Teacher's Guide is designed to assist individual classroom teachers who are just beginning to integrate technology into their daily practices.
Teachers are at the forefront of making learning with technology happen.
The guide addresses issues teachers face as they operate within the context of a schoolwide improvement planning effort to use technology to meet technology literacy and standards-based learning goals. Teacher's Guide is a professional development tool that illustrates the transition a teacher makes as she or he discovers ways to engage students in technology-driven learning activities. Planners' Handbook describes eight overarching dimensions of the technology planning and implementation process. These eight dimensions can help technology planners develop vision and policy, analyze technology needs, focus on student-centered learning, involve parents and community, support professional development, build a technology infrastructure, establish multiyear funding strategies, and evaluate process and outcomes. The focus of this handbook is to inform technology planning committee members about these eight dimensions and to guide them through the process of aligning their technology plans with schoolwide reform efforts.