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Interesting short article about Apple's first three days of offering iBooks and ilBooks Author. I found the first four word of the article a good caution: "Though nascent and unproven,..."

Study tying iPads to student achievement

*2001 copyright, but still relevant *focus on elementary

An actual description for the Dixon Unified School District Technology Coordinator job (Dixon, CA.)

Not specific to a particular job, but specific in what educators feel the ideal school technology coordinator woud do.

New Jersey

South Dakota

DMR article regarding parents and students on Facebook

Franklin, Tennessee

PACT Charter School in Minnesota

This is from the Occupational Outlook Handbook, the 2010-2011 edition.

Video shows how project-based learning is used when students have full access to technology. They call it expeditionary learning. Lots of fieldwork.

Model for School vision Good beginning. Look at all of the linked pages as well.

The Technology Coordinator's Handbook was written by two broadly experienced educational technology leaders who offer some powerful professional resources. This selection discusses the ambiguity that exists when defining the position of technology coordinator, and examines real-life technology coordinators with information about their job scope, professional background, and salary range; provides an overview with a rubric for selecting software and also focuses on managing user accounts.

Good overview of resources for creating a vision.

A list of technology coordinators/specialists from all over the U.S. (I did find a tech. coordinator listed from Canada, so it may be an international network) - most people on the list provide a twitter handle as a form of contact, and many of them provide links to their personal website/blog and

Collections of dozens of case studies of 1-to-1. Range from 2007 to present.

Collections of dozens of case studies of 1-to-1. Range from 2007 to present.

Although a bit old (2010), this is a good overview of the process for making an elearning initiative successful.