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T.H.E. Journal July 2005 Wolf & Hall	Fighting the Good Fight Can the ed tech community convince policymakers that states and districts desperately need dedicated technology funding to ensure no child is left behind?
T.H.E. Journal July 2005 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	The Power In a Story In the last six months, SETDA (State Educational Technology Directors Association) has been working with professional organizations to educate members of Congress about the importance of funding the Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) section of NCLB.
T.H.E. Journal August 2004 Maurizio & Wilson	Policymakers and 21st Century Skills Our nation's well-being throughout this century will be determined by how well we prepare our students today. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills, a unique public-private collaboration of leading business, education and government groups offer five key recommendations.
T.H.E. Journal July 2007 Fletcher & Wolf	Striking a New Tone The fourth annual collaboration with SETDA finds that, even in the face of political peril, ed tech supporters have plenty of reasons to be hopeful.
T.H.E. Journal September 24, 2009 David Nagel	New Resources Focus on the Effective Use of Technology in Title I Programs The State Educational Technology Directors Association and the National Association for State Title I Directors are launching new resources designed to help with Title I programs, especially in terms of using technology to help improve outcomes.
Information Today July 29, 2014 Barbie E. Keiser	Reimagining Information Literacy Competencies ACRL completed the final document of a new Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education, which its task force will submit to ACRL's board of directors at its October meeting.
T.H.E. Journal July 2004	SETDA Profile Founded in the fall of 2001, the State Educational Technology Directors Association is an association that represents the state directors for education technology. Read this profile to learn more about the association.
T.H.E. Journal July 2006 Mary Ann Wolf	Using Technology to Improve Achievement: Making Data Relevant New information systems are helping states and districts individualize instruction and boost student learning.
T.H.E. Journal May 2003 Neah J. Lohr	Implementing the Complexities of NCLB Wisconsin's approach to overcoming the law's challenges and closing the achievement gap
T.H.E. Journal March 2006 Paula Love	Meta-Analysis: Challenges and Opportunities A new study focused on the Enhancing Education Through Technology program identified a strategy to develop partnerships to produce increased learning outcomes.
T.H.E. Journal April 2005 Geoffry Fletcher	Assessing Technology Integration We need a significant overall change in education - especially in curriculum and instruction - and technology can be the catalyst for this change.
T.H.E. Journal July 2004 Geoffry Fletcher	Sharing State, District Best Practices Sharing, learning and working together can accelerate the effective use of technology in education.
T.H.E. Journal August 2002 Nancy Csapo	Certification of Computer Literacy The International Computer Driving License provides standards that let individuals participate in a global digital society.
T.H.E. Journal January 2003 Sylvia Charp	Assessment and Accountability The No Child Left Behind Act requires the inclusion of all students in state assessment programs, and holds students and educators accountable for performance relative to state standards. However, a number of challenges still need to be addressed.
T.H.E. Journal January 2003 Wayne Moore	Facts and Assumptions of Assessment: Technology, The Missing Link The infusion of technology in schools has opened the door for opportunities to challenge governing bodies to use the technology to provide student assessment that will measure their abilities for connecting knowledge learned with real-world applications.
National Defense June 2008 Alan L. Gropman	Waning Education Standards Threaten U.S. Competitiveness High-quality education is critical to national security, and the United States must address a number of challenges in its educational system if it wants to maintain a competitive edge in the global economy and in key technologies.
T.H.E. Journal October 14, 2009 David Nagel	Study: Games, Video Improve Preschooler Literacy A new study has shown that educational videos and interactive games can have a positive impact on preschooler literacy when incorporated into the curriculum in a classroom setting.
T.H.E. Journal July 2004 Melinda George	Building a Technology-Rich Community Partnerships between the state and district leaders are critical keys to the success of building a technology rich school community.
T.H.E. Journal July 2004	Data-Driven Decision-Making The hurdles of implementing successful processes for data management and analysis, online assessment, and capacity building with data-driven decision-making at a state level are numerous and sometimes daunting.
T.H.E. Journal October 2007	Technology + Online + Industry + Partnerships NCLB Draft a Boost for ed Tech... Grant Moves STEM Experts to Teach... Metametrics Launches Lexile Framework for Writing... etc.
T.H.E. Journal April 2005 Cheryl Lemke	Measuring Progress With Technology in Schools Today's education policymakers are seeing technology through the lens of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, which is creating expectations for a "learning return" on all technology investments.
T.H.E. Journal February 2006	Assessment Testing >> In Their Hands Handheld devices empower teachers with assessment data they can put to immediate use.
T.H.E. Journal December 2001 Sylvia Charp	Assessment and Accountability Tests are a means, not an end. To increase educational achievement, teachers should be responsible for judging student performance, giving out grades and deciding to pass or fail students...
T.H.E. Journal November 2002 Costello & Zarowin	Technology Connects Assessment, Accountability Standards in Early Childhood Education Districts and states can now utilize observational assessments and technology to make the connection between developmentally appropriate practices and accountability standards.
