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K12Blueprint  is a great, free resource for technology in education. There are toolkits with information and resources for developing and deploying technology initiatives, information on choosing the right device for your schools, software and apps, curriculum, news, research, and blogs from educators and edtech leaders. The information and resources are timely, relevant and easy to use. There are even free downloads of 3 different books on edtech and education: Here are the list of toolkits: There are a ton of resources and information on this site - take a look around and see what it has to offer. It is sponsored by Intel Education ,  Tech&Learning , and Clarity Innovations . Related: Ed Tech Pilot Framework - excellent resources for all schools  Tech&Learning - free Edtech magazine, website and resources for educators --

Digital Promise has released an EdTech Pilot Framework which provides a step-by-step process to help education leaders and technology developers run successful educational technology (ed-tech) pilots. It is very simple to use and read and has links for more information on each step. Here is the link to the original article:  http://edtech.digitalpromise.org/ One thing to remember - you don't have to do these projects alone. There are plenty of resources available to help you. In addition, check with your technology vendors to see what they have for planning and support resources to help you. Here is the Framework: Identify Need Discover and Select Planning Train and Implement Collect Data Analyze and Decide Negotiate and Purchase Summarize and Share Related: K-12 Blueprint site updated - resources for planning and implementing EdTech  Tech&Learning - free Edtech magazine, website and resources for educators -

Planning for the first month of school can take on average 16 hours of prep, research, practice and refinement for every one hour of actual teaching time. In the hopes of giving teachers some hours back this month, here are 5 digital tools that teachers can use to lifehack their course planning. #1 BRAINSTORM IN THE CLOUD: Always forgetting great coursework planning ideas you have outside of class? Jot your brainstorms on your phone’s Evernote app. Your ideas will be synced to a central location automatically, so you can have all your great ideas in one place. #2 HAVE A DIGITAL PROJECT HUB Are you a visual brainstormer? Trello mimics your wall of Post-Its so you can drag and drop course ideas and to-do’s, big questions or due dates for projects. Teachers can also create projects for students, and ask them to add writing tasks, encouraging classroom collaboration. #3 TEACH VISUALLY Course Hero has just launched an Infographic Study Series ( coursehero.com/lit/ ): a collection of ove...

Meetings are something that all managers and leaders need to be able to plan, organize, run and follow up on. When I was a project engineer, I had to run lots of meetings and had training in effective meetings at a couple different companies. I've attended good meetings, and really bad meetings. In education, many meetings seem to be a complete waste of time, or the entire faculty is at a meeting that only affects a small number. Meetings are expensive - you have to take into consideration the time and salaries during the meeting and the fact that people aren't doing other work. Make your meetings effective - have a clear objective and keep them short and to the point. These key points are great for anyone running a meeting. Keys to Effective Meetings 1. Define purposes of meeting - why are you meeting? What is the objective of the meeting? Also, does this meeting have to be face-to-face, or can it be virtual, via email, Google Docs, etc. Do we need to meet as a group or could ...