CMC/EBSS WebliographyInstructional Technology
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General Resources || Internet Assistance || Journals || Science || Teaching Resources
General Resources
Equal Access to Software and Information (EASI)
EASI serves as a resource to the education community by providing information and guidance for the integration of technology into the special education classroom. This Web site provides a consulting service and an adaptive technology online training that includes a registration fee. EASI also has captioning and transcription services, Webcast interviews, distance learning, disability legislation, EASI publications, Internet networking, and links to libraries. http://www.rit.edu/~easi
Florida Center for Instructional Technology (FCIT)
The focus of this Web site is to provide leadership and support services to educational institutions concerning the integration of technology in education. FCIT provides many resources for Florida teachers, including training materials for telecommunications, interactive instruction on technology, and maintenance of online database resources. This site also contains publications and products, research summaries, lesson ideas, activities, FCAT training programs, and information about upcoming technology workshops. http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu
National Center for Technology Planning
The National Center for Technology Planning is a clearinghouse for the exchange of many types of information related to technology planning. Technology planning articles and links to planning resources are offered throughout the clearinghouse. National, state, district and regional planning strategies from the elementary to higher education levels are also available for review. This is a helpful tool for those seeking fresh ideas or solutions to problems encountered in technology planning. http://www.nctp.com
Webopedia
Webopedia is an on-line dictionary and search engine for computer, Internet, and technology terms. Information and useful links relating to those terms are provided. The site also includes Internet news, Web development topics, and a wide variety of Net resources. Users may search by keyword or category. http://www.pcwebopedia.com
Internet Assistance
Internet Public Library (IPL)
IPL calls itself "the first public library for the Internet community." Its mission is to serve the public by finding, evaluating, selecting, organizing, describing, and creating quality information resources. Users can search valuable, annotated guides to thousands of Web sites. The user may find links to prominent organizations and associations, research guides on various topics that provide links to library resources, international newspapers, Native American authors, literary criticism collection, online texts and serials, and general search engines. A youth and teen division is provided for age appropriate materials and resources of interest to these groups. http://www.ipl.org/
Kathy Schrock's Guide to Educators: Critical Evaluation Information
This section of Kathy Schrock’s comprehensive Web site helps teachers and students to critically evaluate Web pages that they find on the Internet. It provides a number of links to articles written in order for students to better judge the authenticity, applicability, authorship, bias and usability of a site. Evaluation surveys on the strengths and weaknesses of Web sites are available for the elementary, middle and secondary school levels. http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.html
Virtual Reference Desk
The United States Department of Education sponsors this Web project. The project promotes the advancement of digital reference and application of human-mediated, Internet-based information services. Users can ask questions in the "Collaborative AskA Service" and are often linked to an expert in a particular field. The network can accept questions from K-12 students, educators, parents, and others. "AskA+ Locator" is a searchable database of selected, previously asked questions, and frequently asked questions of AskAService and "The Learning Center." http://www.vrd.org
Science and Mathematics
The Center for Improved Engineering and Science Education
This site is intended for educators of mathematics and science as a guide to improve Internet use in the K-12 classroom. Ideas for lesson plans and online projects are available along with links to effective applications of technology in science and mathematics. Through CIESE, teachers master computer and Internet applications as resources for teaching and learning. There is also a link for online graduate courses. www.ciese.org/
How Stuff Works
This site contains information about Science and Technology, computers, electronics, car engines, the Internet, and much more. The Science and Technology page has 15 categories ranging from astronomy to weather. Users can read articles explaining how the world works. The main page has a list that links to previously asked questions and specific subject areas. Users can ask their own questions or search the site for information about a subject. Also offers information about books that deal with the same kind of subject matter and a guide to citing "How Stuff Works" in documents. http://www.howstuffworks.com/category.htm?cat=Science
The MAD Scientists Network
