Resources in Educational Technology
Most of these sites deal with issues involved in utilizing computer
technology in curriculum and instruction. A few are links to specific
schools or educational programs.
General Resources in Technology
Alliance for Childhood--note
their computer project, especially the report, "Fool's Gold: A Critical
Look at Computers and Childhood"
Astronomy
picture of the day archives--some really spectacular photos
BBC
Education Web Guide--thousands of websites for learning
Blue Web'N--blue
ribbon learning sites on the Web
Behind
the Wave: The consequences of the digital age--from the Mercury Center
Ben's Guide to U. S. Government
for Kids--from the Government Printing Office
Center for Democracy and Technology--a
little technical, but good information
CERT Coordination Center--keeping
track of computer viruses
The Cisco Educational Archives
(CEARCH)--resources,
information, links
Computers in Teaching Initiative--higher
ed, from the United Kingdom
CyberAngels--well, we're
living in dangerous times.
Dragonfly Web Pages--how
to get youngsters enthralled with science
Dr. Solomon's Virus
Central--help for those computer viruses
Educational
Hotlists--for various subject fields
Educators' Technology Center of Indiana--a
good site with many resources and links
Electronic Frontier Foundation--protecting
rights and promoting freedom in the electronic frontier
Elementary Science
Support Center--get those little folks interested in science
The ERIC Instructional Technology
Clearinghouse-- a strong site
Fathom--this may be where education
is headed
4 Kids--a good site for teachers,
kids, and parents, with lots of excellent links
Guidelines for Educational
Uses of Networks--papers and studies
Helping
Teachers find the On-ramp--links to documents and sites in technology
Indiana K-12 Teaching and Learning
Center--a rich and comprehensive site
Integrating Technology
in Schools--a useful site at the University of New Mexico
Internet for Administrators--an
administrators' academy
Internet Society--all
about the Internet, including how it came to be
Langdon Winner's Homepage--one
of our most important analysts and critics
Leadership and the New Technologies--supporting
school district leaders
The Learning
Technology Project--a fascinating set of links (oriented to higher
education)
NASA Classroom of the Future--more
space science ideas and links
NASA Lewis Research
Center--just what is microgravity, anyway?
National Information Infrastructure--the
information superhighway
The
Neo-Luddite Reaction--a very rich site from the U. of Colorado at Denver
Netsurfer Education--increasingly,
commercial sites will abound; check this one out
NIST Web
Clock--does anybody really know what time it is?
Open School Home Page--resources
and links from Canada: DE and technology
The President's Educational
Technology Initiative --Federal DOE priorities
Papers from
the INET '95 conference--the section on education has some good stuff
on networking
Reinventing Democratic
Culture in an Age of Electronic Networks--essential background
Reinventing
Schools: The Technology is Now--there's a reason why this site is famous
Teaching with
Electronic Technology--a personally maintained site with good links
and resources
Technology
and Education Reform--a large study sponsored by OERI
Technology
Connections--from MCREL (Mid-continent Regional Educational Laboratory)
Technology, Society,
and Democracy: New Problems and Opportunities--essential background
The Turning Point Project--sites
and materials on the ongoing impacts of technology
The 21st Century Teachers Network--teachers
helping themselves and others through technology
Using
Primary Sources in the (social studies) classroom--an example of a
powerful use of the WWW
The Webby Awards--best
sites of the year
Web 66--links to hundreds
(thousands?) of schools using the Internet in instruction
World Cultures--an
Internet classroom and anthology
WWW.electronic-school.com--the
school technology authority, they say
Yahooligans: the Web guide
for kids
Yale C/AIM
Web Style Guide--how to build a better web page
Journals in Educational Technology
ALN Magazine--the
Asynchronous Learning Networks journal, archives only
Journal of
Asynchronous Learning Networks--the new journal
Australian Journal
of Educational Technology--K-12 and higher education
Educational Technology
& Society--from International Forum of Educational Technology &
Society
EDUCAUSE
Quarterly (formerly Cause/Effect)--transforming education through information
technologies (higher ed)
EDUCAUSE Review--Learning,
Communications, and Information Technology (mostly higher ed)
EJournal--implications
of electronic networks and texts
eSchools News Online--lively
and up-to-date news
From Now On--The Educational Technology
Journal
The International Electronic
Journal for Leadership in Learning--primarily K-12
Journal of
Online Behavior--a new journal, looks promising
Journal of Research
on Technology in Education--a valuable journal, PK-12 focus
Journal
of Technology Education--a scholarly journal you will enjoy
Learning
Technology--publication of the IEEE Computer Society Learning Technology
Task Force (LTTF)
Netfuture:
Technology and Human Responsibility--maybe the most important site
in this list
Online Electronic
School--a vigorous and useful e-journal
Salonmagazine--articles
on the technology of culture, and the culture of technology
Technology Review--MIT's magazine
of innovation
Technos E-Zine--interviews and
articles on educational technology
TECHNOS Quarterly for Education
and Technology--has stopped publication; archives only
Technology
Tools for Today's Campuses--higher ed
THE Magazine--Technological
Horizons in Education (both k-12 and higher ed)
Transforming
Higher Education--IBM's take on all this
Virginia.Edu--the
information technology magazine at the U. of Virginia (higher ed)
And please look at the journals listed in my set
of links on distance education.
