September_2014


 * Virginia Department of Education Update **

2014 General Assembly Revisions to the Standards of Quality (indirect impact on use of technology) []
 * Tech-related Superintendent’s Memos:**

Electronic Transcripts Contract Award Notice []

Implementation of Computer Adaptive Testing for the Grade 6 Mathematics Standards of Learning Test []

Roadmap to safeguarding student data (written for state-level but useful at division-level) []
 * Data:**

Learning Analytics InfoGraphic: []

School CIO: Who’s afraid of Big Data? []

10 Emerging Technologies in Education and How They Are Being Used Across the Globe []
 * Trends:**

5 things researchers have discovered about MOOCs []

The Five Faces of Online Education []

Google launches a teaching tool to help schools ditch paper []

Microsoft wants you to say farewell to ye olde Internet Explorer []

Are the Days of Mac vs PC Over? [] (blog entry)

New Policy Makes It Easier for Community Eligibility Schools to Participate in E-Rate Program []
 * E-Rate:**

Draft Eligible Services List for 2015-2016 is Released—Comments Due in Early September []

Summary of E-Rate Modernization Order []

The Department of Education is planning to conduct training in October and at the annual VSTE conference on the changes related to the E-Rate Modernization Order.