Technology+Directors

Back to NECC 2007 What are Technology Directors and Coordinators reading?

__**Books and reports**__
 * Sixteen Trends**: **Their Profound Impact on Our Future**. Implications for students, education, communities, and the whole society. G. Marx, Educational Research Service, 2006

__**Periodical or Articles**__ American School Board Journal, http://www.asbj.com Article: //Blogging for Columbine//, Hutton, T. July, 2007, 14-17 http://www.asbj.com/current/coverstory2.html "...Concerns over what students do online have attracted intense interest from advocacy groups, elected officials, and the new media. But schools have serious legal limitations when it comes to freedom of expression and off-campus conduct...."

__**Websites**__ http://www.iste.org http://www.nctp.com http://www.cosn.org http://www.ieee.org http://edtechlive.wikispaces.com/ http://www.wfs.org/

__**Blogs**__ http://www.stevehargadon.com/

__**Podcasts**__

__**Technical References**__

__**Other/Misc**__ Heather Jones notes in "Tech Traps 2.0" (Vail, K., American School Board Journal, July 2007, 13) three of seven deadly sins: Arrogance (Don't assume that the technology you think your staff or students need without a needs assessment.); Gluttony (Purchasing "cool" tech toys and assuming you will find a place to use them is bad business.); Lust (Surveying other districts is a great way to help develop and assess technology plans, but remember that what works for some may not work for your district. Also known as "keeping up with the Jones.")