Technology Resources

Classroom Websites

Online Tutorial
Building a School Website: http://www.wigglebits.com

Dictionaries

EdWebproject: http://www.edwebproject.org/dic.html

TechDictionary: http://www.techdictionary.com

(Webopedia): http://www.webopedia.com

Whatis: http://whatis.techtarget.com

Educational Technology

Helps middle and high school teachers integrate technology into their classrooms
Adventures of Cyberbee: http://www.cyberbee.com

A guide to education related issues concerning the Internet
EdWeb: http://www.edwebproject.org/resource.cntnts.html

International Society for Technology in Education: http://www.iste.org

Michigan Department of Education K-12 Technology
Planning Website: http://www.techplan.org/

National Educational Technology Standards:
http://cnets.iste.org/

North Central Regional Educational Laboratory:
http://www.ncrel.org

Overview of Technology Content Standards for the State of Michigan:
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/Technology_11594_7.htm

Hardware Support

Dell: http://www.dell.com

Epson: http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/SupportIndex.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes

GBC laminators: http://www.gbcimaginate.com/connect/content/content.jhtml?cid=techsupportDoc&Page_id=techsupport&links_id=service

Gateway: http://www.gateway.com

Hewlett Packard: http://www.hp.com

Lesson Plans

Blue Web'n:
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/index.html

CanTeach:
http://www.canteach.ca

Computer Lesson Plans:
http://www.lessonplans.com.au

Teachers.Net Lesson Bank:
http://teachers.net/lessons/

The Educator's Reference Desk:
http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/

Listservs

EdWebProject: http://www.edwebproject.org/lists.html

MegaSearch Tools

Fast Search: http://alltheweb.com

Global Schoolnet Directory of Internet Search Engines: http://www.globalschoolnet.org/resources/allsearch.html

Google: http://www.google.com

Ixquick: http://ixquick.com

Metacrawler: http://www.metacrawler.com

Networks

An Educator's Guide to School Networks: http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/network
Covers cabling, hardware, protocol, software and topology

Professional Development

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
http://www.ascd.org

BrainConnection
http://www.BrainConnection.com/edu

Software Support

Adobe: http://www.adobe.com/support/main.html

Broderbund / Riverdeep / Edmark /
The Learning Company: http://support.broderbund.com/
(KidPix, Living Books, Reader Rabbit)

EZ Instructions: http://www.ezinstructions.com
Instructions for various software packages

Inspiration: http://www.inspiration.com/techsupport/index.cfm

Microsoft: http://support.microsoft.com/

Novell: http://support.novell.com/

Sunburst: (Type to Learn, HyperStudio, Letterbugs) http://www.sunburst.com/

Student E-Mail

GaggleNet: http://www.gaggle.net
Free individual student e-mail that is teacher-controlled

Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections: http://www.IECC.org
IECC is a free service to help teachers link with partners in other cultures and countries for email classroom pen-pal and other project exchanges.

Surveys

http://www.zoomerang.com/Login/index.zgi

WebQuests

Filamentality: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/index.html
Create your very own WebQuest

EdHelper.com: http://www.edhelper.com/
Over 2,000 WebQuests available