Here are our favorite resources for technology integration. There is a
lot of overlap between categories, so please browse the entire page. If
you have comments, suggestions for additions or find any broken links,
please let us know
Internet Resources
- Marcopolo - The MarcoPolo
program provides no-cost, standards-based Internet content for the K-12
teacher and classroom, developed by the nation's content experts. Online
resources include panel-reviewed links to top sites in many disciplines,
professionally developed lesson plans, classroom activities, materials
to help with daily classroom planning, and a powerful search engine.
http://marcopolo.worldcom.com/
- The WebQuest Page - A WebQuest
is an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the information
used by learners is drawn from the Web. WebQuests are designed to use
learners' time well, to focus on using information rather than looking
for it, and to support learners' thinking at the levels of analysis,
synthesis and evaluation. This site updated continuously by Bernie Dodge,
the guru of Webquests. http://edweb.sdsu.edu/
- Filimentality -
Let's say you've been wowed by what's on the Web. It's got your cranium
cranking. Maybe you're thinking about ways some of those cool Internet
sites could work together to make a compelling Web-based learning activity.
Filamentality will help you create and post a Web-based learning page
that celebrates the harmonious integration of the Web's informational
filaments and the power of your own mentality. http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/
- BadgerLink -
Wisconsin's Connection to the World of Information. Allows access to
over 4,000 magazines, newsletters and newspapers. Many of the titles
are in full-text. Also includes links to many other information resources
from the Wisconsin DPI and the Division for Libraries, Technology, and
Community Learning. http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/badgerlink/
- Teach-nology.com - offers
a wide variety of resources intended to bring educators into the world
of teaching with technology. As a portal, it provides links to valuable
and useful information relative to current and past practice in the
field of education. http://www.teach-nology.com
- Copyright and Fair Use
in the Classroom, on the Internet, and the World Wide Web - 'This
document's purpose is to help faculty, students and staff make informed
decisions before using materials in the classroom, for course reserves,
or the Internet or World Wide Web. ' http://www.umuc.edu/library/copy.html
Great Starting Points
- Visions
of Online Projects Dance in My Head - While some of the links referenced
in this article may not be active, the points are still valid and well
covered. 'Visions of research projects, global collaborations, and electronic
publishing dance in my head. You have read the articles, seen the presentations
at conferences, gotten excited by the possibilities. Overwhelmed by
where to start? Let's talk. ' http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/jan98/story.htm
- Handbook of Engaged
Learning Projects - Teams of classroom teachers, technology coordinators
and library media specialists create engaged learning projects that
incorporate the best uses of technology. http://www-ed.fnal.gov/lincon/index.shtml
- Learning Through Dynamic
Simulations - The pages below describe how simulation and model
making can improve the students' learning experience. This approach
will facilitate standards based teaching in the engaged learning method.
http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/edu/icm/
- Blue Web'n Learning
Sites Library - Blue Web'n is a searchable database of over 1000
outstanding Internet learning sites categorized by subject area, audience,
and type (lessons, activities, projects, resources, references, & tools).
Blue Web'n does not attempt to catalog all educational sites, but only
the most useful sites -- especially online activities targeted at learners.
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
- Pitsco's Ask an Expert -
Askanexpert.com connects you with hundreds of real world experts, ranging
from astronauts to zookeepers. These experts have volunteered to answer
your questions for free! http://www.askanexpert.com/
- The WHY Files - 'The Why Files
attempts to remove those barriers and portray the world of science for
what it is, an important human endeavor conducted by ordinary people.
We cover issues of science, health, environment and technology from
a unique perspective. Using news and current events as a springboard
to explore science and the larger issues it raises, we hope to show
science as a human enterprise and a way of looking at the world. ' http://whyfiles.org/
- Ask Dr. Math - Ask Dr.
Math is a question and answer service for math students and their teachers.
