ZaxLinx
- 2Learn.ca
-from TELUS and Alberta Learning
- AACE -Association for the Advancement of Computing
in Education
- Acceptable Use Policies -
http://www.erehwon.com/k12aup/ K-12 policies from the ground up; not sure if you
have one - not sure if you need one? This is the place to go for consideration of
the rationale and components of a legally sound, functionally workable AUP
- Articles and
Archives About Technology and Children -from the computer learning foundation
- Assessment Rubrics
-from Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
- Ask A Geologist -Do
you have a question about volcanoes, earthquakes, mountains, rocks, maps, ground
water, lakes, or rivers?
- AT&T Virtual Classroom
Project -three classes from three different countries work together to create
a shared, virtual community
- A
Question of Effectiveness: Does Technology Work? -from the Milken Technology
Exchange
- Academic Writers' NetSource
- Achieve: -a real-time
internet site with a difference. It adds an easy-to-use, web-based interface to the
traditional text-based capacities of MOO
- Action Research
- Alberta Learning -from the Government
of Alberta
- Aligning
Learning in the Digital Age -from the Milken Exchange
- Amnesty International Canada -Canada's watchdog
about Human Rights
- Annenburg Institute for School Reform
- Art Lessons -on
the Web
- Astound -amazing multimedia software and
much. much more!
- Autodesk -a unique bridge between
education and business communities
- Assessment Resources
- Best Practices in Education
- BIG Pages of Teacher Resource
Links
- Blue Web'n: A Library
of Blue Ribbon Learning Sites on the Web from Packard-Bell
- Bobby -a web-based tool that analyzes
web pages for their accessibility to people with disabilities
- The Brainium -an award winning
on-line science resource for teachers and students providing a curriculum based environment
to share ideas, experiments and activities
- Building a Collaborative Web
Project -from the Global Schoolhouse
- Canadian
Geography -ask the "Harkster" he can answer almost any question on
Canadian geogrpahy
- Center for Children and Technology
- http://www2.edc.org/CCT/cctweb/ Wonderful site balancing practical applications
with sound theory and
research to help teachers effectively implement technology in their classrooms
- CEOForum -assessment of the effectiveness
of integration of technology into American classrooms
- CET -the Childrens' Environmental
Trust Foundation -youth working together to save the rainforest
- Change the World
101 -youth using technology to change the world one person at a time
- Childrens' Literature
Directory -from professor Brown at the University of Calgary
- Cisco Networking Academy
- CISLE -Computer Supported Intentional
Learning Environments
- Classroom Connect -a virtual
community for teachers online
- Classroom
Home Page -nice example of what can be done from teacher Kathleen Bartos on the
KOZ community
- Classroom
Information Manager -is a program written by a teacher for teachers. It assists
with all the day to day information management tasks a teacher has to perform; not
only does it act as a grade book, but also it organizes all your notes about pupils
and assists with lesson planning and producing reports.
- CLEO: Collaborative Learning
Environments Online
- Coalition of Essential Schools
- Colleges That Admit
HomeSchoolers
- Communities.ca http://www.communities.ca
-a great way to celebrate and showcase Canadian communities online
- Community Involvement
-provides tools for involving your community in the change and technology planning
and implementation processes
- Community Access Program http://cap.ic.gc.ca/
-a program from Industry Canada that provides start-up grants for the creation of
publicly accessible community teleservice centres
- Computer
Delusion, The -a critical view by Todd Oppenheimer in the Atlantic Monthly
- The Connected Teacher
-another resource from Classroom Connect
- Connected University - http://cu.classroom.com/Splash.asp
Classroom Connect's online professional development site, opening this coming month
with course offerings on an array of teacher-centered topics such as My First Web
Page, The One Computer Classroom, Technology
and Assessment, and Teaching Multiple Intelligences through Technology. Graduate
credits available!
