Technology Planning, Grants and Funding, and English Language Learners resources are the three major focus areas for this evolving project. The California Instructional Technology Clearinghouse assists California educators to identify the highest quality technology resources. If an instructional program marketed to schools uses a computer, a VCR or laserdisc player, a network or the Internet or any combination of these, the Clearinghouse will evaluate it for use in California. The Clearinghouse's evaluation of instructional technology resources is a statewide collaboration which eliminates unnecessary duplication of effort, ensures consistency of evaluations, and provides publishers and producers with one central contact point for evaluation of instructional technology resources in California. This document outlines how to control student access to inappropriate internet content, both from home and school.
Students can enter text and graphic notes into the database on any topic their teacher has created.
All students on the network can read the notes and students may build on or comment on each others' ideas. A site devoted to exploring education reform and information technology, has links to on-line educational resources, discussions of trends in education policy, and success stories of computers in the classroom. Electronic School chronicles technological change in the classroom, interprets educational issues in a digital world, and offers readers practical advice on a broad range of topics pertinent to the implementation of technology in elementary and secondary schools throughout North America. Iris promotes excellence in education by providing a rich source of student-centered telecommunication projects, professional information, an inviting place to meet colleagues with similar educational interests, and a forum for developing new and innovative curriculum resources. A nonprofit professional organization dedicated to improving education through computer-based technology.