Snapshot: Texas Education Agency State Resources

Individual State Profile Report

• Texas State Profile Round 3 (FY 04) - web report
• Texas State Profile Round 4 (FY 05) - web report
• Texas State Profile Round 5 (FY 06) - pdf report
• Texas State Profile Round 5 (FY 06) - web report
• Texas State Profile Round 6 (FY 07) - pdf report
• Texas State Profile Round 7 (FY 08) - pdf report

State Technology Plans

• Texas Technology Plan

Featured State Projects

• Texas Education Agency - Education Technology
• Texas Education Agency - Title II Part D
• TEXAS MODEL TO PREPARE TEACHERS TO INTEGRATE ED/TECH

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Ed-Tech Team

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Biography: Director, Educational Technology, Texas Education Agency. Anita has led the educational technology efforts in Texas for over ten years. She provides leadership for the integration, utilization, evaluation, and expansion of educational technologies throughout the state through the on-going implementation of the State Board of Education's Long-Range Plan for Technology. This includes the integration of technology into all content areas K-12, Technology Grant Programs, Educational Technology Pilot Projects, Technology Planning and E-Rate. She serves on a wide variety of boards and committees on the state and national level. Anita is currently the Chair of the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA). Anita received the 2002 NCTET Community Builder Award for her efforts to advance the cause of education technology nationally. She was also named one of the 25 “Doers, Dreamers, and Drivers of Information Technology for 2002 by Government Technology Magazine and the Center for Digital Government. Anita makes presentations to many national audiences and at state and national conferences on educational technology. Anita has taught Kindergarten and 2nd grade and educational technology classes from elementary through graduate school. She received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Early Childhood Education from Houston Baptist University and a Master of Science Degree in Educational Management from University of Houston-Clear Lake.

Biography: Karen Kahan is the Educational Technology Director at the Texas Education Agency (TEA). Departments within the Educational Technology Unit include Technology Applications, Distance Learning, Special Projects, Technology Grant Programs, Educational Technology Pilot Projects, Technology Planning, and E-Rate. Prior to becoming Educational Technology Director, she was the Technology Applications Director at TEA for 12 years and, prior to that, she served in other capacities in educational technology at TEA where she has worked for nearly 18 years. Karen taught mathematics at the middle school level before joining TEA. Currently, she serves on the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) Board of Directors. She has been involved with SETDA since it first began in 2001.