You may remember getting the email below from Bill Romond a few months
ago.  I'm not disputing the importance of the information, but I do find
it interesting that the way Family PC is gathering info for this year's
survey is by posting an "ad" in their magazine.

The November 2000 issue of Family PC magazine has this "ad" requesting
schools to respond to an online survey to determine the "top 100 Wired
Schools".  You can respond to this survey at: familypc.com using the
link to the "Top 100 Wired Schools Survey."  I found it interesting that
they request the info this way instead of doing some kind of formal
survey to find them. If I remember correctly, there were no Vermont
schools listed in the "Top 100" last year.

Go for it, Vermont!

Joanne Finnegan, Technology Coordinator
Jericho/Richmond Elementary Schools

Bill Romond wrote:

> Family PC magazine recently published the results of a survey to identify
> the "Top 100 Wired Schools in the Country". In doing so they have
> accumulated evidence that showed up in all of the schools that were
> sucessful in using educational technology well. They have called this
> evidence the "Secrets to a Tech Savvy School".
>
> Not surprinsingly, those "secrets" are:
>
> 1. Develop a clear technololgy plan
> 2. Involve all stakeholders
> 3. Invest in equipment
> 4. Connect to the Web
> 5. Train the educators
> 6. Provide adequate support.
>
> Its very important that we make our teachers, administrators, and broader
> community members
> aware of this kind of information.
>
> The full text of the "secrets" articly by Roberta Furger can be found at:
> http://familypc.zdnet.com/learning/mathscience/feature/top100/index_6_1.html
>
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