A searchable archive is available by level and topic, as well as summaries
of Frequently Asked Questions (the Dr. Math FAQ). http://mathforum.org/dr.math/
- The Amazing Picture Machine
- An NCRTEC Index to Graphical Resources on the Internet http://www.ncrtec.org/picture.htm
- The National Museum of Natural History
- The National Museum of Natural History is dedicated to understanding
the natural world and our place in it. Explore their latest exhibits
and resources online. http://www.mnh.si.edu/
- WisKids
- The WisKids project is being brought to you by a group of Instructional
Technology Teachers from Madison, Wisconsin. We are excited to be able
to welcome you back for another year. Our goal in designing this project
was to bring you an intriguing Internet project linking technology to
the study of Wisconsin. http://danenet.wicip.org/wis_kids/wiskids.html
- ERIC Clearinghouse on Information
and Technology - ERIC/IT is one of 16 clearinghouses in the ERIC
system. We specialize in library and information science and educational
technology. ERIC/IT acquires, selects, catalogs, indexes, and abstracts
documents and journal articles in these subject areas for input into
the ERIC Database. http://ericir.syr.edu/ithome/
- AskERIC - In response to questions
we've received at AskERIC, our network information specialists have
compiled over 3000 resources on a variety of educational issues. This
collection includes Internet sites, educational organizations, and electronic
discussion groups. http://askeric.org/
Back to Top
Links to Links
- WWW Publishing
and Design - Just a few sites for guidance in building your own
web pages. http://www.cesa10.k12.wi.us/intro/webdesign.htm
- Internet
Tools - Links for guidance in searching, evaluating, and organizing
web resources. http://www.cesa10.k12.wi.us/intro/internettools.htm
- Performance Tasks, Standards, and Rubrics for
Science - Listing of sites developed by H. B. Lantz and distributed
at the Performance Assessment That’s Part of Teaching and Learning Conference
held in Eau Claire WI, June, 2000.
- Master Teacher
Helpful Links - '...a few important links that we believe will be
helpful to educators. While there are more comprehensive educational
lists available to you on the Web, The MASTER Teacher Helpful links
page is designed to be concise. Many of the links that are listed include
curriculum and additional educational resources. http://www.masterteacher.com/links/index.html
- Kathy Schrock's
Guide for Educators - Perhaps one of the best known sites for teachers.
'Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites
useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated
often to include the best sites for teaching and learning.' http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
- McREL Educator Resources
- ' This section provides online documents, information for purchasing
products and services, and links to other pertinent educator resources.
Visitors can explore the area via specific content topics, current education
topics, support services, or specific product names. ' http://www.mcrel.org/resources/
- Road Map to the
Web for Educators - T.H.E. Journal's selected Web Resources for
Educators. VERY LARGE database of links, catagorized by subject. http://www.thejournal.com/features/rdmap/
- Wisconsin
DPI List of Educational Resources - This listing includes over 400
sites divided into various subject or curricular areas as shown above.
The more general sites are listed first in each section followed by
sites more specific to the subject area or to K-12 education. http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dlcl/imt/ed_res.html
- Yahoo! K12 Education
Resources - Everybody's got a list! Would you believe over 59,000
sites? http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/k_12/
- Emerging Technologies
- Over 12,000 resources organized by topics for teachers, students,
parents, and others. Lots of great sites, but... Who are these people??
http://www.emTech.net/index.shtml
- Internet
Resources as Valuable Teaching and Learning Tools - Recommended Links
and Resources - Prepared for the CESA 10 TLCF 2001 Project by Linda
Stelter, this page features many great sites for teachers to explore
and use as they more fully integrate Internet resources in their classroom.
http://www.cesa10.k12.wi.us/intro/tlcf2001resources.htm
- K-3
Internet Sites - Selected sites from CESA10 Educational Technology
Consultant, Diane May Plantz. These sites are a rich resource for the
early grades. http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listk3intedi.html
Standards
- Wisconsin Model
Academic Standards - Access to downloadable versions of all 19 sets
of content standards. http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/standards/
- Wisconsin
Model Academic Standards for information and Technology Literacy
- Information and Technology Literacy is the ability of an individual,
working independently or with others, to use tools, resources, processes,
and systems responsibly to access and evaluate information in any medium,
and to use that information to solve problems, communicate clearly,
make informed decisions, and construct new knowledge, products, or systems.
http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dlcl/imt/itlstfmt.html
- ISTE National Educational Technology
Standards - The National Educational Technology Standards (NETS)
Project is an ongoing initiative of the International Society for Technology
in Education (ISTE) and a consortium of distinguished partners and co-sponsors.
