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APPLE LEARNING INTERCHANGE - http://ali.apple.com/ali
Technology news, resources, curriculum, projects, units, chats, forums, staff development - known as ALI, this free site boasts close to 10,000 subscribers and it is updated daily; if you're a MAC fan check out this site for yourself.

APPLETSFORTEACHERS  - http://www.geocities.com/appletsforteachers
You might have heard of applets and youíve probably used them before.  These examples can be used in many elementary school classrooms, and in review work with older students.  Use your browser (Java enabled) to access this site for work with numbers (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) and capitals of nations and US States.

BACK FLIP  - http://www.backflip.com/login.ihtml
Backflip is a free online tool that allows you to transform your bookmarks and favorite websites into a private search engine you can personalize and access from any computer. A great way to have your Internet resources travel with you. (Note: this site contains commercial advertisements.)

CARLOS' COLORING BOOK - http://www.coloring.com/
Activity: Choose a picture, color it, and then show your finished ART to the instructor. This is an example of an interactive coloring page. It redraws the picture with the new color added. You can save your finished picture to a disk or the hard drive as an image file. Import the image into your favorite paint program and print it on a color printer. Another use would be to include it in a project report.

THE CHALLENGE 2000 MULTIMEDIA PROJECT (Project-Based Learning with Multimedia)  - http://pblmm.k12.ca.us/
From California's San Mateo County Schools, this site is an excellent source for information about project-based learning with multimedia, "a method of teaching and learning in which students acquire new knowledge and skills in the course of  designing, planning, and producing a multimedia product." Find out how to plan and prepare a PBL project, how to  assess student work, and more.

CISCO EDUCATIONAL ARCHIVES - http://www.ibiblio.org/cisco/
The virtual schoolhouse, education network, and the new network operations center all combine to make this a vital teacher technology stop.  Although it is no longer being updated, the material is timeless.  Use it!

COMPLETE GUIDE TO DIGITAL CAMERAS - http://www.shortcourses.com/
Links to everything about Digital Cameras, from how to use them, how to buy one and how to take great pictures to how to edit them.

COMPUTER LABS - http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow4/may99/
Word Processing, Spreadsheet, Database and Multimedia are covered in this site. In the multimedia section, there are some graphical organizers that will prove most useful to the kids in organizing their topic and their supporting detail.

CO-NECT SCHOOLS - http://www.co-nect.com/
Interactive, engaging topic-centered effort meant to approach professional development by integrating technology training with related training in standards, assessment, and project-based learning.  Sign up
COOLTEXT.COM - http://www.cooltext.com/
By Bryan Livingston,  CoolText.com helps.  Trying to design a home page for your class or school? CoolText.com invites you to create colorful logos, buttons, and bullets for free. Select from various fonts, colors, and designs, and your design will be created and downloadable in minutes.  This button was created by CoolText in 20 seconds.

COPYRIGHT FOR EDUCATORS - http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/copy.htm
Want the skinny on the legalities of intellectual property usage online? Copyright for Educators will deliver! Excellent information on Fair Use policies and Copyright presented specifically for educators and our unique needs for students working with digital text and graphics.

CRASH COURSE IN COPYRIGHT - http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/cprtindx.htm
An information filled site on copyright from the University of Texas. Teachers can check out the online tutorial and test on copyright. Older students can look under online Presentations/Students for information regarding student use of copyrighted materials. This website is also a great resource if you or your students want to protect media you have created.

DIGITAL EDUCATION NETWORK - http://www.actden.com/
Wonderful ideas and approaches for using the Internet as part of your instruction - updated weekly! Includes Math, Writing, News, Graphics, Astronomy, the Internet and tutorials too.

DOWNLOAD.COM - http://download.cnet.com/
Education downloads on a variety of subjects - freeware and shareware as well as titles for purchase. Free newsletter.

DR. ALICE CHRISTIE'S TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION WORKSHOP FOR K-3 TEACHERS - http://www.west.asu.edu/achristie/DV/dvk3ng.html
This site has great links to real k-3 teachersí classrooms and their ideas.  Check it out!
 

