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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