Some of Bill Belsey's Favourite Educational Links:

Digital Student Portfolios:

• Feasible Electronic Portfolios: Global Networking for the Self-Directed Learner in the Digital Age http://www.mehs.educ.state.ak.us/portfolios/why_digital_portfolios.html
  by Todd Bergman, Sitka, Alaska *****
• Assesment Rubrics -by kathyr Schrock
• Lessons Learned About Student Portfolios http://www.pdkintl.org/kappan/kheb9804.htm
  By Elizabeth A. Hebert (not-specifically digital references)
• Student Portfolios: Administrative Uses http://www.ed.gov/pubs/OR/ConsumerGuides/admuses.html
  -produced by the Office of Research, Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) of the U.S. Department of Education
• Creating Electronic Portfolios http://www.ash.udel.edu/ash/teacher/portfolio.html#What are
  Educational Technology Laboratory at the University of Delaware
• Digtal Portfolios Listserv for teachers -You can participate in an e-mail conversation on Digital Portfolios. To do this, send mail to mailserv@uaa.alaska.edu. In the message body, type SUBSCRIBE EL-PORT and send the message
• Digital Portfolios: Their Use in Education http://www.icponline.org/feature_articles/f2_00.htm
  by Elizabeth Hartnell-Youngn in Australia
• The Digital Portfolio: A Richer Picture of Student Performance http://www.essentialschools.org/pubs/exhib_schdes/dp/dpframe.htm
  -This is the report of initial research on Digital Portfolios. The project, funded by IBM, and sponsored by the Coalition of Essential Schools and the Annenberg Institute for School Reform, looked at how six schools began their work with Digital Portfolios. *****
  
• Creating an Electronic Portfolio http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/fellows/Spencer/webquest/lasindex.html
  by Lisa Spencer
• What to Consider When Planning for Electronic Portfolios http://transition.alaska.edu/www/portfolios/LLTOct98.html
  by By Helen C. Barrett Feature Article - Learning & Leading with Technology (October, 1998)
• Create Your Own Electronic Portfolio (using off-the-shelf software) http://transition.alaska.edu/www/portfolios/toolsarticle.html
  by Helen C. Barrett, Ph.D. to be published in the April 2000 issue of Learning & Leading with Technology
  
• Electronic Portfolios http://www.wallowa.k12.or.us/wallowa/Tips/index2.html
  This site includes a simple how to section on creating electronic portfolios.
• Instructional Technology Curriculum: What is a Porffolio? http://www.schools.pinellas.k12.fl.us/educators/portfolio.asp
  Includes "What is a Portfolio?" and many samples.
• Portfolios for Assessment and Instruction. ERIC Digest. http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed388890.html
• Rubric for Assessing Electronic Portfolios by Joyce L. Morris, Ed.D. University of Vermont
  Department of Education
• Student Digital Portfolio and Public Performance Project http://www.buffalo.k12.mn.us/learning/techportfolio.html
• Acceptable (Internet) Use Guidelines http://www.port-aransas.k12.tx.us/PAISD-AUP.html (Texas)
• Helen Barrett's Site on Technology and Assessment *****
  Dr. Helen Barrett, of the University of Alaska, is one of the nation's experts
  on the implementation of electronic portfolios. Her site includes a number of
  her articles. She regularly looks at the various formats that can be used to
  create electronic portfolios, and makes recommendations for schools about
  what they need to get started. Helen has also spent significant time looking
  at the development of teacher portfolios both for pre-service and in-service teachers.
• Center for Innovative Learning Technologies
  CILT is a new organization led by many of the leading researchers in K-12
  educational technology. At the moment, CILT has four primary focus areas,
  one of which is technology and assessment. CILT's member organizations
  are working together to build a community of researchers in its various focus areas.
• Creating Electronic Portfolios with HyperStudio
  This article, posted on Roger Wagner Publishing's HyperStudio site,
  contains a short article describing the benefits of electronic portfolios
  and links to portfolios using the Portfolio Assessment Toolkit --
  software from Forest Technology that uses HyperStudio.
• Tuttle, Harry Grover. "The Multimedia Report: Electronic Portfolios Tell a Personal Story". Multimedia Schools. January/February 1997 • V 4, N 1.
  
  http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/jan97mms/portfol.htm
  This article describes the author's experiences with selecting software and beginning an electronic portfolio project in the Ithaca, New York, school district.
  
