see also: Online Tools for specific online tools and guides
- 7 Things You Should Know About ...
"7 Things You Should Know About...pieces provide quick, no-jargon overviews of emerging technologies and related practices that have demonstrated or may demonstrate positive learning impacts."
- 19Pencils
"It is our mission to provide an efficient, effective environment to discover, save and share educational content." Offers the ability to create websites, share links, and offer online quizzes.
- 20 Technology Skills that Every Educator Should Have
"Although, realistically, you would not use all of these technologies, you should be knowledgeable in what each of the following technology is and how it could be/might be used in a classroom."
- 23 Things
"Listed below are 23 Things (or small exercises) that you can do on the web to explore and expand your knowledge of the Internet and Web 2.0."
- 100+ Google Tricks for Teachers
"From super-effective search tricks to Google tools specifically for education to tricks and tips for using Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Calendar, these tricks will surely save you some precious time."
- Atomic Learning
"Atomic Learning provides web-based software training for more than 110 applications students and educators use everyday."
- Bernie Poole's Online Books
Includes the entire text of Education for an Information Age plus tutorials for Office 2000, XP, 2003, and 2007.
- BlogIT
"We post resources, information and news about instructional technology." (Not updated since Sept. 2009, but archives still have good information.)
- Bud the Teacher's Wiki
"Resources on technology and education."
- Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies
"The place to find out about social media for working, learning and marketing." Includes a number of free resources and guides.
- eBlooms - A taxonomy for E-Learning design
Presents an interesting take on Blooms updated where instead of the usual hierarchical taxonomy, this version is arranged as a grid (like a rubric).
- Education for a Virtual World
Free online ebook containing "Advice, Guidelines, and Effective Practice from Around the Globe".
- eduTeacher.net
"eduTecher offers links to hundreds of web tools and sites and provides concise information on how the tools may be useful in the classroom setting."
- EduHound.com: Your Educational Technology Resource
Subject-organized links to education and edtech webpages.
- Encyclopedia of Educational Technology
"A collection of short multimedia articles on a variety of topics related to the fields of instructional design and education and training."
- Handbook of Emerging Technologies for Learning
"This Handbook of Emerging Technologies for Learning (HETL) has been designed as a resource for educators planning to incorporate technologies in their teaching and learning activities."
- Internet4Classrooms: Technology Tutorials
Free tutorials about using Windows, Macs, the internet, Microsoft Office, and other applications.
- Learn It In 5
"Learn it in 5 is a powerful library of how-to videos, produced by technology teachers, for the purpose of helping teachers and students create classroom strategies for today's 21st century's digital classroom." All videos are 5 minutes or less.
- Ideas to Inspire
"A collection of collaborative presentations, which offer a large number of ideas for engaging lesson activities. They are the result of the collaboration of teachers from all around the world." Include a number of ideas for software and hardware use.
- ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education)
"A nonprofit membership organization, ISTE provides leadership and service to improve teaching, learning, and school leadership by advancing the effective use of technology in PK–12 and teacher education." Publisher of NETS (National Educational Technology Standards).
- K12 Online Conference
Annual online videocast event with professional development talks and demonstrations for educators. Resources include a Wiki of accompanying materials and discussions, archives, Facebook page, Twitter page, and more. Well worth checking out!
- Media Literacy: Eight Guidelines for Teachers
"Eight guidelines can help teachers promote the crucial skills associated with digital literacy."
- Microsoft - Teacher Guides
"Watch videos, and download guides and e-books to inspire your class and to help you make the best use of tools and technology in your lessons."
- Moving Forward
"A collection of resources to help presenters and change agents as they help move schools and universities forward into the 21st century." Includes great set of links for presenters.
- New Horizons for Learning
This new free online journal "identifies and communicates successful strategies as a leading-edge web resource for educational practice."
- New Tools
From Joyce Valenza, a ton of subject-organized links to videos, blogs, and information about using new technologies in and out of the classroom.
- New York State Virtual Learning System
"The purpose of the New York State Education Department's Virtual Learning System is to encourage the use of the Internet as a tool for teaching and learning and to assist classroom teachers in locating Internet resources for instruction."
- Nortel LearniT
"An initiative ... to prepare teachers, students, and learners of all ages to develop 21st century skills that will provide a basis for their ongoing engagement in learning and personal achievement." Includes tutorials, guides, and lesson plans.
- OER Commons
"In a brave new world of learning, OER [Open Educational Resources] content is made free to use or share, and in some cases, to change and share again, made possible through licensing, so that both teachers and learners can share what they know. Browse and search OER Commons to find curriculum, and tag, rate, and review it for others."
- Open Thinking Wiki
"This is a wiki begun by Alec Couros, ICT Coordinator of the Faculty of Education, University of Regina. This is meant as a resource for courses I teach related to ICT in education and media studies. Please feel free to use the resources as you wish."
- Project Based Learning (With FREE Online Tools)
A workshop outline with handouts and links.
- Route 21
"An online interactive tool that demonstrates how 21st century skills can be supported through standards, professional development, assessments and curriculum and instruction."
- School Computing Home Page
"A collaborative guide to information technology in K-12 schools that anyone can edit. Please add information, create new pages, and share knowledge."
- SchoolForge
"SchoolForge's mission is to unify independent organizations that advocate, use, and develop open resources for primary and secondary education."
- State of Tech podcast
"The State of Tech is a bi-weekly podcast covering educational technology. The show is designed for anyone in education (from teachers to principals to technology directors) wanting to explore how technology can be used to improve teaching and learning."
- Teaching Hacks Wiki
"The guiding idea behind this wiki is the creation of a learning tool to assist educators in helping their students develop skills to prepare them for the future."
- Tech-Ease
"Quick answers to real classroom technology questions." For Mac and Windows.
- Technology Integration Matrix
"Illustrates how teachers can use technology to enhance learning for K-12 students." With video examples for the core subjects at each level.
- Warlick's CoLearners
Wiki by educator David Warlick focusing on educational technology and media literacy.
- A Web of Connections: Why the Read/Write Web Changes Everything
Wiki site by Will Richardson discussing how modern technologies affect society, with a particular focus on what this means for educators.
- Weblogg-ed Wiki
Will Richardson's " resource site for [his] workshops and presentations."
- WikiEducator
"WikiEducator is a community project working collaboratively with the Free Culture Movement towards a free version of the education curriculum by 2015."
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