SAU 16 Technology Information
The following list is compiled to assist you in understanding
acronyms or new technology terms that you may hear or see. Please
contact us if you have an idea
for an addition to the list.
Also check out this website for a more comprehensive list:
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- Connected University
- Connected University is an online professional development
community, that provides educators with courses, learning resources, support,
and interaction with peers
nationwide.
- Online courses are designed to help teachers learn to integrate technology and improve student
learning in their classrooms.
- DV
- Digital Video - video recorded on a digital video camera that can
be downloaded to the computer and edited as a computer file. The
computer file can then be stored on the network or displayed on a
website.
Video resources
- E-learning
- EBSCO
- An online database available to students at all NH public and
school libraries
- requires an ID and password to access
- for more
information
- Data Driven Decision Making (D3M)
- Collecting and using data for assessment and measuring success
against pre-defined goals.
- Performance Pathways is a secure state-wide system that is used to
store and access student data
- E2T2
- An education grant - Enhancing Technology Through Education - that
results from the No Child Left Behind legislation and is specifically
geared to improve student academic achievement through the use of
technology in elementary and secondary schools. Additional goals
include:
- assisting every student in crossing the digital divide by ensuring
that every student is technologically literate by the time the student
finishes the eighth grade
- encouraging the effective integration of technology resources and
systems with teacher training and curriculum development to establish
research-based instructional methods that can be widely implemented as
best practices by State educational agencies and local educational
agencies
- SAU 16 received the grant for the regional training
center - SPDC.
- For more information, see
US Dept. of
Education website.
- FAQ
- A "Frequently Asked Questions" list
- This list is an example of FAQ
- FirstClass
- The E-mail system that SAU 16 uses for all schools, staff and
administration
- For more information on FirstClass at SAU 16, click
here
- ICT Standards
- ICT stands for information and communication technology. This
acronym is used throughout much of the world in place of the word
technology when referring to skills or standards for technology use.
Educational technology refers to the application of technology skills
for learning.
- link to more information
- I-Safe
- an Internet Safety program that provides awareness and knowledge
that enables students to recognize and avoid dangerous, destructive or
unlawful online behavior and to respond appropriately
- the program was developed by a non-profit foundation and is
available at no cost
- I-Safe website
- Javascript
- a programming language used to enhance web pages. Users may
have it turned off on their web browsers and therefore web pages that
utilize it may not display properly
- Kidspiration/Inspiration
- a software program used in several elementary schools that helps
students develop writing skills - called a "concept mapping" program
-
Kidspiration™ helps students K-5 see, organize and develop their great
ideas.
- visit
Teacher Resource page or
Inspiration Software, Inc.'s website for more information
- Kurzweil
- a software program used by special education that provides a
scanning, reading and writing solution for people with learning
disabilities or reading difficulties. To view a 10 minute demo
that shows capabilities of program, click
here
- LoTi - Levels of Technology Implementation
- a scale used in a effort to accurately measure authentic classroom
technology use.
- the scale focuses on the use of technology as an
interactive learning medium because this particular component has the
greatest and lasting impact on classroom pedagogy and is the most
difficult to implement and assess. The challenge is not merely to use
technology to achieve isolated tasks (e.g., word processing a research
paper, creating a multimedia slide show, browsing the Internet), but
rather to integrate technology in an exemplary manner that supports
purposeful problem-solving, performance-based assessment practices,
and experiential learning.
- to view SAU 16's LoTi rubric, click
here
- for more information on LoTi, try this
website
- NCLB - No Child Left Behind
- A US Government Act that is a result of the new education law that
Pres. Bush signed on January 8, 2002.
- requires that all schools develop specific goals (i.e. by 2014,
100% of the nation's school children will reach proficiency in reading
and mathematics) and report assessment in achieving those goals
- for more information check out the site at
www.nclb.gov
- PDA/Palm
- Personal Digital Assistants - a specific brand name is Palm Pilot
- All SAU 16 administration and all school principals have been
issued and trained in using PDA's
- To learn more about Palms, check our
handheld section
- OpenNH
- Open Source
- Podcast
- A podcast is an audio file (usually an MP3) that is uploaded to a
special website that offers RSS subscription.
- A program such as
iTunes is used to "subscribe" to a podcast website and then will
automatically check for new audio files that have been posted.
- PowerSchool
- A student information system that stores student attendance,
grades and demographic data.
- SmartBoard
- A Smartboard is an electronic white board that is fully
interactive.
The board is connected to your computer through a serial
connection, your computer output is connected to a projector, and
that is projected on the board. You now have, in effect, one very
large Tablet PC. You can operate your pc from the board (you
literally tap the board with your finger to duplicate a mouse click),
you can write or draw on the board, and you can print or save your
input to the board. You can write a series
of notes on the board, and then tap the written text and it is
instantly OCR'ed into editable text that can be saved as a file or
printed.
- RSS
- Stands for "really simple syndication" and is a way to
automatically retrieve updates from a website.
- A program called an
Aggregator is used to "subscribe" to the website and display the news
updated.
- See SAU 16
section on using RSS.
- SPDC - Seacoast Professional Development Center
- A training center located in downtown Exeter for the establishment
of professional development services for teachers, administrators, and
para-professionals.
- provides workshops and on-line courses as well as intensive
two-week summer institutes on a range of topics.
- SPDC Website
- Terminal Services
- A computer setup that utilizes older computers by using a Server
that provides the computing power and attaching older/lower power PC's
that act as dumb terminals and basically provide only the mouse,
keyboard, monitor and network attachment.
- View presentation
made by Richard Pratt to Exeter Regional Coop. School Board November
2002.
- WebQuest
- A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of
the information used by learners is drawn from the Web. WebQuests are
designed to use learners' time well, to focus on using information
rather than looking for it, and to support learners' thinking at the
levels of analysis, synthesis and evaluation.
- visit a website by the
Educational Technology Department at San Diego State University or
one at
Tech Learning
for more information about WebQuests.
This list was compiled to assist you in understanding acronyms or new
technology terms that you may hear or see. Please
contact us if you have an idea
for an addition to the list.
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