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| Adobe Product Training This website has brief online lessons on digital imaging and video. http://www.adobe.com/misc/training.html |
| AskERIC -- Evaluation This AskERIC website provides many links to assessment resources, including online tests, a test locator, standards, and alternative assessment. http://ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/res.cgi/Evaluation |
| Basic HTML Tutorial This is a basic online HTML tutorial. This website discusses what HTML is, how the documents are structured, creating text and adding graphics, linking pages, and uploading a website. http://www.iboost.com/build/programming/html/basic/755.htm |
| Challenge Grant Learning Interchange This is the website for the Challenge Grant Learning Interchange from Apple, Inc. It is described as "the place for educators interested in professional development, creating and sharing curriculum resources, and building a worldwide community of people committed to find even better ways to teach with technology". http://ali.apple.com/cgli/ |
| Digital Portfolio Sampler Recent examples of digital portfolios, many of which have "guided tours". http://www.ideasconsulting.com/dp/ |
| Dr. Helen Barrett's Alternative Assessment and Electronic Portfolios Links This website has links to information about and examples of electronic student and teacher portfolios, and to assessment resources in general. http://electronicportfolios.com/ |
| The EdIndex This website includes a tutorial for MS Office 2000 -- lessons are in PDF format and can be printed out for reference. http://www.pitt.edu/~poole/ |
| A Few Scanning Tips Helpful hints for scanning; geared toward beginners. http://www.scantips.com/ |
| Integrating the Internet A tutorial to help teachers use the Internet, plan interactive projects and design class homepages. http://integratingtheinternet.com/index/class.html |
| Knowledge Analysis Technologies This site contains information about and an online demo of the Intelligent Essay Assessor, which is a web-based tool that uses Latent Semantic Analysis to grade essays automatically. http://www.knowledge-technologies.com/ |
| Microsoft in Education: Tutorials Good resource for teachers with online tutorials for many Microsoft products, as well as downloadable tutorial guides for teachers and students. http://www.microsoft.com/education/tutorial/ |
| National Education Association - Focus on Technology The National Education Association's Focus on Technology website includes a message board, a listing of conferences and other events, and technology news. http://www.nea.org/cet/ |
| PBS Teachersource: Teaching with Technology This PBS website offers online tutorials for getting connected to the Internet, using e-mail, and working with some common applications such as PowerPoint and Hyperstudio. Some ideas for web-based lessons across the curriculum are also provided. http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/teachtech.htm |
| Palm Education Pioneer Grants Palm, Inc. has teamed with SRI International's Center for Technology in Learning (CTL) to provide Palm Education Pioneer grants, which provide classroom sets of Palm handheld computers to selected applicants. CTL is administering the program as well as evaluating the uses, experiences, and effectiveness of Palm handhelds in K-12 teaching and learning. Only K-12 teachers may apply for this award. http://www.palmgrants.sri.com/index.html |
| Performance Assessment Links in Science PALS is an online, standards-based, continually updated resource bank of science performance assessment tasks indexed via the National Science Education Standards (NSES) and various other standards frameworks. http://www.pals.sri.com/ |
| Scholastic -- Teaching With Technology Scholastic's page provides tips on how to integrate technology into lessons. There is a collection of articles on many topics, including computer basics and incorporating the Internet. There is also a discussion group for teachers. http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/ |
| The Science Learning Network The Science Learning Network is a professional development program and technology resource center for teachers, which is affiliated with the Museum of Science in Boston. Some online resources are also given. http://www.mos.org/sln/ |
| South Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium This site is a wonderful resource for teachers trying to integrate technology into the curriculum. There are sections on Internet safety and WebQuests, as well as tools for creating rubrics and quizzes. A section on professional development gives grant information and technology tutorials. http://www.4teachers.org/ |
| Strategic Learning Technologies -- Assessment and Curriculum Tools This website has software available for download that allows you to document assessments and connect them to standards, create student tasks and score them with rubrics. http://www.rubrics.com/index.html |
| The TLT Group The TLT Group (Teaching, Learning, and Technology) is an affiliate of the American Association for Higher Education. Their goal "is to help educational institutions improve teaching and learning by making more sensible use of technology". Although this website is geared toward college and university educators, those at other levels might find useful information here as well. http://www.tltgroup.org/default.htm |
| ThinkQuest Junior According to the website, "ThinkQuest Junior is a classroom-based competition that encourages girls and boys in grades 4-6 to take a meaningful interest in computers and technology". Student teams create educational websites on a variety of subjects and enter into local contests to win award money and prizes for their schools. http://www.thinkquest.org/tqjr/ |
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