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Rationale

Listservs or
Forums

http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~edweb

This listserv was designed to bring  students and  faculty together to share ideas and information about technology education.  Several topics are discussed  including: problems relating to educational technology and how to solve them. References of noteworthy educational hardware and software are also recommended, as well as expensive junk you should avoid. It also keeps you up-to-date on current research projects in educational technology and provide information on new technolgy products even before they come out on the market.

firstfind.info

Firstfind.info covers a wide range of topics related to incorporating technology into everyday living and learning. From teaching how to use the Internet, offering parenting, marriage and divorce couseling, to teaching keyboarding online, firstfind.info presents itself as a versatile online library. It provided easy to use registration and email subscription features and is one of the most useful websites/newsgroup I have come across in a long while.
In fact, firstfind.info is a collaborative project between a number of renowned public libraries throughout the state of New York. 

 http://www.eirc.org

EIRC means Educational Information and Resource Center. This listserv is mainly for educators interested in sharing or looking for curriculum, school information, technology information, job openings, etc. Most of the discussions were dedicated to curriculum planning and technology information and services.

Search Tools

Surfing the net with kids    

This site is very child-friendly and has a lot of educational information children can really utilize for book reports, etc. Interestingly, the site has a monthly calendar of events, which provides historic details about some events that happened on certain days of the month. For example, the Disney World Opens link provides information about the founding fathers of Disney, the evolution of Mickey Mouse, etc.

Education planet    

 Teachers, parents, and students can gain a lot from this site. I like the setup of the home page. More important, the directory links include various subject areas that are loaded with subsequent information. A student can practice math problems and a teacher can view or create lesson plans.

 The College Guide  

  I teach high school juniors and seniors and often get questions/discussions about college cost, financial aid, etc, so I thought this site would be useful to many. This site is a great search tool for this age group. For example, you can search for the college of your choice by region, estimated cost, freshman class size, etc. It is limiting in its search options; however, it is one of the best sites I have found that allows you to pinpoint or narrow down your options for college.

Lesson Plan
Sources

All about Computers 

This is a well-put-together lesson plan, suited for K-5 students, and is about how to use the  World Wide Web to find useful information for reports, research projects, etc.  This lesson plan is designed to cover 3 class periods and covers how to use the Internet Library or search engines to search for information.
Overall, the website http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/ contains other useful lesson plans suitable for many subject areas. Educators can even browse by grade and subject areas.

Word Processing can be Lots of Font!

 
In this lesson, students will explore some of  the basic functions of a word processing program, learn the functions of various tools in a word processing program, and practice how to use them. This lesson is designed for grades 3-8. Many teachers could find this site http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson useful because it contains many teacher submitted lesson plans in many different subject areas.

Data Sets or
Online Tools

USGS Earthquakes

This website http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/bulletin.html can be incorporated in a Geology, Physical Science, or Natural Science course and be made interesting for any age group. It brings to you a list of the most recent earthquakes, from all around the world, with the capability of converting the time the earthquake occurred in any region to your local time. Students and teachers would be able to keep up with current and past seismic activities all around the world. Younger students can use the website to find out if an earthquake occurred today, where, what time, etc. Older students can study the region, location, depth, and magnitude of an activity. Classroom need to have access to the Internet.

WhaleNet

This site http://whale.wheelock.edu/Welcome.html focuses on the migration patterns of certain types of whales and other marine animals. This would be a great lesson for science students who are interested in Marine Biology from grades 7-12. Students can collect information about the different types of animals that are already tagged. They can even watch for upcoming tagging events. They can also find out about how the satellite tags work and how they are attached, etc. This is an interesting site for both teachers and students and can be incorporated in almost any science course.

Telecollaborative
Projects

 Crool zone

This website http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/nonviolence/ is designed to help people explore issues related to school safety. You can learn new information, understand what or how one feels about school violence, one-time or on-going bullying, verbal taunts, sexual harassment, etc. in schools. You can also join discussions and problem-solve. The one common goal of this site is to help keep school zones from being Crool Zones. The teacher's guide link is a great aid for how to incorporate this into a lesson and how to engage students into this discussion. It also provides evaluation rubric and a map with different social issues that arises from school violence.

Virtual Field Trips

 South America Field Trip

This project is designed for upper elementary, middle and high school students and the subject area is Foreign Language - Spanish. Students will discuss or chooose a Spanish-speaking country in South America. From small group or team work, students will get profound knowledge about the Hispanic countries in the area by using resources from libraries or the world wide web. Internet resources of Hispanic countries are provided on the website.