- Connecting Students
Through Themes and Units
- Countdown to Nunavut
-a SchoolNet GrassRoots project about the creation of Canada's newest territory,
Nunauvt
- CoVis
Interschool Activities Pages -some good collaborative online projects that make
a difference
- Creative Teaching http://www.creativeteachingsite.com/
-intended to help teachers enhance their abilities as teachers and help them make
teaching genuinely satisfying and enjoyable
- Critical Issues Forum
-from the Los Alamos National Laboratory
- CU-SeeMe http://www.gsn.org/cu/index.html
-learn about video conferencing form the Global SchoolHouse Network
- Curriculum Design for Excellence Online
-by Dr. T. Roger Taylor
- Dads and Daughters -DADs provides
tools to strengthen our relationships with our daughters and transform the pervasive
messages that value our daughters more for how they look than who they are
- Dear Parents - http://www.dearparents.com/
Edmark forum where parents can have their questions and concerns addressed; nice
URL to pass along to your student's families as you try to educate your clientele
on the advantages of technological literacy
- Did Anybody Learn Anything?
-Assessing Technology Programs and the Learning Accomplished
- Digital Collections Program -
http://www.collections.ic.gc.ca -a program from Industry Canada which provides the
funding for the digitization of local archival information
- Disengaged Students
-Mahaly Csikczentmihalyi and his students investigated how children feel about their
experiences in school
- Distance Education Clearinghouse
- http://www.uwex.edu/disted/home.html University of Wisconsin database of news.
programs, courses,
technologies and services all devoted to online learning
- Distance Learning
on the Web -by Dr. Bernie Dodge
- Distant
Voices: Teaching and Writing in a Culture of Technology -by Chris M. Anson
- Do Something -youth changing the world
by through social action in their communities
- Doctoral Research
in Educational Technology
- Documenting
the Effects of Instructional Technology -Dale Mann, Professor Teachers College,
Columbia University
- Early Canadiana Online
- Educational Mailing
Lists for Teachers
- Educational Resources
-a large list
- Educational
Statistics On the Internet -online journalism review from USC
- Education World -a searchable
database for educators
- Educators' Resources -from
the Mid Continent Regional Educational Laboratory
- Ed's Oasis -the mission of this site is
to help teachers use the internet in their classrooms
- Ed
Tech Online -using the Internet for educators 101
- Edusites -an excellent
directory of educational sites in an alphabetical index from Raymond Constant, Ph.D.
- Edutech
- http://agora.unige.ch/tecfa/edutech/welcome_frame.html based in Switzerland, this
site offers I.T. ideas by theme in a
searchable database so that educators may share the wealth of ideas that are out
there; great way to find high quality IT resources
- EdWeb -exploring technology and school reform
- Electronic Portfolios
in a Virtual Classroom -from thejournal.com
- E-Mail Discussion Groups, Lists
and Resources
- emTech -emerging technologies
in education. A decent directory of topics re. education and technology
- ENC: The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
- a selection of some of the best K-12 mathematics and science resources on the Internet
- Evergreen Project -from the Missouri
Botanical Gardens
- Facilitating Role
of Teachers: To Use or Infuse -form Nancy Sulla
- Filamentality -you can create
a Web-based learning page that targets a specific kind of learning. From Packard-Bell
- First Class -wonderful
BBS software from SoftArc. Downlaod their client software here for free
- Free the Children -youth working
together to fight child labour
- From Now On: The Education Technology Journal
- Generations Can
Connect -a wonderful, intergenerational project in honour of the United Nations
International Year of Older Persons
- Generation WHY -students mentoring teachers
in the use of technology
- Geographer's
Craft and the Virtual
Geography Department
- George Lucas Educational Foundation
- Globalearn -go on virtual field trips
around the world
- Global SchoolHouse Network -a wonderful
resource for facilitating online collaborative learning
- Graph
Paper -use this free software to make graph paper with your computer
- Grassroots Projects -from
Canada's SchoolNet
- GrassRoots
Projects -for Alberta Teachers
- GrassRoots
Projects -for Yukon Teachers
