reference guide

The LTC’s annual Legal Reference Guide provides an introduction to the statutes, regulations, and rules that may apply to the use of technology in a school district. The information presented in this guide was written in collaboration with the LTC’s attorneys and should not be construed as legal advice or a comprehensive reference of every statute, regulation, or rule that may relate to technology within school districts. Unless otherwise noted, the laws referred to herein apply to all…

Laws Affecting Technology in Illinois School Districts Legal Reference Guide & Database The LTC’s Legal Reference Guide and Database provides an introduction to the statutes, regulations, and rules that may apply to the use of technology in a school district. The information presented below was written in collaboration with the LTC’s attorneys and should not be construed as legal advice or a comprehensive reference of every statute, regulation, or rule that may relate to technology within school districts….

…abbreviated form. “Last week, the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) announced new guidance on computer science learning. ISBE will provide districts with resources to support these new guidelines by the start of the new school year.” The LTC also maintains a list of relevant acronyms, including those for state and national associations, programs, vendors, and other education terms. Refer to the LTC Education Acronym Guide for details. Contractions Do not use contractions in formal, written documents, including…

…path towards compliance this year. What is the W3C WCAG? Created by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are a set of standards designed to make web content more accessible to people with disabilities. Specifically, these guidelines outline both how an accessible website should appear and function, starting with the basic navigation and continuing upward through perceivable website content (text, images, sounds, etc.). The WCAG are structured around the following core principles,…

…also free online course material and a free validator tool that will aid in checking compliance. The detailed guide, “How to meet WCAG Quick Reference,” has descriptions of each of the characteristics required. We recommend educators and administrators review this reference to answer, “Is this Level AA accessible?” WCAG 2.0 Quick Reference is a customizable reference to WCAG 2.0 requirements and techniques. WebAIM’s WCAG 2.0 Checklist provides recommendations for implementing HTML-related principles and techniques for WCAG 2.0 compliance….

Technology Documentation Guide This Technology Documentation Guide was created to help districts more effectively organize critical technology-related documents in a single digital repository. This provides for more seamless day-to-day operations, as well as improved continuity of operations during periods of personnel change. Using Google Drive, this guide allows you to categorize your documents in a consistent, easy-to-navigate folder structure. Links to these folders can be easily provided to individual tech team members, ensuring that access to proprietary institutional…

ISBE has developed and released new computer literacy guidelines for use in all Illinois K-12 schools. In this workshop, we’ll explore what computer literacy is, ISBE’s K-12 Computer Literacy Knowledge and Skill Continuum, and how you can bring computer literacy into your classrooms while meeting these new teaching requirements. Along the way, we will unpack the guidelines, conduct a self-assessment to identify gaps in knowledge, and begin to align your district’s exciting resources and tools to the guidelines…

Building on the highly-popular LTC Technology Documentation Guide, this 2.0 version includes many more resources, examples, a CyberGuide, timelines, and an aesthetically pleasing interface. This Technology Documentation Guide was created to help districts more effectively organize critical technology-related documents in a single digital repository. This provides for more seamless day-to-day operations, as well as improved continuity of operations during periods of personnel change. Using Google Drive, this guide allows you to categorize your documents in a consistent, easy-to-navigate…

The Apple Deployment Guide for Education is intended for technology managers and technical administrators and provides instruction on the steps of deploying Apple devices successfully in a learning environment. View Guide…

…& Copyright Edutopia – A Teacher’s Guide to Copyright and Fair Use American Library Association Fair Use Evaluator An Introduction to the Structure and Procedure of Creative Commons Creative Commons – License Types, Purposes, and Provisions A Special Thank You A special “thank you” to Renee Bogacz (@mrsbogacz) of Channahon School District 17 for her contributions to this guide. Her insights ensured that this guide’s recommendations and terminology were well-aligned to the needs and views of today’s educators….