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Thompson, Helen M.; Henley, Susan A. – 2000
This book focuses on information literacy and facilitating change in schools. Chapters include:" What Is Information Literacy?"; "Why Information Literacy?"; "How Information Literacy Relates to National Curriculum Standards"; "Essential Components of Information Literacy"; "The Necessary Reforms and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Development, Educational Resources
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 2001
The "Satellite Town Meeting" is the U.S. Department of Education's monthly television program about improvements in teaching and learning that are happening in schools and communities across the nation. On each 60-minute show, the Secretary of Education invites national experts as well as local educators and community leaders to share…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Computer Uses in Education, Disadvantaged
Download full textByrom, Elizabeth; Bingham, Margaret – 2001
From 1995 to 2000, the SouthEast Initiatives Regional Technology in Education Consortium (SEIR-TEC) provided technical assistance and professional development to 12 schools, referred to as intensive sites. Typically, this effort entailed a member of the SEIR-TEC staff spending three or four days per month working with teachers and administrators…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Development, Educational Resources, Educational Technology
Yff, Joost – 1983
A study was aimed at helping to define the information needs of persons who are directly involved in developing education policy at local and state levels. Five organizations interviewed for this project were: Education Commission of the States (Denver, Colorado); National Association of State Boards of Education (Washington, District of…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Educational Development, Educational Needs, Educational Policy
Cromer, Janis – 1984
This report offers the conclusions of a 1983 EPCOT symposium on education and the Information Age involving distinguished national experts and 46 secondary school principals from across the country. Discussed in the first section on "The Demands of an Information Age" are a number of transitions, including current shifts from an industrial to an…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Oriented Programs
Direct linkMarquard, Stephen – Commonwealth of Learning, 2005
A schoolnet program is an organized set of activities that expands the use of ICTs and promotes sharing of educational resources by teachers and students at schools. Schoolnet programmes may be located inside or outside government, may be large initiatives with substantial funding, or may be smaller innovative projects without big budgets. The…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Professional Development