EDWEB - http://www.edwebproject.org/
Hunt down on-line educational resources around the world, learn about trends in education policy and information infrastructure development, and examine success stories of computers in the classroom.

EXCEL IN THE CLASSROOM - http://www.internet4classrooms.com/on-line_excel.htm

  FREE TUTORIAL BEACHES - http://www.middleschoolteacher.net
May be the best portal to free tutorials for teachers anywhere on the net. You can click on elementary sites too.

4TEACHERS - http://www.4teachers.org/
Links to technology-based learning and activities.  Check it out.

FROM NOW ON - http://www.fno.org/
The Educational Technology Journal written by Jamie McKenzie - You can subscribe for free.  Includes links to STAFF DEVELOPMENT,  how to use Graphic Organizers. Assessment, copyright information, how to write grants, Internet Use Policies, Technology Planning, Virtual Museums...You want it?  It's probably here.

GETTING STARTING - TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM - http://www.geocities.com/edtechteacher/Home.html
Work, games, getting started, internet activities, research for the new teacher.  Interesting site by a grad student.

GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS - http://www.writedesignonline.com/organizers/

GRAPHING IDEAS - http://www.fi.edu/qa98/me5/me5.html
Third Grade Students graph information using Microsoft WORKS in the computer lab.  The instant creation of graphs and charts from spreadsheets in various styles reduces the tedium of drawing and coloring and lets kids get right to the exercise of selecting, interpreting and querying data.

HEWLETT-PACKARD FREE ONLINE COURSES - http://www.hplearningcenter.com/
Free courses on Word, Excell, PageMaker, Web site building and more.

HOMESTEAD COM - http://homestead.com
Build a free webpage - step by step, start with a blank page and go. They will host for $4.99 month.

HOW DO I INTEGRATE THE INTERNET INTO MY CLASSROOM CURRICULUM - http://www.cyberbee.com/
See Treasures on the Web: a Roadmap for Curriculum Opportunities, from the Currency Converter activity to Dinosaur Eggs activity, each one is easy to follow and something you can do in your class without changing the lesson at all.

HOW STUFF WORKS: DIGITAL CAMERAS - http://www.howstuffworks.com/digital-camera.htm
How Stuff Works explains how a digital camera works and includes plenty of practical buying tips along the way. Top click is the Feature section which will help you better understand digital camera jargon.

HOW TO SUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE AND SEARCH E-MAIL LISTS - http://www3.niu.edu/newsplace/netlists3.html
Exactly what the title suggests; think you know all the differences in kinds of listservs? This is a good thorough overview.

INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY INTO MIDDLE SCHOOLS  - http://www.edc.org/FSC/MIH/
This site offers detailed information about how to create a unit (which they call I-Search Units) with incorporates research.  Explaining how to enhance these units using technology is also given.  Teacher and student comments compliment this site.  If you and/or your school wishes to purchase specific information about the Make It Happen program you can do that online.

INTERNET 101 - http://www.internet101.org/
Still learning the ropes or are you an expert?  This may be the site for you. Simple to navigate and easy to understand - from the origins of the 'Net' all the way up to programming and marketing

KATHY SCHROCK'S GUIDE FOR EDUCATORS - http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide -
Kathy Schrock is now on Discovery Channel.  Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites on the Internet which are useful for enhancing curriculum and teacher professional growth. It is updated daily to keep up with the tremendous number of new World Wide Web sites.

