High Quality Teaching and Learning with Technology References

Learning Climate

ASCD: Whole Child website.

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Center for Applied Research in Educational Technology (CARET),

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International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE),

Metiri Group (2006). Technology in Schools: What the Research Says. Commissioned by Cisco Systems.

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The Time, Learning, and Afterschool Task Force. (2007). A New Day for Learning.

The eMINTS National Center, which provides professional development for high-quality teaching powered by technology, has developed a comprehensive set of guidelines to help educational authorities plan baseline classroom configurations. For more details see the eMINTS website at

From a NCTAF presentation by Tom Carroll.

Classroom Assessment and Reflection

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Black, P., & Wiliam, D. (2001). Assessment and classroom learning. Assessment inEducation, March, 7-74.

Bruce, L. B. (2001). Student self-assessment: Making standards come alive.Classroom leadership, 5(1), 1-6.

Costa, A. L., & Kallick, B. (2000). Building a system for assessing thinking. In A. L.Costa (Ed.), Developing minds: A resource book for teaching thinking, (pp. 517-534). Alexandria, VA: ASCD.

Crawford, V., & Toyama, Y. (2002). Assessment of student technology proficiencyand an analysis of the need for technology proficiency assessments: A review ofstate approaches. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the AmericanEducational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

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Kalay, P. & Chen, D. (2002). “Integrating a Decision Support System into a School: The Effects on Student Functioning.” Journal of Research on Technology in Education, Volume 34 (4). Available at

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North Central Regional Educational Laboratory. (2003). enGauge 21st Centuryskills: Literacy in the digital age. Naperville, IL: Author. Retrieved online June 11,2009, from

Pellegrino, J.W., Chudowsky, N., & Glaser, R. (2001). Knowing what students know:The science and design of educational assessment. Washington, DC: NationalAcademy Press.

Popham, W.J. (2006). Defining and enhancing formative assessment. Washington,DC: Council of Chief State School Officers.

Quellmalz, E.S., & Haertel, G.D. (2006). Assessing new literacies in science andmathematics. Menlo Park, CA: Center for Technology in Learning, SRI International.

Quellmalz, E.S., & Kozma, R. (2003). Designing assessments of learning withtechnology. Assessment in Education, 10(3), 389-407.

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Shepard, L. A. (2005). Linking formative assessment to scaffolding. Educationalleadership, 63(3), 66-70.

Stiggins, R.J. (2002). Assessment crisis: The absence of assessment FOR learning.Phi Delta Kappan. 83(10), 758-765.

Stiggins, R. & Chappuis, J. (2006). What a difference a word makes: AssessmentFOR learning rather than assessment OF learning helps students succeed. Journal ofStaff Development, 27(1), 10-14.

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Wiggins, G. (1998). Educative assessment: Designing assessments to inform andimprove student performance. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Instructional Rigor and Student Engagement

Buchler, B. (2003). Terms of engagement—Rethinking teachers' independentlearning traits. Naperville, IL: North Central Regional Educational Laboratory.Retrieved April 11, 2007, from

Bransford, J., Brown, A., Cocking, R., eds. (2000). How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School, expanded edition. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.

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Fullan (2001). The New Meaning of Educational Change, 3rd ed. New York: Teachers College Press.

Sandrock, P. (2008). Content and Learning Team, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Personal communication.

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Curtis, D. & Armstrong, S. “Project-based Learning Online,” in The George Lucas EducationalFoundation (2002).

Drago-Severson, E. (2004). Helping Teachers Learn: Principal Leadership for Adult Growth and Development. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

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Marzano, R., Pickering, D., and Pollock, J. (2001). Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-basedStrategies for Increasing Student Achievement. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.

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Instructional Relevance

Cavanaugh, C. S.(2001). The effectiveness of interactive distance education technologies in K-12 learning: A meta-analysis. International Journal of Educational Telecommunications, 7(1), 73-88. Available online: CavanaughIJET01.pdf

Harris, J. (1997). Who to hook and how - Advice for teacher trainers.Learning and Leading with Technology, 24(7) 53-57.

Lemke, C., & Coughlin, E. C. (1998). Technology in American schools: Seven dimensions for gauging progress. A policymaker's guide. The Milken Exchange on Educational Technology. Retrieved January 20, 2005, from

Mathews, J. (2000, May 2). High-tech heretics: Group of skeptical educators questions the usefulness of computers in the classroom. The Washington Post, p. A11.

National Association of School Boards of Education Study Group on e-Learning (NASBE). (2001). Any time, any place, any path, any pace: Taking the lead on e-learning policy. Retrieved June 3, 2006, from

Oppenheimer, T. (1997, July). The computer delusion. Atlantic Monthly. Retrieved January 20, 2005, from

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Papert, S. (1996). The connected family: Bridging the digital generation gap. Marietta, GA: Longstreet Press.

Polin, L. (1991). Research windows: School restructuring and technology. The Computing Teacher, 18(6), 6–7.

Richardson, W. (2006). Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful web tools for classrooms. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

Schacter, J. (1995). The impact of educational technology on student achievement. The Milken Exchange on Educational Technology. Retrieved January 20, 2005, from

Schank, R., & Cleary, C. (1995). Engines for education. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Schank, R. (2001). The computer isn't the medium, it's the message. Communications of the ACM, 44(3), 142–143.