Standards for students and teachers are being developed. http://cnets.iste.org/
Back to Top Curriculum/Lesson
Plan Sites
- McREL Content
Knowledge Homepage - A compilation of content standards for K-12
curriculum in both searchable and browsable formats. Includes standards
and instructional activities based on the standards. http://www.mcrel.org/standards-benchmarks/
- Mankato
Schools Information Literacy Curriculum Guidelines - Under the leadership
of Doug Johnson, Mankato is a leader in standards-based information
skill curriculum development. http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/infocurr/infolit.html
- Computer
Skills for Information Problem-Solving: Learning and Teaching Technology
in Context - This ERIC Digest oulines a curriculum, 'Computer Skills
for Information Problem-Solving,' that demonstrates how computer literacy
skills can fit within an information literacy skills context. http://ericir.syr.edu/ithome/digests/computerskills.html
- AskERIC Lesson Plans
- This collection contains more than 1100 unique lesson plans which
have been written and submitted to AskERIC by teachers from all over
the United States. Contributions from individuals are essential to the
collection; it is how it grows! http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/
- The Gateway to Educational Materials
- The key to one-stop, any-stop access to high quality lesson plans,
curriculum units and other education resources on the Internet! The
Gateway to Educational Materials is a Consortium effort to provide educators
with quick and easy access to thousands of educational resources found
on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet
sites. http://www.thegateway.org/
- Apple Learning Interchange - 'The
Apple Learning Interchange (ALI) is an online resource for teaching,
learning, research, and collaboration. This is the place for educators
interested in professional development, creating and sharing curriculum
resources, and building a worldwide community of people committed to
finding even better ways to teach with technology.' http://ali.apple.com/
- PBS Teacher Source
- Everything you wanted to know about using PBS resources in the classroom
including 2000 lesson plans and tips for technology integration. http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/
- Curriculum
Hot Spots on the Web - Curriculum Administrator journal's telecommunications
columnist shares his newly expanded millennium guide to the best curriculum
resources on the Web http://www.ca-magazine.com/Features/story.asp?txtFilename
equals hotspots2002.html&txtTitle equals Curriculum%20Hot%20Spots%20On%20The%20Web
- Marcopolo - The MarcoPolo
program provides no-cost, standards-based Internet content for the K-12
teacher and classroom, developed by the nation's content experts. Online
resources include panel-reviewed links to top sites in many disciplines,
professionally developed lesson plans, classroom activities, materials
to help with daily classroom planning, and a powerful search engine.
http://marcopolo.worldcom.com/
- IDEAS Web Site - IDEAS
provides Wisconsin educators access to high-quality, highly usable,
teacher-reviewed web-based resources for curricula, content, lesson
plans, professional development and other selected resources. http://www.ideas.wisconsin.edu/
- Rubrics.com Helping you design
assessments - Lot's of samples, downloadable software and resources
to explore when building rubrics for your teaching. http://www.rubrics.com
- Learner
Profile 3.0 - Designed to help educators manage standards-based
learning, this assessment and planning tool allows teachers and administrators
to use specific objectives as the basis of evaluations. http://www.sunburst-store.com/cgi-bin/sunburst.storefront/EN/product/9639
Reference Materials
- Meriam-Webster Online - Provides
access to the Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, the Unabridges as
well as many other language resources. http://www.meriamwebster.com
- Your Dictionary - Spelling,
Language, Foreign words, tons o' word resources! http://www.yourdictionary.com
- CIA
World Factbook 2001 - Afghanistan to Zimbabwe - Facts, figures,
maps and statistics. You can even download the entire document! http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
- American FactFinder - Tables,
maps and other data forms from the 2000 US census. Includes population,
housing, economic and geographic information for your neighborhood.
http://factfinder.census.gov
- US Postal
Service Zip Code Look-Up and Address Information - MORE than you
wanted to know about addresses and other postal information. http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/ziplookup/lookupmenu.htm
- Library of Congress Web - * THE LIBRARY
TODAY: News, Events & More * COLLECTIONS & SERVICES: Catalogs, Collections
& . . . * AMERICAN MEMORY: America's Story in Words . . . * THOMAS:
Congress at Work * COPYRIGHT OFFICE: Forms & Information * AMERICA'S
LIBRARY: Discover the stories of . . . * EXHIBITIONS: An On-Line Gallery
* HELP & FAQs: General Information About the Library . http://www.loc.gov
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