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Here are 10 Technology Web sites that
every teacher should closely examine for techniques, strategies and
thought-provoking ideas regarding the use of technology in
schools. Check back often as the list will change.
170
Ideas and Resources for Teachers
http://www.ael.org/rtec/ideas.htm
Just like the name suggests, 170
creative ways to use technology with students.
Edutopia
Online
http://www.glef.org/
Produced by the George Lucas Foundation. This site provides
a range of educational resources relating to technology and other
topics essential to schools today, including assessment, professional
development and business/community partnerships. Recommended:
Sign up for the GLEF Blast (email version of Edutopia) in the left
menu bar.
Assessment
Technology
Integration | Strategies
and Resources | The
Big List (library of sites relating to this topic)
Technology
Professional Development
Catalyst
http://catalyst.washington.edu/home.html
Produced by the University of Washington, Catalyst provides U of W
(and others) resources for integrating technology into
instruction. An excellent site with many different types of
resources, with highlights listed below.
Creating
PowerPoint presentations | Printing
Slides and Handouts |Enhance
Presentations
Work
with Digital Images | Copyright
Issues | Downloading
an image from the Web | Web
Graphic formats
Putting Existing Course Materials on Your Website
Merlot
http://www.merlot.org
Multimedia Education Resource for Learning
and Teaching Online
A Web portal with over 3700 resources supplied by Merlot members for
just about every discipline. The resources are generally
outstanding-many are simulations , references, collections and
tutorials. Be sure to examine your discipline.
High
Plains Regional Technology in Education Consortium (HPR*TEC)
http://www.hprtec.org
Online resources and tools to help teachers integrate online learning
into their teaching.
Trackstar:
make online lists of links.
www.4teachers.org: ideas for
integrating technology, tools, professional developments, tutorials.
Rubistar: make
online rubrics, complete with data analysis capability. This
month's featured Website.
PBL Information and
checklists.
r*tec teacher:
select a subject, then select a theme, and then a topic to build
your own set of resources.
Notestar: enables
students to take notes while doing research online, stored for
students online.
Assign-A-Day: online
teacher managed calendar.
Notable Pics:
use your own photographs to create online lessons. Students
can use this as well.
Casa Notes: enables
students of make and customize notes that are sent home.
QuizStar:
create online quizzes for your students.
Web Worksheet Wizard: create
lessons, worksheets or class page on the Web.
Project Poster:
online utility that enables students to create Web pages in response
to an assignment.
PBS
TeacherSource-Technology and Teaching
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/teachtech.htm
This site offers links to various
tutorials and suggestions for Web-based lessons in a variety of
disciplines. Also includes essays by David Thornburg.
Tutorials
Ideas
for Web-based Lessons
Thornburg Articles | Current: A
Focus for Educational Reform | Archives
K-12
Technology Research: provides a comprehensive set of resources
focused on instructional technology resources.
FNO: From
Now On-The Educational Technology Journal
http://fno.org
This site offers a wealth of
information (too numerous to list here) on the use of technology in
schools. Of special importance is the information on writing different
types of questions that represent the origin of effective technology
use with students.
See the Subject
Index that includes information on assessment, change,
copyright, curriculum, grants, information literacy, libraries,
networks and connectivity, research and information problem-solving,
staff development, technology planning, virtual museums, and Web
site development.
Featured Resources for this
month:
A Questioning
Toolkit: numerous strategies for asking just the right type of
question.
Electronic-School
http://www.electronic-school.com
This site provides thought-provoking
ideas about the integration of technology into instruction. Be
sure to look at the Technology
Focus section and the new special report, Learning
Without Walls.
Reinventing
Schools: The Technology is Now!
http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/techgap/index.html
Great information about school
change, student change and the role of technology in both. Topics
include "The Nintendo Generation," "Investing in
Teachers," "Ensuring Equity," "Learning about
Learning" among many others." Be sure to use the
pull down menu found at the bottom of the page labeled "Navigate
To" to move through the site.
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