1. Administrators are gatekeepers: the research (NETS*A Standards I and III.)

2. Resource Matrix (NETS*A Standards I - VI)

3. New technologies   (NETS*A Standards II and III) 

     a. Convertible Tablets

                 Manufacturers—Acer TravelMate C300, Toshiba Portage M200, Hewlett-Packard TC110

                 Case Studies in Education—Acer Tablets, HP Tablets (Bishop Hartley High School), Toshiba Tablets (Sharon Academy, middle and high school)

                  Additional resources Tablet PC: Transforming Education

      b. PDAs

                  Manufacturers—palmOne, Hewlett Packard iPAQ Pocket PC, Sony CLIE

                  Case Studies in Education—Palm Education Pioneers research, Palm K-12, Using Handheld Technologies in Schools (SEIRTEC research included)

                   Additional resources Handhelds in education: The answer to 1 to 1 computing?, Power in the Palm of your Hand, and Learning in the Palm of your Hand

       c. Interactive Whiteboards

                    Manufacturers—SMART Technologies, Virtual Ink Mimio

                    Case Studies in Education—SMART research, Mimio examples of use

          SMART Board Grants: Use this link to find information about SMART Technologies grant opportunities.

       d. Blogs

                     School blogs:   Meriwether Lewis Elementary School

                                Hunterdon Central Regional High School

                     Teacher blogs: Carmack’s Critters

                                 Senior English

                                 Sarah, Plain and Tall

                      Administrator blogs: Principal’s Quest

                                 Educational Technology by Tim Lauer, (principal,

                                 Meriwether Lewis Elementary School)

                       BISD blogs

         e. Keeping up with new technologies

                        ASCD’s SmartBrief and

                        eSchoolNews eNewsletters

4. Additional curriculum and instruction resources (NETS*A Standards II, III, and V)

1. Utah Education Network (general)
2. Equity Index  (Special Education)
3. A Different Place (Gifted)
4. Gifted Education and Special Education: Lesson Plans and Resources

5. Clarifying Vision Statements (NETS*A Standard I)

1. Review statements on blog and your action plans.
2. Small groups: Develop a vision statement for your group (elementary or secondary). Include specific descriptors.
3. Total group: Where are the commonalities? 

6. Next steps and Evaluation: What needs to be in place to make this happen?