- Growing Up Digital -by Don Tapscott
- Heart -a virtual exploration
of the old ticker
- ICT Access to Tecnology
-from the Milken Foundation
- IEARN -the International
Education and Resource Network
- IEJLL -International Electronic
Journal for Leadership in Learning
- Innovative Teaching
-by Walter Mackenzie, he runs a very good listserv too
- Intel in Education
- Institute for Learning Technologies
-from Colombia University
- Instructional Technology Research Online
- http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwitr/ Dedicated to bringing you the available research on
I.T. practices;
completely searchable and includes features and resources to boot
- Interactive Multimedia Electronic Journal of Computer-Enhanced
Learning -from Wakeforest University
- Intercultural E-Mail Classrom Connections
-http://www.stolaf.edu/network/iecc
- International Schools Cyberfair
http://www.gsn.org/cf/index.html -a peer-reviewed online collaborative celebration
of local communities
- Internet Calendar -there's
so much out there, explore it one day at a time
- Internet Project-Based Learning
-from the Global Schoolhouse
- Internet Research &
Searching Tools -from the Global Schoolhouse
- Intouch with Learning -professional
development with laptops
- Investigators,
The -a great Web quest from my friend Gary O'Shanassy and his students at Doveton
School in Melbourne, Australia
- ISTE -the International Society for Technology
in Education
- I.T. Forum - http://itech1.coe.uga.edu/itforum/home.html
Special Interest Mailing Group through which people from around the
world discuss theories, research, new paradigms, and practices in the field of Instructional
Technology; hosted by the University of Georgia
- Join and On Line Project
-by Tammy Payton
- Journey North -a global study of
wildlife migration
- Junior Summit
-youth around the world working together to change the world
- Kathy Schrock's
Guide for Educators -this is one of THE most comprehensive Web sites with online
resources for teachers
- KeyPals -how
to find one for your students
- KeyPals -multicultural e-mail
classroom connections
- Kid Link -is a non-profit grassroots organization
aimed at getting as many youth through the age 15 as possible involved in a global
dialog
- Kids 4 Peace -youth working together
for peace
- Kids from Kanata -a program
that links aboriginal and non-aboriginal kids across Canada
- KidsWeb -The Digital Library
for K-12 students
- Learning and Leading with Technology
-an excellent magazine from
- Learning by Design
-Integrating Technology into the Curriculum through Student Multimedia Design Projects
- Learning
in a Digital Age -from the Milken Exchange
- Learning Technology Newsletter
http://lttf.ieee.org/learn_tech/ -a publication of IEEE Computer Society
Learning Through Technology: A Planning
and Implementation Guide -from the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
- Learning with Technology:
A Profile Tool -from the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
- Lego Mindstorms -Lego Robobitcs
- Leo Ussak Elementary School -the first
school in Canada's Arctic on the Web -Canada's Coolest School!
- Lesson Stop -lesson plans for teachers
online
- MamaMedia -a
wonderful online learning community for kids
- Math Forum -a wonderful Math resource
from Swarthmore College
- Media
Selection Worksheet -http://hakatai.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/authoring/handbook/cs-media.html
Interactive radio buttons allow you to select the profile of media best suited to
accomplish your instructional tasks; great for instructional design work or technology
lesson plans
- MetaData -on online directory
of educational resources from Canada's SchoolNet or do a specific search
- Mighty Media http://www.mightymedia.com/act
-teach your students how to use the power of the media to advance social action projects
- Milken Exchange on Education Technology
-a guide to some current research
- Mindtools - http://members.aol.com/mind2ls/mindtool.htm
Great I.T. site promoting the best of what's out there in technology which effectively
promotes critical thinking and problem solving; covers Databases, Spreadsheets, Multimedia
and Telecommunications
- Museums
-virtual museums world wide
- NASA's Education Program
- NASA for Kids
- NASA Quest -live interactive Science
- National Centre for Education
Statistics (U.S.) -Internet Access in Public Schools and Classrooms: 1994-98
- Nation 1 -a digital nation for youth!
