Getting Our NETS Worth

Web Sites
ISTE Bookstore: www.iste.org/bookstore/

NCATE: www.ncate.org

NCLB: www.nclb.gov

NETS Project: http://cnets.iste.org

NETS Publications
Brooks-Young, S. (2002). Making technology standards work for you—A guide for school administrators. Eugene, OR: ISTE.

Carroll, J. A., Kelly, M. G., & Witherspoon, T. L. (2003). NETS•S curriculum series—Multidisciplinary units for prekindergarten through grade 2. Eugene, OR: ISTE.

NETS Project. (1998). National Educational Technology Standards for Students. Eugene, OR: ISTE.

NETS Project. (2000a). NETS for Students—Connecting curriculum and technology. Eugene, OR: ISTE.

NETS Project. (2000b). National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers. Eugene, OR: ISTE.

NETS Project. (2002a). NETS for Teachers—Preparing teachers to use technology. Eugene, OR: ISTE.

NETS Project. (2002b). National Educational Technology Standards for Administrators [poster]. Eugene, OR: ISTE.

NETS Project. (2002c). NETS•S curriculum series—Multidisciplinary units for grades 3–5. Eugene, OR: ISTE.

NETS Project. (2003a). NETS for Teachers: Resources for assessment. Eugene, OR: ISTE.

NETS Project. (2003b). NETS•S curriculum series—Multidisciplinary units for grades 6–8. Eugene, OR: ISTE.

Raising the Bar for Student Performance and Assessment

Web Sites
21st Century Skills: www.ncrel.org/engauge/skills/21skills.htm

Bernajean Porter’s site: www.bjpconsulting.com

Bloom’s Taxonomy: http://faculty.washington.edu/krumme/guides/bloom.html

California (Bay Area) Writing Project: www.nsdc.org/midbook/write.pdf

Harvard Project Zero Collaborative Assessment: www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2001/12.13/10-projectzero.html

Illinois’ NextSteps Project: www.nextsteps.lth5.k12.il.us/default_info.asp

NRTEC Scoring Guides for Student Products: www.ncrtec.org/tl/sgsp/

Six Trait Scoring: www.nsdc.org/midbook/trait.pdf

Articles
Bereiter, C., & Scardamalia, M. (1996). Rethinking learning. In D. R. Olson & N. Torrance (Eds.), Handbook of education and human development: New models of learning, teaching, and schooling (pp. 485–513). Cambridge, MA: Basil Blackwell

Bereiter, C. (1997). Education in a knowledge society [Online]. Available: www.bjpconsulting.com

Coalition of Essential Schools. (1996). Looking collaboratively at student work: An essential toolkit. (Tuning Protocol) [Online]. Available: www.essentialschools.org/cs/resources/view/ces_res/57#3/.

Looking at Student Work. (n.d.) The Collaborative Assessment Conference [Online]. Available: www.lasw.org/CAC_description.html.

Rationale for Building an Educational Source Forge

Articles
Bull, G., Bell, R. Garofalo, J., Sigmon, T. (2002). Learner-based tools: The case for open source educational software. Learning & Leading with Technology, 30(2), 10–17.

Bull, G., Bull, G., Garofalo, J., & Harris, J. (2002). Grand challenges: Preparing for the technological tipping point. Learning & Leading with Technology, 29(8), 6–12.

Web Sites
AETS: www.theaets.org

AMTE: www.amte.net

Apache Software Foundation: www.apache.org

CITE Journal—Volume 2, Issue 4: www.citejournal.org/vol2/iss4/general/article2.cfm

ISTE: www.iste.org

The Linux Home Page at Linux Online: www.linux.org

Linux.com: Linux news, information, software, documentation, and tutorials: www.linux.com

NCSS CUFA: www.teacherlink.org/social/cufa/

NCTE CEE: www.ncte.org/cee/

Open Source Foundation: www.opensource.org

SITE: www.aace.org/site/default.htm

A Model for Implementation

Sharon Anne O’Connor-Petruso’s site: http://triton.oldwestbury.edu/~oconnors/index.htm

Contests
Intel Science Talent Search: www.intel.com/education/sts/index.htm

Siemens Westinghouse Competition in Math, Science & Technology: www.siemens-foundation.org/science/default.html

Technology Tools
The Graph Club: www.tomsnyder.com/graphclub/

Inspiration: www.inspiration.com

Microsoft Office (including PowerPoint, Excel, and more): www.microsoft.com/office/

SBC’s Knowledge Network Explorer (Filamentality): www.filamentality.com

Reading
Asp, E. (2000). Assessment in education: Where have we been? Where are we headed? In R. S. Brandt (Ed.), Education in a new era (pp. 123–157). Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision andCurriculum Development.

