Return to PIE index Return to Eduscapes PIE: Professional Development and Internet Educational Technology     There are many excellent educational technology resources. Some areas include teacher portals, schools on the web, Internet integration and copyright. Teacher Portals Teacher portals are educational resources that provide a general starting point to all the areas discussed in this workshop including professional connections, instructional development resources, educational technology materials, links to online materials, technology integration ideas, and professional development opportunities. http://classroomconnect.com/home.asp http://scholastic.com http://school.discovery.com/ http://www.lightspan.com/ http://www.riverdeep.net/ http://www.bigchalk.com/ http://www.exploratorium.edu/   Links to educational technology resources http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwitr/ http://hagar.up.ac.za/catts/learner/m1g1/whointro.html http://www.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itcon.html http://fromnowon.org/ - a great online journal for educators interested in educational technology http://www.wired.com/wired/current.html/ http://www.hotwired.com/     Schools on the Net Find out what other school districts are doing. You can locate districts, buildings, classrooms, and students on the Internet. Check out the West Elementary Page http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/index.html and a student-produced school page Http://63.229.166.42.     Links to School Directories http://www.education-world.com/cool_school/ http://www.education-world.com/cool_school/past/ http://connectedteacher.classroom.com/library/states.asp http://www.beavton.k12.or.us/vose/resources/schools.html#schools Http://www.highwired.com http://highschoolhub.org/hub/hschools.htm http://www.onekey.com/live/4000000.htm http://web66.coled.umn.edu/schools.html http://www.asd.com/ http://www.asd.com/cgi-bin/asd/SchoolHomePage   K-12 Schools to Explore http://homeworktips.about.com/teens/homeworktips/cs/schools/index.htm http://schmidel.com/webtools/schools.htm http://www.gwhs.phila.k12.pa.us/hpm.html http://home.freeuk.com/elloughton13/index.htm http://home.freeuk.com/elloughton13/internat.htm http://www.snaithprimary.eril.net/phindex.htm http://www.grand-forks.k12.nd.us/ http://www.tawa.school.nz/ http://www.hipark.austin.isd.tenet.edu/ http://kailuahs.k12.hi.us/ http://www.decatur.k12.ga.us/pse/pseweb.html http://www.beavton.k12.or.us/ http://ArlingtonSchools.org/ http://schools.wcpss.net/Root/ http://avocado.dade.k12.fl.us/ http://bvsd.k12.co.us/schools/coalc/Pages/Home.html   Student Project Sites http://thinkquest.org/ http://www.lightspan.com/teacher/pages/projects/cyberfair/default.asp     Resource Reviews & Online Shopping Use what you have and buy what you need. If you need specialize tools, children's software, or specialty software, check online and get the most for your money. Before you buy software, check with your friends and email connections. Ask others on discussion forums such as proteacher. Use online review resources and read online review magazines.   Links to Software Review Sites http://www.siia.net/events/awards/codieawards/default.htm http://206.127.206.137/ - California Review Site http://www.tomsnyder.com http://www.techlearning.com/review.html http://www.techlearning.com/complist.htm http://www.kidsdomain.com/ http://www2.childrenssoftware.com/childrenssoftware/ http://www.superkids.com/ http://www.TheReviewZone.com/ http://www.worldvillage.com/wv/school/html/scholrev.htm http://www.zdnet.com/products/softwareuser/ http://carson.enc.org/ssrp/     Monitoring Technology Use Before using Internet with your students, you need to know the potential concerns. Use the following sites to learn how you can supervise Internet use with students. http://www.missingkids.com/ http://www.safekids.com http://www.safeteens.com http://www.rice.edu/armadillo/acceptable.html     Copyright You need to know that laws to protect you, your students, and the developers of Internet content. What's the law? What's your responsibility? Use the following websites to become better informed information users.   Links to Copyright Resources http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr280.shtml - a great article on copyright, start here! http://netizen.uoregon.edu/documents/copyright.html http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/faculty.htm http://www2.viaweb.com/lib/laderapress/primer.html http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html - separate the facts from the myths http://www.templetons.com/brad/linkright.html - is it okay to link to other people's websites? find out here http://www.benedict.com/ http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/ http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c105:S.1146: http://www.indiana.edu/%7Eccumc/mmfairuse.html http://www.nmjc.cc.nm.us/copyrightbay/fairuse.htm http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/cprtindx.htm   Copyright Review If in doubt, get permission When sharing outside classroom, get permission Integrate copyright issues into assignments Links to places to get copyright permissions or guidelines http://www.nolo.com/encyclopedia/articles/ilaw/pub_permission.html http://www.nolo.com/encyclopedia/articles/tc/nn75.html http://groton.k12.ct.us/mts/cimhp01.htm http://www.bham.wednet.edu/copyrule.htm   Links to resources to help students properly cite resources http://www.classroom.com/resource/CitingNetResources.asp http://www.indiana.edu/~librcsd/eval/citing.html http://www.library.carleton.edu/reference/researching/eciting.html http://ww2.wpunj.edu/~library/citing.htm http://www.dartmouth.edu/~sources/ http://www.teachervision.com/tv/curriculum/researchcenter/citing_index.html http://fairuse.stanford.edu/ http://www.cyberbee.com/copyrt.html http://www.news.com/Quiz/Entry/ - take a copyright quiz!   If you're concerned that students might be copying essays from the Internet, it's easy to check their work. Use a search engine such as Northern Light to search for a sample phrase (put it in quotation marks) from the questionable student paper. There's a good chance the phrase will pop up! Explore articles on plagiarism and check out sites that students might use to copy essays. http://www.fno.org/may98/cov98may.html - read about plagiarism http://www.plagiarized.com/index.shtml http://www.schoolsucks.com/ - essays students might copy http://www.essayworld.com// - essays students might copy     Online Professional Development Do you need more ideas to keep you busy? Take an online professional development course or a personal interest course. You'll find lots of resources at the State Department of Education, Universities, and School District pages. chool Districts   Links to Online Professional Development Resources for Teachers   http://www.memphis-schools.k12.tn.us/admin/tlapages/on-line.htm http://tli.jefferson.k12.ky.us/stcdigital/PD/pd.html - scroll down and find the "making bookmarks" directions http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html - learn about building and using webquests http://www.inspiration.com/ http://www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/ http://www.help.com/ft/newbie/newbie-121500.html?tag=st.hp.fd.ql.newbie-121500 http://microsoft.com/education/tutorial/workshop/default.asp http://www.freeskills.com/ http://www.learn2.com/ http://www.learn2.com/06/0607/06073.asp   Be a Baker As you explore the resources provided in this workshop, consider how you can repurpose lists like this for your own use. Create your own list of favorite websites and get organized by developnig a paper folder of resources, lists, bookmarks, and maybe even your own web page! Remember, there's no best dessert or "right" way to use the Internet.   Use Internet... ...for your professional development ...to reach outside your classroom ...to find a professional peer ...to make teaching/learning exciting!   What's for dessert? Need more information or want this workshop live? Contact Annette Lamb http://eduscapes.com alamb@eduscapes.com    Return to PIE index Return to Eduscapes    Created by Annette Lamb, 01/01.