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Standards and Competencies |
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| Computer Competencies: University of North Carolina, Asheville | Online Version of Basic Technology Competencies (ISTE) that support and enhance professional productivity, information access/collaboration, and communication among educators |
| Technology Standards by ISTE | Published by ISTE, identifies the technology foundation standards for students and teachers. |
| 7 dimensions for Gauging Progress | From the Milken Exchange. Online measurement to determine one's stage of use of technology. Select start a new session. |
| Vermont's Framework | Standards and Learning Opportunities. Download PDF file or look at online version. |
| Developing Educational Standards | Developing Educational Standards is a frequently updated annotated list of Internet sites with K-12 educational standards and curriculum framework documents. |
| ENC National Standards | National and State Frameworks in Math and Science |
| Vermont Education Matters | Information about Vermont Schools, Policies, standards. |
| Learning with Technology Profile Tool | This is a computer program intended to help educators think about their practice in the areas of engaged learning and technology. When finished, educators can view the results in a graphical format to help identify their strengths and weaknesses. |
| Standards-based Learning | An example of Science standards-based learning |
| National Standards | Examine national standards by subject area. |
| Student Technology Standards | ISTE/Milken Exchange Standards Project |
Communities of Educators |
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| Learning | Harvard University's online educational community |
| Apple Learning Interchange | It's free, it's interactive, and you can join online to access good ideas, lessons, and discuss issues with other educators. |
| Educast | Provides an interactive screen saver that brings the latest news to educators' computer screens. |
| The Connected Teacher | Class Room Connect's online community. |
| Milken Educator Virtual Workplace | Discussion about integration of technology into inquiry-based science. |
| Teachers helping teachers | Join with other technology using educators to share lesson plans, telecommunication projects, and discussion forums. |
| Tapped In | A growing community of over 5000 K-16 teachers, staff, and researchers engaged in professional development programs and informal collaborative activities with colleagues. |
Lesson Plans and Projects |
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| Global School Network | Good resource for telecommunication projects and other resources for educators. Provides free CuSeeMe reflector site. |
| Mathedology | Use of multimedia to improve elementary student's math skills |
| WWW 4 Teachers | Indexed collection of online resources for educators researched by educators. Includes success stories of using technology in classrooms. |
| Best Practices in Educational Technology | Here are links to pages describing the educational technology practices presented by the 25 participants at the International Invitational Workshop on Technology in the K-12 Classroom held during June 1997. |
| Classroom Connect | Lesson plans, projects, and connections to other educators. |
| Web sites and resources for teachers | These sites, organized in nine categories, include lesson plans, instructional materials, online activities and projects, and virtual trips to museums and countries around the world. |
| Blue Web'n | Well organized lesson plans and resources |
| LEARN North Carolina | Lesson Plans, Units, resources for teachers. |
| Linking Schools Through Language and Technology | The Connecticut Department of Education program links schools in the US and the CIS. Participants spend three weeks in the host country, work on year-long projects via the Internet and then publish the projects on the World Wide Web. |
| AskEric | AskERIC Lesson Plan Collection contains more than 1,000 unique lesson plans which have been written and submitted to AskERIC by teachers from all over the United States. |
Journals, Research, Articles |
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| Milken Exchange | Non-profit foundation that researches and supports infusion of technology into classrooms. |
| Reinventing Schools | Collection of Articles focusing on the use of technology and networks in education. |
| Technology in Education, Why Bother (Fall 1998) | From Hands ON!, Terc publication discusses importance of technology and why it should be our #1 educational tool. |
| Brown, Tony (June, 1997) The Use of Computers in Teaching | Discusses use of computers in teaching strategies. |
| Barrett, H. | Chart of how various technologies support educational reform. |
| US Department of Education | Latest research findings, statistics, and information on education |
| From Now On | Educational Technology Journal by Jamie McKenzie. Includes information Internet Policies, copyright issues, building a virtual museum and designing web pages. |
| Evaluating the Quality of Internet Information Sources: | Consolidated Listing of Evaluation Criteria and Quality Indicators Gene L. Wilkinson, Lisa T. Bennett, and Kevin M. Oliver |
| Education World | Free online version offers articles, lesson plans, book and site reviews. |
| Collaborative learning | Papers From Computer Support for Collaborative Learning '95 Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana |
| T.H.E. Journal | Online journal for technology using educators. |
| Technology and Learning | Technology teaching ideas, software reviews, research |
| Electronic Learning | Online edition of Scholastic's magazine about using technology in K-12. |
| Electronic School | The National School Board's Publication on technology in education. |
| Hands On! | TERC publication dedicated to science/math/technology education. |
General Technology Resources |
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| Intel's Site for Technology in Education | Grant Information, E-rate Info, Software Information. |
| PBS Teacher Source | Guide to educational presentations, technology activities, resources |
| The Alphabet Superhighway | Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, this site offers tutorials, concrete help on teaching with the Web, search assistance, places to exhibit student and teacher work, a magazine, and a library of annotated links. |
| 10 Big Ideas | Good ideas and examples of using technology |
| Teacher's First | Technology infused lesson plans for special needs children and multicultural activities. |
| Technology and Learnings Hot List | Research, search engines, information resources of use to educators. |
| Teachers@Work | Good Internet resources for educators. |
| Ed's Oasis | Teacher forum, lesson plans, best web sites |
| PowerPoint Tutorial | Step by step instruction to producing PowerPoint Slide shows. |
| Surfing the Net with Kids | reviews and links to a variety of child-safe and useful sites |
| Tammy's technology tips for teacher's | This is a great site packed with ideas of implementing technology in your classes and daily life. |
| I Love Teaching | This website has great teaching ideas and how to integrate teaching on the internet. |
| TERC | TERC is a nonprofit research and development organization committed to improving mathematics and science learning and teaching. |
Software |
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| CCC's Recommendations on Evaluating Educational Software | Computer Curriculum Corporation, a leading distributor of educational software, offers some tips on evaluating software. |
| California Instructional Technology Clearinghouse | An educational software rating site, designed to help the educational user make informed instructional technology resource choices. |
| Children's Software Revue | An online reference for evaluating children's software. It will aid you in developing the questions you want to ask as you evaluate software. |
| Download Educational Software | Down load demos and freeware in history, preschool, and geography. |
| Technology & Learning Online | A large database of educational software reviews. You can search by subject, grade range, product name and publisher, and more. |
| SuperKids Educational Software Review - Teacher Review | This page showcases the worksheet that SuperKids reviewers use to evaluate educational software. |
| Share Ware for Teachers | This site includes links to software particularly useful to new teachers. |
| Knowledge Adventure | This site gives free samples of software and has a school news link. It also offers a school product catalog. |
| Pep List of Educational Software Publishers | Comprehensive data base of Educational Software Publishers with links to their sites. |
| Software evaluation and integration module | Download PDF file of format for evaluating software |
| Download.Com | Freeware and shareware |