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Online Evaluation Resource Library (OERL) - http://oerl.sri.com/
Developed for professionals seeking to design, conduct, document, or review project evaluations. OERL is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). |
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CTB/McGraw-Hill - http://www.ctb.com/
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. |
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Milken Exchange on Education Technology - http://www.mff.org/edtech/
A summary of different studies and reports relating to the evaluation of educational technologies. |
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Encyclopedia of Educational Technology - http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/
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. |
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Educator's Guide to Evaluating the Use of Technology in Schools and Classrooms - http://www.ed.gov/pubs/EdTechGuide/
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. |
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Learning with Technology Profile Tool - http://www.ncrtec.org/capacity/profile/profwww.htm
This profile tool will help you to compare your current instructional practices with a set of indicators for engaged learning and high-performance technology. |
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Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching - http://www.ied.edu.hk/apfslt/
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. |
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Emerging from the Smog: Making Technology Assessment Work for Schools - http://www.fno.org/feb98/cov98feb.html
This article from "From Now On: The Educational Technology Journal" discusses the importance of evaluating technology in schools. |
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EvaluTech Review Criteria - http://www.evalutech.sreb.org/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. |
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Network for the Evaluation of Education and Training Technologies - http://socserv2.mcmaster.ca/srnet/evnet.htm
Includes several links related to evaluation standards and web design. |
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A Step Towards the Creation of Educational Technology Standards: Identifying Key Skills - http://www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/tech_standards1/
This article examines the process of identifying learning standards for educational and instructional technology programs. |
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Critical Issues in Evaluating the Effectiveness of Technology - http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/tech/techconf99/confsum.pdf
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. |
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Technology's Role in the Classroom - http://www.4teachers.org/keynotes/roberts/
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. |
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Situated Evaluation - http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~chip/sit-eval.shtml
Contains links to research and evaluation studies done within the situated evaluation framework. |
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MacUsingEducators - http://www.billpalmer.net/macusingeducators/
Articles and discussion for educators who use or want to use Mac computers in the classroom. A collaborative publishing effort. |