  

Articles about Digital Portfolios

• A search of the ERIC Database for "electronic portfolios" or "digital portfolios" yielded the following results:
  
  
• EJ563836. Wall, Beverly C.; Peltier, Robert F.. "Going Public" with Electronic Portfolios: Audience, Community, and the Terms of Student Ownership. Computers and Composition; v13 n2 p207-17 1996.
  
• EJ563834. Campbell, Jo. Electronic Portfolios: A Five-Year History. Computers and Composition; v13 n2 p185-94 1996.
  
• EJ563830. Purves, Alan C.. Electronic Portfolios. Computers and Composition; v13 n2 p135-46 1996.
  
• EJ562019. McKinney, Marilyn. Preservice Teachers' Electronic Portfolios: Integrating Technology, Self-Assessment, and Reflection. Teacher Education Quarterly; v25 n1 p85-103 Win 1998.
  
• ED405329. Ryan, Charles W.; And Others. Teacher Education Field Experiences: Impact on Self-Esteem of Professional Year Program Interns via Electronic Portfolios.
  
• ED390377. Lankes, Anna Maria D.. Electronic Portfolios: A New Idea in Assessment. ERIC Digest.
  ED387115. Riggsby, Dutchie; And Others. Electronic Portfolio: Assessment, Resume, or Marketing Tool? .
  
• EJ513735. Milone, Michael N., Jr.. Electronic Portfolios: Who's Doing Them and How? Technology & Learning; v16 n2 p28-29,32,34,36 Oct 1995.
  EJ512269. Moersch, Christopher; Fisher, Louis M., III. Electronic Portfolios--Some Pivotal Questions. Learning and Leading with Technology; v23 n2 p10-14 Oct 1995.
  
• EJ476250. Reilly, Brian; And Others. Collaborative Readings of Hypermedia Cases: A Report on the Development and Testing of Electronic Portfolios to Encourage Inquiry in Teacher Education. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education; v1 n1 p81-102 1993.
  
• ED418057. Cole, Donna J.; Ryan, Charles W.. Documentation of Teacher Education Field Experiences of Professional Year Interns via Electronic Portfolios.
  EJ556260. Mohnsen, Bonnie; Mendon, Karen. Electronic Portfolios in Physical Education. Strategies; v11 n2 p13-16 Nov-Dec 1997. 1997
  
• EJ555836. Farmer, Lesley S. J.. Tools for Electronic Portfolios. Technology Connection; v4 n7 p30-32,47 Dec 1997.
  Georgi, David; Crowe, Judith. Digital Portfolios: A Confluence of Portfolio Assessment and Technology. Teacher Education Quarterly; v25 n1 p73-84 Win 1998.
  
• ED422274. Lennex, Lesia C.. Digital Portfolio Production Among Preservice Secondary Teachers.
  
• EJ563870. Wiedmer, Terry L.. Digital Portfolios: Capturing and Demonstrating Skills and Levels of Performance. Phi Delta Kappan; v79 Apr 1998.
  
• ED400261. Niguidula, David. The Digital Portfolio: A Richer Picture of Student Performance. Studies on Exhibitions (No. 13).
  
• EJ553830. Niguidula, David. Picturing Performance with Digital Portfolios. Educational Leadership; v55 n3 p26-29 Nov 1997.

