TICAL - Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership

Quick Fact:

In 2003, about 45% of students access the Internet from home, and 43% access the Internet from school.
Source:National Center for Education Statistics

Quote:

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
-- Albert Einstein

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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E-Newsletters

Free for the asking!

By Michael Simkins

Electronic newsletters can be a quick and easy way to keep track of what's happening--in the world at large as well as in education. Below is a sampling of ones you might try out. The links will take you to information on how to subscribe.

Typically, when you start your subscription, you'll get a welcome message that includes information on how to "unsubscribe" (i.e. cancel your subscription). Be sure to save this information so it will be easy to stop the subscription whenever you want. Also, remember that to take advantage of links within the newsletters, you'll have to be on line when reading them.

Ed.Net Briefs® is a weekly newsletter that contains a compilation of summaries of important or interesting education news stories, including the complete source citation and a hyperlink to the full story.
PEN Weekly NewsBlast is similar to Ed.Net Briefs in that it's weekly and features a selection of headlines linked to full stories. It's put out by the Public Education Network.
ASCD SmartBrief. Smartbrief.com creates a daily "front page" tailored to specific interests. There's a quick blurb on each story and a link to follow if you want to read the whole thing. The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development's version is aimed at educators and you don't need to be an ASCD member to subscribe.
eSN School Technology Alert is published once a week by eSchool News and focuses on news in the educational technology realm.
TechLearning News is an excellent source of school technology news. It's published bi-monthly by Technology & Learning magazine and the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN).
K-12 Tech Trends is a weekly newsletter covering the latest in technology trends, tools, and usage for K-12 instruction and administration. Opinion pieces by leading technology experts and visionaries provide insight on a variety of critical issues. News, announcements, and need-to-know statistics give readers a quick look at timely news and events affecting the education community.
EDInfo is published by the U.S. Department of Education. It comes out two or three times per week and can keep you posted on federal education legislation, issues, etc.
District Daily is published weekdays and includes links to current news items affecting technology and education as well as grant information.
mywashingtonpost.com offers a range of newsletters from daily headlines to instant alerts of serious late breaking news. You select the type of newsletters you wish to receive.

Disclaimer - TICAL has listed private consultants and vendors on this web site as resources for educational administrators. By including these private consultants and vendors, TICAL makes no endorsement of them or the services or products they offer. Nor, by this listing, is TICAL making any statement about other private consultants and vendors that are not listed. Any person, organization, or entity choosing to use one of the private consultants and vendors listed on this site, should exercise due diligence prior to entering into a contract. This web site may from time to time be linked to third party web sites. Such links do not constitute an endorsement of such third party web sites, nor is TICAL responsible for any viruses, content, or disputes resulting from access to such third party sites.

Today's date and time: February 9, 2010, 3:42 am PDT
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