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• A Conversation on Technology Leadership
  An interview about technology leadership with Jason Ohler,director of University of Alaska's Educational Technology Program, and David Arlick, director of The Landmark Project.
• A Math Dictionary For Kids
  An animated, interactive dictionary for students which explains over 400 common mathematical terms in simple language.
• AACE Digital Library
  The Digital Library is a valuable online resource of peer-reviewed and published international journal articles and proceedings papers on the latest research, developments, and applications related to all aspects of Educational Technology and E-Learning.
• ACT: What is it?
  ACT is a non-profit focusing on the creation, use, understanding, training and dissemination of appropriate technology to support communities.
• African Voices
  African Voices is an exhibit at the National Museum of Natural History that examines the diversity, dynamism, and global influence of Africa's peoples and cultures over time in the realms of family, work, community,and the natural environment.
• Alaska Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology
  Alaska's PT3 project.
• ALPS: Active Learning Practice for Schools
  ALPS, Active Learning Practice for Schools, is an electronic community dedicated to the improvement and advancement of educational instruction and practice. The mission is to create an on-line collaborative between teachers and administrators from around the world with educational researchers, professors, and curriculum designers at Harvard's Graduate School of Education.
• America Connects Consortium
  The America Connects Consortium is a collaboration of eight partners and allied organizations, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, who are working together to bring information, training, technical assistance, public attention, and new resources to community technology centers across the country.
• American Memory: Historical Collections
  American Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections.
• Amusement Park Physics
  This interactive exhibit, part of the Annenberg/CPB Exhibits Collection, explores how the laws of physics play a role in the design of amusement park rides. Activities in the exhibit invite visitors to design a roller coaster and determine the outcomes of bumper car collisions.
• Appetizers and Lessons for Mathematics and Reason
  A huge collection of activities, study tips, video clips and on-line books designed to develop skills in mathematics and reasoning.
• Archives of African-American Music&Culture
  Archives of African-American Music&CultureWeb site devoted to the collection, preservation, and dissemination of materials for the purpose of research and study of African-American music and culture.http://www.indiana.edu/~aaamc.
• Art and Life in Africa Online
  Art and Life in Africa Online contains information about African Art and Culture.Includes units on recontextualizing African Art in all aspects of life in Africa;essays on African History; photo essays; and additional resources.
• Artic Studies Center
  The Arctic Studies Center is the only U.S. government program with a special focus on northern cultural research and education.
• AskA+ Locator
  AskA+ LocatorThis directory of online question answering services (AskA) is "designed to link students, teachers, parents and other K-12 community members with experts on the Internet." Each service listing includes identification information (e.g., publisher, e-mail address, contact name, and links), scope, target audience, and a general description of the service. Searchable and browsable.
• AskAsia: Instructional Resources
  AskAsia's instructional resources section features a rich collection of readings, lesson plans, and many other teaching aids developed by educators and scholars. Interdisciplinary lessons are grouped by country.
• Assessments of Multimedia Technology in Education
  This is a Bibliography of a growing body of research devoted to assessing the effectiveness of multimedia in all levels of education, including corporate and military training.
• Awesome Library - K-12 Education Directory
  Awesome Library organizes 16,000 carefully reviewed K-12 education resources, including the top 5 percent for teachers, students, parents, and librarians. It includes a search engine.
• Beginning Teacher's Tool Box
  Website of the National Association for Beginning Teachers. The site is dedicated to helping new teachers with the tools they need such as interactive resources, books, links, tips, free webpages, and a newsletter.
• Best of History Web Sites
  This site provides categorized links to hundreds of "history-related web sites that have been reviewed for quality, accuracy and usefulness. Sites with engaging content and useful multimedia technologies are most likely to be included.
• Best Online Resources For Women and Minorities in Science and Technology
  Extensive list of projects, research, non-profits and programs related to women and minorities in science and technology. Links provide easy access to resources.
• Biography of America
  This comprehensive Website was designed as a companion to the video series and telecourse of the same title shown on PBS. Includes extensive U.S.
• Black Wings: African American Pioneer Aviators
  Black Wings, an on-line Smithsonian exhibit, tells the story of how one group of Americans overcame obstacles to break into aviation.
• Bridging the Digital Divide: The Impact of Race on Computer Access and Internet Use
  A research project investigates the differences in computer access between whites and African American in the US.
• Bridging the Home and School: A Case Study
  In today's society, there are many new technologies that educators have at their disposal to use both inside and outside of theclassroom. One such technology was the focus of the first stage of an on-going project on the "open school" model.
• Building a Digital Workforce
  Taking action to close the IT skills gap in the current and future workforce is a critical challenge for business, labor, education, government, and the nonprofit sector that requires urgent attention by all stakeholders. This report sets out NPA's Digital Economic Opportunity Committee's recommendations for increasing the number of U.S.
