TICAL - Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership

Quick Fact:

Total yearly allocation for FY 2002 Enhancing Education Through Technology awards to states was over $600 million. Of this total, California received approximately $85 million and New York received approximately $61 million.
Source:National Trends: Enhancing Education Through Technology, NCLB - Year One in Review, Conducted by Metiri Group, February 2004

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We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out.
-- Decca Recording Company rejecting the Beatles, 1962

TICAL is a statewide educational technology service provided by Santa Cruz County Office of Education with funding from the California Department of Education.

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Presentations by Susan Brooks-Young

Financial Planning 101

In this 9-minute narrated presentation, Susan Brooks-Young shares practical lessons learned about effective financial planning for school or district technology plans. Topics include laying the groundwork for sustainable funding, total cost of ownership, and value of investment.

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Web 2.0 Tools for Busy Administrators

In this 11 minute presentation, author and consultant Susan Brooks-Young provides a quick overview of what Web 2.0 is and then shares a concrete example of how a group of educators in Northern California used an on-line group, a wiki, and a "web-top" word processor to help them complete a collaborative planning process.

Presentation (11 minutes)
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