Helps K-12 teachers and students with web access locate other Internet users who are experts in different disciplines for the purpose of setting up curriculum-based, electronic exchanges among the teachers, students, and the experts. Also conducts research on telementoring interactions in which K-12 students are active inquirers.
This website is intended as a way to share ideas with fellow educators and engage in an on-going conversation about the ways in which technology can extend, enhance, and facilitate learning. It provides lessons, activities,and resources.
Useful to teachers, teacher-librarians, administrators, and students as they incorporate information technology into the curriculum in their schools. Has a section on education in Nova Scotia.
Describes a total system approach to the challenges of linking education technology products and services to school facilities, while seeking to optimize student learning.
This site is an original resource for instructional technology for the K-12 level and for Schools of Education wanting to better introduce technological literacy into Teacher Education Programs.
Features the projects of teachers and students, as well as the work of researchers who are articulating new visions of what learning can be. Also providers resources to help educators learn how to create new knowledge.
Educational technology resources available for technology leadership including school lesson plans, security, networks, software, and student information systems.
Online research modules provide a path a teacher can follow with a class of students. They offer clear instructions as well as daily activities which focus on higher level thinking and electronic resources which have been tested for quality.
Provides facts and perspectives to help policymakers and educators understand what it will take to connect the nation's public K-12 schools to the information superhighway over the next 5 to 10 years. Prepared for the National Information Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIIAC).
Goal is to develop standards that will guide educational leaders in planning for effective use of technology to support learning, teaching, and educational management. Includes resources and example lesson plans for teachers.
A directory of education technology resources designed for decision-makers in K-12 schools. Topics include planning, infrastructure, grants and funding, classroom support, and best practices.
Promotes effective use of information and communication technologies to support and enhance learning. Provides information about educational technology, teacher training, professional development, grants, and learning on the Internet.
Free password allows entry to editable multimedia presentation library and tutored production studio for customized projects using on-site and links to images and sounds. Testing modules, trivia game, and screensavers are added attractions.
Lesson plans for integrating the Internet with your curriculum. This is a free, non-profit service. It costs nothing to access the information, and no money is made from teachers who contribute.
A national non-profit organization dedicated to improving K-12 education at the grassroots level by helping educators effectively use technology in their schools.
TSA is a national organization devoted to elementary, middle and high school students with a dedicated interest in technology. Assisting TSA's students are teachers, alumni, parents and business leaders who support a technologically literate society.
There is no set of workshops, exercises, books, CD-ROMs or Web sites that will take us where we need to go, simply because the goal keeps moving. However, there are a host of options with which we can pursue our goals of lifelong improvement.
Contains examples of curriculum-based educational telecomputing projects and other related resources. Companion site to the ISTE book of the same name.
Connects and trains teachers and kids in developing countries to improve education and employment opportunities. Includes news, features stories, and links to resources. In English, Spanish and French.
A resource and community for after-school youth programs that integrate technology. Includes lesson plans, teaching techniques, project design tools, samples and examples, software/hardware advice, discussions.