• CA Dept. of Ed: Education Technology Office
  Provides guidance and assistance to districts and schools in managing their technology.
• Campus Weblines
  Campus Weblines has eight chapters covering topics for student newspaper staffs and advisors to start building school newspapers for the Internet.
• CARET: Center for Applied Research in Education Technology
  CARET bridges education technology research to practice by offering research-based answers to critical questions.
• Center for Applied Research in Educational Technology
  CARET bridges education technology research to practice by offering research-based answers to critical questions.
• Center for Highly Interactive Computing in Education(HI-CE)
  The Center for Highly Interactive Computing in Education at the University of Michigan develops learner-centered technology and curriculum that addresses major needs of schools today - Enabling all students to learn and enabling students and teachers to engage in serious intellectual inquiry around authentic, meaningful, motivating, mindful-learning experiences.
• Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence
  CREDE is a federally funded research and development program focused on improving the education of students whose ability to reach their potential is challenged by language or cultural barriers, race, geographic location, or poverty. Includes five standards for learning and tools for implementing and assessing the standards.
• Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy
  The Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy, a consortium of several major universities, focuses on the system-wide improvement of learning and teaching and the development of a highly capable, committed teaching force. Center researchers study ways that leaders, policymakers, and others seek to renew the quality of teaching and the teacher force through strategies and initiatives enacted at the local and state level, in school systems and teacher education institutions, and through the engagement of supportive groups in the community.
• Chinatown Banquet
  Chinatown Banquet A community-based public art and education project based on the metaphor of a Chinese banquet raising awareness about the history, culture and conditions of Boston Chinatown, the city's most densely populated residential neighborhood.
• Choosing a Classroom Digital Camera
  For the new-to-technology educator, some considerations when buying a digital camera for school use. This page is designed specifically with the new-to-technology educator in mind.
• Classroom Connect's Connected Teacher - Lesson Plans
  Printable documents of standards-based curriculum resources and assessment tools organized by subjects (math,language arts,American history,sciences, and social studies) and grade level. Additional classroom learning and professional learning resources.
• Classroom Support
  Classroom SupportThese resources help education professionals assess skill levels for both teachers and students, and set grade-appropriate goals for students. This section also includes links to education information, provides teachers with ideas for technology-based lesson plans, and includes the tools necessary for creating appropriate use policies for these new technologies.
• Closing the Equity Gap in Technology Access and Use: A Practical Guide for K-12 Educators
  Contains resources related to: "Issues and Intervention Strategies", "Planning for Equity", as well as additional resources.
• Code Talk
  Code Talk is a federal inter-agency Native American website that provides information for Native American communities. Code Talk is hosted by the U.S.
• Collaborative Lesson Archive
  A web site repository devoted to the creation and collaboration of educational lessons and curriculum. Search by grade level and submit lessons.
• Collapse: Why Do Civilizations Fall?
  Explore the fall of civilizations through four examples: the ancient Maya, Mesopotamia, the Anasazi, and the medieval African empires of Mali and Songhai. Learn about important concepts in archeology such as interpreting evidence and dating artifacts.
• Communication as the Foundation of Distance Education
  Communication plays a vital role in learning, not only with respect to expository and discussion methods of instruction, but at a more consequential level in the development of higher mental processes through acquiring and learning to manipulate symbols.
• Computer Literacy Course Tutorial
  Computer Literacy Course TutorialHalifax Regional CAP Association 2001This is a course, on line, and also on a cd that takes teachers through the basics of the Internet.These materials have been developed by the Standardised Materials Training Team of the Halifax Regional CAP Association.
• Computer Technology Can Empower Students with Learning Disabilities
  The Center for Applied Special Technology assists a family to identify appropriate technology for home and school use by a learning disabled son.
• Computers For Learning
  The CFL program places computers in classrooms by transfering excess Federal computer equipment to schools and educational nonprofit organizations, giving special consideration to those with the greatest need. Website connects the registered needs of schools and educational nonprofit organizations with available Government computer equipment.
• Computers for Schools
  "Computers for Schools" solicites computer donations nationwide, and then gives computers away to schools who apply and meet criteria. Many state have network affiliate(s) that can be contacted.
• Consortium for School Networking
  The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), a national nonprofit organization, promotes the use of information technologies and the Internet in K-12 education to improve learning.
• Consumer Jungle: Promoting Consumer Literacy for Young Adults
  Consumer Jungle is a web-based program that helps turn high school students into savvy consumers. Site includes student activities, unit plans for teachers and information for parents.
• Convergent Learning
  The Resource for Education Technology Leaders focusing on K-12 educators. Site contains a Software Reviews and Announcement Database, articles from Technology&Learning Magazine, articles from Educators in Educators' Outlook, Events and Contests listings, Reader suggested Web sites, and weekly news updates on education technology leaders.
• Create a Graph
  An interactive website where the user selects one of four types of graphs to generate. The user then plugs in data, and sees a graph representing the data.
