Connecticut:
CASL: CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL LIBRARIANS
CASL, the Connecticut Association of School Librarians, is the professional association of Connecticut school library media specialists.
WEBJUNCTION
WebJunction is a service of the Connecticut State Library, Division of Library Development (DLD). Through this web site events, online courses, and support are offered.
CECA: CONNECTICUT EDUCATORS COMPUTER ASSOCIATION
CECA is a nonprofit organization composed of educators and business leaders who believe in the integration of technology.
CREC: TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
The Capitol Region Education Council (CREC) provides educators with the resources they need to provide students with engaging, quality education through the innovative use of technology. From professional development to
ADVENTURE LEARNING FOUNDATION
This site takes students and teachers on real and virtual expeditions around the world. Through a collection of original pictures and journal excerpts, visitors can accompany travelers exploring the natural environment, culture, and peoples of different continents. Past expeditions include Alaska and Yukon, Baja California, American Southwest, and Southern Africa. Each expedition is accompanied by a mixture of information, links, and classroom activities.
actDEN: Software Tutorials
This site from the Digital Education Network in conjunction with Microsoft offers free tutorials for Powerpoint, Office 2000, FrontPage, Outlook Express and Internet Explorer.
American Memory Learning Page
Lesson plans and activities from the Library of Congress using their collections of primary documents.
AASL: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL LIBRARIANS
The mission of the American Association of School Librarians is to advocate excellence, facilitate change, and develop leaders in the school library media field.
AT & T KNOWLEDGE NETWORK
This is the lesson plan and webquest page from
BLUE WEB'N
Blue Web'n is an online library of 1200+ outstanding Internet sites categorized by subject, grade level, and format (lessons, activities, projects, resources, references, & tools).
CITEd Center for Implementing Technology in Education
Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, the focus of the web site and its resources is for students with disabilities, assistive technology, and a flexible approach to technology integration.
CLASSROOM CONNECT
This is the resource that will help you locate some of the most interesting and useful information that is available to K-12 educators on-line.
Requires registration; free trial available.
CYBERSMART LESSON PLANS
CyberSmart is a free, standards aligned curriculum for teachers to introduce safe, responsible and effective computer and internet use in the classroom. The lessons and activities provide links to web sites as well as off-line activities that complement the sites. Each lesson is tied to National Educational Technology Standards. The presentation is simple and uncluttered--just what you want when you are trying something new!
DAVID WARLICK: WEB 2.0
David Warlick, a 30 year educator, has been a classroom teacher, district administrator, and staff consultant with the North Carolina State Department of Public Instruction. For the past ten years, Mr. Warlick has operated The Landmark Project, a consulting, and innovations firm in Raleigh, North Carolina.
DOUG JOHNSON 
Doug Johnson, Director of Media and Technology in the Mankato Schools, writes and speaks about the integration of technology and information skills into learning. This site links to many of his articles, books, and his blog "Blue Skunk."
EdReform.net
Five dimensions of digital equity is part of the larger EdReform networks web site.
EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY TOP TEN
This is part of Jamie McKenzie's site, "From Now On," that discusses issues in technology and education. He has selected a brief and excellent set of sites for educators looking for information on technology.
4TEACHERS
ALTEC, Advanced Learning Technologies in Education Consortia, sponsors this web site commited to the power of technology in education. Nicely organized web site offers many support tools for teachers.
FROM NOW ON
Published by educator Jamie McKenzie, this site is full of insightful documents
and links relating to teaching and learning in the information age. See the
article, "We Weave the Web" reproduced from Educational Leadership.
GANDER'S ACADEMY
Created by a teacher, this site is a great resource for thematic teaching using the Internet. The site features topics of interest to many elementary school students and teachers. AWESOME!
GLOBAL SCHOOLNET FOUNDATION
Important site out of California for educational networking and instructional applications
of telecommunications.
ISTE
International Society for Technology In Education is a large portal of information on standards based technology education "... dedicated to providing leadership and service to improve teaching and learning by advancing the effective use of technology in K–12 education and teacher education."
CARET A project of International Society for Technology In Education.
HARNESSING THE POWER OF THE WEB: A TUTORIAL
Over 250,000 copies of GSN's web tutorial CD have been distributed to teachers and students during NetDay and educational workshops.
KIDLINK
Supports world wide Internet projects directed towards "helping children understand themselves, identify and define goals for life, and collaborate with peers around the globe, individually or through school." Global Classroom is an effort by one school in implement the telecommunication goals inspired by Kidlink.
KNOWLEDGE NETWORK
The centerpiece of this site is a series of Web tutorials that are available at five levels of expertise. In addition to the tutorials, there are actual lessons and units that integrate the skills highlighted in the tutorials, so you can see first-hand what can be accomplished using various technologies.
National Archives: Education Page
Ready made activities using the vast resources of our National Archives.
SCHOOL WORLD
Features global projects that promote the use of the Internet as an educational tool that fosters collaboration and problem solving.
SHROCK GUIDE
A large and well organized list of sites that provides useful reference for students and faculty.
SURF REPORT
Features a different topic each month along with many subject lists for kids and young adults.
THINKFINITY
Thinkfinity is built upon the foundation’s flagship education program formerly known as Verizon MarcoPolo, and the foundation’s comprehensive online resource for literacy, the Thinkfinity Literacy Network. This web site links together major online web sites for teaching and learning in one place; partners include: Read Write Think, National Geographic Expeditions, EdSitement, Illuminations (math), Science Net Links, Smithsonian National Museum of America History and more. Search all of these web sites from Thinkfinity for lesson plans and other resources.
THINKQUEST
An Internet learning contest in which over $1 million was awarded to students and
teachers in an awards ceremony taking place in Washington in November.
UNESCO: World Heritage Sites
UNESCO has identified places world wide that are of cultural or natural importance. The web site offers an archive with a brief description and a photo of each of the hundreds World Heritage sites protected worldwide. Searchable.
VIRTUAL BLACKBOARD
Sponsored by AT&T and the Learning Network, the Virtual Blackboard provides K-12 teachers with teaching modules designed to introduce Internet teaching models.
Free Online Tools:
Digital Equity Toolkit
The toolkit, now in its second edition, points educators to free and inexpensive, high quality resources that help address the digital divide in the classroom and community.
Trackstar
Web site that allows teachers to create their own web pages and activities.
Filamentality
Part of a dynamic web site from AT&T that guides teachers through building a web page or activity.
TILT: Texas Information Literacy Tutorial
Requires registration- computer must accept cookies.
WebFeet
Subscription based database of reviewed web sites. (SMS has subscription)
Teacher Skill Assessment
Learning with Technology Profile Tool
North Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium is no longer in
operation, but this planning tool is still timely.
Doug Johnson: Code 77 Rubrics
These rubrics are part of the The Indispensable Teacher’s Guide to Computer Skills, 2nd edition, Linworth Publishing.
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