Technology Planning Links
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/technlgy/te300.htm
North Central Regional Education Labs' (NCREL) paper length article on technology planning complete with audio clips from people who have written technology plans.http://www.ncrel.org/tandl/plan4.htm
NCREL tells you how to put together a planning committee.http://www.mccsc.edu/survey.html
This is a basic needs assessment survey. The authors give you permission to copy it as is or modify it for you needs. It is a few years old, so you may want to modify it.http://www.ncrtec.org/capacity/guidewww/gqhome.htm
This is an excellent set of questions to ask yourself and your planning committee to help you get started writing your technology plan.http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/IDT/html/Planning/flow_chart.html
For visual and spatial learners, here is an example of how flow chart can help in technology planning.http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/edtalk/recommen.htm
Policy makers weigh in on various issues in technology planning for you to consider.http://www.nctp.com/
The National Center for Technology Planning's (NCTP) home page. This is a clearinghouse of information on technology planning.http://www.nctp.com/html/plan_building.cfm
The NCTP's list of building level technology plans. When you are done, you could post yours and have it linked to this site as well.http://www.tps.dpi.state.nc.us/techplan2000/default.html
For North Carolina people, here are the requirements for district level technology plans. They are quite complete and very likely more than you have time for, but here they are nonetheless.http://www.sde.state.sc.us/sde/educator/techplan/
For South Carolina people, here is all the information you would need for technology planning required by the state. Check the list to see if your district's technology plan has been approved. You won't find it here, but it will at least show you if you have one.
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Dr. Marshall G. Jones
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