• CyberSisters
  A mentoring program that links middle school girls with University of Oregon and Oregon State University women mentors. Mentors use e-mail and face-to-face contact to encourage communication.
• Data-Driven Decision Making
  On-line version of ENC's Focus Magazine devoted to using data for educational decision making.
• Department of Justice ADA Home Page
  The ADA Home Page provides access to Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations for businesses and governments, technical assistance materials, ADA Standards for Accessible Design, updates on new requirements, information about settlement agreements and enforcement activities and access to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) ADA material.
• Dewey Browse
  The Dewey Browse contains web sites classified by the Dewey Decimal Classification System, for K-12 Curriculum Resources.
• Digital Blackboard: History Matters
  Fifty-seven web-based assignments that are models for integrating new media into the classroom. Sample topics: Red Hot Jazz; Reservation Controversies; Watergate and the Constitution.
• Digital Divide Lesson
  A lesson for 7-12th graders where students study the digital divide through a comparison with other historical dividessuch as race and poverty.
• Digital Divide Network
  This comprehensive Website provides feature stories about digital divide; current research; discussion lists;and a method for finding public access technology in your town.
• Digital Divide Resources
  Resources, articles, projects, people and businesses that help define the breadth of "digital divide" and gain an understanding of what needs to be done to increase digital equity. Includes background documents, statistics and fact sheets.
• Digital Divide Series
  Based on a two-part series for PBS about the digital divide, it is possible to explore the issues of classrooms, gender, race and at work through interaction, voices and links.
• Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE)
  DLESE is a grassroots, community-based effort involving teachers, students, and scientists working together to create a library of educational resources and services to support Earth system science education, at all levels, in both formal and informal settings.
• Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI)
  The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative is an open forum engaged in the development of interoperable online metadata standards that support a broad range of purposes and business models. DCMI's activities include consensus-driven working groups, global workshops, conferences, standards liaison, and educational efforts to promote widespread acceptance of metadata standards and practices.
• E-Math: A Guide to E-mail Based Volunteer Programs
  This Guide includes descriptions of e-mail based programs that connect students and professional adults in order to improve education. Chapters are included on telementoring programs, Question&Answer e-mail programs, and other e-mail based programs.
• Earth Observatory
  The purpose of NASA's Earth Observatory is to provide a freely-accessible publication on the Internet where the public can obtain new satellite imagery and scientific information about Earth. The focus is on Earth's climate and environmental change.
• EASI Equal Access to Software and Information
  Comprehensive site devoted to providing students and professionals with disabilities with access to information technology. Funded by NSF, site includes information about adaptive strategies; science,math and technology issues; and numerous links.
• EconEdLink
  EconEdLink is a program of the National Council on Economic Education. Centered on curriculum standards and based on the essential principles of economics, EconEdLink provides a premier source of classroom-tested, Internet-based economic lesson materials for K-12 teachers and their students.
• Economic Education from Richmond Federal Reserve Bank
  Designed to support the teaching of economic concepts, site includes curriculum materials, information about teacher workshops and conferences and a virtual tour of the Money Museum.
• ED Office of Educational Technology
  The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Technology (OET) develops national educational technology policy and implements this policy through Department-wide educational technology programs.
• ED Programs that Help Bridge the Digital Divide
  Describes U.S. Dept.
• EDSITEment: The Best of the Humanities on the Web
  The purpose of EDSITEment is to offer a gateway for teachers, students, and parents searching for high-quality material on the Internet in the subject areas of literature and language arts, foreign languages, art and culture, and history and social studies. EDSITEment is the product of a partnership of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Council of the Great City Schools, WorldCom Foundation and the National Trust for the Humanities.
• Education for All
  Education for All (EFA)The major focus of this searchable site are the findings of basic education assessments of 180 countries. The reports for each country contain funding; issues and goals; statistics on enrollment; literacy; educational levels of teachers; academic and vocational education; evaluation of early childhood, primary, and secondary instruction; and more.
• Educational Resources on Asia
  Educational Resources on AsiaThis site provides resources and links to educational material relating to Asia. These include reference works, online periodicals, educational films and suppliers, K-12 curriculum materials and vendors, full-text of significant historical documents (primarily constitutional), as well as demographic, economic, educational, and political statistics.
• Educational Technology
  This PT3 project site at the University of Colorado School of Education offers resources and tools to aid in the total infusion of technology into the curriculum.
• Educators' Website for Information Technology (EWIT)
  EWIT supports the innovative use of information technology to enhance learning.Links include computer science curriculum, instructional resources, suggested reading, pilot sites and statistics.
• EduHound.com
  Extensive collection of briefly annotated links for teachers, administrators, and parents, organized into categories, or browse an alphabetical subject/keyword list. Includes specific subjects (animals, science, etc.) as well as specialized educational resources (home schooling, standards&assessment, etc.).
