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» Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching - An online periodical dedicated to the effectiveness and interest of learning and teaching science subjects with the use of IT (especially various multimedia and Internet resources) in schools.

» Challenges for the Evaluation of New Information and Communication Technologies - Reprint article which considers various aspects of issues related to technology evaluation, access, and literacy learning.

» The Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM): A Model for Change in Individuals - A stage model that applies to anyone experiencing change--policy makers, teachers, parents, students

» CTB/McGraw-Hill - Publisher of standardized achievement tests and custom assessments including TerraNova, Fox in a Box, SUPERA, LAS, TABE, TestMate, NEDT, CDRT, and CDMT. The mission is to help the teacher help the child.

» Education and Information Technologies - The official journal of the IFIP Technical Committee on Education.

» Educator's Guide to Evaluating the Use of Technology in Schools and Classrooms - This guide was developed for the U.S. Department of Education. The guide is a tool for individuals with little formal training in research or evaluation. The handbook provides educators with a resource that enables greater involvement in the evaluation process, learning as they go.

» Emerging from the Smog: Making Technology Assessment Work for Schools - This article from "From Now On: The Educational Technology Journal" discusses the importance of evaluating technology in schools.

» Encyclopedia of Educational Technology - A collection of short articles organized around five main areas relating to educational technology: analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation. Many of the entries cover items relating to the visual aspects of educational technology. The encyclopedia is edited by Bob Hoffman at San Diego State University.

» Evaluating Interactive Multimedia - Shauna McKenna's paper for the Open Learning Institute on evaluating the materials used in computer based learning and evaluating the learning itself.

» EvaluTech Review Criteria - Criteria for evaluating computer courseware, CD-ROMs, websites, videodiscs, web portals, fiction and nonfiction books, and other media. Also has a guide to writing an annotation for courseware, and professional resources for selection and collection development.

» Girls Tech: Evaluating Electronic Resources for Girls - Explains and demonstrates a framework to evaluate electronic resources that will encourage and increase young women's interest and participation in the sciences and technology. A program of Douglass College, the undergraduate women?s college of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in partnership with the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A.

» Implementing Technology in Education - Real-world planning and useful insights to implementing and evaluating technology uses in education. A summary of research and evaluation studies.

» Learning with Technology Profile Tool - This profile tool will help you to compare your current instructional practices with a set of indicators for engaged learning and high-performance technology.

» MacUsingEducators - Articles and discussion for educators who use or want to use Mac computers in the classroom. A collaborative publishing effort.

» Milken Exchange on Education Technology - A summary of different studies and reports relating to the evaluation of educational technologies.

» Network for the Evaluation of Education and Training Technologies - Includes several links related to evaluation standards and web design.

» New Directions for Program Evaluation at the U.S. Department of Education - The Secretary's Conference on Educational Technology discusses recent changes in evaluation practices and evaluations for new visions of technology teaching and learning.

» Online Evaluation Resource Library (OERL) - Developed for professionals seeking to design, conduct, document, or review project evaluations. OERL is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

» Resources for NSF Project Evaluation - Developed specifically for NSF project evaluation.

» 1999 Secretary's Conference on Educational Technology - Evaluating the Effectiveness of Technology - Details of the conference, including white papers.

» Situated Evaluation - Contains links to research and evaluation studies done within the situated evaluation framework.

» A Step Towards the Creation of Educational Technology Standards: Identifying Key Skills - This article examines the process of identifying learning standards for educational and instructional technology programs.

» Summary of Current Research and Evaluation Findings on Technology in Education - Has evaluation on the use of technology in education.

» Technology and Learning Magazine - The May 1998 issue discusses some of the problems with creating authentic assessment tools.

» Technology Foundation Standards for Students - Provides technology standards and sample activities for various grade levels, PreK-12.

» Technology Literacy Challenge Grant Program Evaluation - This site contains excellent rubrics that can be used to evaluate any short- or long-term technology program

» Technology's Role in the Classroom - Nobody believes it's the quick fix for America's K-12 ills. An interview with Linda Roberts, Director of the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Technology. She discusses how we can measure whether technology can enhance student learning.

» WWILD Team (World Wide Interactive Learning Design Team) - The WWILD Team looks for special kinds of interactive software that they call interactive modules. An interactive module, similar to any reusable learning object, is any self-contained, short, interactive experience that is relevant to school-based learning -- they are not lessons, but resources for lessons and learning.

» Critical Issues in Evaluating the Effectiveness of Technology - Summary of the Secretary's Conference on Educational Technology: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Technology on July 12-13, 1999, in Washington, D.C.. It notes a shift in schools' focus on technology from building and implementing a technology infrastructure to evaluating the effectiveness of its use in schools and classrooms. [PDF] (1999)

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