Knowledge: technology
See Also:
- computers → education
- reference → education → distance learning
- reference → education → instructional technology
- reference → education → k through 12 → educators → teaching resources
- reference → education → products and services → technology
- reference → education → subjects
Links
- NetLingo: The Internet Language Dictionary
http://www.netlingo.com/ - A dictionary and glossary for the language of the Internet acronyms.
- Technology Applications Center for Educator Development
http://www.tcet.unt.edu/START/index.htm - Teacher-sifted activities utilizing web resources in core subjects and technology.
- November Learning
http://www.anovember.com/ - Promotes effective use of information and communication technologies to support and enhance learning. Provides information about educational technology, teacher training, professional development, grants, and learning on the Internet.
- Teaching the Teachers
http://www.electronic-school.com/0398f1.html - Professional development for educators using technology.
- Tech Corps
http://techcorps.org/ - A national non-profit organization dedicated to improving K-12 education at the grassroots level by helping educators effectively use technology in their schools.
- The Learning Resource Server
http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/ - Features the projects of teachers and students, as well as the work of researchers who are articulating new visions of what learning can be. Also providers resources to help educators learn how to create new knowledge.
- Lower Hudson Regional Information Center
http://www.lhric.org - Educational technology resources available for technology leadership including school lesson plans, security, networks, software, and student information systems.
- National Center for Technology Planning
http://www.nctp.com/ - A clearinghouse for the exchange of many types of information related to technology planning.
- National Educational Technology Standards Project
http://cnets.iste.org/ - Goal is to develop standards that will guide educational leaders in planning for effective use of technology to support learning, teaching, and educational management. Includes resources and example lesson plans for teachers.
- Discovery School - Custom Classroom
http://school.discovery.com/customclassroom/about.html - Provides access to some of the most powerful teaching tools available online, plus the ability to save documents in a personal account.
- Reinventing Schools: The Technology Is Now!
http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/techgap/index.html - A plausible future for the use of technology in education. Presented by the National Academy of Sciences.
- Ozline
http://www.ozline.com/ - See our comprehensive package for using "Web-and-Flow" to support schools, districts and regions.
- Developing a School or District Technology Plan
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/technlgy/te300.htm - Hyperlinked summary of this issue.
- Technology in Education
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/te0cont.htm - Annotated collection of links to resources related to using or planning to use technology in schools.
- Planning for Change and Technology
http://www.nsba.org/sbot/toolkit/pfcnt.html - Processes and tools to assist in leading change and planning for technology.
- NetDayCompass
http://www.netdaycompass.org - A comprehensive directory of education technology resources designed for decision-makers in K-12 schools. Topics include planning, infrastructure, grants and funding, classroom support, and best practices.
- This is our Time
http://www.timeproject.org/ - A worldwide telecommunications project for secondary schools organised for Unesco ASP (Associated Schools Projects).
- Keyboarding Research and Resources
http://ci.coe.uni.edu/facstaff/zeitz/web/general/keyboardingresearch.html - A collection of research and resources about when and how to teach keyboarding. Dr. Leigh Zeitz also makes a few comments on the subject.
- Teachers Helping Teachers
http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/ - Lesson plans for integrating the Internet with your curriculum. This is a free, non-profit service. It costs nothing to access the information, and no money is made from teachers who contribute.
- Internet Pocket Guide for Teachers
http://www.genium.com/ipgt/ - Gives teachers step-by-step directions for getting connected to the Internet. Includes exercises and tips for using the Internet in the curriculum.
- SIMON
http://prime.jsc.nasa.gov/SIMON/Version3/ - School Internet Manager Over Networks from NASA (MacIntosh only)
- The TELRI Project: Technology Enhanced Learning in Research-led Institutions
http://www.warwick.ac.uk/ETS/TELRI/ - News, resources, publications, events, case studies and evaluation materials, project overview, and contact details.
- NSBF Internet Survey - Are We There Yet?
http://www.nsbf.org/thereyet/index.htm - Research and guidelines on schools' use of the Internet.
- McKinsey Report
http://cavern.uark.edu/mckinsey/contents.html - Provides facts and perspectives to help policymakers and educators understand what it will take to connect the nation's public K-12 schools to the information superhighway over the next 5 to 10 years. Prepared for the National Information Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIIAC).