• EduPuppy.com - Everything for Early Childhood Education Preschool - Grade 2
  Designed to assist early childhood professionals, links to resources are grouped into categories that include subjects, software, projects, role groups, etc.
• Edutopia On-line
  The Foundation documents and disseminates the most exciting classrooms where innovations are taking place. It is hoped that by spotlighting inspiring teachers and students, others will consider change.
• EdWeb Home Room
  A guide to education-related issues concerning the Internet, and to educational resources available on the Internet. Contact information for districts involved.
• Electronic Emissary Project's WebCenter
  Prototyped in 1992,The Electronic Emissary is the longest-running telementoring and research effort serving K-12 students and teachers. Connections are available to resources realted to Teachers; Mentors; Teamwork; and Research.
• Emerging Influences of Information Technology on School Curriculum
  Just as information technology has improved effectiveness in medicine, finance, manufacturing, and numerous other sectors of society, advanced computing and telecommunications have the potential to help students master complex 21st century skills. Research-based curriculum projects are developing technologies that enable online virtual communities of practice using advanced tools to solve real world problems.
• Empowering 21st Century Teachers
  Home page for Milwaukee Public School's PT3 project. Includes project information, reports, activities and resources.
• Encarta Schoolhouse
  Encarta SchoolhouseThis MSN Encarta site offers resources for teachers, including lesson plans, educational sites, and educational technologies.
• ESL Independent Study Lab
  The ESL Center, housed at Lewis and Clark University in Portland, OR,contains speaking and listening exercises and activities that promote learning English as a second language.
• Exploratorium Web Science Workshop
  By clicking the links below, you will find a variety of on-line "Web Lessons.""Web Lessons" are activities intended to help science teachers integrate the Web into their science curriculum. Since a "Web Lessons" may use dynamic content or require communication via the Internet, "Web Lessons" are best done during an active Internet session.
• Falling Through the Net II: New Data on the Digital Divide
  Report analyzing telephone and computer penetration rates in U.S. Identifies race, income and other demographic characteristics as significant factors in the "digital divide".
• Federal Reserve Bank Education
  The Bank's mission in education is to promote economic and financial literacy and a greater understanding of the role of the Federal Reserve System through the development of educational programs and instructional materials which promote active learning. Site inlcudes resources for teachers, and programs for students.
• FIRST
  FIRST is committed to reaching as many students as possible to create excitement for science and technology.They provide resources for organizing robotics competition.
• Friendly Advice for Administrators
  Friendly advice to administrators related to expanding and improving educational technology in schools.
• Gallery of Interactive Geometry
  A collection of interactive geometry activities developed by the Geometry Center at the University of Minnesota.
• Gender and Science Digital Library
  The Gender & Science Digital Library aims to provide high-quality digital resources to 1) help educators promote interest and engagement with science, technology, engineering and mathematics education by learners of all ages, particularly females, 2) encourage learners to pursue science education and future careers in science, 3) provide an inter-disciplinary examination of the role of gender in the creation, teaching and learning of science, and 4) build community among all interested users.
• Getsmarter.org
  Getsmarter.org, an initiative of the Council on Competitiveness, gives students, parents and teachers a free and private way to compare science and math skills to students worldwide. It also provides warm-up practice quizzes in both math and science.
• Giving Girls an Edge
  "The Edge" is a technology program developed by the Lone Star Girl Scout Council, located in Central Texas. The program is designed to develop skills and interest in science, math and technology.
• Google Labs
  This experimental site from the Google search engine "showcases a few of our favorite ideas that aren't quite ready for prime time." Play with keyboard shortcuts, telephone searching, a glossary (thesaurus), and more.http://labs.google.com/.
• Handheld
  HandheldComputer ActivitySuggestionsOrganizing and PlanningReferenceInformationData GatheringData Manipulation and DisplayIndividual LearningCommunicating and Collaboration.
• History Matters: The U.S. Survey Course
  Designed for high school and college teachers of U.S. History courses.
• How Access Benefits Children: Connecting Our Kids to the World of Information
  A report exploring the experiences and lessons learned by projects funded by the Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure Assistance Program. Includes descriptions and contacts for a variety of projects.
• How Well is it Working? Customizing Your Technology Assessment
  Three school districts (South Huntington; North Lawrence Community School; and Kyrene)have developed and carried out a technology assessment. Here is a description of assessments and lessons learned.
• Ice Machine, Steamboats, and Education: Structural Change and Educational Technologies
  This 16-page "white paper" explores where we are in the information revolution,characteristics of the change process and where this change is going.
• iEARN Projects
  Since 1988, iLearn has pioneered on-line linkages to enable students to engage in meaningful educational projects with peers who are near and far.Membership organization.
• Implementing Technology
  A comprehensive site that is designed to help educators to find the best ways to use technology to enhance teaching and learning. Chapters include Framing the Context; Classroom Stories;Technology as a Teaching Tool; Technology Training and Support;Selected Resources.
