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Sites show exemplary classrooms and how to integrate educational technology
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Integrating Technology Learn about integrating technology into lesson plans.
Myschoolonline "Best Teacher Sites Showcase"
These teacher websites integrate the Internet in their students' learning
process and increase parental involvement. Myschoolonline is a free teacher resource to create websites.
http://myschoolonline.com/article/0,1120,31-15942-1,00.html
Mrs.
Silverman's Second Grade Class
This is a class website created by teachers and
students at Clinton Avenue Elementary School in Long Island, New York.
The site contains school and class information; Webfolios (student digital
portfolios); collaborative Internet projects; and links to resources for
teachers, students, and others.
www.kids-learn.org
Mr.
Roemer's Fifth Grade Polar Bears
This class website was created by teachers and students in a fifth-grade
class in Tampa, Florida. It includes grading and homework policies, external
links that relate to study units, practice tests, study guides, and a
school events calendar.
www.pb5th.com/index.htm
Ms.
Hos-McGrane's Grade Five Class Projects on the Web
This website, created by a fifth-grade class at The International School
of Amsterdam, demonstrates the use of student Internet research projects
such as The Day I Was Born, where students find out about historical
events that occurred on their birthdays; and a butterfly monitoring project,
in which students share their results with others via the Internet.
www.xs4all.nl/~swanson/origins/intro_five.html
Canada's
SchoolNet
This site helps Canadian schools and public libraries connect to the Internet.
The site has links to programs and services related to educational technology,
and offers a good overview of educational technology issues in Canada.
www.schoolnet.ca
Education
Network Australia
A resource site for Australian educators and students, the site features
discussion groups, school and institution websites, and links to other
educational sites.
www.edna.edu.au/EdNA
National
Grid for Learning (UK)
The British government's National Grid for Learning provides standards,
content, and an access program for schools, libraries, workplaces, and
homes for learning on the Web. On the site, teachers can search for learning
resources, find advice on safe Internet use, and share curriculum ideas
with other teachers.
http://www.ngfl.gov.uk/index.jsp
SciolNet
(Network for Irish Schools)
Sponsored by Ireland's National Centre for Technology in Education, ScoilNet
is an educational resource site for teachers, parents, and students ages
4 to 18. It offers lesson plans, technology support, and publishing opportunities.
The site also addresses parenting issues, features activities, and provides
exam and homework help for students.
www.scoilnet.ie/Index.html
The
Online Learning Centre/Te Kete Ipurangi (New Zealand)
A bilingual (Maori/English) online learning portal, The Online Learning
Centre/Te Kete Ipurangi provides information and resources to educators.
Users can search databases for content in categories such as teaching
and learning, professional development, information and communication
technologies, and literacy and numeracy.
www.tki.org.nz
Harriet
Tubman and the Underground Railroad
This site showcases a student Web project on Harriet Tubman and includes
an illustrated timeline, character sketches, poems, and a quiz. This is
a good example of use of the Web in the lower grades.
www2.lhric.org/pocantico/tubman/tubman.html
Internet
Access in U.S. Public Schools and Classrooms: 1994-1999
This brief, published by the National Center for Educational Statistics,
provides information collected in the Fall of 1999 about the extent of
Internet access in U.S. public schools. It also provides information on
the major sources of funding for educational technology and on how schools
connect to the Internet.
nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2000086
Creating
Technology Enhanced Student-Centered Learning Environments
This article, appearing in From Now On: The Education Technology Journal,
is of interest to elementary school teachers. Based on the model of engaged
learning, it focuses on how to get the most out of the wired classroom,
addressing such topics as ways to equip and arrange classrooms with networked
computers and how to engage and assess learning.
www.fno.org/mar98/flotilla.html
The
New New School Thing
This article, of interest to K-8 teachers, appears in From Now On:
The Education Technology Journal. It discusses the concept of educational
"bubbles," or fads. In reference to networked schools, it presents
sound ways to ensure that educational changes will be accepted and will
endure.
www.fno.org/apr2000/newnew.html
Are
You a Techno-Constructivist?
This article appears on the Education World site. Intended primarily for
K-8 teachers, it presents a model for the "techno-constructivist"
teacher, one who optimizes the use of technology in the classroom by basing
it on constructivist principles. The article includes practical examples
of ways to enhance the use of technology in the classroom.
www.education-world.com/a_tech/tech005.shtml
CEO
Forum on Educational Technology
High-tech CEOs founded the CEO Forum in 1996 to "help ensure that
America's schools effectively prepare all students to be contributing
citizens and productive workers in the 21st Century." Their Year
3 report (released Summer, 2000) focuses on "The Power of Digital
Learning: Integrating Digital Content."
www.ceoforum.org
SCRTech
Profiler Online Collaboration Tool
Clicking on Survey Library or going to the submenu takes teachers to several
online surveys that can be used to assess personal or school-wide educational
technology competencies once school or district registration is completed.
Data can be used to assess training needs as part of technology planning.
profiler.scrtec.org/survey_library
Milken
Family Foundation PCC (Professional Competency Continuum) Tool
This tool, downloadable as a PDF document, provides separate surveys for
teachers and administrators to take in order for a school, district, or
individual to assess their needs for developing the skills necessary for
effective implementation of technology.
www.mff.org/edtech/publication.taf?_function=detail&Content_uid1=293
Tammy's
Technology Tips for Educators
This site is maintained by Tammy Worcester, Instructional Technology Specialist
for the Educational Services and Staff Development Association of Central
Kansas. It provides a wealth of resources for teachers and technology
coordinators to use in classroom teaching or teacher training. Included
are lesson plans, online PowerPoint training presentations, and links
to other resources.
essdack.org/tips
Apple
Classrooms of Tomorrow
This site provides the research documentation of a collaborating group
of public schools, universities, research agencies, and Apple Computer,
Inc., who together studied how the use of technology might affect teaching
and learning.
www.apple.com/education/k12/leadership/acot
Milken
Family Foundation: Education Technology
This Milken Family Foundation site connects teachers with several articles
on the use of technology in education. The content of each article is
clearly defined in a short synopsis.
www.mff.org/edtech
Technology
Neighborhood
This site provides tutorials and online classes, with articles on new
tips and tricks to help teacherrs and students incorporate technology
in their learning. On-staff experts answer emailed technology questions.
www.skylightedu.com/neighbor/tchnlg/index.cfm
Project-Based
Learning from SCRTEC (South Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium)
This site provides resources to help K-12 teachers develop project-based
learning methods that enable students to participate in collaborative,
interdisciplinary projects. Age-appropriate, customizable project checklists
for written reports, multimedia projects, oral presentations, and science
projects are posted.
www.4teachers.org/projectbased
IMSA
Center for Problem-Based Learning
This site from the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy provides resources
for teachers and administrators to learn about and develop problem-based
learning projects and activities for K-12 classrooms. Included are research
articles, sample problems, and citations to off-line publications in support
of problem-based learning.
www.imsa.edu/team/cpbl/cpbl.html
The
Wired Classroom: Creating Technology Enhanced Student-Centered Learning
Environments
From Now On: the Educational Technology Journal features information
about how to create a technology-enhanced learning environment, as well
as links to schools that have successfully created such environments.
www.fno.org/mar98/flotilla.html
Integrating
Technology: Some Things You Should Know
This article at the International Society for Technology in Education
site defines technology integration, tells when technology integration
actually happens, explains the barriers to technology integration, and
delineates the stages of technology integration.
www.iste.org/L&L/archive/vol27/no3/index.html
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