Research on Specific Topics
The following links connect to individual research reports, and syntheses or meta-studies of research in a topic area. Also included are repositories of research which can be searched. The topics represented are some of those likely to come forward in the development of a district technology plan.
Active Learning with Technology (Field based R&D at SEDL)
(http://www.sedl.org/work/historical/tap.html)
Center for Applied Research in Educational Technology (CARET)
(http://caret.iste.org/)
The site format is structured to provide research-based answers to questions in five major areas critical to district and school plans.
Constructing Knowledge with Technology (Research Synthesis)
(http://www.sedl.org/pubs/catalog/items/tec27.html)
Conditions for Classroom Technology Integration (Research Report)
(http://lsc-net.terc.edu/do.cfm/11573)
ERIC - Educational Resources Information Center
(http://www.eric.ed.gov)
The Impact of Education Technology on Student Achievement (Research Report)
(http://www.mff.org/publications/publications.taf?page=161)
A Meta-Analysis of the Effectiveness of Teaching and Learning with Technology on Student Outcomes (Research report)
(http://www.ncrel.org/tech/effects2/)
Policy Maker's Primer on Educational Research (McREL and ECS)
(http://www.ecs.org/html/educationIssues/Research/primer/foreword.asp)
Teachers' Tools for the 21st Century (NCES study report)
(http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2000102)
Videoconferencing Research
(http://neirtec.terc.edu/k12vc/resources/research.cfm)
and (http://www.netc.org/digitalbridges/resources/research.html)
Young Children's Access to Technology at Home and at School (NCES study report)
(http://www.nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2003036)