• Instructional Module: Assessment
  This module is meant for use either after completion of the project-based learning module or with participants who are familiar with project-based learning. The module is designed for a two to three hour class or session, divided into two parts.
• Interesting Things for ESL/EFL Students
  This web site is for people studying English as a Second Language (ESL) or English as a Foreign Language (EFL). There are quizzes, word games, word puzzles, proverbs, slang expressions, anagrams, a random-sentence generator and other study materials.
• International Education and Resource Network - iEARN
  iEARN is a non-profit global network that enables young people to use the Internet and other new technologies to engage in collaborative educational projects that both enhance learning and make a difference in the world. Site contains student magazine and examples of projects.
• Johns Hopkins Center for Technology in Education
  The Center for Technology in Education (CTE) strives to improve the quality of life of children and youth, particularly those with special needs, through teaching, research, and leadership in the use of technology. This partnership combines the research and teaching resources of The Johns Hopkins University and the leadership and policy support of the Maryland State Department of Education.
• Journey North:A Global Study of Wildlife Migration
  Project uses media and communications to improve math and science education. Journey North tracks a dozen migratory species each spring.
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
  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.
• Knowability
  Knowbility promotes barrier free Information Technology - creating greater access to I.T. opportunities for youth and adults with disabilities.
• Knowledge Loom: What Works In Teaching and Learning
  This database includes two parts. "The Collection" includes descriptions of best practices that can be sorted by theme,state,grade,setting,school type and design.
• Latinos, Computers and the Internet
  A comprehensive fact sheet about Latinos and the digital divide. Includes information about Internet access, computers at home and technology used in employment.
• Learning With Technology in Six Communitites
  This report summarizes findings from case studies of the Department of Education's Community Technology Centers program. The final section of the report presents an analysis of program results and challenges common to the community technology centers.
• Lego Robolab
  The ROBOLAB software, jointly developed by National Instruments, Tufts University, and LEGO Dacta, is engineered for the classroom and teaches basic computer programming, robotics, and automation skills.
• Lesson Plan Library
  Find hundreds of original lesson plans, all written by teachers for teachers. Use the pull-down menus below to browse by subject, grade, or both.
• Lesson Plans from EDSITEment
  Humanities-related lessons organized by grade-level and topics (Literature and Language Arts; Foreign Language; Art and Culture; History and Social Studies).
• LeTUS Curricula
  Project-based science curricula for 4th - 9th grade.
• Low-Income and Underserved Americans
  An audit analyzing who is underserved by the Internet; current online content related to underserved; and roadmap for action for change.
• Making Educational Software Accessible
  Includes guidelines for making software accessible to persons with disabilities.Also includes a description of an inclusive classroom.
• Maryland State Department of Education PT3 Home Page
  Home page for the Maryland State Dept. of Education's PT3 project.
• Maryland Teacher Technology Outcomes
  Technology competencies that all teacher candidates need to achieve prior to graduation.
• Meridian: A Middle School Technologies Journal
  An on-line journal dedicated to research and practice of computer technology in middle school classrooms. Features research, ideas from practitioners and others who promote the use of technology in teaching and learning.
• Multisensory Interactive Learning Institute
  The Multisensory Interactive Learning Institute creates a mathematics learning experience that addresses the sensory and cognitive style of every kind of learner - visual, auditory and tactile. Working with experts in math, interactive media and Internet technology, they develop math learning activities that do not rely on words and numbers but use patterns and shapes, sequences of sounds and tactile models to communicate ideas.
• Museum-School Connections in the Digital age
  Article describes different ways museums are enhancing classroom learning via virtual experiences.
• NASA - MSU/Bozeman CERES Project
  Faculty at Montana State University and classroom teachers from across the nation have developed an extensive library of on-line and interactive K-12 science education materials for teaching astronomy.
• National Center for Education Statistics Electronic Catalog
  Nation Center for Education Statistics is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data that are related to education. Search for data according to topic, program area or NCES publication.
• National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers Project
  National Educational Technology Standards for teachers identifies what teachers should know about and be able to do with technology. Provides models for incorporating technology in teacher preparation programs and promising practices for preparing tomorrow's teachers to use technology effectively for improving learning.
• National Indian Telecommunications Institute (NITI) Education
  Provides a model for use by teachers for creating culturally relevant, tribal specific Webpages.Links to sites related to NITI's work in cultural curriculum and technology.
• National Institute for Community Innovations
  The mission of NICI is to foster local economic and social well-being through educational innovation. Contains resources related to equity, higher education, banks, business, K-12 schools, libraries, and technology.
• National Institute for Urban School Improvement
  The National Institute for Urban School Improvement (NIUSI) advocates for inclusive urban schools. NIUSI recognizes that urban schools are the nexus for negotiating the complexities of ability, ethnicity, language, privilege, power, and class.
