Technology+Page

On Open Source Technologies

 * 1) [|Education 2.0: The next evolution of school software has arrived]
 * 2) Productivity Software replacement options
 * 3) [|Open Office] (Windows platform)
 * 4) [|NeoOffice] (Macintosh platform)
 * 5) Operating System replacement options
 * 6) [|Ubuntu Linux]
 * 7) [|EduBuntu]
 * 8) Wesley's [|social bookmarks on open source]

Educational Technology Research Sources

 * 1) [|New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce] (December 2006)
 * 2) [|The Partnership for 21st Century Skills]
 * 3) [|Pew Internet & American Life Project]
 * 4) [|Visions 2020.2: Student Views on Transforming Education and Training Through Advanced Technologies] - by The U.S. Department of Education, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Commerce and [|NetDay]
 * 5) [|Technology in Schools: What the Research Says] (PDF) - From Cisco and Metri
 * 6) [|Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future] (free downloadable PDF)
 * 7) [|Generation M: Media in the Lives of 8-18 Year-olds] (Kaiser Foundation research)
 * 8) [|A Global Imperative: The Report of the 21st Century Literacy Summit] (PDF - from the [|New Media Consortium])

Other Publications Relating to Educatioinal Technology Needs, Issues, and Planning

 * 1) TIME Magazine’s Cover Story 13 Feb 2006: [|Are We Losing Our Edge?]
 * 2) [|GenTech: The Wiring of Teen America] from CBS News

Source: http://teachdigital.pbwiki.com/technologyplanning

http://fractel.wikispaces.com/Open+Source+Software+Discussion - a wiki full of all sorts of open source tools that you can look at find out what might be worth using with your class.