Welcome to my portaportal
Saturday, July 04th 2009
Educational Technology
Center for Applied Research in Educational Technology
Ben Freville's Educational Technology Page
The Landmark Project
20 Tech skills for every educator
International Society for Technology in Education
techLearning.com
Technology and Classroom Instruction that Works
Technology dimensions of Marzano's high-impact teaching strategies
Transforming Teaching Through Technology
Collection of topics from Jordan School District
Indiana Computer Educators
Technology Integration Matrix
Videos showing how teachers can use technology to enhance learning for K-12 teachers
Assistive technology
WATI
Ed Tech Standards
ISTE Standards for Students
National Educational Technology Standards
ISBE page
Integrating Technology into the Curriculum
Canadian site, suggests learning activities for each standard
E-sheets and tech-integrated lessons
E-Sheet basics
Ben Freville E-Sheet page
Best Practices of Technology Integration
Collection of lesson plans that use a lot of technology. Lessons were selected from many schools, and are "teacher tested."
Integrated Technology Lesson Plans
Lesson plans, ideas for digital camera use, and more.
EdTech blogs
Educational Technology (Ray Schroeder)
Technology in education (Ben Freville)
Blogs in the classroom
Educational Blogs
Collection of classroom blogs
Classroom Blogs to Watch
Nice Net
Course management site
Edublogs
Create your own blogs here
e-Blogger
Google's free blogging site
Math tools
Natl Library of Virtual Manipulatives
Perspectives
ShiftHappens
Higher Order Thinking Through Technology
Podcast Libraries
Storynory (KId's stories)
mathgrad.com
Grammar Girl
First Amendment Minute
Radio WillowWeb
ColeyCast
Student created podcasts
Yahoo podcast library
ITunes
Discovery Radio
NPR
RECAP
Podcasts for educators
Education Podcast Network
Podcast Alley
Education genre
Learn Out Loud
Podcasting
Apple podcasting in education
Podgrunt
How to create a ColeyCast (podcast)
Search engines and Link Sites
Clusty
Google
KidsClick!
Especially for kids
Tools and sources
Getting permission
Tips on getting permission to use material
Creative Commons
Audio sources
Bumper music
Beginning and ending music
Free Sound Project
SoundSnap
Four Bees
Podsafe Audio
The Mutopia Project
Free music
Desktop software
GarageBand
Apple's sound editing software
Audacity
Cross-platform sound editor
Educational software
Tom Snyder Productions
Wide range of software
Image editing software
Miscellaneous tools
SurveyMonkey
Create basic online surveys (free!)
PowerPoint activities
Picture sources
Teacher Files clip art
Discovery Education Clip Art Gallery
Flickr
Search using the Creative Commons criteria of photos you can use in projects
Presentation software
Powerpoint in the classroom
Powerpoint is evil
Wired article
PowerPoint Tips and Tricks
OpenOffice.org
Don't forget about OpenOffice -- it has a useable presentation applicaiton.
PowerPoint Do's and Don'ts
Site hosting
Schoolnotes.com
Free site for creating web pages
ClassWebs.net
Site for hosting teacher web pages
Video
Docuseek Film & Video Finder
TeacherTube
MIT TechTV
Science and tech videos
Nature Online Video Streaming Archive
PBS NOVA Programs
Web-based tools
VoiceThread
Presentations
Virtual Fieldtrips
Eduscape Virtual Fieldtrips
Teacher Tap
Homework Spot
Online Expeditions
Simulated Field Trips
I4C Virtual Field Trips
www Virtual Tours
Virtual Adventures
Intro to virtual field trips
Virtual History Museum
Members create exhibits...
Google Lit Trips
Mapping literature with Google Earth
Web 2.0
Web 2.0 for the Classroom Teacher
All Things Web 2.0
Webquests
Webquest Workshop
Webquest.org
About Webquests
Best WebQuests
Webquests database
Wikis
Wikispace
My wiki
Scavenger hunts
Internet Hunt Activities
Technology and Internet Literacy
What the Internet Is For
A kid's version of David Weinberger's book
Small Pieces Loosely Joined
How Computer Stuff Works
21st Information Fluency Project
A number of tools, wizards and lessons of digital literacy
Faux sites
DHMO.org
Save the Pacific Northwest Tree Octous
Safety, etiquette and bullying
Cyber bullying tips
Beyond bullying
Antibullying
Safety on social networking sites
Time for Kids article on Internet safety
Media Awareness Network
Includes lesson plans on Internet safety
Site verification
DomainTools
Easywhois
Archive.org's Wayback Machine
IMSA URL Evaluation Wizard
Enter a URL, and have it evaluated.
Mathematics
MathDL
The Mathematical Association of America's Digital Library
Simple math reference
Connecting Mathematics
Cambridge U
Interactive Mathematics Dictionary
U of GA
Regents Exam Prep Center
from Oswego City School District
Whatco Community College Online Math Center
Mathway
Math problem solver and grapher
Technical math reference
Wikipedia
PlanetMath
Wolfram MathWorld
Geometry
The Geometry Center
Learning math
Short Courses for Math Teachers
Math Open Courseware Rankings
Calculus I/II Open Courseware
From Taiwan, in English, includes class video
Free Math Courses Online
Whatcom Online Math Center
Mathematics - Teaching
NCTM
Illinois math goals and standards
The Math Forum @ Drexel
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
My Math Resources Page
Math lessons
Carol Lanius Math Lessons
NCTM Lessons
Search page for NCTM lessons
ISBE Math Assessments
Can be used as lessons
Math Strategy Index
Listing of math teaching strategies
Math sites - Interactive
ThatQuiz
Online drills
Online math games and quizzes
From my Math Resources page
Math software
Geometer's Sketchpad
TinkerPlots Dynamic Data
Fathom Dynamic Data
GO Solve Word Problems
MicroWorlds Ex
Hidden Treasure of AL-Jabr
Math teaching blogs
Understanding
2nd year math teacher, fair amount of comments.
Math tools
Natl Library of Virtual Manipulatives
Technology in the Geometry Classroom
TI Middle Grades
Texas Instruments site
Mathematics Illuminated
Video course (high school and up, free)
Reference
Internet Public Library
KidsClick!
Library of Congress
LoC All Collections
Teaching - General links
Eduscape
Education portal
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
Middleweb
Focused on the middle grades
Internet4Classrooms
Lots of different kinds of resources for K-12 teachers
Assessment
Rubistar
Rubric site
Cooperation, groups, etc
Process guides
Resources
Graphic organizers
Field Trip Factory
Free educational clip art
Microsoft Education
Northwestern U. Collaboratory Project
Web-based collaboration tool
Thinkfinity
Teacher networks
Innovative Teachers Network
Teacher Excellence Network
Apple Learning Interchange
Teachers.net
Teacher/Teaching blogs
Middleweb Middle School Diaries
Web2class Educational Blogs
EdBlogger Praxis
Chip Wood's blog
Educational Technology at Dvorak
My personal blog on implementing a technology program at a Chicago public K-8 school
Teaching theory
Bloom's Taxonomy
Science
Learning Science