1. Forum Unified Education Technology Suite National Forum on Education Statistics sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences National Center for Education Statistics as a component of the National Cooperative Education Statistics System Winter 2004 Forum Meeting Gerald Malitz, National Center for Education Statistics Andy Rogers, Education Statistics Services Institute (ESSI) Tom Szuba, Quality Information Partners (QIP)

2. The Purpose The Forum Unified Education Technology Suite presents a practical, comprehensive, and tested approach to: assessing, acquiring, instituting, managing, securing, and using … technology in education settings.

3. The History This online resource combines and updates four previously existing NCES/Forum publications: Safeguarding Your Technology (1998) Technology @ Your Fingertips, Version 2.0 (2001) Technology in Schools (2002) Weaving a Secure Web around Education (2003)

4. The Audience Developed for individuals in education settings who are responsible for: acquiring and installing technology systems supervising technology acquisition and implementation managing technology systems on a day-to-day basis integrating technology into classrooms Some portions of this resource are relevant to other staff in an education institution, including individuals who are responsible for : collecting and reporting data about technology resources, access, and use maintaining electronic education records developing, maintaining, and overseeing school or district websites ensuring information and technology security within an education institution

5. The Outline A broad, yet detailed, look at technology planning and implementation in an education setting.

6. The Website http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2005/tech_suite/

7. The Development Team Gerald Malitz, National Center for Education Statistics Andy Rogers, Education Statistics Services Institute Tom Szuba, Quality Information Partners Raymond Yeagley, Rochester (NH) Schools (review) Donna Moss (editor) Bobbi Woods, Pinkerton Computer Consultants Inc. (web) Oversight and support were provided by the Technology Committee of the National Forum on Education Statistics.

8. Contacts Browse: Coordinator: email: Support: email: http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2005/tech_suite/ Gerald Malitz, National Center for Education Statistics gerald.malitz@ed.gov gerald.malitz@ed.gov Andy Rogers, Education Statistics Services Institute arogers@air.org Tom Szuba, Quality Information Partners, Inc. tomszuba@qi-partners.com

9. Thank You Questions or Comments?