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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ED SEEKS TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS THAT WORK

June 15, 1999

The U.S. Department of Education is looking for details on schools and school districts that are using technology to improve education. The department's Educational Technology Panel, established last fall to examine technology's role in schools, is accepting applications for national recognition of programs to integrate technology in the classroom and other learning areas.

The group lists possible areas such as teaching and learning in all curricular areas or across disciplines; preK-12 learning supported by community-based or business organizations; reorganizing of schools and other settings to enhance educational effectiveness; improving educational access and equity, and preparing students for 21st century work and citizenship. Applications for recognition are due Sept. 1 and, in keeping with the technology theme, must be filed online. Acceptable applicants include local education agencies and school districts, for-profit or non-profit organizations and private schools or groups of private schools.

Further information is available at www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/ORAD/LTD/panel.html.

The panel plans to evaluate applicants in October and November and recommend to Secretary of Education William Riley by December which programs deserve recognition as "exemplary" or "promising" efforts. "The Secretary and Expert Panel expect the promising and exemplary programs to serve as models to a wide variety of institutions," the department says. The department's Office of Educational Research and Development will descriptions of the programs on its web site for others to copy or draw ideas from. In addition, the department will urge recognized programs to share their experiences with visiting educators and provide advice and demonstrations of their programs.8