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Resources

Global Perspectives

International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement: http://www.iea.nl

Jason Project: http://www.jasonproject.org

Kozma, R. (Ed.). (2003). Technology, innovation, and educational change: A global perspective. Eugene, OR: ISTE. (See, in particular, the chapter "ICT and Innovative Classroom Practices" by Robert B. Kozma and Raymond McGhee, on pp. 43–80.)

Kozma, R. B. (2003). Technology and classroom practices: An international study. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 36(1), 1–14.

Kozma, R., & McGhee, R. (1999). World links for development: Accomplishments and challenges. Monitoring and evaluation annual report: 1998–1999. Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.

McGhee, R., & Kozma, R. (2000). World links for development: Accomplishments and challenges. Monitoring and evaluation annual report: 1999–2000. Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.

National Center for Educational Statistics. (2001). The nation’s report card: Science 2000. Washington, DC: Author.

NETS Project. (2000). National Educational Technology Standards for Students—Connecting curriculum and technology. Eugene, OR: ISTE.

Pelgrum, W., & Anderson, R. (1999). ICT and the emerging paradigm for life long learning: A worldwide educational assessment of infrastructure, goals, and practices. Amsterdam: IEA.

Second Information Technology in Education Study: http://www.sitesm2.org


Survey Says . . .

Cooperative Learning Groups Center for Improved Engineering and Science Education:
http://k12science.ati.stevens-tech.edu/training/projectmgtv3/cooperativegroups.html

Online Survey Tool Product links: http://tps.dpi.state.nc.us/ncd/surveyweb/survey_products.html

Security Versus Privacy Lesson Plan: http://tps.dpi.state.nc.us/ncd/surveyweb/survey%20lessonplans/surveylessons.html

SurveyBuilder: http://Surveybuilder.edmin.com


Beyond Show and Tell

Classrooms that Excel: http://www.sabine.k12.la.us/class/

Jonassen, D. H., & Carr, C. S. (2000). Mindtools: Affording multiple knowledge representations for learning. In S. P. Lajoie (Ed.), Computers as cognitive tools II: No more walls: Theory change, paradigm shifts and their influence on the use of computers for instructional purposes (pp. 165–196). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Available: http://www.ed.psu.edu/insys/400/ssdb.htm.

Lab Write at North Carolina State University: http://www.ncsu.edu/labwrite

LT Technologies: Spreadsheets: http://lttechno.com/links/spreadsheets.html

Reapportioning Congress (select the Reapportioning Congress link): http://www.southcentralrtec.org/alt/alt.html

Roland, L. (1997). Distributing representatives: Using spreadsheets to study apportionment. Learning & Leading with Technology, 24(8), 26–29.

Simon, J. L. (2000). Excel 2000 in a nutshell: A power user’s quick reference. Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly & Associates.

TAP into Learning: Using What Learners Know: http://www.southcentralrtec.org/tap.html (scroll to Using What Learners Know/Spreadsheets: They’re Not Just for Math Anymore)

U.S. Census: http://www.census.gov

U.S. Constitution Article 1, Section 2: http://memory.loc.gov/const/const.html or http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.table.html


Digital Profiles in Poetry

Dictionary.com: http://dictionary.reference.com

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary: http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm


Scaffolding for Struggling Students


Blogger: http://www.blogger.com

Center for Technology and Teacher Education’s blogging activities page: http://www.teacherlink.org/content/blog

deLion, A. G. (2002). The urban high school’s challenge: Ensuring literacy for every child. New York: Carnegie Corporation of New York.

e-poets: An Incomplete History of Slam: http://www.e-poets.net/library/slam

Heard, G. (2003). The revision toolbox. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Photoblogs.org: Frequently Asked Questions: http://www.photoblogs.org/faq

The Secret Life of Bees discussion page: http://weblogs.hcrhs.k12.nj.us/bees/

A Thousand Words Photography: http://a.thousandwords.nu/photos/

Will Richardson’s Blog: http://www.Weblogg-ed.com


Pump Up Your Computer

Discovery School’s PuzzleMaker: http://www.puzzlemaker.com

Education Place: http://www.eduplace.com

Fact Monster: http://www.factmonster.com

FunBrain.com: http://www.funbrain.com

Harcourt, Inc.: http://www.harcourt.com

How Stuff Works: http://www.howstuffworks.com

Math Blaster: http://sunburst-store.com/ (search for Math Blaster)

Reader Rabbit: http://www.readerrabbit.com

Scholastic.com: http://www.scholastic.com

The WebQuest Page at San Diego State University: http://webquest.sdsu.edu/matrix.html


Think Outside the Bots

In addition to Diane McGrath’s PBL Web site (http://coe.ksu.edu/pbl/), which expands on resources mentioned in the PBL columns, with annotations and further links, you may also find the following resources useful.

First LEGO League North America: http://www.firstlegoleague.org/sitemod/design/layouts/default/index.asp?pid=70

Kids Learning Engineering Science Using LEGO and the Programmable Brick: http://web.media.mit.edu/~fredm/papers/aera96/

Kids Online Resources—Science, Robots and Robotics: http://www.kidsolr.com/science/page1c.html

LEGO Mindstorms Internals: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics/

LEGO.com Mindstorms Home: http://mindstorms.lego.com

Robotics: http://news.lugnet.com/robotics/

Robotics Education Project: http://robotics.nasa.gov/

Robotics Learning Home: http://www.roboticslearning.com/

Unofficial Questions and Answers about MIT Programmable Bricks and LEGO Mindstorms: http://fredm.www.media.mit.edu/people/fredm/mindstorms/

The Robot League at Kansas State University: http://www.educ.ksu.edu/robots/


Technology Sparks Student Interest

Dell Student Technology Leadership Teams: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool/dellstl2003.htm

Hillsboro High School: http://www.hillsborohs.com

Teenville: A Teen’s Guide to Nashville: http://www.eastliteraturemagnet.org/teenville_web_site/main.html

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