Examples of Student Porfolios Online:

• Mt. Edgecumbe High School Digital Learner Portfolios http://www.mehs.educ.state.ak.us/portfolios/portfolio.html -Alaska
• Discovery Middle School http://longwood.cs.ucf.edu/~MidLink/portfolios.dms.html -Orlando, Florida
• Ligon GT Magnet Middle School http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/cep/ligon/passports.html -Raleigh, North Carolina
• Digital Portfolios: A Sampler http://www.ideasconsulting.com/dp/index.html
• Mrs. Silverman's Second Grade Class http://kids-learn.org/ -Clicking on Class 1999-2000, or other school year, will lead you to "webfolios".
• Comsewogue New York School District Showcase http://www.comsewogue.k12.ny.us/showcase2000/
• Canada's Coolest Class -www.coolclass.c

• 2Learn.ca -from TELUS and Alberta Learning
• AACE -Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education
• Acceptable Use Policies - http://www.erehwon.com/k12aup/ K-12 policies from the ground up; not sure if you have one - not sure if you need one? This is the place to go for consideration of the rationale and components of a legally sound, functionally workable AUP
• Articles and Archives About Technology and Children -from the computer learning foundation
• Assessment Rubrics -from Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
• Ask A Geologist -Do you have a question about volcanoes, earthquakes, mountains, rocks, maps, ground water, lakes, or rivers?
• AT&T Virtual Classroom Project -three classes from three different countries work together to create a shared, virtual community
• A Question of Effectiveness: Does Technology Work? -from the Milken Technology Exchange
• Academic Writers' NetSource
• Achieve: -a real-time internet site with a difference. It adds an easy-to-use, web-based interface to the traditional text-based capacities of MOO
• Action Research
• Alberta Learning -from the Government of Alberta
• Aligning Learning in the Digital Age -from the Milken Exchange
• Amnesty International Canada -Canada's watchdog about Human Rights
• Annenburg Institute for School Reform
• Art Lessons -on the Web
• Astound -amazing multimedia software and much. much more!
• Autodesk -a unique bridge between education and business communities
• Assessment Resources
• Banded Peak School -chosen a one of Canada's Network of Innovative Schools
• Best Practices in Education
• BIG Pages of Teacher Resource Links
• Blue Web'n: A Library of Blue Ribbon Learning Sites on the Web from Packard-Bell
• Bobby -a web-based tool that analyzes web pages for their accessibility to people with disabilities
• The Brainium -an award winning on-line science resource for teachers and students providing a curriculum based environment to share ideas, experiments and activities
• Building a Collaborative Web Project -from the Global Schoolhouse
• Canada's Coolest Class -www.coolclass.ca
• Canadian Geography -ask the "Harkster" he can answer almost any question on Canadian geogrpahy
• Canadian Communities Atlas -put your community study on a national searchable database
• Center for Children and Technology - http://www2.edc.org/CCT/cctweb/ Wonderful site balancing practical applications with sound theory and
  research to help teachers effectively implement technology in their classrooms
• CEOForum -assessment of the effectiveness of integration of technology into American classrooms
• CET -the Childrens' Environmental Trust Foundation -youth working together to save the rainforest
• Change the World 101 -youth using technology to change the world one person at a time
• Childrens' Literature Directory -from professor Brown at the University of Calgary
• Cisco Networking Academy
• CISLE -Computer Supported Intentional Learning Environments
• Classroom Connect -a virtual community for teachers online
• Classroom Home Page -nice example of what can be done from teacher Kathleen Bartos on the KOZ community
• Classroom Information Manager -is a program written by a teacher for teachers. It assists with all the day to day information management tasks a teacher has to perform; not only does it act as a grade book, but also it organizes all your notes about pupils and assists with lesson planning and producing reports.
• CLEO: Collaborative Learning Environments Online
• Coalition of Essential Schools
• Colleges That Admit HomeSchoolers
• Communities.ca http://www.communities.ca -a great way to celebrate and showcase Canadian communities online
• Community Involvement -provides tools for involving your community in the change and technology planning and implementation processes
