various data on students' computer skill development; staff development records; student anecdotes; lab logs; technology use plans; and software-acquisition, repair, and budget records. Technology implementation should mirror different classroom and subject-area needs and…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Influences
Kongshem, Lars – American School Board Journal, 2001
Although the E-Rate has been a catalyst for school technology purchases, there are no subsidies for hiring qualified technology support staff. District technology coordinators are relying on technology support systems and shoestring survival strategies, employing standardized equipment and hard-drive configurations, desktop lockdowns, anti-virus…
Descriptors: Administrators, Computer Software, Computers, Coping
Pownell, David; Bailey, Gerald D. – American School Board Journal, 2001
Handheld computers are just beginning to be introduced in schools. Before adopting the latest innovation, administrators must ask careful questions about issues and implications regarding leadership, teaching and learning, staff development, technology support, planning, infrastructure, safety and security, ethics, evaluation, curriculum, change,…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Computer Security, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Levine, Elliott – American School Board Journal, 2001
Sound technology policies can spell the difference between an effective website and an online nightmare. An effective web development policy addresses six key areas: roles and responsibilities, content/educational value, privacy and safety, adherence to copyright laws, technical standards, and use of commercial sites and services. (MLH)
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Copyrights, Elementary Secondary Education, Internet
Kitchens, Joe – American School Board Journal, 2000
Fourth-graders in Oklahoma City used the Internet to find an expert to identify a 75-pound Pleistocene-Era mammoth femur they found in a nearby river. A superintendent explains how his technologically backward district wired its schools for Internet learning and facilitated genuine instructional improvement. (MLH)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Discovery Learning, Educational Benefits, Elementary Secondary Education
American School Board Journal, 2000
Striving to meet a diverse community's learning needs, the Federal Way (Washington) Public Schools leverages technology to help students acquire world-class skills while reaching to achieve grade-level standards. A laptop-based learning program and a statewide Internet academy give students new learning options. (MLH)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Educational Benefits, Elementary Secondary Education, Internet
Joiner, Lottie L. – American School Board Journal, 2001
Profiles three exemplary school districts that reformed and enriched education through technology. Township High School District 214 (Arlington Heights, Illinois), Washington County Schools (Plymouth, North Carolina), and Clarksville-Montgomery County Schools (Clarksville, Tennessee) demonstrated commitment to student learning and staff…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Involvement, Educational Improvement, Educational Technology