T.H.E. Journal April 2005 Mary Ann Wolf	Assessing Technology Integration in Schools The State Educational Technology Directors Association's Profiling Educational Technology Integration tools assist states in making data-driven decisions about education technology.
T.H.E. Journal December 2003 Geoffrey Fletcher	A Wake-Up Call for Ed Tech In order to take advantage of the current opportunities, we must pay attention and take immediate action to inform policy-makers about the significance of technology's role in education and how it affects our students.
Searcher September 2009 Lark Birdsong	Information Literacy Training for All - The Outliers The Information Literacy Initiative at the University of Washington Information School is a funded, active organization that began in 2007 after the successful training of a group of youth labeled "at-risk."
T.H.E. Journal May 2004 John Bailey	Making the Case: Research Efforts on Educational Technology The U.S. Department of Education is investing more than $56 million to study the conditions and practices under which technology is used to document its impact on student performance.
T.H.E. Journal February 2002 Geoffrey Fletcher	Education Act Sets Stage for Technology Reform Amid all the media coverage of the accountability provisions in the education act, other components of the bill have gone unnoticed. Among the unnoticed is a significant change in both size and direction of support from the federal government for technology...
T.H.E. Journal January 8, 2010 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	Building A Better CTO Reaching out to other departments and understanding what they want to accomplish, and helping them understand how technology can help, should be a part of every technology leader's job no matter what the level.
T.H.E. Journal July 2004 Anita Givens	Technology Integration: Meeting the Technology Integration Challenge in Texas Schools Deep in the heart of Texas classrooms, students use digital technology to access, analyze and evaluate information; solve problems; and communicate with diverse audiences.
T.H.E. Journal January 2006	Industry News New alliance between Northwest Evaluation Association and CompassLearning aims to improve assessment and data management.
Nursing Management November 2011 Mary Ann Remshardt	The Impact of Patient Literacy on Healthcare Practices With regard to patient teaching, how can healthcare personnel be certain that patients understand concepts basic to informed consent, hospital safety, dietary restrictions, and prescription information?
T.H.E. Journal March 1, 2010 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	Was I Wrong on Obama? We have an administration that believes in the power of technology in education, but wants to take a radically different approach to encouraging its use, shifting away from funding through loosely structured grants to having ed tech use integrated across all educational programs.
T.H.E. Journal May 2003 Bloomfield & Cooper	NCLB: A New Role for the Federal Government An overview of the most sweeping federal education law since 1965
T.H.E. Journal January 2005 Geoffry Fletcher	Fighting the War on Ed Tech Funding Two extremely important sources of funding from the federal level for states and local districts, Title II D of the No Child Left Behind Act and the E-Rate program, were in jeopardy within the last month.
T.H.E. Journal July 2004 Mary Ann Wolf	Professional Development: Professional Development for Professional Developers Providing professional development to many state educational technology directors who are responsible for the professional development of administrators and teachers is a tremendous, but worthwhile, challenge.
T.H.E. Journal October 1, 2010 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	Instant Web Access? 'Fancy' That One reason we may not be making much progress in tech-based education is a mistaken assumption among the public about the amount of access to technology that teachers and students have.
T.H.E. Journal August 2006 Justine Brown	Mobile Assessment: Working Smarter, Not Harder With new assessment technology providing instant feedback on their students, once-skeptical teachers now have no desire to return to the way things were.
T.H.E. Journal May 2007 Neal Starkman	Reading First :: Reading First...Technology Second? The federal early-literacy program gets a big boost from tools used for professional development and personalized student instruction. But that potential is too often going unrecognized.
D-Lib July 2001 Hans Roes	Digital Libraries and Education: Trends and Opportunities This article attempts to identify strategic issues for libraries wishing to pursue a more active policy with regard to the changes affecting higher education due to the increased use of information and communication technologies...
T.H.E. Journal July 2004 Lan W. Neugent	Data-Driven Decision-Making: Getting Ready for Online Testing Embarking on a high-stakes online testing program is a major enterprise that requires planning, teamwork, communication, flexibility and good problem-solving skills.
T.H.E. Journal July 2008	Extracurricular :: For technologists who do their homework Technology-aided instructional practices are key to successful teaching in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and math. McKinley Technology High School's testing scores are proof of that
T.H.E. Journal August 2004	Generation YES Launches New Student Technology Literacy Certification The publisher of student-centered technology programs, has announced TechYES, its new technology training and certification program for students in grades six through nine.
T.H.E. Journal	Technology Integration The use of instructional technology has evolved over the last two decades with the integration of technology throughout teaching and learning.
T.H.E. Journal September 2004 Kevin Hunter	Smart' Technology Offers Schools New Solutions to Save Time and Money in the Changing Landscape of Education Schools, like many businesses today, are leveraging the power of technology to make their own operations - just like their students - smarter and more resourceful than ever.
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