• Community Access Program http://cap.ic.gc.ca/ -a program from Industry Canada that provides start-up grants for the creation of publicly accessible community teleservice centres
• Computer Delusion, The -a critical view by Todd Oppenheimer in the Atlantic Monthly
• The Connected Teacher -another resource from Classroom Connect
• Connected University - http://cu.classroom.com/Splash.asp Classroom Connect's online professional development site, opening this
  coming month with course offerings on an array of teacher-centered topics such as My First Web Page, The One Computer Classroom, Technology
  and Assessment, and Teaching Multiple Intelligences through Technology. Graduate credits available!
• Connecting Students Through Themes and Units
• Countdown to Nunavut -a SchoolNet GrassRoots project about the creation of Canada's newest territory, Nunauvt
• CoVis Interschool Activities Pages -some good collaborative online projects that make a difference
• Creative Teaching http://www.creativeteachingsite.com/ -intended to help teachers enhance their abilities as teachers and help them make teaching genuinely satisfying and enjoyable
• Critical Issues Forum -from the Los Alamos National Laboratory
• CU-SeeMe http://www.gsn.org/cu/index.html -learn about video conferencing form the Global SchoolHouse Network
• Curriculum Design for Excellence Online -by Dr. T. Roger Taylor
• Dads and Daughters -DADs provides tools to strengthen our relationships with our daughters and transform the pervasive messages that value our daughters more for how they look than who they are
• Dear Parents - http://www.dearparents.com/ Edmark forum where parents can have their questions and concerns addressed; nice URL to pass along to your student's families as you try to educate your clientele on the advantages of technological literacy
• Did Anybody Learn Anything? -Assessing Technology Programs and the Learning Accomplished
• Digital Collections Program - http://www.collections.ic.gc.ca -a program from Industry Canada which provides the funding for the digitization of local archival information
• Disengaged Students -Mahaly Csikczentmihalyi and his students investigated how children feel about their experiences in school
• Distance Education Clearinghouse - http://www.uwex.edu/disted/home.html University of Wisconsin database of news. programs, courses,
  technologies and services all devoted to online learning
• Distance Learning on the Web -by Dr. Bernie Dodge
• Distant Voices: Teaching and Writing in a Culture of Technology -by Chris M. Anson
• Do Something -youth changing the world by through social action in their communities
• Doctoral Research in Educational Technology
• Documenting the Effects of Instructional Technology -Dale Mann, Professor Teachers College, Columbia University
• Early Canadiana Online
• Educational Mailing Lists for Teachers
• Educational Resources -a large list
• Educational Statistics On the Internet -online journalism review from USC
• Education World -a searchable database for educators
• Educators' Resources -from the Mid Continent Regional Educational Laboratory
• Ed's Oasis -the mission of this site is to help teachers use the internet in their classrooms
• Ed Tech Online -using the Internet for educators 101
• Edusites -an excellent directory of educational sites in an alphabetical index from Raymond Constant, Ph.D.
• Edutech - http://agora.unige.ch/tecfa/edutech/welcome_frame.html based in Switzerland, this site offers I.T. ideas by theme in a
  searchable database so that educators may share the wealth of ideas that are out there; great way to find high quality IT resources
• EdWeb -exploring technology and school reform
• Electronic Portfolios in a Virtual Classroom -from thejournal.com
• E-Mail Discussion Groups, Lists and Resources
• emTech -emerging technologies in education. A decent directory of topics re. education and technology
• ENC: The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse - a selection of some of the best K-12 mathematics and science resources on the Internet
• Evergreen Project -from the Missouri Botanical Gardens
• Facilitating Role of Teachers: To Use or Infuse -form Nancy Sulla
• Filamentality -you can create a Web-based learning page that targets a specific kind of learning. From Packard-Bell
• First Class -wonderful BBS software from SoftArc. Downlaod their client software here for free
• Free the Children -youth working together to fight child labour
• From Now On: The Education Technology Journal
• Generations Can Connect -a wonderful, intergenerational project in honour of the United Nations International Year of Older Persons
