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Professional Development

School Leader Development: Building 21st Century Schools

How has the world changed? How have students changed? How have schools changed or not changed? These questions will be addressed in 2-day workshops made possible by TICAL and ACSA's Technology Leadership Group. Developed under the sponsorship of the Microsoft® Partners in Learning initiative, this program addresses dimensions of change and implementing strategies for success of all students.

A summer workshop in Santa Clara County, takes place in July, so sign-up today!

Learn more and register here.

 

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SETS Projects

TICAL is one of California's four Statewide Education Technology Services (SETS). Each project provides unique resources to help educators use technology. Visit our colleagues at:

CLRN logo California Resource Learning Network (CLRN) provides a guide to standards-aligned electronic learning resources and assessments.

EdTechProfile logo EdTechProfile provides educational administrators with tools that guide their decisions about how to integrate technology into classroom instruction and how to create and evaluate effective teacher technology training programs.

TechSETS logo TechSETS provides technical professionals in California schools improved access to training, support and other resources.

CTAP logo In addition, the California Technology Assistance Program provides regional support to districts. Look here to find the contact information for your county.


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FYI

The updated National Education Technology Standards for Administrators (NETS-A) are here!
On June 29th ISTE released the 2009 standards. Check them out!


If you were to develop a new doctoral leadership training program....
with technology as the emphasis what would be the most ideal set of courses? Please share your thoughts in the latest TICAL Community discussion, Technology Leadership in a Changing World.


Surviving an E-rate Audit
Find out how Pajaro Valley USD's technology director Tim Landeck sailed through the process.


Create, distribute, and share survey data for free!
Google Forms is a subset of Google Docs and allows you to create surveys. The latest Quick Takes walks you through creating, distributing, and sharing Google Forms.


Are wikis widespread in education?
Take a look at Educational Wikis to see the variety of ways wikis are being used by classrooms, schools, and districts across the world!


Tweeting with Twitter!
What is all this hype about the microblogging service Twitter and how can it be used in schools? Find out in 6-minutes or less in the latest Quick Take Presentation.


One stop center for stimulus information!
Edstimulus.org provides you resources, events, and discussion areas from a variety of organizations to assist you in wise decision making.


Learn about the stimulus funds in California!
Also known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. The CDE provides information on the education-related aspects of the federal stimulus package.


TICAL honored once again!
Education Week's Digital Directions has once again named portical.org a "Go-To Site for ed-tech leaders and educators." Read what they say and view others here.


Top 10 for Principals!
Take a look at this list of ten resources created by TICAL staff and cadre to assist you. Quickly access some of the best of TICAL.


FYI Archive - Previously featured FYIs.

The TICAL website spotlights powerful sites that are helping administrators find answers.