• National Leadership Institute Toolkit
  An online Tool Kit designed to assist educators to implement "No Child Left Behind" federal mandate.
• National Library of Virtual Manipulatives:Interactive Mathematics
  An extensive collection of Standards-based virtual math manipulatives with activities, organized by grade level and math topic.
• National School Boards Association
  Electronic School is the award-winning quarterly technology magazine for K-12 school leaders from American School Board Journal. Includes resources for planning and using technology in classrooms.
• Native American Indian Art
  Numerous examples of Native American art and types of art are described and pictured to use in art education projects and curriculum.
• Native American Indian Themes in Children's Books
  Managed by children's book author Cynthia Leitich Smith, this site offers original articles, bibliographies, interviews, publishing community news, an online quarterly newsletter, and curriculum information. Information deals with depictions of Native Americans in literature in user-friendly manner.
• Native Nevada Classroom
  This site contains lesson plans on Indian culture, environment and history. Designed for K-6 teachers in Nevada, the lessons supplement most subject areas and focus on the Great Basin tribes: the Washoe, Paiute and Shoshone.
• NCRTEC Teaching and Learning
  Specific strategies for infusing technology into teaching and learning. Resources and lesson plans.
• NET Database
  A comprehensive database of Lessons and Units designed to help students learn how to find, access, and assess information to address issues, some of which are yet to be defined. Database can be searched by lesson title, grade level, subject area and key words.
• NetDay Compass
  NetDayCompass is the first comprehensive education technology web site designed for technology decision-makers working in K-12 schools. The central feature of NetDayCompass is a directory of high-quality educational resources designed to help schools maximize technology investments.
• New Designs for Connected Teaching and Learning: A White Paper
  The first part of this White Paper examines current theories on learning and the second part focuses on the relationship of teaching and research. Riel presents four dimensions of learning.
• NSC Teacher Resources
  Science education programs aligned with National Science Standards, and supported by multiple formats and resource files for use in classrooms.
• Online and Electronic Research by Middle School Students
  A review of professional articles, reports,and dissertations related to initiating and improving students' use of technology.
• Oregon Teaching and Learning Resources
  The Oregon Teaching and Learning Resources web site provides teachers with easy access to resources that are strongly matched with Oregon academic standards. Resources help teachers understand the standards, design effective instruction, and assess student learning.
• Oregon Technology in Education Council (OTEC)
  A comprehensive site designed to improve Oregon's formal and informal education systems. Includes menu choices for news;ideas for integrating information technology into subject areas;preservice teacher education; continuing professional development; parents and children; school administrators;organizations;annotated references; and "Ask Dr.
• Palm Pages
  Hi-CE (Center for Highly Interactive Computing in Education at the University of Michigan)present a collection of Palm applications for the classroom along with instructions for each.
• Paul Griffith's Middle School Math and Science Site
  Developed by a teacher, this site contains mathematics, science and technology resources and links for students, parents, teachers, and educators in general. All entries annotated.
• Penguin Enrolls in U.S. Schools
  More and more schools are using Linux as the prefered operating system software because it is very low cost and can be downloaded free from the Internet. Statements from schools who are using Linux testify to its success.
• Pew Internet Project: Our Latest Reports
  Link to "More Online, Doing More" a report about Internet usage. Chapters on changing population, time spent online, expanding online activities and methodology.
• Powers of Ten and the Human Body
  Based on a webcast from the California Academy of Science,this website contains interactive activities and tools to help students learn about "the powers of ten" and the human body.
• Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers for Technology (PT3)
  Site of University of Arkansas at Little Rock's PT3 project, which is working to build strategies for improving the technology proficiency of future teachers.
• Principles and Standards for School Mathematics
  Includes the full-text of "Principles and Standards"; examples of interactive activities that support standards; a search engine; and resources.
• Project SITE SUPPORT
  A education/business community partnership to train, and retain teachers in the K-12 urban environments.
• Project VIEW
  Project VIEW, a Federal Technology Innovation Challenge Grant is led by the Schenectady City School District. This program is designed to open the classroom door so that students and teachers can engage in an array of learning opportunities by utilizing interactive education technology which accesses content-rich resources, activities and the exchange of ideas.
• Project WhistleStop - Harry S. Truman
  Project WhistleStop enables educators to work with the original source material of the Harry S Truman Presidential Library; to use technology and primary sources in project based learning experiences in the classroom; and to develop an on-line resource of original Truman Library documents, photographs, records, cartoons, and other archival material for student research projects.
• PT3 Grantees Intranet
  Comprehensive information about PT3 program including grant projects and tools, calendar, evaluation, forums and resources.
• Raptors in the City
  Designed to encourage students to learn more about raptors in cities, this website asks questions and links to world-wide resources about falcons.
• Reality Check 2001
  This "Reality Check" survey was done in 2001 and asked questions of students, parents and teachers about standardized testing.
• Renaissance:What inspired this age of balance and order?
