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Catch Leadership 3.0's play-by-play!
TICAL's co-director Michael Simkins facilitated two separate sessions at the symposium. Check out the blog for the details of each session.

Need videos to make your meetings more dynamic?
Check out this wiki created by TICAL's own co-director Rowland Baker. A variety of video clips are listed to help you enhance professional development.

Middle Grades take center stage.
Check out Taking Center Stage Act II, a great new on-line resource for middle school educators; free thanks to the California Department of Education!

Want to do more with the data from that STAR CD?
Brian Bridges, representing CTAP Region 6, walks you through how to extract this data into an Excel® file to make the analysis process much easier!

PI tools at your fingertips!
CTAP Region IV and Regional System of District and School Support (RSDSS) developed these Microsoft Excel® templates to assist you in analyzing CST and benchmark assessments.

Class Size Reduction calculations are easy as 1,2,3!
This Excel® template will help you determine and project your school's compliance towards Class Size Reduction and will calculate average class size if your SIS does not.

Get more mileage out of that long bus ride
Read about the Aspirnaut Initiative, a fascinating collaboration in Searcy, Arkansas that uses mobile Internet technology to turn the school bus into an online classroom.

EETT funding survives budget process.
After months of debate, Congress has passed FY08 appropriations for all federal education programs, and the Enhancing Education Through Technology program (EETT) survived with near level funding.

Need ideas on how to manage your assets and data?
In this new Radio TICAL episode, a Technology Specialist with Arizona’s Kyrene School District shares how his award-winning district is using technology.

Software implementation in seven easy steps!
Looking for a foolproof way to implement software? SIIA's Software Implementation Toolkit will keep you organized. Check out this 15-minute presentation summarizing the 55-page document.

Technology is...
OK, we talk about technology all the time, but just what is it?

So many ELAR's, so little time
CLRN's reviews of electronic learning assessment resources (ELARs) can help you find the product you need. This quick guide will get you started.

Just for the Kids California is your data helper!
In this presentation, cadre member Sandra Miller steps your through the many ways you can analyze testing results, compare them with other schools, and view best practices.

Employee Cell Phones
District-provided cell phones may constitute "taxable income" to employees. Learn what the IRS actually says on the matter.

You've got data—now what do you do with it?
Are you overwhelmed with all your data? Cadre members Devin Vodicka and John White prepared this presentation to help in your data-driven decision making.

New requirements for your technology plan
AB 307 added requirements related to online ethics and Internet safety to the technology plan. Here's the updated Education Code.

We're famous!
TICAL's been recognized as a leadership success story on the official site of the National Education Technology Plan.

Need a laugh?
Check out John Klossner's Tech Toons!