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