- National Film Board of Canada
- New Educational Approaches to
Technology - http://members.home.net/thejohnstons/ Promoting integration of technology
into the K-12 classroom, N.E.A.T. offers essays and research ,links and resources,
and most importantly examples of student work successfully completed in the classroom
- NET
Generation and the School, The -by Don Tapscott
- NetTeach News Online
- Network-Based Learning
-from the Global Schoolhouse
- Neuroscience for
Kids -by Dr. Eric Chudler
- Newbie-U -great help for new Internet
users
- New
Designs in Learning: The Challenge and Opportunity from the Milken Exchange
- Newsgroups for
Educators -a fairy comprehensive list for K-12 teachers
- Next Steps -recommendations
for the use of technology in the Southern Regional High School District
- Node, The - http://thenode.org/ Brand new initiative
(an offshoot of the old site) which stresses the pedagogy and practice on instructional
technology; all resources are free and available to interested teachers
- North Central Regional Technology in Education
Consortium -helps schools integrate technology into their classrooms
- Northwest Regional Education Laboratory -provides
substantial resources to support program assessment and school improvement
- OII: the Online Internet Institute -helping educators
and students use the Internet to improve achievement in the classroom
- Online Class -K-12 teaching units delivered
in collaborative Internet classrooms
- PedagoNET -learning materials and resource
centre
- Peterson's.com -"the education super
site"
- Plugging In -choosing
and using educational technology
- Presenting
the Future in Today's Classroom -from thejournal.com
- Presentations: Harnessing the
Power of the Web -from the Global Schoolhouse
- Presentation: -New Ways
of Learning -from AL Rogers GSN
- Print
Journals on Education Technology -a comprehensive list from the Milken Exchange
- Project-Approach
Catalogue -by Lilian G. Katz
- Project-Based Learning and
Web Project Resources -from the Global Schoolhouse
- Project-Based Learning
-from ERIC
- Project-Based Learning
-from by Dr. Sylvia Chard at the University of Alberta
- Promising
Practices in the Use of ICT in Education -from the Milken Exchange
- Reinventing
Schools: Teh Technology is Now! -a publication launched by the National Academy
of Science offers provocative ideas about the potential of new technologies to transform
learning in schools
- Remedios: Engaged Learning
from a New Mexico elementary school
- Resources:
Clearing Houses / Megsites -from the Milken Exchange
- Rocky View School Division
- Role of Leadership in Sustaining
School Reform -
- Role of Online Communications
in Schools -from CAST: the Center for Applied Special Technology
- Rubrics for Assessing
Learning
- Rubrics
for Web Lessons - http://edweb.sdsu.edu/triton/july/rubrics/Rubrics_for_Web_Lessons.html
Excellent overview of rubric design and its applications for technology-based instruction;
if you've always wanted to make use of rubrics effectively but were never sure you
had a good handle on the process, this is your site
- Simulation Station
-a site dedicated to improve and develop the use of simulations in the classroom
for teaching and learning
- University of Calgary's
Master's of Education Program
- University of
Athabasca Master's of Distance Education Program
- Schools Demining
Schools -from the United Nations Cyber Schoolbus
- SchoolNet -from Canada
- SchoolNet News -news by kids for
kids online
- SchoolWorld -like SchoolNet and
the Global School House, but smaller and based in Australia
- Searching the Internet
-an introduction from the Global Schoolhouse
- Seven Principles of Learning
-from the Institute for Research on Learning (IRL)
- So You Want
to Make a Web Page?
