Useful Information
MySpace Offers new Administrator's Guide
NSBA is working with MySpace to disseminate its new Administrator’s Guide as a PDF for districts that are Technology Leadership Network members. The explosive growth of social networking has created challenges for some school leaders, and NSBA felt the guide is an excellent resource for superintendents and principals. It provides direct phone and e-mail access to reach the appropriate individuals within MySpace should school leaders experience a problem with postings by any of their students or faculty.
MySpace has requested that its Administrator's Guide not be reproduced and distributed to parents since they have other materials available for that audience and wish to keep the educators' access numbers open for specific, school-related questions. Information for parents is on the MySpace website.
Please note: NSBA does not have hard copies of this guide. MySpace is happy to fulfill additional requests for copies of the
Administrator's Guide as long as it is for distribution to other school principals, counselors, the school's legal counsel, or district administrators. If you have any questions about the guide, please contact
Simrin Mangat from Fox News.
Resources
- Technology Sessions for School Board Members at NSBA’s Annual Conference
Fresh innovations to keep schools moving forward.
- T+L Conference
This annual meeting is the only national K-12 educational technology conference focused on the needs to district leadership teams. Hundreds of sessions and exhibitors convene to address the most critical issues and opportunities in educational technology.
- EDvancenet.org
The EDvancenet project was launched in 1999 through a partnership between Consortium for School Networking, the National School Boards Foundation, and MCI. It was committed to providing resources to keep policymakers and school leaders informed of the issues that affect how schools can use technology to improve student achievement, address educational equity and ensure workforce preparedness for our nation's students.
- Education Leadership Toolkit
Written in 1997, this Toolkit is a collection of resources—research reports, case studies, discussion guides and other tools—the concepts which continue to ring true in technology integration.
- BoardBuzz, NSBA's Daily Weblog
Written by a team from NSBA’s ranks of editors, advocacy professionals, and experts in policy and school law, who know the issues, the players, and the angles. BoardBuzz delivers a fast, sharp, informed read on important issues to school board members and to all public education advocates.