• Generation WHY -students mentoring teachers in the use of technology
• Geographer's Craft and the Virtual Geography Department
• George Lucas Educational Foundation
• Globalearn -go on virtual field trips around the world
• Global SchoolHouse Network -a wonderful resource for facilitating online collaborative learning
• Graph Paper -use this free software to make graph paper with your computer
• Grassroots Projects -from Canada's SchoolNet
• GrassRoots Projects -for Alberta Teachers
• GrassRoots Projects -for Yukon Teachers
• Growing Up Digital -by Don Tapscott
• Heart -a virtual exploration of the old ticker
• ICT Access to Tecnology -from the Milken Foundation
• IEARN -the International Education and Resource Network
• IEJLL -International Electronic Journal for Leadership in Learning
• Innovative Teaching -by Walter Mackenzie, he runs a very good listserv too
• Intel in Education
• Institute for Learning Technologies -from Colombia University
• Instructional Technology Research Online - http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwitr/ Dedicated to bringing you the available research on I.T. practices;
  completely searchable and includes features and resources to boot
• Interactive Multimedia Electronic Journal of Computer-Enhanced Learning -from Wakeforest University
• Intercultural E-Mail Classrom Connections -http://www.stolaf.edu/network/iecc
• International Schools Cyberfair http://www.gsn.org/cf/index.html -a peer-reviewed online collaborative celebration of local communities
• Internet Calendar -there's so much out there, explore it one day at a time
• Internet Project-Based Learning -from the Global Schoolhouse
• Internet Research & Searching Tools -from the Global Schoolhouse
• Intouch with Learning -professional development with laptops
• Investigators, The -a great Web quest from my friend Gary O'Shanassy and his students at Doveton School in Melbourne, Australia
• ISTE -the International Society for Technology in Education
• I.T. Forum - http://itech1.coe.uga.edu/itforum/home.html Special Interest Mailing Group through which people from around the
  world discuss theories, research, new paradigms, and practices in the field of Instructional Technology; hosted by the University of Georgia
• Join and On Line Project -by Tammy Payton
• Journey North -a global study of wildlife migration
• Junior Summit -youth around the world working together to change the world
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators -this is one of THE most comprehensive Web sites with online resources for teachers
• KeyPals -how to find one for your students
• KeyPals -multicultural e-mail classroom connections
• Kid Link -is a non-profit grassroots organization aimed at getting as many youth through the age 15 as possible involved in a global dialog
• Kids 4 Peace -youth working together for peace
• Kids from Kanata -a program that links aboriginal and non-aboriginal kids across Canada
• KidsWeb -The Digital Library for K-12 students
• Learning and Leading with Technology -an excellent magazine from
• Learning by Design -Integrating Technology into the Curriculum through Student Multimedia Design Projects
• Learning in a Digital Age -from the Milken Exchange
• Learning Technology Newsletter http://lttf.ieee.org/learn_tech/ -a publication of IEEE Computer Society
  Learning Through Technology: A Planning and Implementation Guide -from the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
• Learning with Technology: A Profile Tool -from the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
• Lego Mindstorms -Lego Robobitcs
• Lesson Stop -lesson plans for teachers online
• MamaMedia -a wonderful online learning community for kids
• Math Forum -a wonderful Math resource from Swarthmore College
• Media Selection Worksheet -http://hakatai.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/authoring/handbook/cs-media.html Interactive radio buttons allow you to select the profile of media best suited to accomplish your instructional tasks; great for instructional design work or technology lesson plans
• MetaData -on online directory of educational resources from Canada's SchoolNet or do a specific search
• Mighty Media http://www.mightymedia.com/act -teach your students how to use the power of the media to advance social action projects
• Milken Exchange on Education Technology -a guide to some current research
• Mindtools - http://members.aol.com/mind2ls/mindtool.htm Great I.T. site promoting the best of what's out there in technology which effectively promotes critical thinking and problem solving; covers Databases, Spreadsheets, Multimedia and Telecommunications