This Web site, as part of Washington University's Young Scientist Program, covers 26 different subject areas such as astronomy, biological sciences, chemistry, computer science, earth sciences, engineering and physics. There is a question/answer service, an archive of previously asked questions, and a search engine. Users can also visit the MADSci Library for tips on how to effectively search the World Wide Web, explore careers in science, receive information on museums, and much more. This web site is an enjoyable, international, educational resource for children in grades K-12. http://www.madsci.org
Science NetLinks
Science NetLinks is part of an Internet-based learning initiative called MarcoPolo, sponsored by WorldCom Foundation. Regularly updated, Science NetLinks provides a wealth of information for K-12 educators that include lesson plans and a collection of reviewed Internet resources. The lesson plans are based on the Benchmarks of Science Literacy. Users can search lessons according to subjects or grade ranges. In addition, student-ready materials such as e-sheets (online worksheets that enable students to engage directly in Internet activities) are available. http://www.sciencenetlinks.com /
Teaching Resources
Edweb
This site emphasizes the importance of using the World Wide Web as an educational tool in the classroom. K-12 instructors will find sections about the history and importance of the Web, educational issues and reform on computer, and information technology. A tutorial on HTML and a resource guide that includes teacher list servers, administrative services, lesson plans, and interactive projects are also available. Find links to WWWEDU (pronounced 'we do'), the Internet's largest forum on the use of the World Wide Web in education. This forum provides moderated discussions with over 1600 members from 35 countries. http://www.edwebproject.org/
Internet Island
Take an unexpected field trip to a deserted island with a class full of students and a laptop computer. K-12 teachers new to the Internet will become familiar with the basic skills of using a Web page and how to navigate through it. They will also see how inquiry-based learning looks in a technology-based lesson plan. This site is an excellent starting point for inexperienced Web users, but it is also a good place to view an example of a lesson plan that uses the Internet. http://www.miamisci.org/ii/default.html
MCREL (Mid Continent Regional Educational Laboratory)
MCREL is an excellent site where educators, administrators, and parents can find answers to common questions and solve problems related to the implementation and use of technology in education. The site focuses on curriculum, learning, and instruction. The main areas of the site are: Internet Safety, The Impact of Technology, Technology and Teacher Education, Funding for Technology, and Telecommunications Discounts for Schools. Users can highlight “Resources” and see links to services provided by MCREL, hot links to lesson plans and activities according to school subjects, education publishers, hot topics organized by educational topics and issues, state resources, and rural educational resources. http://www.mcrel.org/resources/technology/index.asp
TechLEARNING
TechLEARNING serves educators with ideas, tools, products, news, and funding sources for integrating technology into K-12 schools, classrooms, and curriculum. Examples of successful technology implementation are provided along with recommended Web sites and resources to expand technology programs. TechLEARNING also includes software reviews, access to a Technology & Learning online magazine, and information about technology conferences. http://www.techlearning.com
The Teacher's Internet Use Guide
This is a site useful for those K-12 educators who are designing Internet-based lesson plans. Step-by-step instructions are given on how to successfully implement Internet resources, while focusing on standards-based instruction. Learn how to develop and evaluate standards-based lessons, explore some sample lessons and design your own lesson plans. http://www.rmcdenver.com/useguide/
Journals
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education
CITE, a publication of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, includes three major categories of articles: Current Issues, Current Practice, and Seminal Articles. Current Issues has articles relating to integrating technology in science, mathematics, English, and social studies from the elementary to secondary levels. Professionals share their innovative approaches to integrating technology in the classrooms through published Current Practice articles. Finally, Seminal Articles are "classic" articles that appear as reprints. Articles may include video, animation, audio, and/or external links. http://www.citejournal.org/vol2/iss1/toc.cfm
Journal of Technology Education
Since the fall of 1989, twice a year, JTE publishes book reviews, editorials, guest articles, comprehensive literature reviews, and reactions to past-published articles in their journal and e-journals. Topics focus on technology education research, philosophy, and theory in K-12 classrooms. Articles range from research of students' attitudes toward technology to how to integrate technology in the elementary school. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JTE/
