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Closing the Equity Gap in Technology Access and Use
http://www.netc.org/equity/
NETC provides information to educators to help ensure equity in educational technology. Select a topic to view a checklist of questions you can use to access how equity in education technology is being implemented at your school.
CoSN
http://www.cosn.org/
The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), a national nonprofit organization, promotes the use of information technologies and the Internet in K-12 education to improve learning. Our members represent school districts, state and local education agencies, nonprofits, companies and individuals who share our vision.
Funding for Technology
http://www.mcrel.org/products/tech/
technology/funding.asp
This site provides additional information and resources for funding for technology, including links to reports, articles bibliographies, strategies and grant writing.
Implementing Technology in Education
http://www.wested.org/techpolicy/
recapproach.html
This article suggests an approach to implement technology, which emphasizes instructional and student needs first, and then through planning integrates technology in ways that enhance and extend instructional and learning opportunities. This approach is based on the author's 25 years of experience in this area, plus the findings of studies related to technology implementation.
Office of Educational Technology
http://www.ed.gov/Technology/
This link provides excellent teaching and learning resources for district personnel, teachers, administrators and students. Readers will find other web sites for web-based projects, technology grants and publications, research as well as other resources.
Tech Corps
http://www.techcorps.org/about/
nationalprogs/index.html
Provides links to high quality technological resources that enrich K-12 teaching and learning. Links will provide additional technology resources to schools and communities through local and national projects, and business at the local, state and national level.

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Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow
http://www.apple.com/education/k12/
leadership/effect.html
ACOT was a research and development collaboration among public schools, universities, research agencies, and Apple Computer, Inc. Its goal was to study how the routine use of technology by teachers and students might change teaching and learning.
From Access to Outcome-Raising the Aspirations for Technology Initiatives in Low-Income Communities
http://www.morino.org/divides/report2.htm
This report is based on extensive studies by the Morino Institute. Included are hard-won lessons, astute observations, and interviews discussing applying technology in creative and suggestive ways.
The Tomas Rivera Policy
http://www.trpi.org/research.html
TRPI's information and communication technology (ICT) research encompasses an examination of the impact of telecommunications tools on the economic, social, political, and educational life of Hispanic communities throughout the United States. Current research projects continue to explore the status of advanced telecommunications deployment in low-income and minority communities.

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September 20, 2004

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ETC is a collaborative project of the Bureau of Educational Technology, Florida Department of Education and the Florida Center for Instructional Technology, College of Education, University of South Florida. The links included in this clearinghouse appeared to contain useful information at the time they were chosen. If you discover that a site linked from this clearinghouse is no longer relevant, or has inaccurate or inappropriate content, please email the project director.