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California Department of Education (CDE) commissioned the Santa Cruz County Office of Education to develop a centralized repository of technology related resources and professional development opportunities for California's administrators. The Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership (TICAL) and portical.org were born!

Short video book reports - This website allows students age 11-13 and 14-18 to compete with short (two-minute) videos promoting their favorite books. Prizes (books) are awarded based on performance, script, creativity of supporting materials, technical quality, and knowledge of the each book. For more information, see http://storytubes.info/drupal. To see past videos, go to http://storytubes.info/drupal/node/66.

Interesting article and link to website for possible web literacy information. The News Literacy Project (NLP) is a national educational program that taps experienced journalists to help middle and high school students "sort fact from fiction in the digital age." According to its website, the project teaches students critical-thinking skills that will help them become smarter consumers and creators of information across all types of media.

ASSISTments is a free online platform that allows teachers to write and select questions, students get immediate and useful tutoring, and teachers receive instant reports to help inform their classroom instruction.

TCEA is a member-based organization devoted to the use of technology in education. Founded in 1980, the organization has been very active throughout its history supporting instructional technology. Our primary focus is on integrating technology into the PreK-12 environment and providing our members with state-of-the-art information through conferences, workshops, newsletters, the Internet, and collaborations with higher education and business.

The philosophy Everyone has different reading abilities. Some people searching the web are university professors and others are 5 year old children. Twurdy has been created to provide people with access to search results that suit their own readability level. What does it do? Twurdy uses text analysis software to "read" each page before it is displayed in the results. Then Twurdy gives each page a readability level. Twurdy then shows the readability level of the page along with a color coded system to help users determine how easy the page will be to understand. The Goal Twurdy's goal is to provide web searchers with information that is most appropriate for them. This will mean that 10 year olds doing school assignments don't have to click through difficult material to find something they can use. It will also mean that phd students do not have to click through websites designed for kids in order to find what they are looking for.

This blog focuses on "Teachers as Technology Trailblazers" very good information

Diigo is about better ways to research, share and collaborate on information. Learn more "

National Science Foundation Guidebook on Evaluation -- http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2002/nsf02057/start.htm This guide book provides information on topics including: reasons for conducting evaluations, types of evaluations, evaluation steps/process, evaluation questions and measurable objectives, quantitive and qualitative data collection, and culturally responsive evaluation. AACPS Grants Office -- http://www.aacps.org/aacps/boe/admin/development/grants.htm This site provides the tools & services needed to turn grant ideas into reality.

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Wallwisher is an online notice board maker. Discussing a new idea? Taking notes? Giving feedback? Voicing opinion? Wishing a happy birthday? Now do all that easily with Wallwisher wall and some stickies.

Great that you add value by adding comments on what the resources are about. You are missing the "setonhall" or setonhall15 tags for this assignment so folks can't search for and find your contributions. See assignment 2 instructions for details.

NCEE's pilot school program, Excellence for All, brings the system of aligned instruction and examinations used by best-performing countries to U.S. high schools. The Center on International Education Benchmarking (CIEB) conducts research on the world's most successful education systems. It offers access to information, analysis, and opinion on these systems through its web portal.