**** IMPORTANT E-RATE INFORMATION ***
Please Note, if your school or district receives E-Rate:
All districts and educational entities filing for E-Rate in 2009, that do not currently have an approved technology plan, should complete The Basic Technology Plan (also known as The Draft Plan) prior to submitting Form 470 for e-Rate eligible services or contracts to begin after July 1, 2009. Accountability for compliance with E-Rate rules and document retention is the responsibility of the applying district or educational entity. The Basic Technology Plan can be created online at http://iirc.niu.edu. However, as service to applicants, the Illinois State Board of Education provides a link to printable templates for educational entities not having access to the templates thru iirc. Questions about access should be directed to Faith Bishop, fbishop@isbe.net.
Applicants must keep a printed copy of The Basic Technology Plan bearing a date stamp of the date it was completed on file per USAC’s document retentions rules for five years after the last date of service cited in the completed three-year plan. (This is approximately eight years.) USAC does not require this service by the TPA. Therefore, ISBE will no longer be providing the creation date stamp for districts applying for E-Rate. Illinois public school districts need to keep in mind that the completed three-year plan MUST be submitted online by February 27, 2009 for approval.
Information about The Universal Services Administrative Company and E-Rate for Schools and Libraries is available online at http://www.usac.org/sl/. For additional information about E-Rate for Illinois Schools, contact Kathleen Barnhart, Division of Curriculum and Instruction, 217-557-7323 or Kathleen Barnhart.
News
Illinois Instructional Technology
Data Portal Videos
January 18, 2010
Recorded video sessions of the Data Portal webinar (Parts 1 & 2) are listed below ...
Data Portal Session #1
Data Portal Session #2
Illinois Instructional Technology
Data Portal Webinar Powerpoint
January 11, 2010
This new site is an instructional technology data service that is free to districts and schools in Illinois. A webinar was presented on Monday You may download the Powerpoint by clicking here. For more information and to sign-up / register click here .
2009 Illinois Education & Technology Conference (IETC)
November 18-20, 2009
This was another successful event with Alan November headlining one of the "keynote" speeches during the conference. Many attendees gained information and exchange ideas with their collegues in the K-12 education setting. For highlights and other conference info click here .
GREAT LAKES 1:1 CONFERENCE
November 9-10, 2009
An outstanding 2-day conference in which over 150 attendees participated. Keynote speaker Wes Fryer was a "hit" at the conference. To continue on adding your comments and experiences during the event please go to our Great Lakes 1:1 Conference "ning" . Here you may also download session handouts , etc.
Upcoming Conference
Illinois Computing Educators
(ICE) Conference 2010
2010: A Learning Odyssey Illinois
Pheasant Run Resort and Conference Center
St. Charles, Illinois
February 23-26, 2010
For more information click here .
STATE EDUCATION FUNDING
July 21, 2009
Yesterday, during an emergency meeting, the Illinois State Board of Education approved funding for the Illinois Virtual School and the Learning Technology Centers. For more information you may view or download them below :
Illinois Virtual School
Learning Technology Centers
Hot Topic - Stimulus Money
BROADBAND STIMULUS UPDATE
July 15, 2009
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn's office has just unveiled a new website offering information and technical assistance to public and private entities, including libraries, interested in pursuing federal broadband stimulus grant funding....more
Stimulus Watch Web Site
This was created to hold public officials accountable. It lists individual projects -- which are not directly a part of the stimulus bill -- that are ready to be completed in cities across the country. Visitors can view a list of school projects according to city and state as described by 779 cities.... more
ILEARN
The primary goal of education is to assist children in learning. ILEARN (Illinois Local Education Agency Retrieval Network) was created to provide information on how the business of education is conducted.... more
Schools and the Stimulus -
Stimulus Offers Support for School Construction - Education Week
Some two months after enactment of the federal economic-stimulus package, school facilities directors are still trying to piece together how much money will be available under the measure for school construction projects, more
Watching Topics
Internet Safety in Education
This new state law lists several Internet dangers to be addressed in curriculum that will be selected for adoption at the district level. For further information and assistance please click here.
Illinois Instructional Technology
Data Portal
This new site is an instructional technology data service for districts and schools in Illinois ... more
Illinois WWII Memorial Board Classroom Project
The Illinois World War II Memorial Board, the Area 5 Learning Technology Center, and their partners have created a statewide digital project ....more
In Progress
Illinois Response to Intervention (RtI)
With the development of the State RtI plan, the next step for the stakeholder group was to develop a district self-assessment template. The stakeholder group reviewed self-assessment tools from multiple technical assistance projects ..... more
