Technology in the Classroom

Noodle Tools
Innovative software that teaches students and supports teachers and librarians throughout the entire research process.

I Keep Bookmarks.com
Designed for technology integration training, this site provides links to hundreds of resources dealing with using the Internet and computers in the classroom.

Vidipedia
Site features videos uploaded by participants. Help yourself to what’s there and feel free to add your own videos. Though the site is brand-new, there are already some great clips for history, science, people, politics, and technology.
Wetpaint
A free tool that has some of the design power of traditional Web site-building tools, but incorporates the ease-of-use associated with wikis. It also offers the wiki's power of collaboration, allowing group writing, editing, and design activities.

TrackStar
User-built database where teachers collect Web sites, enter them into the system, add annotations for their students (and others who use the site), and produce online, interactive lessons.
NetSmartz
An Internet safety resource created by the Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

The Teacher’s Technology Manifesto
Provides information on what teachers need to integrate technology effectively in the classroom.
Moodle
A free software package to help educators easily create quality online courses. Moodle is used by more than 8.5 million teachers and students internationally.
TrackStar
Build your own online, interactive lesson or track using this tool, or use one of the thousands of tracks already made by other educators. This site includes a Web Worksheet Wizard that allows you to easily create a lesson, worksheet, or class page and post it on the Web.
Nicenet
Provides Internet Classroom Assistant, web-based classroom environment that gives teachers and students a forum to collaborate and share ideas. This free service brings powerful worldwide Web-based conferencing, personal messaging, document sharing, scheduling, and link/resource sharing to a variety of learning environments.
International Society for Technology in Education
Resources, research, and professional development information to promote the effective use of technology in education.
Learning.com
Tools for online technology curriculum integration and assessment.
Net Day Compass
A clearinghouse to help teachers and administrators implement technology in the classroom.
Internet4Classrooms
A resource for using the Internet effectively in the classroom.
Technology and Learning/Bellingham Public Schools
One school district’s Web site on technology and its use in the classroom.
The Texas Center for Academic Excellence
This online learning tutorial is designed to help students with math, reading, and language arts.
International Technology Education Association
An organization devoted to enhancing technology education through innovation, design, and engineering experiences.
The Jason Project
Resources to inspire a life-long passion for science, math, and technology through hands-on, real-world scientific discovery.
Technology Integration
Suggestions for using computers with elementary, middle school, and special needs students.
Scholastic for Teachers
Tips for setting up and using technology in the classroom.
Children’s Privacy
Explains the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, particularly regarding the use of information generated through children’s use of Internet educational activities.
SBC Education
Search for blue-ribbon learning sites on the Web.
Internet Safety
Guidelines and procedures for ensuring children’s protection while using the Internet.
Education Templates
Free PowerPoint templates geared toward students and educators.
ePals Classroom Exchange
Internet's largest community of collaborative classrooms engaged in cross-cultural exchanges, project sharing, and language learning.
Association for Educational Communications and Technology

Computer-Using Educators (CUE)

Institute for the Transfer of Technology to Education




BOOKS
Beyond Technology: Questioning, Research, and the Information Literate School
by Jamie McKenzie