THE PRACTICE: Access - School leaders must ensure equitable access to current hardware, software, and connectivity that supports instructional goals.
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Resources related to this practice:

• Challenges to Bridging the Digital Divide: Building Better On Ramps to the Information Highway
  http://www.trpi.org/dss/policybrief.html

  This report by Dr. Paula Y. Bagasao, Dr. Elsa Macias, Sara Jones, and Dr. Harry P. Pachon is based on extensive research including national and regional dialogs as well as site visits to programs in five metropolitan areas: Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Houston, and Miami.

• Critical Issue: Ensuring Equitable Use of Education Technology
  http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/technlgy/te400.htm

  When a school or district decides to implement education technology into the curriculum, one of its overriding goals must be to create plans and policies for all members of the learning community to have equitable access and use. Appropriate funding and professional development represent the key means of supporting equitable access and use of technology to ensure technology literacy and to support meaningful learning for all students.

• Critical Issue: Using Technology to Enhance Engaged Learning for At-Risk Students
  http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/atrisk/at400.htm

  An increasing number of educators are calling for high standards and challenging learning activities for at-risk students. New technologies can provide meaningful learning experiences for all children, especially those at risk of educational failure. This document oulines a process for achieving such fundamental change.

• District Technology Planning for All Students: Helping to Meet the IDEA '97 Mandate
  http://www.edc.org/LNT/news/Issue9/feature1.htm

  School districts today are faced with multiple needs generated by standards-based reform, the implementation of technology, and the mandates of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Through the collaboration of general and special education in its technology planning, Concord, New Hampshire has worked to align those efforts.
  Authors: Denise Ethier, Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC), with contributions from Donna Palley, Mark Denoncour, Steve Rothenberg of the Concord, NH School District, and Skip Stahl of the Center for Applied Special Technologies (CAST).

• Edtechnot.com
  http://www.edtechnot.com/

  This site might be called a meeting of ed tech leaders throughout the world. Its purpose is to bring those who are guiding technology use in schools together to discuss divergent opinions. The site includes information on plans, web logs, books, and ideas related to educational technology.

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