• Museums -virtual museums world wide
• NASA's Education Program
• NASA for Kids
• NASA Quest -live interactive Science
• National Centre for Education Statistics (U.S.) -Internet Access in Public Schools and Classrooms: 1994-98
• Nation 1 -a digital nation for youth!
• National Film Board of Canada
• New Educational Approaches to Technology - http://members.home.net/thejohnstons/ Promoting integration of technology into the K-12 classroom, N.E.A.T. offers essays and research ,links and resources, and most importantly examples of student work successfully completed in the classroom
• NET Generation and the School, The -by Don Tapscott
• NetTeach News Online
• Network-Based Learning -from the Global Schoolhouse
• Neuroscience for Kids -by Dr. Eric Chudler
• Newbie-U -great help for new Internet users
• New Designs in Learning: The Challenge and Opportunity from the Milken Exchange
• Newsgroups for Educators -a fairy comprehensive list for K-12 teachers
• Next Steps -recommendations for the use of technology in the Southern Regional High School District
• Node, The - http://thenode.org/ Brand new initiative (an offshoot of the old site) which stresses the pedagogy and practice on instructional technology; all resources are free and available to interested teachers
• North Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium -helps schools integrate technology into their classrooms
• Northwest Regional Education Laboratory -provides substantial resources to support program assessment and school improvement
• OII: the Online Internet Institute -helping educators and students use the Internet to improve achievement in the classroom
• Online Class -K-12 teaching units delivered in collaborative Internet classrooms
• PedagoNET -learning materials and resource centre
• Peterson's.com -"the education super site"
• Plugging In -choosing and using educational technology
• Presenting the Future in Today's Classroom -from thejournal.com
• Presentations: Harnessing the Power of the Web -from the Global Schoolhouse
• Presentation: -New Ways of Learning -from AL Rogers GSN
• Print Journals on Education Technology -a comprehensive list from the Milken Exchange
• Project-Approach Catalogue -by Lilian G. Katz
• Project-Based Learning and Web Project Resources -from the Global Schoolhouse
• Project-Based Learning -from ERIC
• Project-Based Learning -from by Dr. Sylvia Chard at the University of Alberta
• Promising Practices in the Use of ICT in Education -from the Milken Exchange
• Reinventing Schools: Teh Technology is Now! -a publication launched by the National Academy of Science offers provocative ideas about the potential of new technologies to transform learning in schools
• Remedios: Engaged Learning from a New Mexico elementary school
• Resources: Clearing Houses / Megsites -from the Milken Exchange
• Rocky View School Division
• Role of Leadership in Sustaining School Reform -
• Role of Online Communications in Schools -from CAST: the Center for Applied Special Technology
• Rubrics for Assessing Learning
• Rubrics for Web Lessons - http://edweb.sdsu.edu/triton/july/rubrics/Rubrics_for_Web_Lessons.html Excellent overview of rubric design and its applications for technology-based instruction; if you've always wanted to make use of rubrics effectively but were never sure you had a good handle on the process, this is your site
• Simulation Station -a site dedicated to improve and develop the use of simulations in the classroom for teaching and learning
• University of Calgary's Master's of Education Program
• University of Athabasca Master's of Distance Education Program
• Schools Demining Schools -from the United Nations Cyber Schoolbus
• SchoolNet -from Canada
• SchoolNet News -news by kids for kids online
• SchoolWorld -like SchoolNet and the Global School House, but smaller and based in Australia
• Searching the Internet -an introduction from the Global Schoolhouse
• Seven Principles of Learning -from the Institute for Research on Learning (IRL)
• So You Want to Make a Web Page?
• Something Froggy -from the Franklin Science Institute
• Special Needs Education Project -at Canada's SchoolNet
• StarBright Foundation -helping seriously ill children cope with the help of information and communication technologies
• Stop Racism! -from Heritage Canada
• Students Against Landmines -a winning Canadian project from the Global Schoolhouse
• Studies in Educational Technology -from the Global Schoolhouse
