TICAL - Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership

Quick Fact:

According to the 2006 Digest of Education Statistics, 100% of the classrooms in California are connected to the Internet.
Source:Digest of Education statistics 2006

Quote:

Today, tens of thousands of underused computers, neglected Internet modems and turned-off TV sets gather dust in classrooms...Electronic technology has revolutionized 21st-century work, but not 21st-century learning.
-- James Guthrie, professor, Vanderbilt University

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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Principals, New Teachers, and Technology

By Bruce Duncan
Director of Technology
The New Teacher Center at the University of California, Santa Cruz

What can principals expect new teachers to know about technology? What is expected of them during the induction process, and how can principals support new teachers as they work to meet standards for full certification? In this brief, narrated slide show, Bruce Duncan, Director of Technology at the New Teacher Center at the University of California, Santa Cruz, provides answers to these important questions. Bruce's presentation sites specific examples relevant to California's Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment (BTSA) program, but the content will be instructive for principals in any state.

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Today's date and time: March 10, 2010, 3:45 pm PDT
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