ISTE

=[|International Society of Technology Education]=

This site is what I am basing my research and findings on. I wanted to focus my findings on the teachers. One of the main things I looked at was a toolkit called Making the case for Educational Technology to Teachers:

We already know how important technology can be!

Here are a few helpful hints from ISTE:

**Helping Teachers Help Themselves: ** **Technology Tips and Tricks for Technology Infusion ** **How can I find what I need to find fast? ** • Learn about Google Advanced Search—[|__http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en__]  **How do I find curriculum-related Web sites that help me meet curriculum standards? ** • eThemes—A part of the eMINTS program, eThemes is an extensive database of content-rich, age-appropriate resources organized around specific themes for educators to use in their classrooms: __[]__ • ISTE—National Educational Technology Standards (NETS), case studies, lesson plans, research and other resources that help educators keep up with changing practices in educational technology: __[]__ <span style="color: black; font-family: 'LFEBNP+TimesNewRoman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">• Marco Polo—Rich project-based lesson plans, resources and generators in social studies, language arts, humanities, science, fine and performing arts: __[]__ <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'LFEBNP+TimesNewRoman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">• Miss Rumphius Web site at William and Mary College—Classroom projects that support “new literacies” and collaboration: __[]__ <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'LFEBNP+TimesNewRoman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">• NetTrekker (subscription: Not free- 30 day trial)— __[]__ <span style="color: black; font-family: 'LFEBNP+TimesNewRoman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;"> **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'LFEBLP+TimesNewRoman,Bold','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">Where do I find online videos of successful technology integration practices? **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'LFEBLP+TimesNewRoman,Bold','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;"> <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'LFEBNP+TimesNewRoman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">• The George Lucas Educational Foundation: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'LFECEJ+TimesNewRoman,Italic','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">Edutopia <span style="color: black; font-family: 'LFEBNP+TimesNewRoman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">— [|http://www.edutopia.org] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'LFEBNP+TimesNewRoman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;"> **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'LFEBLP+TimesNewRoman,Bold','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">Where do I find tutorials to help my students learn to use technology better? **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'LFEBLP+TimesNewRoman,Bold','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;"> <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'LFEBNP+TimesNewRoman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">• Atomic Learning (subscription)— __[]__ <span style="color: black; font-family: 'LFEBNP+TimesNewRoman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;"> **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'LFEBLP+TimesNewRoman,Bold','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">Where can I go to collaborate asynchronously with my peers online? **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'LFEBLP+TimesNewRoman,Bold','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;"> <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'LFEBNP+TimesNewRoman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">• Motime Blog Site (no cost)— __[]__ <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'LFEBNP+TimesNewRoman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">• Quickbase Online Database (subscription)— __[]__ <span style="color: black; font-family: 'LFEBNP+TimesNewRoman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;"> **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'LFEBLP+TimesNewRoman,Bold','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">Where can I go to collaborate synchronously with my peers online? **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'LFEBLP+TimesNewRoman,Bold','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;"> <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'LFEBNP+TimesNewRoman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">• Macromedia Breeze (fee) __[|http://www.macromedia.com]__