Bates, T. (2000). Teaching, learning and the impact of multimedia technologies. Education Review, 35(5), 38–43.

Byrne, B. M., & Shavelson, R. J. (1986). On the structure of adolescent self-concept. Journal of Educational Psychology, 78(6), 474–481.

Bruner, J. (1966). Toward a theory of instruction. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

DeMauro, G. (1999). New York State Program Evaluation Test in Science, Grade 4 [Online]. Available: www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/testing/sciei/sciencegr4.html.

Dewey, J. (1916). Democracy and education. New York: Macmillan.

National Center for Education Statistics. (2001). Highlights from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study-Repeat (TIMSS-R). (NCES 2001-027). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

National Research Council. (2000). Inquiry in the national science education standards. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

The NETS Project. (2000–2002). Curriculum and content area standards: NETS for Teachers—Preparing teachers to use technology [Online]. Available: http://cnets.iste.org/teachers/t_book.html.

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. (2002). Understanding the digital divide [Online]. Available: http://faculty.washington.edu/krumme/internet/divide.html.

Peters, J. M., & Gega, P. C. (2002). Science in the elementary education (9th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill Prentice Hall.

Piaget, J. (1954). The construction of reality in the child. New York: Basic Books.

Slavin, R. E. (1997). Educational psychology: Theory and practice (5th ed.). Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Taylor, L. K., & Michael, W. B. (1991). A correlational study of academic self-concept, intellectual achievement responsibility, social cognition, and reading. Educational Research Quarterly, 6(1), 13–23.

New York State Education Department. (1996). Learning standards for mathematics, science, and technology (rev. ed.). Albany: Author.

The State University of New York and the New York State Education Department. (2000). Elementary science core curriculum, Grades K–4 [Online]. Albany: Author. Available: www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/mst/pub/elecoresci.pdf.

Vygotsky, L. (1981). The genesis of higher mental functions. In J. V. Wertsch (Ed.), The concept of activity in Soviet psychology (pp. 144–188). Armonk, NY: Sharpe.

Rubrics, Portfolios, and Tests, Oh My!

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.

Books and Articles
National Research Council. (1995). National science education standards. Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences. Available: www.nap.edu/html/nses/html/.

Rural Trust Documentation & Assessment Team, Harvard Graduate School of Education. (2001). Assessing student work. Washington, DC: Author. Available: www.ruraledu.org/assess_guide.pdf.

Wiggins, G., & McTighe, J. (1998). Understanding by design. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill/Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. The introduction and two sample chapters are available at www.ascd.org/readingroom/books/wiggins98toc.html.

Web Sites
ALPS: http://learnweb.harvard.edu/alps/

Progress Portfolio: www.ls.sesp.nwu.edu/sible/

Rubistar: www.4teachers.org/projectbased/

Staff Room for Ontario’s K–12 Teachers: Planning Teaching & Reporting Online: www.odyssey.on.ca/%7Eelaine.coxon/rubrics.htm

Video
Project-Based Learning and Assessment: Redefining the Classroom: Order this $15 video from the George Lucas Educational Foundation (www.glef.org).

CD-ROM
Project-Based Learning with Multimedia: Order this $25 CD at www.wested.org/cs/wew/view/rs/608/.

We Have Arrived!

Dreamweaver: www.macromedia.com/software/dreamweaver/

Exciteful, Delightful Gator E-Zine: http://ggwww.ncook.k12.il.us/Ezine/index.html

FrontPage: www.microsoft.com/frontpage

Unity in the Spirit of America Act (USA Act): http://stabenow.senate.gov/infocus/usa.htm

Find the Best Software

Gardner, H. (1991). Multiple intelligences: Theory into practice. New York: Basic Books.

Gardner, H. (1991). The unschooled mind: How children think and how schools should teach. New York: Basic Books.

Gardner, H. (1999). The disciplined mind. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Gardner, H. (1999). Intelligence reframed. New York: Basic Books.

McKenzie, W. (2002). Multiple intelligences and instructional technology—A manual for every mind. Eugene, OR: ISTE.

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

Vaille, J. A. (Ed). (1998). Guidelines for the evaluation of instructional technology resources. Eugene, OR: ISTE.

Fun and Games

Mia’s Math Adventure, Just in Time! www.kutoka.com

Nancy Drew: Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake: www.herinteractive.com

Liberty’s Kids: www.riverdeep.net

Age of Mythology: www.microsoft.com

Once Twice Thrice: www.dexterity.com