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The use of web based technology is growing by leaps and bounds every day. These online tools are the new set of keys for opening your students' minds. The vast resources on the Internet are making the use traditional methods of teaching and learning obsolete in countless ways.

These templates are provided as a starting point for developing an electronic portfolio to demonstrate each of these sets of standards. Be creative! Apply your own graphics and backgrounds. National Educational Technology Standards Electronic Portfolio Templates for Teachers, Administrators, Students in Word, html, Excel, and PPT

"Cloud Connect is a free plugin for Microsoft Office that will enable you to synch your documents to Google Documents. "

Recent advances in technology and nearly two decades of research into how students learn have come together in a series of programs that could represent the future of assessment. Developed by researcher Mogens Jensen, these online programs reportedly can map a student's behavior, both mentally and emotionally, and then suggest a highly customized solution for growth as the student develops academically.

Jul 16 - Cisco, the world's biggest manufacturer of routers and switches that direct Internet traffic, illustrates the directions it sees technology veering.

Mediasite is a great way to record presentations and make them available to everyone in your district, solving universal challenges like new technology training: how do IT staff members give a presentation to every teacher about new equipment, procedures, programs, etc.?

It looks like students can be open-minded after all: When provided with the option to view lectures online, rather than just in person, a full 82 percent of undergraduates kindly offered that they'd be willing to entertain an alternative to showing up to class and paying attention in real time. A new study released today suggests not only a willingness but a "clear preference" among undergraduates for "lecture capture," the technology that records, streams and stores what happens in the classroom for concurrent or later viewing.

Encouraging Teachers to Use Technology Effectively and Effortlessly (presented at ICE 2009)

Home of the LoTTIE (Low Tech Tools for Inclusive Education) Kit, a collection of low and mid tech tools designed for teachers, classroom aides, and support professionals to use with students (grades K-12) who have special needs. The LoTTIE Kit fills an important gap in the field of assistive technology evaluation and use.

an excellent posting about various caveats and rewards of using this technology; plus an extensive list on online resources for music and education

Some times being old school is not that bad, especially you own an old car and want to listen your tunes on the road. Then, you need to think about this - IPod cassette adapter. It takes a shape of the cassette tape but different technology. Convert digital music to analog and play it in your car cassette player. To be more convenient, it allows SM card reading and mp3 files.

SAI Administrators Technology Boot Camp

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