Sunday, January 31, 2010

Resource Links for Building a feasible K-8 Technology Curriculumn in Public Education

I am working on putting together a no thrills link list of amazing resources in technology for teachers.

Great free modules that are planned to the tee.
http://www.miracles.org/instructorCurriculum.html

Lesson plans in pdf format to meet Ohio's Technology Content Standards.
http://www.technologyiselementary.com/?q=node/6

Cool website with flash movies and activities, some features are free, other require a subscription.
http://www.brainpop.com/

Great free resource for lessons on 21st Century Skills.  All gradebands.
http://cybersmartcurriculum.org/

Total technology mastery by the end of 8th grade through a modular learning environment.  You must buy a yearly subscription.  Pretty cool lesson, but can get expnsive, because you pay per student.
http://www.learning.com/easytech/index.htm

Good resources for free student lesson, but more importantly free professional development programs.
http://www.intel.com/education/resources/index.htm?iid=ed_nav+k12resources

Good Blog with lots of resources for teaching lessons in technology.
http://www.freelyeducate.com/typing/

Cool online educational games website.
http://www.funbrain.com/index.html

Free Safe Filtered email for students.
http://www.gaggle.net/

Microsoft does good job for teachers.
http://www.microsoft.com/education/teachers/default.aspx

Great place to xpand your horizons as a teacher trying to use technology in your classroom.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/

Completely Free Audio Books
http://www.audioowl.com/

Museum of Online Museums
http://www.coudal.com/moom/

Sunday, October 25, 2009

eLearning

eLearning is almost limitless with new tools and applications coming out daily. The sky is the limit as to what we can do as educators to facilitate our students through technology.