Program Themes & Strands

School Improvement addresses development and articulation of a vision for the role of technology in school improvement, and includes strands such as:

• Advocacy
• Assessing Technology Integration Programs
• Educational Visions
• Equity Issues
• Ethical Issues
• Funding
• Meeting Governmental Requirements for Tech Literacy
• One-to-One Initiatives
• Planning/Digital-Age School Design
• Policy Issues
• Student Assessment & Data Analysis
• Supporting Research for Technology Implementation, School Reform, & Teaching and Learning

Technology Infrastructure focuses on the technology, resources, and policies necessary to build the technology infrastructure for effective teaching, learning, and administration, and includes such strands as:

• Cloud Computing
• Computer Networking, Systems, & Related Issues
• Computer-Based Testing
• Emerging Technologies
• Integrated Data Systems
• Library/Media Centers
• Open Source
• Safety & Security Issues
• Support & Maintenance
• Web Development & Applications

Professional Learning focuses on the development of leaders and the education and accountability of teachers, administrators, and other educators, and includes such strands as:

• Achieving the ISTE NETS for Educators
• Administrative Development
• Instructional & Administrative Productivity Tools/Resources
• Online Professional Development
• Professional Development
• Professional Learning Networks/Social Media for PD
• Teacher Education (Preservice & Advanced)

Digital Age Teaching & Learning covers all aspects of technology use in the learning environment, and includes such strands as:

• Achieving the ISTE NETS for Students
• Arts
• Computer Science
• Computer Use & Skills/ICT/CTE
• Differentiated Instruction/UDL
• Digital Citizenship
• Early Childhood/Elementary
• English Language Arts
• Games & Simulations
• Global Problems Curriculum
• Innovative Learning Technologies
• Instructional Strategies & Classroom Management
• Language Learning (ESL, bilingual, world languages)
• Laptop Learning/ One-to-One Curriculum
• Learning with Mobile Devices
• Literacies for the Information/Creativity Age
• Mathematics
• Multimedia/Video/Digital Storytelling/Newscasting
• Music
• Other Subject Areas
• Podcasting
• Problem Solving & Critical Thinking
• Project-, Problem-, & Challenge-Based Curricula
• Science
• Social Studies
• Special Populations/Assistive Technology
• STEM
• Student Assessment
• Technology Integration
• Videoconferencing
• Virtual Environments
• Web/Internet
• Web 2.0

Virtual Schooling/E-learning covers all aspects of designing, choosing and evaluating, and implementing online courses and e-learning experiences for students and includes such strands as:

• Developing/Locating Digital Content/Learning Objects
• Distance Learning
• Effective Teaching Practices
• Evaluating Online Courses
• Instructional Design
• Student Assessment
• Student Engagement/Collaboration/Support
• Virtual Learning Technologies
• Virtual School Programs