Learn how to develop effective technology plans!!!

Allow John See to help you:

- focus on short term, instead of long term, technology goals
- focus on applications, not just technology itself
- go beyond enhancing curriculum
- define technology as more than computers
- stress integration of technology in the curriculum
- tie technology to staff development

Add the technology planning recipe for success to your computer's cookbook!!!

Larry S. Anderson and John F. Perry offer their advice on technology planning.  Learn how they define technology planning and describe thier recipe for success.

Access topics of interest such as:

- committee representation
- progress reports
- subdivision of responsibilities
- establishing time frames
- setting target dates
- building consensus
- formulating, implementing, and evaluating a plan
- the role of educational programs
- resources for planning
 
 

Learn how to build a computer lab according to Ginny Whitkanack!!!

From budgeting, to printers, to air quality... this site has all the information you could ever desire when building a computer lab.

Learn more about:
- getting started
- the purpose of labs
- budgeting and costs
- workstations
- printers
- audiovisual equipment
- furniture
- supplies and fixtures
- network equipment
- software
- security devices
- design of the facility
- electronic requirements
- teaching lab versus open lab
- air quality
- life safety requirements
- ADA requirements
- running the lab
- staffing the lab
 
 

Learn how to adjust to the differences between computers labs versus classroom integration of computers!!!

Diane Culbertson, an information resource specialist, shares stories and information on current computer situations in the schools.

Get information on important topics such as:

- Should computer labs be phased out of schools?
- Computer pods in the classroom, library, or hallway.
- Effects of computer locations on first graders usage and the enjoyment of computers.
- Computer skills for information problem-solving: Learning and teaching technology in context.
- West Virginia story: Achievement gains from a statewide comprehensive instructional technology program.
- Subject cultures and the introduction of classroom computers.
- Assessing the impact of computer integration on students.
- Putting computers into elementary classrooms and endash; not labs.
- Barrier to computer integration: Microinteraction among computer coordinators and classroom teachers in elementary schools.
 

Get some expert advice on how to set up computers in your classroom!!!

Peggy Healy Sterns believes that a classroom computer can be  a motivating and powerful classroom tool.  Read some of her tips for setting up and using technology in the classroom.

Access suggestions in areas such as:
- How will the computer most likely be used?
- What can you do with only one computer?
- What can you do with several computers?
- Where can you find help?
 

Visit Corporate Vision Consulting to help ease the eyestrain for kid computer users!!!

Get information on how computers affect students' eyes and visual system.

There is information on items such as:
- computer vision syndrome
- classroom lighting
- general eye care tips