Apple
Education
Apple's education Web site features tons of useful information for students,
teachers, and parents.
AT&T
Learning Network Resources for Educators
AT& T offers an online mentoring program that helps teachers use
technology efficiently.
Berit's
Best Sites for Children
Berit Erickson, a librarian, has compiled over 1000 websites just for
children. She began this worthwhile endeavor in 1994 when the Theodore
Tugboat activity center was first initiated.
Cable in
the Classroom
Information is provided on various television shows on cable that could
be integrated into the classroom.
Columbia
Guide to Online Style
In this article, Janice R. Walker and Todd Taylor provide online citation
rules as well as complete guidelines for formatting documents for online
publication and electronic preparation of texts for print publication.
Computer
as Learning Partner
University at California, Berkley, research project where a wired classroom
is used by eighth-graders as they are taught the physical science topics
of heat, light, and sound.
Computer
Teacher's Resource Page
This site is designed for the elementary school computer teacher but
has information relevant to all teachers. Contains links to Internet
sites that can be used to create classroom projects for every subject
in the elementary curriculum.
CSS
Journal: Computers in the Social Studies
This online magazine, published six times a year, is devoted to the
integration and use of computers in social studies instruction. Most
articles are available in full on the site.
Cybertimes
(from the New York Times)
The technology section of the New York Times contains late-breaking
news on technology and its impact on culture, education, etc. Site requires
free registration.
David
Levin's Learning@Web.Sites
This guide is for those high school teachers who wish to enhance their
instruction with Internet resources. There are 19 different departments,
each with valuable resources for teachers.
Detwiler
Foundation
Offering a computers-for-school program, the Detwiler Foundation accepts
donated computers and places them in classrooms.
EdWeb: Exploring
Technology and School Reform With
EdWeb, you can hunt down online educational resources around the world,
learn about trends in education policy and information infrastructure
development, examine success stories of computers in the classroom,
and much, much more.
Electronic
Collaboration
The National School Network has put together (and put online) this guide,
Electronic Collaboration: A Practical Guide for Educators. The guide
is for everyone in education who is interested in this emerging technology.
Electronic
Elementary Magazine: "The E-LINK"
This magazine is a nonprofit, educational project that highlights interactive
projects and creations of elementary grade students around the world.
Electronic
School
Published quarterly as a print and online supplement to The American
School Board Journal, this is an excellent magazine site that provides
full text articles and information for and about the wired school.
eSchool
News online
A weekly online magazine detailing the latest news in technology/education.
This is companion site that advertises their print publication, but
still worthwhile.
From Now On-The
Educational Technology Journal
Free online journal devoted to educational technology issues. Even though
the design is somewhat bare, the lengthy, informative issues highlight
this journal as one of the better ones on the Internet.
Global Schoolhouse
Presented by the Global SchoolNet Foundation, this site features The
Connected Educator, The Connected Classroom, and The Connected Learning
Community.
Harnessing
the Power of the Web: A Tutorial
A great site devoted to the Internet in the classroom, creating collaborate
Web projects, and much more. Intended more for secondary education,
this tutorial provides step-by-step instructions (and lessons) to using
the Web for education.
Horizon
This site provides a meeting place for educators interested in technology
issues. Also available are articles about educational technology research.
How
to Do Research on the Internet
This online tutorial, created by the library at Monash University, provides
fourteen topics on how to use the Internet effectively for research.
Intel
in Education
This site offers resources for teachers wishing to integrate technology
into their classroom. There are also lessons on how a computer works
and how various parts of the computer are made.
Internet
Public Library
This site features online lessons covering the Internet and other areas
and contains a wide array of resources for students and teachers.
Learning
on the Web
Divided into 6 modules, this site from Canada takes the teacher from
novice to expert in creating online education resources.
Netday National
The Netday site describes the efforts to get every school in the U.S.
wired for Internet access.
Reinventing
Schools
From the National Academies of Science and Engineering, comes this companion
Web site to the historic convocation that sought to inform the technology/education
debate by "laying out a vision of what could be."
Road
Map
Roadmap96 is a free, 27-lesson Internet training workshop designed to
teach new Net travelers how to travel around the rapidly expanding (and
often confusing) "Information Superhighway" without getting lost. Very
informative!
Space Day
A site seeking to integrate the Internet into secondary science education.
Features lesson plans, Virtual field trips, and teacher discussion groups.
One of the best technology-based teaching sites!
SuperKids
Educational Software Review
SuperKids offers very detailed educational software reviews. The software
is rated based on ease of installation, educational value, and kid appeal.
Very useful.
Tales
from the Electronic Frontier
This site presents the writings of ten teachers who share actual classroom
experiences using the Internet in K-12 science and mathematics.
Teaching
& Learning on the WWW
A searchable archive of more than 600 examples of how the World Wide
Web is being used as a medium for learning.
Teaching
Technology
Lots of information about technology in the classroom, including new
and archived articles, grant information, and a lot more can be found
here.
TeachNet.org
TeachNet.org offers teacher-designed projects and activities that incorporate
technology.
Tech.edu
This site is designed with many student activities and projects that
can help educators integrate technology into the curriculum. Also offers
information on S.T.A.R. (shared technological arts resources).
tech.Learning
The online version of the magazine presents hundreds of software and
Web site reviews. Also includes articles on how to integrate technology
into the curriculum.
Technological
Horizons in Education (T.H.E.)
Found here is news on the world of computers and related technologies,
focusing on applications that improve teaching and learning for all
ages.
Technology
Integrations
From the Mid-continent Regional Educational Laboratory, this site offers
articles on Internet safety, the impact of technology, and technology
and teacher education.
Think Quest
Think Quest, a nonprofit organization, sponsors contests that challenge
learners of all ages to create high-quality, innovative, and content-rich
Web sites.
U.S.
Kids Compute
Presented by the Learning Company, U.S. Kids Compute is a program which
donates Dr. Suess-type multimedia to more than 200 communities.
Web 66-A
K-12 World Wide Web Project
This highly-awarded site has three main goals: (1) to help K-12 educators
learn how to set up their own Internet servers.
Web Developers
Virtual Library
This is an indispensable site when you are trying to get that first
home page up and running.
WebQuest
A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the
information used by learners is drawn from the Web.
webTeacher
A good introductory tutorial to the web for new webmasters. Covers most
of the topics people need to get started.
World
Wide Web Workbook
This is a primer for a person new to the Web. It is appropriate for
teachers and students and does an excellent job of covering the basics.
Writing
HTML
Learn to write your own home page by following this tutorial. The lessons
are also available offline.
www4teachers
A collection of online resources for teachers, compiled by teachers.
The categories are Professional Development, Stars (examples of technology
usage by teachers and students), Integrating Technology, and Tools.
