Teachers and Staff:  Technology Integration

See also: Class subject resources, Technology Integration; Online Subscription Databases

SmartBoard Smart Classes Workshop

Sponsored by PNW BOCES School Library Services

SmartBoard Internet Resources

Donna Baratta, Library Media Specialist

and Mario D’Auria, Special Education Teacher

Smart Technologies Homepage for educational resources and free software downloads:

http://www.smarttech.com

SmartBoard’s EDCompass Bulletin Board allows you to connect with a community of educators who are using SMART products in their classrooms. Share your success stories and inspire your peers. Ask your peers for help in solving obstacles you’re facing in the classroom. Offer your solutions to your peer’s questions.  Messages will be posted immediately on this moderated site.

http://www.edcompass.com/EdCompassCMS/Applications/bulletinBoard/default.asp

Subscribe to EdCompass Newsletter from Smart Technologies to learn about free educational resources, opportunities and information from Smart.

http://www.edcompass.com/ec/en-US/Newsletter/

Smart Technology’s Lesson Activities provides hundreds of Notebook software activities, SMART ideas software activities and International Lesson Activities for teachers to use in school (for non commercial purposes)

http://education.smarttech.com/ste/enUS/Ed+Resource/Lesson+Activities

Center School District in Missouri shares teacher developed templates for use with students in grades K-12 via their website. A great place for ideas!

http://www.center.k12.mo.us/edtech/SB/templates.htm

Purchasing info:

SmarterKids Foundation provides the information regarding grants and programs to eligible K–12 schools and learning institutions. Click on any of the links for full details and instructions on how to apply.

http://www.smarterkids.org/k12/index.asp

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Blue Web’n  A library of Blue Ribbon Learning Sites on the Web.  Browse by contents table, subject or grade level.

   http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/

Cable in the Classroom The cable industry's education foundation works to expand and enhance learning opportunities for children and youth.  Created in 1989 to help schools take advantage of educational cable programming and technology, CIC has become a leading national advocate for media literacy education and for the use of technology and media for learning, as well as a valuable resource of educational cable content and services for policymakers, educators and industry leaders.

http://www.ciconline.org/aboutcic/publications/accesslearning.htm

ClassBrain This educational resource site for students, parents, and teachers includes games, homework help, state reports, current news, and a free e-mail newsletter for kids. *Please note: This site contains advertising and links to advertising.  Provide direct links to content for student use. Students may not sign up for email newsletter in school.

http://classbrain.com/

ECB The Educational Communications Board (ECB) is a state agency and is committed to ensuring that public radio and television programs and services are made available throughout Wisconsin, and that these programs and services reflect and respond to the educational and cultural needs of the state's residents. This is accomplished through the activities of the ECB and through collaboration with entities involved in educational and cultural initiatives whose purposes can best be served through telecommunication. The site provides a Surf Report that details a variety of online projects

http://www.ecb.org/surf/projects.htm

Funbrain  Sponsored by the Learning Network, Funbrain features a variety of  games and quizzes covering a variety of subjects. 

  http://www.funbrain.com/

Global SchoolNet Foundation partners with schools, communities and businesses to provide collaborative educational, scientific and cultural learning activities that prepare students for the workforce and help them to become literate and responsible global citizens.  GSN is a not-for-profit 501©(3) organization, that has been linking classrooms around the world since 1984. Global SchoolNet's free membership program provides project-based learning support materials, resources, activities, lessons and special offers from Global SchoolNet partners.

http://www.globalschoolnet.org/index.html

The Graphic Organizer

   http://www.graphic.org

Graphic Organizer Fact Sheet

   http://www.ttac.odu.edu/Articles/Graphic.html

International Society for Technology in Education

http://www.iste.org/

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators provides an incredible variety of material for classroom use covering too many topics to list!  Presented in a straight-forward, easy to use format you will find categorized lists of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning. Sponsored by the Discovery Channel.

 http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/

Landmarks for Schools Here you will find information and tools designed to help us redefine literacy for the 21st Century.

   http://www.landmark-project.com/index.php

McREL, is a private, nonprofit organization whose purpose is to improve education through applied research and development. Hot links feature lesson plans, links and resources in the areas of The Arts, Behavioral/Social Sciences, Civics, Economics, Foreign Language, Geography, Health/PE, History, Language Arts (including ESL/ELL), Math, Multi/Interdisciplinary, Science, and Technology.

   http://www.mcrel.org/resources/links/hotlinks.asp

MiddleSchool.Net is dedicated to helping middle school teachers and students integrate technology into their daily classroom activities. It is primarily a collection of links to internet resources in the following areas: Curriculum resources; Administrators and leaders; Support staff; Technology resources; Lesson plans & tutorials; Reference Materials; How to:Your personal and patient tutor; State and Foreign Educational standards; Professional development; Activities; Student test strategies and quizzes and more.

 http://www.middleschool.net/

Notestar

NoteStar is an Internet utility to assist in the preparation of research papers. Teachers and students can set up research projects with topics and sub-topics. Students may then take advantage of NoteStar's many features to collect and organize their notes and prepare their bibliography page.

  http://notestar.4teachers.org/

NETS National Educational Technology Standards for Students have been developed to guide state and local policy in creating a basic framework for what kids should be able to do with technology and know about technology.

http://cnets.iste.org/index.shtml

New York State Department of Education

  http://www.nysed.gov/

Pathfinders:

A Pathfinder for Constructing Pathfinders When used with student researchers, a carefully constructed pathfinder can guide students to quality resources, saving the time and frustration often encountered in Internet searching.

This page is designed to guide you to resources for constructing online pathfinders of your own.

http://home.wsd.wednet.edu/pathfinders/path.htm

Designing Pathfinders for Children and Young Adults from Electronic Materials

http://www.eduscapes.com/earth/path3.html

PBS TeacherSource includes more than 1,000 free teaching guides, as well as professional development resources like PBS MATHLINE and SCIENCELINE.  Resources are organized into subject areas (Arts & Literature, Health & Vocation, Math, Science, TechKnow), and can be searched by subject, grade level and keyword, and are correlated to 46 sets of national and state educational standards. The site compliments the resources that PBS provides and helps teachers to incorporate video and the Web in the classroom.

  http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/

The Resource Shelf compiled by Gary Price, this site provides professional reading suggestions, online resources and more.  Updated daily.

http://www.resourceshelf.com/

Surf Report from the Education Communications Board from Wisconsin state provides lists of online activities that your students can participate in across curriculum areas.

http://www.ecb.org/surf/

Tapped In is a free online forum for Educators. Visit the site for more information.

http://www.tappedin.org

Web Picks is a resource for educators both to provide and get recommendations of web sites for classroom use and for professional development.  Sponsored by TechLearning.

http://techlearning.com/resources/web_picks.jhtml

WebQuests:

Bernie Dodge's website at the San Diego State University

http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquest.html

Last updated: January 2006 by D. Baratta