TRED 701: Enhancing Teaching Through Technology
Internet Resources
This page contains links to Internet resources that I have discovered while taking TRED 701. They are separated into general categories according to the NETS Standards. The first category is "Technology for the Classroom." It contains resources which may be of help to teachers in the day-to-day classroom and captures the first four of the NETS Standards. The second category is "Technology for the Professional." It contains resources which help the teacher in his or her development as a professional and captures the last two of the NETS Standards. For more detail on the Standards, go to the "Standards" section of this website using the menu on the left side of the page.
Technology for the Classroom
This category contains resources which may be of help to teachers in the day-to-day classroom. The category captures the first four of the NETS Standards (for more detail on the Standards, go to the "Standards" using the menu on the left side of the page). Click HERE to go back to the top of the page.
1.) Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators
Includes a section for curricular materials and a section for professional development information: http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
2.) Education World - Math Section
Mathematics resources for teachers, students, and parents, including lesson plans, tutorials, standards, links, website reviews, etc.: http://education-world.com/math
3.) Discovery Middle School
Examples of student-developed electronic portfolios: http://longwood.cs.ucf.edu/~MidLink/portfolios.dms.html
4.) The Graphic Organizer Page
Information about and samples of graphic organizers: http://www.graphic.org
5.) A Webquest on Webquests
A guide through the creation of WebQuest by Bernie Dodge, the “inventor” of the WebQuest: http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquestwebquest-hs.html
6.) Ixquick Metasearch Engine
A powerful and useful search engine for general use: http://www.ixquick.com
7.) Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
Free resources for teaching & learning in arts, foreign languages, language arts, math, social studies & science: http://www.ed.gov/free/
8.) Algebra Tutor
A place where students can get help learning how to write algebra expressions for word problems: http://www.algebratutor.org/
9.) Quintessential Instructional Archive (Quia)
Includes online games, templates for creating online games, tools for creating online quizzes, quiz administration and reporting tools, and free teacher home pages with templates and instructions: http://www.quia.com
10.) Swarthmore College’s Math Links
Includes “Ask Dr. Math and other useful links: http://www.swarthmore.edu/NatSci/cgrood1/mathlink.html
11.) Awesome Library
Organizes the Web for teachers, administrators and staff with 15,000 carefully reviewed educational resources: http://www.awesomelibrary.org/
12.) Tech Learning
Educational technology site which includes software reviews: http://techlearning.com
13.) Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
Includes lesson plans, professional development information, curriculum ideas, etc.: http://www.enc.org/
14.) Math Heaven
Includes information and tutorials on various math topics, as well as useful math links: http://pages.hotbot.com/edu/mrflack/mathheaven.html
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Technology for the Professional
This category contains resources which help the teacher in his or her development as a professional. The category captures the last two of the NETS Standards (for more detail on the Standards, go to the "Standards" using the menu on the left side of the page). Click HERE to go back to the top of the page.
1.) Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators
Includes a section for curricular materials and a section for professional development information: http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
2.) Education World - Math Section
Mathematics resources for teachers, students, and parents, including lesson plans, tutorials, standards, links, website reviews, etc.: http://education-world.com/math
3.) University of Virginia: Center for Technology and Teacher Education
Examples of teacher-developed electronic portfolios: http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/curry/class/edlf/589-07/sample.html
4.) Ixquick Metasearch Engine
A powerful and useful search engine for general use: http://www.ixquick.com
5.) Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
Free resources for teaching & learning in arts, foreign languages, language arts, math, social studies & science: http://www.ed.gov/free/
6.) Quintessential Instructional Archive (Quia)
Includes online games, templates for creating online games, tools for creating online quizzes, quiz administration and reporting tools, and free teacher home pages with templates and instructions: http://www.quia.com
7.) GeoCities
Free server space to host personal or class websites: http://www.geocities.com
8.) Fordham Preparatory School
Good examples of class websites: http://www.fordhamprep.com/
9.) National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
Online Math Standards, membership information, information on publications, online publications, etc.: http://www.nctm.org/
10.) Awesome Library
Organizes the Web for teachers, administrators and staff with 15,000 carefully reviewed educational resources: http://www.awesomelibrary.org/
11.) Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)
Search access to the ERIC database, which contains more than one million abstracts of documents and articles in the field of education: http://www.accesseric.org/
12.) Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
Includes lesson plans, professional development information, curriculum ideas, etc.: http://www.enc.org/
13.) Teacher Web
This is a website that provides free website space for teachers. It looks easy to use and fairly efficient timewise: http://teacherweb.com/
14.) MATHSED-L (listserv)
A discussion group on math in education (see a summary in the Critique of Listservs). To subscribe, send an e-mail to [email protected]. The content of the e-mail should be: "subscribe mathsed-l."
15.) AMTEC (listserv)
A discussion group on the use of media and technology in education (see a summary in the Critique of Listservs). To subscribe, send an e-mail to [email protected]. The content of the e-mail should be: "subscribe amtec."
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