portaportal

Welcome to my portaportal

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

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

Podcast Libraries

Podcasting

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

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

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

Webquests

Wikis

Scavenger hunts

Internet Hunt Activities

Technology and Internet Literacy

What the Internet Is For
A kid's version of David Weinberger's book <i>Small Pieces Loosely Joined</i>
How Computer Stuff Works
21st Information Fluency Project
A number of tools, wizards and lessons of digital literacy

Faux sites

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

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

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

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

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

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