Software and Information Industry Association. (2000). 2000 research report on the effectiveness of technology in schools: Executive summary. Washington, DC: Author.

Ruth Reynard, "Social Networking: Learning Theory in Action," Campus Technology, 5/28/2008,

Ruth Reynard, "Expert Teachers: The Risk of Becoming Knowledge Workers," THE Journal, 8/20/2008,

Solomon, G. & Schrum. L. (2007) Web 2.0--new tools, new schools. International Society for Technology in Education. Washington DC, USA.

Tapscott, D. (1998). Growing up digital: The rise of the net generation. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Wenglinsky, H. (1998). Does it compute? The relationship between educational technology and student achievement in mathematics. Princeton, NJ: Educational Testing Service. Retrieved March 6, 2002, from ftp://ftp.ets.org/pub/res/technolog.pdf

Knowledge of Content

Dede, C. (Ed.). (2006). Online professional development for teachers:Emerging models and methods. Cambridge: Harvard Education Press.

Fishman, B., Best, S., & Foster, J. (2000). Fostering teacher learning insystemic reform: A design proposal for developing professional development.

Garet, M., Porter, A. C., Desimone, L., Birman, B.F., & Yoon, K.S. (2001).What makes professional development effective? Results from a nationalsample of teachers. American Educational Research Journal, 38(4), 915-945.

Ingvarson, L., Meiers, M., & Beavis, A. (2005). Factors affecting the impactof professional development programs on teachers’ knowledge, practice,student outcomes & efficacy. Education Policy Analysis Archive, 13(10), 1-26.

Kanaya, T., Light, D., & McMillan-Culp, K. (2005). Factors influencingoutcomes from a technology-focused professional development program.Journal for Research in Technology Education, 37(3), 313-329.

Kleiman, G.M. (2004, July). Meeting the need for high quality teachers: e-Learning solutions. White paper written for the U.S. Department of EducationSecretary’s No Child Left Behind Leadership Summit. Retrieved July 22,2009, from

Law, N., & Plomp, T. (2003). Curriculum and staff development for ICT ineducation. In T. Plomp, R. Anderson, N. Law, & A. Quale (Eds.), Crossnationalpolicies and practices on information and communication technologyin education (pp. 15-30).

Mouza, C. (2002/2003). Learning to teach with new technology: Implicationsfor professional development. Journal for Research on Technology inEducation, 35(2), 272-89.

Dede, J. P. Honan, & L. Peters (Eds.),Scaling up success: Lessons learned from technology-based educationalimprovement (pp. 97-109). San Francisco, CA, Jossey-Bass.

Polyzou, A. (2005). Growth in teacher's knowledge while learning to teachwith multimedia: What has been learned from concrete educationalexperiences? Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 14(2), 205-223.

SRI (2002). Technology-related professional development in the context ofeducational reform: A literature review. Arlington VA: Author.

Symonds, K. W. (2003). After the test: How schools are using data to closethe achievement gap. San Francisco: Bay Area School Reform Collaborative.U.S. Department of Education. (1999). Designing effective professionaldevelopment: Lessons from the Eisenhower Program. Washington, DC: U.S.Department of Education.

Educational Associations and Organizations

• Achieve, Inc.’s American Diploma Project (

• American Association for the Advancement of Science (

• American Library Association/American Association of School Libraries(

•CAST Transforming education through Universal Design for Learning (

Center for Applied Research in Education (
Council on Technology Teacher Education(
International Reading Association (

• International Society for Technology in Education (

International Technology Education Association ( )

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education (
Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning(

• National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future (

National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (

• National Council for the Social Studies (

• National Council of Teachers of English (

• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (

• National Research Council (

• National Science Teachers Association (

National School Boards Association: Technology Leadership Network (
National Standards for Technology in Teacher Preparation ( )
North Central Regional Education Laboratory (
Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to Use Technology (

• Programme for International Student Assessment (

The Concord Consortium (
United States department of Education: Office of Educational Technology (

SEIR*TEC / Technology Planning for Teacher Education ( )
Southern Regional Education Board (

Articles, Books, and Reports

Bransford, J., Brown, A., & Cocking, R.R. (Eds.). (2000). How people learn.Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

Darling-Hammond, L. (2002). Standards, assessments, and educationalpolicy: In pursuit of genuine accountability. Princeton, NJ: Educational Testing Service Policy Evaluation and Research Center.

Aligned to the Following Resources:

American Association of School Librarians and Association for Education Communications and Technology. Literacy standards for student learning. Retrieved May 18, 2009, from

Kentucky Department of Education. (2006), Program of studies for technology. Retrieved May 18, 2009, from

Kentucky Professional Standards Board. (2008), Kentucky Teacher Standards. Retrieved May 18, 2009, from

International Society for Technology in Education (2007) National Educational technology standards for students. Retrieved May 18, 2009, from

International Technology Education Association. (2005). Developing professionals: Preparing technology teachers. Reston, VA: Author. Retrieved May 18, 2009, from

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills. (2006). Are they really ready to work?Retrieved May 18, 2009, from