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=Educational Technology Basics=

General Information School Web Sites Acceptable Use Policies Educational Technology Organizations

Also see Educational Technology Program for information about the program at University of South Carolina.

For information about the latest educational technology conferences, go to:

South Carolina Ed Tech conference http://www.scaet.org/edtech/2012/ Upstate (SC) Technology Conference http://www.utcsc.com/

GENERAL INFORMATION
[|Learning Ecosystems] danielschristian.com/learning-ecosystems

[|Raptivity [Rapid Interactivity for Effective Learning]] www.raptivity.com

ProfHacker http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/ A blog from the Chronicle of Higher Education that offers "tips about teaching, technology and productivity"

Goodbye Textbooks, Hello iPad http://www.pcworld.com/article/245901/goodbye_textbooks_hello_ipad.html

An Electronic Textbook on Instructional Technology by Irene Chen http://viking.coe.uh.edu/~ichen/ebook/et-it/cover.htm

SC Ed Tech Conference http://www.scaet.org/edtech/'

THE Journal (Technological Horizons in Education) http://www.thejournal.com/

MIT Open CourseWare [Massachusetts Institute of Technology] http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/all-courses.htm Content from numerous courses is accessible. The site also includes study questions.

Ideas for Using Technology to Enhance Teaching and Learning http://www.indiana.edu/%7Etltl/projects/ideas.html This Indiana University site offers practical ideas for using technology to enhance teaching and learning. It also gives links to exemplary examples at Indiana University.

Sage Advice: Relating to High Tech - Your students are growing up in a world immersed in high tech. You (most likely) didn’t. How do you relate? http://www.edutopia.org/sage-advice-july-august-2007

Sage Advice: Effective Technology - What technology is most effective in the classroom? http://www.edutopia.org/sage-advice-effective-technology

Topic: Educational Technology http://www.edutopia.org/tech-integration

Net Day Compass http://www.netdaycompass.org/index.cfm

Your Guide to the World of Ed Tech Resources http://www.osc.edu/education/webed/Tools/review.shtml “This web page of the Ohio Supercomputer Center, lists reviews of Web tools. A number of the reviews are prior to the year 2000.”

Learning Circuits [|http://www.learningcircuits.org] This is “an e-learning Web page for the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD). Their goal is to create a body of knowledge about how to use technology efficiently and effectively for learning. They offer links to articles about teaching and learning, as well as to tools and other resources related to e-learning.”

Introduction to Problem Solving in the Information Age [In Free eBooks by Dave Moursund] http://i-a-e.org/eBooks/cat_view/37-free-ebooks-by-dave-moursund.html?limit=5&order=name&dir=ASC “In this [99 page] book, the term problem solving includes posing and solving problems, posing and accomplishing tasks, posing and answering questions, and posing and making decisions.”

Introduction to Roles of Computers in Problem Solving [In Free eBooks by Dave Moursund] http://i-a-e.org/eBooks/cat_view/37-free-ebooks-by-dave-moursund.html?limit=5&order=name&dir=ASC

See College Student’s Guide to Computers in Education [In Free eBooks by Dave Moursund] http://i-a-e.org/eBooks/cat_view/37-free-ebooks-by-dave-moursund.html?limit=5&order=name&dir=ASC

Technology Education http://www.technology-education.org/index.html

Ed Tech Talk http://www.edtechtalk.com/ “EdTechTalk is a community of educators interested in discussing and learning about the uses of educational technology. We webcast several live shows each week.”

Warlick's colearners http://davidwarlick.com/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.HarnessingTheNewShapeOfInformation David Warlick does a great job keeping up to date on educational technology issues, tools, and trends.

Classroom 2.0 http://www.classroom20.com/ This is a “social networking site for those interested in Web 2.0 and collaborative technologies in education.”

Transitioning to Web 2.0: One Educator’s Experiences With Everything Web 2.0 http://web20intheclassroom.blogspot.com/ Under “A Little Bit About The Author (JBlack), it says, “Welcome to my blog where I explore everything Web 2.0 in the classroom. It's my hope you'll add your ideas - comment and collaborate - so that we can maximize our learning.”

Emerging Technologies Wiki http://readingk12.pbwiki.com/

Ning http://www.ning.com/ “Ning is the only online service where you can create, customize, and share your own Social Network for free in seconds.”

Teaching N Technology http://teachingntechnology.ning.com/ A social network that is “Helping teachers integrate technology into the classroom.”

Online Instruction http://onlineinstruction.ning.com/

Blog Juice for Educational Technology http://www.schwoebel.net/wpjoe/ “This website aggregates content from educational technology leaders who are impacting the integration of new ideas into classroom learning.”

Technology’s Impact on Learning http://www.nsba.org/sbot/toolkit/tiol.html From 1995, but some interesting findings.

Technology's Impact: A new study shows the effectiveness -- and the limitations -- of school technology by Richard J. Coley http://www.electronic-school.com/0997f3.html

A dialogue on the impact of technology on learning http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/ocotillo/itl/impact.html

Technology’s Impact on E-Learning by Jennifer Hofmann http://www.learningcircuits.org/2003/nov2003/hofmann.htm

A dialogue on the impact of technology on learning http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/ocotillo/itl/impact.html

Technology Integration http://www.ct4me.net/technology_integr.htm This site has four parts: Essential Questions, Technology Integration Resources, Web Page Design, and Multimedia in Projects

An Educator's Guide to Evaluating the Use of Technology in Schools and Classrooms (1998) http://www.ed.gov/pubs/EdTechGuide/index.html

EduBlog Awards http://edublogawards.com/

How-To Articles from Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/education/howto.mspx

Learning to Teach With Technology http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2008/03/27/30teachers.h27.html

Learning to Teach Tech-Savvy Students http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2008/03/20/dinkins

Edupunk []

Better Learning with ICT [Information and communication technologies] - Online Communities in the Classroom [] Wonderful information about using social networking tools in the classroom! There are videos and links to lots of information. This is on the TeacherTV site, [] which is a fantastic resource for many topics about teaching.

Developing an Accessible Technology Plan []


 * SCHOOL WEB SITES**

A Teacher’s Guide to School Web Sites http://fcit.usf.edu/websites/

Cool Classroom Pages http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic60.htm

Classrooms on the Web http://www.eduhoundclassroomsontheweb.com/classroomspotlight.cfm
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ACCEPTABLE USE POLICIES
Enforcing Acceptable use Policy http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/wp/crime-2002/aup.htm This is part of the Educator's Guide to Computer Crime and Technology Misuse.

Schools use many ways to control web content--but results are mixed http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/minimizing-classroom-disruptions/articlesmcs/index.cfm?rc=1&i=36357

Don't write unacceptable acceptable-use policies http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/minimizing-classroom-disruptions/articlesmcs/index.cfm?rc=1&i=33446

Back up your filtering with an airtight AUP http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/minimizing-classroom-disruptions/articlesmcs/index.cfm?rc=1&i=33541

Give your AUP a fall tune-up--here's how http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/minimizing-classroom-disruptions/articlesmcs/index.cfm?rc=1&i=33903

EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY ORGANIZATIONS
ISTE – International Society for Technology in Education http://www.iste.org/

AECT - Association for Educational Communications and Technology http://www.aect.org/default.asp

SALT - Society for Applied Learning Technology http://www.salt.org/salt.asp?ss=l

ITEA - International Technology Education Association http://www.iteaconnect.org/