Resources

=media type="custom" key="12470288"= = ISTE Aligned Tools = The following resource provides tools aligned to current ISTE standars and guides teachers on meeting national technology standards: [|ISTE Aligned Web 2.0 Tools]

= Professional Organizations = The resources provide are for professional organizations. Some of the organizations require fees while others are free. Joining professional organizations will provide you with information on changes in policy, grant opportunities, professional opportunities such as conferences and networking. Many of the organizations have web based communities similar to the idea of facebook but with a focus on the teaching profession. Professional Organizations are also important for conducting research. These organizations will have journals that are peer reviewed and are published based a particular standard. Peer reviewed means that a group of people with specific academic credentials in the profession evaluate articles submitted for publication. This is the type of work you should look towards for research. Web-sites and news articles should not be used for a paper that you write for this class. Select the links in blue to visit the resource.

[|MSET] MSET is an organizational affiliate of ISTE, the International Society for Technology in Education. The mission of MSET is to "to advance excellence in learning and teaching through innovative and effective uses of technology." ISTE: International Society for Technology in Education "ISTE is the premier membership association for educators and education leaders engaged in improving teaching and learning by advancing the effective use of technology in PK-12 and higher education."

[|MERLOT] Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning and Online Teaching "Find peer reviewed online teaching and learning materials. Share advice and expertise about education with expert colleagues. Be recognized for your contributions to quality education."

[|TeachersFirst] "TeachersFirst is a rich collection of lessons, units, and web resources designed to save teachers time by delivering just what they need in a practical, user-friendly, and ad-free format. We offer our own professional and classroom-ready content along with thousands of reviewed web resources, including practical ideas for classroom use and safe classroom use of Web 2.0."

[|VSTE] The Virginia Society for Technology in Education "VSTE embodies the community of those passionate about Technology's role in Education." Research and other Resources Research: Use this link to find resources for the paper and to enhance your learning experience. Lessons: Use this link to access lessons and tutorials. More Resources: Use this link to find a vareity of information not discussed in the course.

Virtual Library:
" The WWW Virtual Library (VL) is the oldest catalogue of the Web, started by Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of HTML and of the Web itself, in 1991 at CERN in Geneva. Unlike commercial catalogues, it is run by a loose confederation of volunteers, who compile pages of key links for partcular areas in which they are expert; even though it isn't the biggest index of the Web, the VL pages widely recognized as being amongst the highest-quality to particular sections of the Web. "

[|Virtual lIbrary]

Free Online Storage:
The following resources provide free online storage. Using these resources will allow you store documents and access those documents on any computer with Internet access.

[|Dropbox]

[|OneDrive]

[|Google] Once you have an account, you will be able to create web-based documents as well as upload images, word documents, ppt, excel, pdf, and other file types.

Teacher Resources
[|Jeopardy Labs] JeopardyLabs allows you to create a customized jeopardy template without PowerPoint.

[|MSET] MSET, formerly known as MICCA, can trace its beginning to a series of informal meetings held by supervisory staff from several school systems in 1984. The coordinators met to share information and discuss their technology programs.   [|Thinkport] "**Education Is Our Top Priority ** Your students and children are your top priority, as well as ours. To provide the best education for them, you'll need the right materials, up-to-date information, and the latest technology. Thinkport provides all of this for you in one place. Here you can quickly find the resources, information and advice you need, giving you more time for what matters — teaching and providing for your students and children. Thinkport is the product of an on-going partnership between [|Maryland Public Television] (MPT) and [|Johns Hopkins University Center for Technology in Education] (CTE), two of the most trusted names in Maryland education. For over 30 years, MPT has been a valued friend to educators and Maryland's home for [|PBS] 's beloved children's programming. But in addition to broadcasting "Sesame Street" and "Barney and Friends," MPT produces original educational video series, creates online resources, such as online field trips, and conducts institutes and workshops year-round for educators and child-care providers alike. MPT knows educational media, traditional and new."
 * A Partnership of Two Trusted Names in Maryland Education**

Educational Wikis:
 * 1) [|Best Educational Wikis of 2011]
 * 2) Educational Wikis
 * 3) [|TechCoachPatti]
 * 4) Digitally Speaking
 * 5) 50 ways to use wikis

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