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I have learned so much from doing this webquest. The movies are quite educational. Staff Development opportunities galore....

Another evolution of classroom technology infographic. I like the categories it uses: writing, A/V, digital & social media.

This graphic has some fascinating statistics about the explosion of technology in the classroom after the internet became popular.

Interesting, and concise, presentation on the historical development of technology in the classroom.

I remember when floppy discs really were floppy.

This is awesome! I remember when they were really floppy, too! It's funny that in my 7th grade English textbook resources, which were published in the last 6 years, the term "floppy disk" was still incoporated. My students stumbled upon the term this year, and I had to tell them it was esentially the same as the "memory sticks/jump drives/thumb drives" they use now.

This article, published in 1996, discusses how using the "World Wide Web" in the classroom can provide multiple historical perspectives and access to thousands of primary source documents. The downsides? The speed of downloading and finding quality websites.

This article provides a great historical synopsis of computers in education but the conclusion on page 10 sums it up nicely. For the past 15 years since I have been in a public education system I am constantly feeling like I'm behind the "8 ball' when it comes to technology because its use and constant changes are ever demanding.

In order to coach the transition process of change, technological or otherwise, administrators need to familiarize themselves with this process. I hope you find the information useful.

This was a pretty cool site I stumbled upon. It gives a pretty general overview of major technological advances in a particular year. Who knew that Hewlett Packard was founded in 1939 and produced a device that Disney used for sound effects in the movie "Fantasia" in 1940?! And that the "Speak and Spell" was invented in my birth year of 1978. The timeline stops at 1994 for some reason. Interesting nonetheless!

There are a few interesting slides on here about how the internet can be used in education

Short read of things to remember when developing your school's own technology plan.

This is interesting. Makes lots of sense. I'm trying to find a date on the article, though. Does anyone see one?

Some interesting tips from Scholastic. I especially like their last tip - learn from a kid. We so need to understand how kids are using tech not only to engage them, but because they also do stuff with it that's not even on our radars.

This is the technology plan for Virginia. One can use this to compare their own district's technology plan.

Glad you shared this. And, yes, it'd be great to hold up your school or district tech plan to both the national and state plans.

This is a PDF that describes different objectives and action plans. On page 2, you will find OBJECTIVE NUMBER 1.5: We will maintain an ongoing review of the instructional technology initiative. ACTION PLAN 1: All schools will participate in an external audit of their classroom technology integration. ACTION PLAN 2: Identify opportunities to improve equitable access to instructional technology. ACTION PLAN 3: Identify the impact of technology exposure through the 1:1 initiative on student technology aptitude. ACTION PLAN 4: Document perception data of all stakeholders to inform instructional technology program improvement activities. ACTION PLAN 5: Conduct a cost effectiveness analysis that correlates contract specifics, cost, School Board policy and practice. Identify opportunities for improvements that ensure optimal cost and management effectiveness.

This is Henrico County's alignment to the Virginia Technology Plan in a PDF file.

A good reference website addressing a wide range of technology issues that confront teachers.

Goochland County Public Schools' Technology Plan (for comparison)

This will help with the budget part of the paper!

This history of rubber is an example of what at the time was cutting edge technology for classroom teachers to use in the 60's & 70's. Looks very similar to early slide show presentations done on the computer in the 90's.

Implementing the TPACK Professional Development framework (as outlined on this site) in several schools. This slideshow outlines the goals for the framework. Several schools are using the framework in its entirety, while others have chosen parts to implement this year.