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Professional Development Sites and Modules

EdTech Leaders Online
http://www.edtechleaders.org/

PBS TeacherLine
http://teacherline.pbs.org/teacherline/academy/virtual.cfm

Tapped In
http://www.tappedin.org/

Learning Effects
http://www.learningeffects.com/

Teacher Tap
http://eduscapes.com/tap/

Analyzing Our Practice
http://www.southcentralrtec.org/alt/files/9_1.htm

Analyzing Lesson Plans
http://www.southcentralrtec.org/alt/files/6_1.htm

Classroom Connect
http://www.classroom.net

Lesson Plans and Ideas

Apple Learning Interchange
http://ali.apple.com/

Links to Elementary School Resources
http://www.freshpond.com/treasures/elementary/default.htm

SEIR-TEC's list of Search Resources
http://www.itrc.ucf.edu/conferences/pres/srchtool.html

Knowledge Network Explorer - great web tools and internet resources
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/

Blue Web'n Learning Sites Library
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn

Co-Nect Schools - Top 10 Web sites for each curriculum area
http://www.co-nect.com

Ed's Oasis: Classroom Support for Classroom Internet Use
http://www.classroom.com/edsoasis/

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)
http://www.ed.gov/free

Filling the Toolbox - practical strategies and activities to create understanding
http://www.fromnowon.org/toolbox.html

The Global Schoolhouse
http://www.globalschoolhouse.com/

The Internet Schoolhouse - directory of K-12 sites for teachers
http://www.internetschoolhouse.com

Microsoft K-12 Education - lesson plans, activities and guides
http://www.microsoft.com/education/default.asp?ID=schools

PBS Online
http://www.pbs.org/

Scholastic
http://www.scholastic.com/

SCORE
http://www.score.k12.ca.us/

Teachers Helping Teachers - place for teachers to contribute lessons, links, etc.
http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/

TeachNet - teacher designed ideas and projects
http://www.teachnet.org/

ThinkQuest - annual contest for students to use the Internet as a learning/collaboration tool
http://www.thinkquest.org

Wnet School - offers standards-based lesson plans, classroom activities, online mentors
http://www.wnet.org/wnetschool

WWW4 Teachers - ideas on integrating technology in the classroom
http://www.4teachers.org/class/

Edutopia
http://www.glef.org/index.html

The Underground Railroad
http://exchange.co-nect.net/teleprojects/project/?pid=3

Matrix of WebQuest Examples
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/matrix.html

Learner.org
http://www.learner.org/

Decisions Decisions
http://ddonline.tomsnyder.com/

Teaching and Learning with Digital Video
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listdvma.html

A Hotlist on Multimedia Class
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listmultimedam.html

MiddleWeb
http://www.middleweb.com/mw/resources/MSModel.html

Database of K-12 Resources
http://www.southcentralrtec.org/talon/subjects/lote.html

Education World - lessons and current event ideas
http://www.education-world.com

Electronic Portfolios, School Reform and Standards
http://transition.alaska.edu/www/portfolios/PBS2.html

Sample Student Portfolios from MEHS
http://www.mehs.educ.state.ak.us/portfolios/portfolio.html

Sample Student Portfolio
http://www.ash.udel.edu/ash/teacher/studentportfolio.html

Electronic Teaching Portfolios
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/class/edlf/589_004/student.html

Adventures in Cyberspace
http://powayusd.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/projects/webresearch/

Kathy Schrock's Guide to the Internet for Educators
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/

The WebQuest Site
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/

Powerpoint in the Classroom
http://www.actden.com/pp/

Lesson Plan on Using PowerPoint
http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/2589.html

Tutorials

Online Tutorial for Claris
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/sum95/math_and/spreadsheets/basics.html

Online Tutorial for Excel
http://www.usd.edu/trio/tut/excel/index.html

Powerpoint Tutorial
http://www.electricteacher.com/tutorial3.htm

NetResearch: Finding Information Online
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/netresearch/excerpt/ch01.htm

Searching the Internet
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/search.htm

How to Create Your Own Electronic Portfolio
http://transition.alaska.edu/www/portfolios/howto/index.html

Four Nets for Better Searching
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/searching/fournets.htm

Tools

Book Collection
http://www.portable-software.com/download/bc/Book%20Collection.htm

Book Collector
http://www.collectorz.com/book/

Macintosh K-12 Learning Games
http://hungryfrog.com/

Tom Snyder Productions
http://www.tomsnyder.com/products/ProductList.asp?QryType=GradeLevel&GLID=1

Load 'Em Up: Presentation Software Picks
http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/tech104.shtml

Additional Resources

Helping Middle School Students Make the Transition to High School
http://www.npin.org/pnews/2000/pnew100/int100e.html

Trade Books in the Elementary Classroom
http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/ieo/bibs/tradeel.html

Afterschool.gov (Technology section)
http://www.afterschool.gov/cgi-binh/dissub.pl?page=maintopic1&subpage=main1stpc8&sid=8

Technology in After-School Programs
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/After_School_Programs/Technology_Programs.html

Resources for After-School Programming
http://www.ncrel.org/21stcclc/

Differentiated Instruction: One District's Journey
http://www.acs.ohio-state.edu/urbanschools/principl/resource7.htm

Midlink Magazine
http://www.cs.ucf.edu/~MidLink/

Factors Influencing the Effective Use of Technology for Teaching and Learning
http://www.seirtec.org/publications/lessons.pdf

Active Learning with Technology
http://www.southcentralrtec.org/alt/files/videos.htm

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