Organizations with a Technology Interest
American Association of School Administrators--many
links and resources
Challenger Center for Space Science
Education--are you or your students interested in space?
CPSR Education
Working Group--Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
Education Worldtm--where
educators go to learn
Global Schoolnet Foundation--linking
kids around the world
Institute for Learning Technologies--very
good site, from Teachers College, Columbia
Institute for the Transfer of Technology
to Education--good site, from National School Boards
The Loka Institute--Making
Science and Technology Responsive to Social and Environmental Concerns
The Lower
Hudson Valley Challenger Center--a terrific local implementation of
the concept
Microsoft in Education--ok,
a commercial site, but Microsoft is a major player
The Milken Family Foundation's
technology page--reports and studies
North Central Regional Educational
Technology Consortium--integrating technology into classrooms
Northeast and the Islands Regional Technology in Education Consortium--linking
leadership and technology to student learning
Northwest Educational Technology Consortium--resources
and links
South Central Regional Technology in Education
Consortium--some interesting ideas about technology
Tapped In--dedicated to professional
development in technology uses
Texas Center for Educational
Technology--links, resources, and more
Schools
Cyber High School--a private,
online, college preparatory school
Earhart Elementary
School--in Lafayette, IN
Flint Lake Elementary
School--what's happening at an excellent Indiana elementary school
Haywood
County Schools--what a friend of mine is doing in North Carolina
Harrison Elementary
School, Warsaw, IN--an impressive elementary school website
The International School
of Stavanger--what other friends are doing in Norway
Northwestern Online--Northwestern
School Corporation, Indiana
Partnership for the
21st Century--what a school district is doing with technology
School City of Hobart--what
a friend of mine is doing in Indiana
StarSoft--a Finnish
company specialized in systems for school administration
Tech Connections--what
the state of Nebraska is doing with technology
Tippecanoe and the
Internet too!--see
what fourth graders can offer the world
Technology Planning
Bellingham Public Schools--check
out their planning, and everything else they're doing
Developing Educational
Standards--K-12 oriented standards and plans
Education
Technology Planning Model--from Nebraska
Illinois
technology planning format
International Society for Technology
in Education--standards for integrating computers into instruction
National Center for Technology Planning--links
and plans from school districts
Technology
Planning--from the state of Iowa
Technology
Planning and Projects--from the state of Indiana
School Improvement Through Technology
The Council for School
Performance--tracking the performance of Georgia schools
Department of Defense Education
Activity--how the DoD tracts school performance
Educational
Accountability Decisions for Deleware--alternatives and issues
Florida School
Indicators Report--what they track in Florida
Illinois
Education Data--K-12 through universities
National Center for Educational
Statistics
National Quality Program--the
Baldrige Awards for Education
NAEP on
the Net--National Assessment of Educational Progress
Pennsylvania Educational
Policy Studies--bringing data to school improvement
Quality
Counts: State Report Cards--from Education Week
Richland School District Performance
Reports--Richland, Washington
School and District
Reports--from Rhode Island
Wisconsin Statewide School
Performance Reports
Gateway
to state DOE's through Ideanet--most states have some sort of reporting
system
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