Improving Learning with Technology:

What the Research Says

Presentation Developers:

Anne Allen, ETDC Director

Forrest Fisher, ETSC Director, ESD 105

Conn McQuinn, ETSC Director, Puget Sound ESD

Dennis Small, Educational Technology, OSPI

Links from the Presentation:

ETDC Educational Technology Research Clearinghouse

http://www.edtech.wednet.edu/Resources/research/

Classroom Tiers Model

http://etsc.esd105.wednet.edu/tiers

Metiri Technology Solutions that Work

http://www.metiri.com/techsolutions

ISTE Center for Applied Research in Educational Technology

http://caret.iste.org/

U.S. Department of Education What Works Clearinghouse

http://www.w-w-c.org/

Intel Interactive Thinking Tools

http://www.intel.com/education/tools/

WebQuest Portal

http://www.webquest.org/

Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/index.html

eMINTS Project (enhancing Missouri's Instructional Networked Teaching Strategies)

http://emints.org/

Educational Technology Support Center Program Directory

http://www.edtech.wednet.edu/etsccorner/directory.shtml

Presentation on Improving Learning with Technology: What the Research Says

http://www.k12.wa.us/EdTech/pres.aspx

Additional Selected Research Resources

The Teaching and Technology Coaching Initiative Research Summary

http://www.pugetsoundcenter.org/coaching_tools/promprac_reresearch.html  

The Learning Return on Our Educational Investment, WestEd

http://www.wested.org/online_pubs/learning_return.pdf

Key Building Blocks for Student Achievement in the 21st Century, The CEO Forum on Education

http://www.ceoforum.org/downloads/report4.pdf

One-to-One Computing in Maine: A State Profile, Metiri Group

http://www.metiri.com/NSF-Study/ME-Profile.pdf

Technology and Achievement: The Essential Work of School Leaders, A Shared Vision for Student Learning, Threshold, Fall 2003

http://www.ciconline.org/AboutCIC/Publications/Archives/threshold_fall03.htm

Research on computers and education: Past, present, and future, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

http://www.gatesfoundation.org/education/researchandevaluation/computerresearchsummary.pdf

A Decade of Reform: A Summary of Research Findings on Classroom, School, and District Effectiveness in Washington State, Washington School Research Center

http://www.spu.edu/orgs/research/ADecadeofReformOctober192003v5.pdf  

Computer-Based Technology and Learning: Evolving Uses and Expectations, NCREL

http://www.ncrel.org/tplan/cbtl/toc.htm

The Impact of Technology on Learning: Making Sense of the Research, McREL

http://www.mcrel.org/topics/productDetail.asp?topicsID=5&productID=108

Technology In Early Childhood Education, NETC

http://www.netc.org/earlyconnections/

The Impact of Education Technology on Student Achievement: What the Most Current Research Has to Say, John Schacter

http://www.mff.org/publications/publications.taf?page=161

Taking Stock: What Does the Research Say About Technology's Impact on Education? Technology and Learning magazine

http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/062000/archives/interv.html

National Center to Improve Practice (NCIP) in Special Education Through Technology, Media, and Materials, Education Development Center, Inc

http://www2.edc.org/NCIP/library/toc.htm

Technology Literacy Research and Links, Metiri Group

http://www.metiri.com/21/TechResearch.html

8th Grade Technology Requirement in NCLB and how Iowa is addressing it
http://www.aea1.k12.ia.us/technology/techliteracy.html