 Resources for
Technology Planning
Tools
General Information
- Planning
for Change and Technology

Planning, writing, and assessing your technology plan.
- Using
Technology for Learning: A Planning Guide

Provides ideas, tools, and examples to teachers and school
administrators faced with the challenge of integrating technology into
the classroom.
- Sustaining Educational
Technology: Funding Challenges and Opportunities for Policymakers

Discusses the pros and cons associated with funding technology through a variety of means.
- Education Technology Planning
Guide: A Guide for School Districts

Overview, planning steps, suggested action steps, and planing toolkit.
- e-Learning: Putting a
World-Class Education at the Fingertips of all Children

The National Educational Technology Plan addresses the national strategy for the effective
use of technology in elementary and secondary education. Five educational technology goals
will provide a roadmap for educational technology leaders across the country.
- CTCNET Start-up Manual

Chapters on Software Selection and Criteria; Space, Hardware, and Security; Budgeting and
Funding; and Preparing a Business Plan; From the Community Technology Centers' Network.
- EDmin Technology Use Planning

Set of tools for technology planning, including Technology Maturity Model.
- Technology Management for School
Leaders

District-based approach for managing and implementing technology in the schools.
- A Guide to Technology Planning for Texas Public
School Districts, 1998
Planning document and guide developed for Texas schools.
- Building the 21st Century School

Information on the planning process based on a systems approach; Includes planning
templates.
- Resources for Guiding Questions
for Technology Planning

Resources to support common technology planning questions.
- Taking TCO to the Classroom

Basic information on total cost of ownership.
- Critical
Issues: Developing a School or District Technology Plan

Describes steps to develop, implement, and refine a school technology plan; Revised:
1998.
- The Do's and Don'ts of
Technology Planning

Brief describing key elements of technology planning.
- Factors that Affect
the Effective Use of Technology for Teaching and Learning

Lessons learned from technical assistance to SEIR*TEC Intensive Site Schools; Includes
several factors believed to enhance or inhibit successful integration.
- A Guide to Technology
Planning

Step-by-step planning approach from SCR*TEC.
- Technology Planning Guide

Circular model of envision, assess, goals, plan, implement, evaluate; Includes case
studies.
- Guidebook for Developing an
Effective Instructional Technology Plan

Guide describing the planning process and the resulting technology plan.
- How to Plan and Implement a
School's Successful Integration of Information Technology

Article detailing the Why (e.g., vision and goals) and How (e.g., organizational models
that support change) of one school's plan to implement technology.
- Learning through Technology: A Planning
and Implementation Guide

Includes sections on planning strategies, building a knowledge base, establishing
directions, implementing priorities, and evaluating progress.
- National Center for Technology Planning

Examples of state, district, building-level technology plans, technology planning
articles, and a planning guidebook in PDF.
- Plugging In: Choosing and Using
Educational Technology

Planning framework for educators and policymakers; Tool to compare current practices and
future goals.
- Putting Technology into the Classroom: a Guide
for Rural Decision Makers

Pointers on developing a technology plan, allocating resources, strategies for
professional development, and ensuring equitable use of technology.
- Safeguarding Your Technology

Guidelines for security on your network; Includes physical safety, software security, and
user access security.
- Technology Connections for School
Improvement

Guides for planners and teachers.
- Guide for Developing a Local
Technology Plan

Kansas planning guide; Parts adapted from Planning for Technology: A Guidebook for School
Administrators.
- Guiding Questions for
Technology Planning

Questions that guide technology planning from start to implementation; Includes model
technology plans.
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