- Something Froggy -from
the Franklin Science Institute
- Special Needs Education Project -at
Canada's SchoolNet
- StarBright Foundation -helping seriously
ill children cope with the help of information and communication technologies
- Stop Racism! -from Heritage Canada
- Students Against Landmines
-a winning Canadian project from the Global Schoolhouse
- Studies in Educational
Technology -from the Global Schoolhouse
- StudyWeb -a good learning portal
- SYMBOLS.com - the world's largest online
encyclopedia of graphic symbols
- Tammy's Technology Tips for
Teachers -from Florida teacher Tammy Worcester
- Tapori -A worldwide network of children
working together to eradicate poverty
- Tapped In -teacher professional development
from the Center for Technology in Learning
- TeacherReports.com -enabling teachers
to not only maintain excellent records but also provide their students and parents
with limited access to daily progress reports and class assignments online
- Teacher Source -from PBS
- Teacher Technology Integration
-syllabi
- Teaching & Learning on the
Web - http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/tl/ Hundreds of actual examples of ways
to integrate the WWW into instruction; nothing else here but real life models of
successful technology-based instruction
- TEAMS -Distance education learning
- TechLearning - http://www.techlearning.com/
Comes with reviews and recommendations for what's best for using
technology in K-12 education, as well as job listings, discussion boards, resources
and contests
- Tech4Learning -
- Technology Coordinator's
Web Page
- Technology
in Education: How Do We Know It Works -by Eva L. Baker National Center for Research
on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing, UCLA
- Technology Horizons in Education - http://www.thejournal.com/
T.H.E. presents the online version of its journal here, covering news,
features, editorials, products, services and more, all aimed at K-12 education
- Technology
in Schools: To Support the System or Render It Obsolete -by Dr. Seymour Papert
- Technology
Needs Assessment Instrument
- Technology Planning - http://www.tcet.unt.edu/tek-plan.htm
Links for K-12 schools planning the implementation of technology in the
"big picture" of their vision - a must for anyone in charge of coordinating
technology hardware and software for their school division
- Technology Source
- http://horizon.unc.edu/TS/contents/1999-09.asp "The purpose of The Technology
Source is to provide thoughtful, illuminating articles that will assist educators
as they face the challenge of integrating information technology tools into teaching
and into managing educational organizations."
- Tekmom - http://www.tekmom.com/ Anne Savage's
wonderful teacher technology page; don't you just love pages created by teachers
for teachers? You should visit this site when you have the chance....nothing overwhelming,
but very handy
- Telemontoring Program http://www.telementor.org
-need some online mentoring for you ro your students
- Ten Best Web Sites for Information
Technology -by From Now On, The Educaiton Technology Journal
- ThinkQuest -an annual international
contest for students 12 - 19 years old. Awards total over $1,000,000 !!!
- ThinkQuest Junior -as above, but
for younger students
- Thousand Cranes Peace
Network -youth working for peace around the world
- Timecapsule2000 -a
national millennium project with Canada's SchoolNet
- Touch
Type -a free software program
- Under
What Condtions is Technology Effective in Advancing Learning and Teaching? -from
the Milken Exchange on Education Technology
- United Nations CyberSchoolbus
-an educational project launched by UN Publications
- Video Conferencing -for learning
from Packard-Bell
- Video Conferencing -an
international directory from the Global SchoolHouse
- Virtual Blackboard, The
http://www.virtualblackboard.com/index.htm -a good source for Web learning tours
- Virtual Frog
Disection Kit
- Visible
Human Project http://www.nim.nih.gov.research/visible/visible_gallery.html -see
the human body with your students in ways never before possible
- Web66 -an international School Web
site registry
- Web & HTML Design Guides,
Tutorials and References -from the Global Schoolhouse
- Webmonkey for Kids -from
HotWired
- Web Publishing
Policies for K-12 -a resource for schools wanting to set up
policies for publishing on the Web
- WebQuest Page
- Web Resources for Teachers -from
Tammy Worcester
- Web Site Evaluation
Rubrics for Web sites -by Tammy Payton
- WIER -Writers in Electronic Residence.
A program that links Canadian students with professional Canadian writers who act
as mentors
- YES I Can Science http://yesican.yorku.ca/home/index.html
-a great science resource fom York University
- Yukon Quest - this
trail follows the old Gold Rush routes of the late 1800's. This website is designed
for student information and interaction
- Yucky.com -the Yuckiest Site on the Internet,
wonderful learning for kids of ALL ages
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