EdTech Online Resources

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EDTECH RESOURCES

TECH INTEGRATION RESOURCES

Maker Pro

Allows makers to design and collaborate and make a product to place in the market. Resource from
Reynand Collado

EdTech Infographics

Infographics found on Pinterest

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Thinkfinity

Website provides learning and teaching materials, shares ideas through online communities, provides at-home activities for students and parents, and professional development training for educators.

Teaching Channel Videos

"Teaching Channel is a video showcase—on the Internet and TV—of inspiring and effective teaching practices in America's schools." - Website

Connected Classrooms

Connect students with virtual learning opportunities on Google+

Hippasus

Dr. Ruben R. Puentedura's site designed to help transform education by combining a broad range of information technologies with novel educational approaches and a set of rigorous metrics for the evaluation of results.

TED Ed Club

Help students create their own TED Talks presentation

Office of Educational Technology

PBL World

Join educators who believe Project Based Learning is a key strategy for creating an effective and engaging 21st century classroom that promotes students’ ability to master the Common Core State Standards.

Byrdseed (Technology)

A blog created to highlight new ideas for differentiating instruction through the use of technology.

NBC Learn K-12

Provides archive of videos, primary sources, images, and other educational resources for use in the classroom.

Teachnology

"TeAchnology has been providing free and easy to use resources for teachers dedicated to improving the education of today's generation of students... We are the online teacher resource that is designed to help busy Kindergarten through High School teachers."

ISTE's NETS

ISTE created the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) to ensure effective use of technology for learning, teaching, and leading.

ISTE

The International Society for Technology in Education is an organization of educators that strives to improve in effectively utilizing technology in teaching and learning.

BIE: Project Based Learning

Resources for implementing project-based learning into your curriculum through the implementation of technology.

Partnership for 21st Century Skills

“The Partnership for 21st Century Skills is a national organization that advocates for 21st century readiness for every student.” -P21 website

Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media is dedicated to improving the lives of kids and families by providing the trustworthy information, education, and independent voice they need to thrive in a world of media and technology.

Edutopia

"We know that K-12 education can be better, but many people don’t know what better looks like. We recognize that for innovations to spread, educators and parents, as well as business and community leaders, must first see and understand the changes and opportunities." -Edutopia Website

Quest Garden

"If you're looking for a way to go beyond rote learning and disengaged learners. this is the place for you. QuestGarden is useful for pre-service teachers, working teachers, and the professional developers and teacher educators who work with them. The lessons created on this site are available for use by educators everywhere." -Quest Garden

Tech & Learning

This website has been providing educators best practice strategies, technology-integrating resources, and information about the newest technologies for 30 years.

NCS K4 STEMLAB

Follow this blog to find how a K-4 computer lab is creating a STEM environment.

TED ED

“Use engaging videos on TED-Ed to create customized lessons. You can use, tweak, or completely redo any lesson featured on TED-Ed.” -TED-Ed website

iLearn Technology

Great EdTech Blog!

KNEWTON

Personalizes education to fit each individual

PBS Teachers

Provides educators with educational resources and activities organized by grades (K-12) and subject matter.

Udacity

Free higher education online courses

EdHeads

“Edheads is an online educational resource that provides free science and math games and activities that promote critical thinking.” -EdHead Website

BBC Learning

BBC provides an online resource that consists of online courses, videos, educational games, and activities for the classroom.

New Classrooms

This website showcases a classroom learning model that combines collaborative activities, online virtual instruction, independent work with software, and teacher instruction.

Khan Academy

Video library that provides lessons on different topics and subjects.

Cool Tools for School

By far the best website I have seen that provides Web 2.0 tools that can be used for education.

Lego Education

Utilizing Legos to learn about robotics, space, renewable energy, and simple machines.

Google Search Education

This Google training site helps develop content searching skills for students, ultimately creating independent, critical thinking students.

Google in Education

“A new resource for educators: help your students become savvy searches with our new Search Education hub.” -Google in Education website

Cable in the Classroom

"Our goal is to harness the power of cable’s new technologies and its rich video and online content to support teaching and learning whenever and wherever they take place." -Cable in the Classroom website

"Knowledge Matters believes that rich visual simulation-based learning will be the dominant education trend of the next quarter century." -Knowledge Matters

ARIS

"ARIS is a user-friendly, open-source platform for creating and playing mobile games,
tours and interactive stories. Using GPS and QR Codes, ARIS players experience
a hybrid world of virtual interactive characters, items, and media placed in physical space." -ARIS Website

Make: Project

How-to wiki for edu projects

Flipped Learning Network

Provides teachers guidance in flipping their classrooms.

20 Blogs for Game-Based Learning

Need information on game-based learning?

PBS News Hour

Current event news and videos that can be used to inform your classroom!

EdShelf

Database of edtech tools for your classroom

instructables

Another how-to website for teachers to find projects

7 Phases of PBL Unit Design

Edutopia describes a practical 7 step process of designing a PBL unit

Twitter (EdTech)

Twitter search "EdTech"

Edudemic

Provide access to technology and social media integration in education.

Maker Faire

Tech enthusiasts share their creations and what they learned in the process.

edreach

The Education Media Network

Slide2Learn

iOS Resource for Educators

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ONLINE SAFETY

Securing Your Wireless Network

Protecting Online Personal Info

Password Security (Duke)

Preventing Online Identity Theft

Keep Your Personal Info Secure

Create Strong Passwords (Microsoft)

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CYBERBULLYING

Stop Cyberbullying

Spot it. Report it. Prevent it.

Prevent Cyberbullying: What to Do

NetsSmartz

Preventing Cyberbullying PDF

Common Sense Media

National Crime Prevention Council

NCSL Cyberbullying

TeensHealth

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ONLINE SAFETY

Copyright & Creative Commons

Video by Common Craft

Understanding & Respecting Copyright

Teaching Copyright (Mashups)

iTunes, Podcasts, and Fair Use

Blue Skunk Blog thoughts on copyrigh

Re-Examining the Remix

Parent Guide to Online Safety

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VIRUSES

Harvard University (How to Avoid)

CISCO: Differences

Texas University: Virus Types

UC San Diego: Viruses & Hackers

Keeping Your Computer Virus-Free

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BACKCHANNEL WEBSITES

Go Soap Box

"GoSoapBox is used by educators around the world to break down participation barriers, keep students engaged, and gain insight into student comprehension."

Today Meeting

TodaysMeet helps you embrace the backchannel and connect with your audience in realtime.

Chatzy

Chatzy is another great tool that enables you to create a free virtual chat room.

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TEACHER TOOLS

Frolyc

Authoring & real-time publishing of educational activities to iPads

Connected Classrooms

Live streamings to digital field trips

#MysterySkype

A game where classes guess the location of the other classroom by asking each other questions, using Skype.

SlideBean

Simple presentation tool

Creative Commons

Class Dojo

Behavior management

101 Questions

Images and videos as prompts for developing math questions, but can be used for any subject.

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PROGRAMMING

Exploring Computer Science

CS Principles

CS10K

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