KEYBOARDING see below:

BBC - DANCE MAT TYPING - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/
Four levels of typing - Dance Mat Typing is a fun musical introduction to touch typing for kids seven and older. Practice is divided into twelve lessons, and led by animated characters.
FREE TYPING GAME - http://www.freetypinggame.net/
There are six arcade-style typing games, thirty keyboarding lessons and thirty timed typing tests, featuring a keyboard that is color coded for our ten fingers. Check it out.
GOOD TYPING - http://www.goodtyping.com/
27 guided lessons with 18 different keyboard layouts - you need to sign in but it is free.
LEARN TO TYPE - http://kids.learn2type.com/
A free web site that helps kids master the skills of touch typing. the exercises automatically adjust to the students' skill level. The better they get the more challenging the t yping exercises become. Come and go as  you please and pick up where you left off.
POWER TYPING - http://www.powertyping.com/
Lots of keyboard practice set to radio music.

KIDBIBS LEARNING TIPS - http://www.kidbibs.com/learningtips/lt48.htm
Writing Web Pages?  What should you put on them?  This site will help. LearningTip #48? Web Page Creation Supports Student Reading, Writing, and Learning in a Variety of Ways.

KODAK DIGITAL LEARNING CENTER - http://www.kodak.com/US/en/digital/dlc/
Although written specifically for Kodak digital cameras, this site offers plenty for anyone interested in learning
about digital photography.  The site is divided into five books: How To (with step-by-step instructions); Technology; Courses;  Reference (with FAQ's and a glossary); and DLC Plus (a collection of projects for home and classroom) like Digital Color Theory and Printing Digital Images (which delves into the confusing issue of input and output resolution.)

LISSA EXPLAINS IT ALL - HTML HELP FOR KIDS - http://www.lissaexplains.com/
Want to make a Web page? You've come to the right place. Lissa is13 years old nd in the 8th grade. She wrote this site.explaining and graphics (she makes all of her graphics herself), and has even made some commercial Web sites!! She  started this page when she was 11 because had a lot of kids ask her questions about how to make their own Web page, and there were no other pages especially for kids to learn HTML. She figured, why not make a page just for kids about how to make their own Web page? She has covered the questions asked the most, and if there is anything you would like to see added, she'll consider it!

MINUTES FROM ME - http://www.fi.edu/qa99/me6/me6.html
Word processing activities for 2nd, 3rd and 4th graders, with how-tos and whys. ALSO SEE THE Spreadsheet activity  at http://www.fi.edu/qa98/me4/me4.html     Check out other lessons about building web sites from Margaret Ennis at http://www.fi.edu/qa96/meindex.html

MISCELLANEOUS TECHNOLOGY & INTERNET STRATEGIES
 The Copy and Paste Thing  - http://members.aol.com/MsAtte2ude/copypaste.index.html

MULTIMEDIA - http://www.oswego.org/staff/cchamber/webdesign/multimedia.htm
This page is filled with links to help quickly locate sound clips that can be used in web page creation. Music can often add an inviting quality to your webs. You can find music that fits the theme of your page. If you find a clip that you want to use make sure you review the page to see if the clips are public domain.

NET DAY COMPASS - http://www.netdaycompass.org/
Feeling a little lost when it comes to technology planning and  implementation at your school or library?  This compass, sponsored by the Net Day non-profit organization, can be a big help. Lots of resources have been assembled, and the site encourages interactive knowledge sharing and community building with areas for Recommend a Resource and Rate a Resource.

PICS4LEARNING - http://pics.tech4learning.com/
Pics4Learning is a copyright-friendly image library for teachers and students. The Pics4Learning collection consists of thousands of images that have been donated by students, teachers, and amateur photographers. This is a great site for images for your classes to use legally in class projects and reports? There is a clear use policy for images. Teachers can get ideas for groups projects or reports using technology in the lesson area.

POWER POINT IN THE CLASSROOM - http://www.actden.com/pp
An eight-unit tutorial for K-12 teachers on how to use PowerPoint98. You'll learn about toolbars; laying out, saving, and moving  information; text; animation; transitions; as well as ways to teach your students to use it. This tutorial is part of a larger site created by actDEN which currrently offers seven software tutorials, produced in conjunction with Microsoft K-12 Education.

