![]() Teacher training institutions (e.g., ed schools).What do we need to do? Lets follow up to figure out which key words get people to us via the major search engines. Lets produce a 3-5 sentence description (with URL) of EVERY new publication and send it to all Forum members. They can cut-and-paste it into state and local newsletters and readers and point and click to our new pubs. Lets consider how we can better reach audiences via #4 and #5 above. Tom Szuba (Support) reported that the Forum Selected State Agency Online Data Issues Survey was updated by Forum SEA respondents in June 2003. ![]() The purpose of the survey is to examine state education agency (SEA) interest, status, and developmental progress in the areas of online data collection, student information systems, and decision support systems. TD&C members expressed their satisfaction with the information being gathered by this survey and want to share the tool/technology with other Forum standing committees if there is interest. They also suggested that basic analysis be conducted on survey results and then shared via the Forum Voice and listserv. TD&C also suggested that it would be good if email addresses for SEA contacts were included on response pages so that users good have easier access to SEA respondents. Finally, an inquiry was made about whether the Navaho Nation could be included as a respondent. Plenary session led by ED staff Hugh Walkup and Pat Sherrill. Jerry Malitz (NCES) and Tom Szuba (Support) reminded TD&C that at the Winter 2003 Forum meeting, TD&C requested that we update the four Forum technology publications ( Technology Your Fingertips, published in 1997 revised in 2001, Safeguarding Your Technology, published in 1998, Technology in Schools, published in 2002, and Weaving A Secure Web Around Education, published in 2003). Jerry and Tom explained that the goal of this revision would be to develop a single, unified web resource based on the four publications. In developing this master suite, we would eliminate redundancy and inconsistencies between the documents, establish a unified theme/thread, and update the content to reflect updated technology. In summary, the task will be to identify the chapters/sections/headings (i.e., the content) in each document, crosswalk the chapters/sections/headings, locate and eliminate overlap and redundancy (as well as inconsistencies), synthesize the balance of the content, and update the integrated content to reflect best practice technology. In parallel with these tasks, we will develop a unified glossary and a single technology resource section.
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