  Explore the Renaissance through reading and interactive activities. Historical topics include Ot of the Middle Ages; Exploration and Trade; Printing and Thinking; Symmetry,Shape and Size; Focus on Florence.
• Rethinking Schools -- Rethinking Our Classrooms, Volume 2
  On-line educational journal focusing on urban educational issues.Site includes links to supplemental materials, resources and links to selected articles.
• River of Song
  The Mississippi: River of Song is a Smithsonian series on contemporary music along the Mississipi River.
• SACNAS Biography Project
  This site is designed as a resource for K-12 educators who are interested in teaching their students about the accomplishments of Chicano/Latino and Native American scientists. Profiles of scientists, mathematicians and engineers have been written at the middle school and high school levels and are organized by scientist's last name, by scientific subject/discipline, by grade level, and by women scientists.
• SchoolTech Expo - Professional Development for Education Technology Leaders
  Highlights upcoming professional development conferences for education technology leaders. Also includes handouts from past conferences.
• SchoolWorld Internet Education
  SchoolWorld Internet Education site was developed in 1996 to provide schools need the opportunity to participate in a wide range of programs and projects, not always available locally. SchoolWorld offers the opportunities for direct interaction with schools from around the world and provides a platform for using the Internet for educational enhancement.
• Science Is Fun
  The master of chemical demonstrations, University of Wisconsin-Madison Chemistry Professor Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, shares the fun of science through home science activities, demonstration shows, videos, and books.
• Science&Technology Education Program
  STEP is designed to be a resource to students and teachers by facilitating research interaction with Lab facilities and staff.
• Secondary School Educators Homepage
  Your secondary school educational gateway. Find lesson plans, share teaching techniques, discuss reform issues, find out about learning strategies or read about the latest happenings in education.
• Secretary's Conference on Educational Technology:Measuring Impacts and Shaping the Future
  Summary of discussion at the second national conference held in Sept. 2000, dealing with the questions: What constitutes effective use of technology in learning?;Will we recognize effective uses of technology when we see them?;What conditions must be in place in schools?;How to report progress?; What policy roadmap will help?; What can we learn from business and industry?.
• Secrets of Great History Teachers
  Interviews questions for distinguished history teachers address why and how people teach history. Teachers using this resource can get new ideas, as well as honor outstanding people.
• Seeing Past a Child's Disability: One Parent's View of Universal Design for Learning
  Through efforts by her mother,Kathryn,a child with numerous disabilities, was able to use technology to explore her world, learn at school and home, and to be creative.Her mother continues working with schools to help disabled children.
• SEIR*TEC- Classroom Resources
  Strategies for to help teachers integrate technology into the classroom including lesson plans, thematic units, multimedia projects, classroom management and Web-page resources.
• Skillful Educators
  Showcases professional development programs where educators develop and refine the ability to be successful "digital age teachers.".
• Spanning the Digital Divide: Understanding and Tackling the Issues
  This report provides a survey of what is known and what is being done about international and domestic digital divides, highlights trends, and draws some conclusions about what more is needed to tackle the range of problems.
• SuperKids Educational Software Review.
  SuperKids is a commercial site designed for parents and teachers who want reviews and ratings of educational software. Also includes practical and fun tools for online and offline use and news about important educational issues.
• Surfing for the Best Search Engine Teaching Techniques!
  Learn how easy it is to teach your kids how to surf the Web, painlessly! Strategies for teaching the skill of Internet searching.
• SWE Guide to Sharing Engineering With Girls and Young Women
  Guide provides ideas and information on presenting "engineering" to students, such as speaking tips,safety, and students' maturity level in each grade.
• Teacher Technology Leaders (PT3)
  Teacher Technology Leaders (TTL) Project prepares tomorrow's teachers to use technology, emerge as technology leaders and bridge the digital divide.Links to related resources.
• Teacher's Lab
  Teachers Lab; a place for teachers to explore new ideas in learning Science, and Math.
• Teaching Diverse Learners (TDL)
  TDL is dedicated to enhancing the capacity of teachers to work effectively and equitably with all students. It includes information about Teaching and Learning Strategies; Assessment; Policy; Strategies for working with families; and organizations.
• Teaching High School Science in the
  A report reviewing programs designed to improve scientific inquiry in high school classes and identifies promising curricular materials.
• Teaching with Historic Places: American Indian History
  To celebrate American Indian Heritage and generate public appreciation for diverse cultures, Teaching with Historic Places has posted on the web the following lesson plans that consider important aspects of American Indian history.
• TECH CORPS
  TECH CORPS was created to address the need for schools to have the technological resources to enrich the education of today's students to adequately prepare them for the fierce competition that they will face as members of tomorrow's workforce. Provides volunteer assistants to help schools increase technology in education.
• Techies Pledge Help for Schools
  SchoolTone Alliance consists of high tech businesses from the Bay Area dedicated to addressing the technology needs of schools. This article describes a meeting held at the Exploritorium.