POWER  POINT 97 - http://aitt.acadiau.ca/tutorials/PowerPoint97/index.htm
A twelve point lesson from bullets to scanning and converting to HTML--nice on-screen demos. Also Power Point 2000 info at http://aitt.acadiau.ca/nstpd/ppt00.htm  and writing web pages at http://aitt.acadiau.ca/nstpd/webbasics.htm

SCHOOLNOTES.COM - http://schoolnotes.com/
Allows you to set up your own page for parents, students and colleagues to access, and keep up to date with homework assignments, event scheduling and professional opportunities. (Use it for students' nightly homework assignments); the service is free and it can be updated as often as you want to keep your audience informed.

SHORT COURSES - http://www.shortcourses.com/
Short Courses is my digital photography pick of day for its encyclopedic collection of online tutorials. Topics include Batteries, Choosing a Digital Camera, and Editing Digital Photographs.  There is also a great links page with pointers to seven fabulous digital photo galleries.

SOFTWARE, MAC AND PC -  http://www.mm-soft.com
Click on the site then the appropriate software.

TECHLEARNING - http://www.techlearning.com/
Produced by the Technology & Learning Magazine The Well Connected Educator and School Tech Expo and Conference, this site contains reviews and recommendations for what's best for using technology in K-12 education, as well as job listings, discussion boards, resources and contests.

TECHNOLOGY ADVANCING STUDENT KNOWLEDGE - http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/task/
A new site written by the technology integration team of the Greece, New York, School District, all the technology integration activities and ideas are grouped by subject area and grade level.

TECHNOLOGY FOR TEACHERS - http://eduscapes.com/web/teacher.html

TECHNOLOGY FOR TEACHERS - http://www.pampetty.com/techtraining.htm
Technology for teachers by Pam Petty includes a scavenger hunt for the site. 

TECHNOLOGY IDEAS FOR TEACHERS - http://www.wacona.com/technology/tech4teacher.html

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 LESSON PLANS K-6 - http://k-6educators.about.com/cs/lessonplanstec/
Bring the virtual world into the classroom through the wonders of technology!  This site has links to all types of technology lessons.

TECHNOLOGY MAGIC AND WORLDS TO EXPLORE - http://ada.lesley.edu/faculty/flescher/team1.htm
Includes 20 plus ways to use the Internet for Teaching, learning and Education and virtual field trips and research links.

  TECHNOLOGY PLANNING - http://www.tcet.unt.edu/tek-plan.htm
Great 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 TEACHING CONCEPTS, LTD. - http://www.techteachconcepts.com/interest.htm
Bring Technology into the Classroom - links to teacher sites and student sites.  Interesting concept.

TEK MOM'S CITATION PAGE - http://www.tekmom.com/cite/index.html
How to Cite Web Resources.  Be a team player and give credit where credit is due by creating a reference for every online resource you use.  Check this page out, it is color coded for ease of use.

TIME LINE MAKER - http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/timelines/
This generator can be used to make time lines of up to 9 events of your choice.

TOTALLY DRIVERS  - http://www.totallydrivers.com/
Help is here. For all you tech coordinators that are always looking for the right drivers, Totallydrivers.com is for you! In just two clicks, you can be on the website for the brand of driver you need. This is valuable for the driver sites that aren't just "www.brandname.com"  Includes browser update links, plugin links, and more.

UMAC-BELL ATLANTIC VIRTURAL RESOURCE SITE FOR TEACHING WITH TECHNOLOGY - http://www.umuc.edu/virtualteaching/
Two modules developed to give all the basics of online learning. Module One is a good place to acquaint yourself with Teaching/Learning Activities (with great examples) from university classes where all the assignments and even the slides to be shown in class are online, and the Technologies needed for learning. This really helps educators answer the question "What do you want to use technology for?"  Check this out!

WORLD WIDE WEBWORKBOOK - http://sln.fi.edu/primer/newprimer/primer.html
Hypertext, graphics, hypergraphics, image maps, interactivity and three pages of exploring, two with help (from spot) and one without.  Try  this workbook if  you are new on the web, or even if you are ìoldî.
 

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Last Updated August, 2007

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