| Are You a Techno-Constructivist? | |
| This article by Walter McKenzie gives examples of the types of activities a techno-constructivists provides for their classroom. |
| Blackboard K-12 | |
| Blackboard offers K-12 solutions for tracking student performance, delivering standards-based content, enhancing professional development and team collaboration, and increasing student/ teacher accountability. |
| Clinging to Horace Mann in the Twenty-First Century | |
| David Thornburg examines the uses of technology and the underlying model of education. |
| Computer Using Educators(CUE) | |
| California's computer using educators' organization is dedicated to learning, teaching and technology. Find information on upcoming conferences, the California Web Project, a hot list of software, video and more. |
| Confessions of a Former Technophobe | |
| A second grade teacher writes about her journey from technophobe to doctoral candidate in instructional technology. |
| Connecting Student Learning and Technology | |
| An article from Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL) that encourages teachers use of technology in productive interesting ways. |
| Consider This | |
| PBS TeacherSource provides a monthly forum for David Thornburg and his thoughtful perspectives on technology and education. Archived past particles are also linked to the site. |
| Digital Equity Toolkit | |
| A guide for educators who want to integrate email and the Internet into their classroom or project. Many links address the "digital divide", the gap between those who can access technology easily, and those who cannot. This is an issue we deal with continually in education. |
| Directors of Educational Technology/California Higher Education | |
| DET/CHE is an organization committed to providing professional growth and share ideas and advance the fields of instructional technology, multimedia, and open learning. |
| Educational Technology Leadership Program | |
| George Washington University provides information on distance learning programs leading to graduate degrees. |
| e-Learning | |
| The Office of Educational Technology in the U.S. Department of Education presents the National Educational Technology Plan: goals to put "a world-class education at the fingertips of all children". |
| Guidelines for Planning Student Internet Experiences | |
| Suggested guidelines for elementary teachers planning to use the Internet with students in the classroom presented by Linda J. Burkhart. |
| Implementing the Seven Principles: Technology as Lever | |
| Arthur W. Chickering and Stephen C. Ehrmann offer ways to use technology to help students learn effectively in implementing the well-known seven principles developed years ago through the American Association for Higher Education. |
| Kids Konnect | |
| A safe Internet gateway for kids created and maintained by educators. |
| KidsClick | |
| Teach students how to navigate the World Wide Web through a series of easily understood lessons. |
| Narragansett Pier Middle School Technology Curriculum | |
| This 5-8 school shares their technology scope and sequence, essential questions, performance indicators, performance standards, and assessment procedures. |
| Nation Online | |
| Original report on How Americans are Expanding their Use of the Internet from the NTIA and the Economics and Statistics Administration in Feb., 2002. |
| Nine Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning | |
| Guidelines for designing learning activities developed by the American Association of School Librarians and the Association of Educational Communications and Technology. |
| Online! | |
| Web site for Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources by Andrew Harnack and Eugene Kleppinger. Find detailed advice for citing online sources, as well as URLs from the text of the book. |
| Overview of the Digital Divide | |
| This complex issue is identified, case studies are presented, and policies are reviewed for those who have access to technology versus those who do not by Bridges.org, a group which strives to span the international digital divide. |
| Palm Education Pioneers | |
| How are Palm Handheld computers being used in the classroom? Find out about some innovative teachers and students using these small computers in K-12 classrooms. |
| PBS TeacherLine Live Chat | |
| Provides professional development for K-12 teachers, future teachers, administrators, and college professors. Register free to benefit from recent research using synchronous discussions connecting mathematics instruction and technology. |
| Plan Your Own Technology Professional Development | |
| Resources to help you increase technology proficiency at your school. |
| Professional Development Portfolio Template | |
| Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence presents this tool to help teachers create a professional development portfolio based on current research and sound educational teaching and learning practices. |
| Recent Research on the Effects of Technology on Teaching and Learning | |
| A summary of research findings that indicates the various ways technology enhances learner outcomes. |
| SafetyNet: Internet Usage Guidelines for Schools | |
| This document is available for download, in PDF format, and there is a PowerPoint presentation as well. |
| School Notes | |
| Free site for teachers to post homework or class information for ready access by parents and students. Accessible through school ZIP code. |
| Spam Remedies: Some Special Federal Government Resources for Reporting Spam | |
| Joe St. Sauver from the University of Oregon has compiled some resources for you to report certain types of unwanted, unsolicited email. |
| Study Reveals Shift in the Digital Divide for Students | |
| This eSchool News article by Corey Murray reports on recent findings between students who regularly use the computer and those who do not. |
| Tales From the Electronic Frontier | |
| Learn how ten teachers used the Internet in their K-12 science and mathematics programs. Their vivid, firsthand accounts illustrate how this powerful tool can enhance teaching and learning. |
| Tapped In | |
| TAPPED IN is a growing community of K-14 teachers engaged in professional discourse, collaborative work, and other on-line activities. |
| Teacher Help for the Internet | |
| A collection of links to sites with training or tutorials about the Internet. |
| Teacher List | |
| Internet resources recommended by teachers for teachers. Search by subject area or by grade level. |
| Teacher Web | |
| Resource for teacher Web sites in order to post class notes, homework assignments, school information, and more. There is a monthly or annual fee for this service. |
| Teachers N Technology | |
| A site designed for educators who want to integrate the Internet into their K-12 classrooms. You'll find subject specific content, classroom ideas, technology planning tips, lesson plans, student Internet projects, web publishing, listservs, and more. |
| Teaching and Learning with Technology | |
| Resources from a course of the same name |
| Tech Learning Especially for Teachers | |
| TechLearning offers tips and research for Education Technology Leaders. |
| Technology & Young Children | |
| The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)Technology Caucus presents their position on technology use in early education, examples of best practices, research, funding sources and internet tips. |
| Technology as a Tool to Support Instruction | |
| Lynne Schrum discusses way in which technology provides tools to enhance learning. |
| The Six Web-and-Flow Activity Formats | |
| Take a look at six different ways to use the Internet with Students: Topic Hotlist, Subject Sampler, Insight Reflector, WebQuest, Concept Builder, and Knowledge Hunt. |
| TrackStar | |
| Create classroom lessons designed for your students or view another teacher's lesson for interactive learning.l |
| Using Technology to Improve Student Achievement | |
| NCREL article explaining how administrators can use recent research to justify expenditures on technology as it helps improve student’s higher-level thinking skills. |
| Verizon Foundation MarcoPolo Internet Content Resources | |
| MarcoPolo provides standards-based Internet content and professional development for K-12 educators and students. |
| WebCT | |
| WebCT allows teachers to participate in synchronous online "Webinars." Check out the demo to learn more. Visit the online showcase and see the archive of online events. |
| WebQuest Page | |
| This site teaches you to create and use WebQuests in working online to do research. It is particularly helpful as you can choose particular researched sites for students to access rather than the whole Internet. |
| WebTeacher | |
| Learn the Web basics, how to communicate, how to work with video files, how to make a home page, work with digital cameras, web cams, and more. |
| Welcoming the Internet into Your Classroom | |
| Scholastic offers information on using simple searching techniques,developing information literacy skills, and strategies to develop Internet safe lesson. |
| Why Use the Internet in the Classroom? | |
| The National Teacher Training Institute presents some questions to ask when evaluating whether to use the internet or not in planning lessons and projects for students. |
| World Lecture Hall: Online Courses | |
| UT Austin Web Central contains links to pages created by faculty worldwide who are using the Web to deliver class materials. |
| You've Got Spam: How to "Can" Unwanted Email | |
| The Federal Trade Commission offers these facts for consumers in getting rid of all those junk email messages that show up in your inbox. |