• Technology & Innovations in Education (TIE)
  Technology and Innovations in Education is a statewide project providing leadership for So. Dakota schools in technology and school reform.
• Technology Counts '98
  
• Technology Counts '99: Building the Digital Curriculum
  
• Technology Education Research Center (TERC)
  TERC is a not-for-profit education research and development organization dedicated to improving mathematics, science, and technology teaching and learning.
• Technology Foundation Standards for Students
  The technology foundation standards for students are divided into six broad categories. Teachers can use these standards and profiles as guidelines for planning technology-based activities in which students achieve success in learning, communication, and life skills.
• Technology in American Schools: Seven Dimensions for Gauging Progress
  The seven dimensions provide a road map for using educational technology to maximum advantage in the classroom.
• The Anacostia Museum and Center for African-American History and Culture
  Focuses on modern African-American history and culture.
• The Annenberg/CPB Channel
  The Annenberg/CPB Channel is a digital satellite channel of free educational programming for schools, colleges, and communities. The Channel is produced by Annenberg/CPB in association with the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
• The Braille Bug
  The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) created the Braille Bug web site to teach sighted children about braille, and to encourage literacy among all children. AFB--a national nonprofit founded in 1921 and the organization to which Helen Keller devoted more than 40 years of her life--addresses the critical issues, such as literacy, that are facing America's ten million blind or visually impaired children and adults.
• The Digital Classroom: Using Primary Sources
  To encourage teachers of students at all levels to use archival documents in the classroom, the Digital Classroom provides materials from the National Archives and methods for teaching with primary sources.
• The Dirksen Congressional Center's Web Suite
  The Dirksen Congressional Center conducts programming in four areas: historical collections, research, education, and community service. Select from the list on the left to learn more about specific programs.
• The Educator's Reference Desk
  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.
• The Future is in the Margins: The Role of Technology and Disability in Educational Reform
  This paper was prepared under contract to the American Institute for Research, on behalf of the U.S. Dept.
• The Futures Channel
  The FUTURES Channel is a content service for educators in any setting. It gives users direct access to outstanding video, sound, image and print resources.
• The Global Schoolhouse
  Offers programs that help teachers integrate use of the Internet into their teaching. Intended for all levels of Internet use, and includes activities for students at all age levels.
• The ICS Gateway Page
  The Interactive Communications and Simulations group (ICS) at University of Michigan serves the K-12 and higher education communities by supporting a dynamic assortment of exciting and innovative online and computer-based educational programs.
• The Impact of Education Technology on Student Achievement
  Eleven page outline of current research findings about the impact of educational technology on learning, and lists resources for further study.
• The Middle Ages
  This interactive exhibit, part of the Exhibits Collection, focuses on life in the Middle Ages. The exhibit explores various aspects of the Middle Ages life- feudal life, homes, clothing, health, arts&entertainment, religion and town life.
• The Partnership for 21st Century Skills
  The Partnership for 21st Century Skills brings together educators, administrators, parents, businesses and community leaders to build a consensus on the definition of 21st century skills and to create practical Readiness Guides for these skills that are critical to each student�s success in the 21st century.
• The Search for Bias-Free Educational Software
  An elementary teacher tells why and how she got involved in gender equity issues related to technology. She also provides guidelines for teachers for selecting equitable software.
• The Teachers Internet Use Guide
  This Web site helps teachers design, develop, and implement Internet-based lessons that are aligned with Texas state standards.
• Tools: Visualization and Modeling
  The Center for Innovative Learning Technologies (CILT) was founded in October 1997 with a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to stimulate the development and study of important, technology-enabled solutions to critical problems in K-14 science, mathematics, engineering, and technology learning. Website contains people, resources, events and themes to support technology education.
• University of Oregon PT3 Implementation Grant Proposal
  University of Oregon's PTTT site includes a copy of the proposal and a link to "Dave Moursund's IT in Education".
• Visual Thesaurus
  An experiment in language and interface, Plumb Design's Visual Thesaurus is both an artistic exploration and a tool to explore, study, and analyze the structure of language. By displaying the interrelationships between words and meanings as spatial maps, the Visual Thesaurus translates language into a visible architecture.
• Web-based Education Commission
  The Commission was established to develop policy recommendations to maximize the education promise of the Internet for pre-K through postsecondary. "Charting the Future of Learning in the Internet Age" can help direct responses to challenges brought about by the Internet.
• West Georgia PT3 Grant
  Site describes State University of West Georgia's PT3 project. Includes "Background", "Partners" and links to related websites.
• Women's History Workshop
  Web-based curricular modules on women's studies and United States history for use in history, English, and social studies courses, grades 3 through 12. Also includes workshops for teachers on Women's History topics.
• Xpeditions at National Geographic-Lesson Plans
  Lesson plans aligned to U.S. National Geography Standards, organized by grade level and Standards.