- World Links
http://www.world-links.org/ - Connects and trains teachers and kids in developing countries to improve education and employment opportunities. Includes news, features stories, and links to resources. In English, Spanish and French.
- The iTeacherEd Project
http://education.uregina.ca/iteachered - This site is an original resource for instructional technology for the K-12 level and for Schools of Education wanting to better introduce technological literacy into Teacher Education Programs.
- Technology Student Association
http://www.tsaweb.org - TSA is a national organization devoted to elementary, middle and high school students with a dedicated interest in technology. Assisting TSA's students are teachers, alumni, parents and business leaders who support a technologically literate society.
- Virtual Architecture
http://virtual-architecture.wm.edu/ - Contains examples of curriculum-based educational telecomputing projects and other related resources. Companion site to the ISTE book of the same name.
- Internet4Classrooms
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/ - Index to three collections of sites designed to help teachers use the Internet effectively, or to learn specific software applications.
- Children's Internet Protection Act
http://cipa.neric.org - Up to date information on the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA).
- YouthLearn
http://www.youthlearn.org/ - A resource and community for after-school youth programs that integrate technology. Includes lesson plans, teaching techniques, project design tools, samples and examples, software/hardware advice, discussions.
- Integrated Technology Education Group
http://www.iteg.com - Describes a total system approach to the challenges of linking education technology products and services to school facilities, while seeking to optimize student learning.
- CEO Forum on Education and Technology
http://www.ceoforum.org/ - Issues reports and annual assessments of the nation's progress toward integrating technology into American classrooms through the year 2000.
- Educational Technology WebRing
http://www.webring.com/hub?ring=edtech - List of all member web sites.
- Electronic Emissary
http://emissary.wm.edu/ - Helps K-12 teachers and students with web access locate other Internet users who are experts in different disciplines for the purpose of setting up curriculum-based, electronic exchanges among the teachers, students, and the experts. Also conducts research on telementoring interactions in which K-12 students are active inquirers.
- Literacy and Technology
http://campus.fortunecity.com/newton/40/home.html - Annotated resource for parents, teachers, and students K-12. Education, media, computer, reference, and virtual field trip links included.
- Making the Net Work for Schools: Online Research Modules
http://www.fno.org/sept97/online.html - Online research modules provide a path a teacher can follow with a class of students. They offer clear instructions as well as daily activities which focus on higher level thinking and electronic resources which have been tested for quality.
- U.S. Dept. of Education - Educational Technology
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/os/technology/ - Funding opportunities for technology, the Technology Literacy Challenge, information on the e-rate, research and publications.
- Catalyst
http://catalyst.washington.edu/ - Resources, training, tools, and templates to build web pages and utilize technology in the classroom.
- Extend, Enhance, and Facilitate
http://www.jmadden.info - This website is intended as a way to share ideas with fellow educators and engage in an on-going conversation about the ways in which technology can extend, enhance, and facilitate learning. It provides lessons, activities,and resources.
- Filamentality 2.0
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/index.html - Guided process to construct internet treasure hunts and WebQuests as well as a repository of activities and links.
- Quia
http://www.quia.com/ - Create educational webpages or games or tests for a fee.
- State of Utah Resource Web
http://www.surweb.org/ - Free password allows entry to editable multimedia presentation library and tutored production studio for customized projects using on-site and links to images and sounds. Testing modules, trivia game, and screensavers are added attractions.
- Grazing the Net: Raising a Generation of Free Range Students
http://www.fno.org/text/grazing.html - The theme of this article is the value of raising young people to think, explore and make meaning for themselves.
- Information Technology in School Libraries
http://www.accesswave.ca/~hgunn/ - Useful to teachers, teacher-librarians, administrators, and students as they incorporate information technology into the curriculum in their schools. Has a section on education in Nova Scotia.
- The Technology Coordinator's Web Site
http://it.wce.wwu.edu/projects/kenr/home.html - Information for educators who have a leadership role in integrating technology in K-12 schools and educational settings.
- Uncommon Sense: Educators Reinventing the Profession from the Inside Out
http://www.edutopia.org/uncommon-sense-educators-reinventing-profession-inside-out - There is no set of workshops, exercises, books, CD-ROMs or Web sites that will take us where we need to go, simply because the goal keeps moving. However, there are a host of options with which we can pursue our goals of lifelong improvement.
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