Friday, June 15, 2007

Technology Integration Professional Development & Curriculum Resources




Articles on the Future of Teaching and Learning


TIME article - How to Bring Schools Out of the 20th Century (Dec 2006)

21st Century Learning Skills





Curricular Resources for Technology Enhanced Teaching
NETS-S (National Educational Technology Standards for Students)
  • Current NETS-S (Revised 2007) -- (HTML) (PDF)
  • Original NETS-S (from 1998) -- (HTML) (PDF)
NETS-T (National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers)
  • Current NETS-T (Revised 2008) (HTML) (PDF)
  • Original NETS-T (from 2000) -- (HTML) (PDF)
NETS-A (National Educational Technology Standards for Administrators)
  • Current NETS-A (Revised 2009) (HTML) (PDF)
  • Original NETS-A (from 2002) -- (HTML) (PDF)
School 2.0 - http://etoolkit.org/etoolkit/map

21st Century Skills



Professional Development Resources (for teachers, administrators, board members, and families)

Edutopia (George Lucas Educational Foundation) - http://www.edutopia.org
"What works in public education" -- magazine, organization, etc. - articles, videos, interviews about

ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) - host of the annual NECC (National Educational Computing Conference)

Brief Videos on Web 2.0 Technology Tools that can be used in teaching, learning, and professional development opportunities (In Plain English series by CommonCraft)

  • Blogs - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI
  • Wikis - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY
  • Podcasts - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-MSL42NV3c
  • Social Bookmarking - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x66lV7GOcNU
  • Google Docs - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muVUA-sKcc4
  • RSS - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU