Educational+Technology+Resources

Educational Technology Links for: STUDENTS, TEACHERS, PARENTS

Educational Technology Articles These articles will be used to spark various tech-rich discussions.

Educational Technology Docs: Dozens of resources to sort through.

Cybersafety: Good information for all students to be familiar with.

Technology Grant Opportunities

of our content learning ||= Web 2.0 Resources || using the new Bloom's Taxonomy ||  Multi-Media Resources- using original student work.  Images, writing and oral expressions created by students. ||= Tech Integration Ideas & Resources: Podcasting, blogging, Skype, Google Earth || sites to increase student engagement & learning. ||=  ||
 * = PBL & Higher Order Thinking ||= Literacy Technology Integration ||= Generic Technology Integration ||
 * = Essential Questions ||= Digital Storytelling: Making meaning
 * = Higher Order Thinking (HOT) questions
 * = Webquests: Inquiry-based learning ||= Cover it Live (tips & tricks): Using blogging & read/write
 * = Assessment ||=  ||=   ||

[|Why to use Technology] Examples of integration

iTunes U:
 * Ask a Biologist Podcasts from K-12 Arizona's IDEAL eLearning Platform
 * On Nature's Trail from Beyond Campus TERRA
 * Beyond Campus: Smithsonian Global Sound
 * Lit2Go Audio Files for K-12 from Universities & Colleges - University of South Florida College of Education
 * Discovery Networks
 * PBS
 * Dr. Carlson's Science Theater
 * 60-second Science from Scientific American
 * US Holocaust Memorial Museum
 * Slavery & the American Revolution from Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
 * Ask an Astonomer by NASA
 * BigStoryTime.com
 * Storynory
 * World News for Children by BBC Radio
 * SeaWorld Podcast by SeaWorld Adventure Parks

Copyright-free image sites -www.pics.tech4learning.com: list of links to copyright-friendly images related to many familiar school topics such as: animals, transportation, and plants -www.ncrtec.org/picture: List of graphic image resources for teachers and students -www.awesomeclipartforkids.com: kid-friendly source of backgrounds, clip art icons and lines created by a student, for kids and teachers to use. -www.memory.loc.gov: Library of Congress digitized image collection -www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/index: great site for high-quality photos about the U.S. space program -www.terraserver.com: free online access to USGS digital aerial photographs and topographic maps. -www.mapserver.maptech.com/homepage.index.cfm?BPID=MAP0060030900: largest online mapping resource for topographic maps and charts for land, sea, and air. -www.earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.html