256.33 - EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE.
256.33 EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE.
The department shall consort with school districts, area education
agencies, community colleges, and colleges and universities to
provide assistance to them in the use of educational technology for
instruction purposes. The department shall consult with the advisory
committee on telecommunications, established in section 256.7,
subsection 7, and other users of educational technology on the
development and operation of programs under this section.
If moneys are appropriated by the general assembly for a fiscal
year for purposes provided in this section, the programs funded by
the department may include but not be limited to:
1. The development and delivery of in-service training, including
summer institutes and workshops for individuals employed by
elementary, secondary, and higher education corporations and
institutions who are using educational technology for instructional
purposes. The in-service programs shall include the use of hardware
as well as effective methods of delivery and maintenance of a
learning environment.
2. Research projects on ways to improve instruction at all
educational levels using educational technology.
3. Demonstration projects which model effective uses of
educational technology.
4. Establishment of a clearinghouse for information and research
concerning practices relating to and uses of educational technology.
5. Development of curricula that could be used by approved
teacher preparation institutions to prepare teachers to use
educational technology in the classroom.
6. Pursuit of additional funding from public and private sources
for the functions listed in this section.
Priority shall be given to programs integrating telecommunications
into the classroom. The department may award grants to school
corporations and higher education institutions to perform the
functions listed in this section. Section History: Recent Form
89 Acts, ch 319, § 41; 93 Acts, ch 48, § 16; 95 Acts, ch 67, §20