Teacher+Resources

-includes a superb video gallery || [|NCREL (North Central Regional Educational Laboratory)] Educational Technology Resources || //(Related to educational technology issues//)
 * **Reference Resources ** ||
 * [|Visual Thesaurus] || [|Thesaurus.com] || [|Library of Congress] || [|Real-Time Data] ||
 * [|RefDesk] || [|InfoPlease] || [|Children's Book Council] || [|Merriam-Webster Dictionary] ||
 * [|KidsClick] || [|Educator's Ref Desk] || [|4Kids] || [|U.S. Department of Education] ||
 * [|National Standards for Students] ||  ||   ||   ||
 * ** Instructional Resources ** ||
 * [|Nettrekker] || [|Instructional Lesson Links] || [|ABC Teach] || [|Schrock's Guide for Educators] ||
 * [|Internet4Teachers] || [|Awesome Library] || [|Busy Teacher's Website] || [|Blue Web'n] ||
 * [|Technology Integration Sites] || [|ALA|Great Sites for Kids] || [|Shambles Teaching & Learning] || [|Math Hunt by skills] ||
 * [|Social Studies Resources] || [|Classroom Resources] || [|ThinkQuest] || [|Xpeditions/Activities] ||
 * [|Virtual Labs] || [|Cyberguide] || [|Thinking Fountain] || [|SAILOn] ||
 * [|Virtual Field Trips] || [|Edutopia] || [|Scholastic Activites] || [|Virtual Cameras] ||
 * [|Online Projects] || [|Marcia's Lessons] || [|EcoHealth] || [|Journey North] ||
 * [|Teaching with the Web] || [|Intel Teach to the Future] || [|AlphaBites] || [|Interactivities by Theme] ||
 * [|Education World] || [|Math Forum] || [|Top 101 Web Sites for Teachers] || [|Best of History Web Sites] ||
 * [|K-5 Science] || [|Best Ed.Sites] || [|Social Studies Web Sitesfor Teachers] || [|Teacher Planet] ||
 * [|A+ Sites for Teachers] || [|The Lesson Plans Page] || [|100 Helpful Websites for New Teachers] || [|Foreign Language Teacher Forum] ||
 * **Tools ** ||
 * [|EdHelper] || [|Midlink Teacher Tools] || [|Enchanted Learning] || [|Math Benchmarks] ||
 * [|PASS] || [|Teach-nology] || [|Web Based Bookmarks] || [|Aunty Math Challenges] ||
 * [|CLEAR] || [|TeacherVision] || [|Mrs. Alphabet] || [|Graphic Organizers] ||
 * [|Scholastic] || [|Worksheets] || [|Newsletter Templates] || [|Filamentality] ||
 * [|Teaching Tools] || [|Quiz Creator] || [|RHLSchool] || [|Free Pictures] ||
 * [|Online Phonics Activities] || [|ESL Journal] || [|Free Translator] || [|WebQuest Templates] ||
 * [|Lesson Plan Builder] || [|TECHTools] || [|Free Translation] || [|Read,Write,Think] ||
 * [|Sites For Teachers] || [|Instructional Strategies] || [|AltaVista Translator] || [|Tool Makers] ||
 * [|Rubric Builder] || [|Teaching Methods] || [|The Teacher's Corner] || [|Teachers.Net] ||
 * [|The Best on the Web for Teachers] || [|Foreign Language Forum] ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">**Technology Tutorials** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 80%;">[|Internet4Classrooms Tutorials] || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 80%;">[|Techie Tutorials] || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 80%;">[|Office 2007 & 2003 Tutorials] || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 80%;">[|PowerPoint in the Classroom] ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 80%;">[|PowerPoint Basics] || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 80%;">[|Epson Presenters Online] || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 80%;">[|KidPix Resources] ||  ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Other ** ||
 * [|Primary Games] || [|Fun Brain] || [|BrainPOP] || [|Bartleby] ||
 * [|ThinkQuest] || [|Homework Helper] || [|Department of Education] || [|TechTorials] ||
 * [|Storybook Tutorial] || [|Maxwell Links] || [|Funschool] || [|Online Books] ||
 * [|Teacher's Domain] || [|Bilingual Ed Specialists] || [|Storybook Tutorial] || [|inTASC Technology Assessment Study Collaborative] ||
 * [|Technology and Learning Magazine] || [|Leading with Technology and Learning- Published by ISTE] || [|George Lucas Educational Foundation]
 * [|Southwest Educational Development Library] || [|Wired Magazine's News] || [|CNET's News] || [|MindWrite]by Miguel Guhlin ||
 * [|Discovery Learning]by Patsy Lanclos ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Recommended Books **
 * 1) __Edutopia: Success Stories for Learning in the Digital Age__ by Sara Armstrong
 * 2) __The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World__ by Lawrence Lessig
 * 3) __Being Digital__ by Nicholas Negraponte
 * 4) __High Tech, High Touch__ by John Naisbitt
 * 5) __Growing Up Digital__ by Don Tapscott
 * 6) __Failure to Connect__ by Jane Healy
 * 7) __How Children Fail__ by John Holt
 * 8) __Empowering Students with Technology__ by Alan November
 * 9) __Teaching as a Subversive Activity__ by Neil Postman
 * 10) __Technopoly__ by Neil Postman
 * 11) __The Future and Its Enemies__ by Virginia Postrel
 * 12) __Oversold and Underused__ by Larry Cuban
 * 13) __Amusing Ourselves to Death__ by Neil Postman
 * 14) __The End of Education: Redefining the Value of School__ by Neil Postman
 * 15) __The Flickering Mind__ by Todd Oppenheimer
 * 16) __Raw Materials for the Mind__ by David Warlick
 * 17) __Redefining Literacy for the 21st Century__ by David Warlick
 * 18) __Teaching with the Brain in Mind__ by Eric Jensen
 * 19) __Margin__ by Richard Swenson

**Articles and Research**
 * 1) 21st Century Skills by Cheryl Lemke ([|www.ncrel.org/engauge/skills/skills.htm])- A research-based discussion of the skills needed by students and workers in the emerging Digital Age.
 * 2) Milken Family Foundation Educational Technology articles ([|www.mff,org/edtech/article.taf])
 * 3) Levels of Technology Integration (LoTi)

**eBooks** (These are not necessarily about EdTech issues but that are free) 1. Project Gutenberg ([|www.gutenberg.org]) 2. Manybooks.net ([|www.manybooks.net]) 3. TechLearning eBooks- These ARE on EdTech issues! ([|www.techlearning.com/content/epubs])