• StudyWeb -a good learning portal
• SYMBOLS.com - the world's largest online encyclopedia of graphic symbols
• Tammy's Technology Tips for Teachers -from Florida teacher Tammy Worcester
• Tapori -A worldwide network of children working together to eradicate poverty
• Tapped In -teacher professional development from the Center for Technology in Learning
• TeacherReports.com -enabling teachers to not only maintain excellent records but also provide their students and parents with limited access to daily progress reports and class assignments online
• Teacher Source -from PBS
• Teacher Technology Integration -syllabi
• Teaching & Learning on the Web - http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/tl/ Hundreds of actual examples of ways to integrate the WWW into instruction; nothing else here but real life models of successful technology-based instruction
• TEAMS -Distance education learning
• TechLearning - http://www.techlearning.com/ Comes with reviews and recommendations for what's best for using
  technology in K-12 education, as well as job listings, discussion boards, resources and contests
• Tech4Learning -
• Technology Coordinator's Web Page
• Technology in Education: How Do We Know It Works -by Eva L. Baker National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing, UCLA
• Technology Horizons in Education - http://www.thejournal.com/ T.H.E. presents the online version of its journal here, covering news,
  features, editorials, products, services and more, all aimed at K-12 education
• Technology in Schools: To Support the System or Render It Obsolete -by Dr. Seymour Papert
• Technology Needs Assessment Instrument
• Technology Planning - http://www.tcet.unt.edu/tek-plan.htm Links for K-12 schools planning the implementation of technology in the
  "big picture" of their vision - a must for anyone in charge of coordinating technology hardware and software for their school division
• Technology Source - http://horizon.unc.edu/TS/contents/1999-09.asp "The purpose of The Technology Source is to provide thoughtful, illuminating articles that will assist educators as they face the challenge of integrating information technology tools into teaching and into managing educational organizations."
• Tekmom - http://www.tekmom.com/ Anne Savage's wonderful teacher technology page; don't you just love pages created by teachers for teachers? You should visit this site when you have the chance....nothing overwhelming, but very handy
• Telemontoring Program http://www.telementor.org -need some online mentoring for you ro your students
• Ten Best Web Sites for Information Technology -by From Now On, The Educaiton Technology Journal
• ThinkQuest -an annual international contest for students 12 - 19 years old. Awards total over $1,000,000 !!!
• ThinkQuest Junior -as above, but for younger students
• Thousand Cranes Peace Network -youth working for peace around the world
• Timecapsule2000 -a national millennium project with Canada's SchoolNet
• Touch Type -a free software program
• Under What Condtions is Technology Effective in Advancing Learning and Teaching? -from the Milken Exchange on Education Technology
• United Nations CyberSchoolbus -an educational project launched by UN Publications
• Video Conferencing -for learning from Packard-Bell
• Video Conferencing -an international directory from the Global SchoolHouse
• Virtual Blackboard, The http://www.virtualblackboard.com/index.htm -a good source for Web learning tours
• Virtual Frog Disection Kit
• Visible Human Project http://www.nim.nih.gov.research/visible/visible_gallery.html -see the human body with your students in ways never before possible
• Web66 -an international School Web site registry
• Web & HTML Design Guides, Tutorials and References -from the Global Schoolhouse
• Webmonkey for Kids -from HotWired
• Web Publishing Policies for K-12 -a resource for schools wanting to set up policies for publishing on the Web
• WebQuest Page
• Web Resources for Teachers -from Tammy Worcester
• Web Site Evaluation Rubrics for Web sites -by Tammy Payton
• WIER -Writers in Electronic Residence. A program that links Canadian students with professional Canadian writers who act as mentors
• YES I Can Science http://yesican.yorku.ca/home/index.html -a great science resource fom York University
• Yukon Quest - this trail follows the old Gold Rush routes of the late 1800's. This website is designed for student information and interaction
• Yucky.com -the Yuckiest Site on the Internet, wonderful learning for kids of ALL ages

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