A great website for teachers to gain the basic knowledge and foundations of Technology Education. Can be used as a starting point to develop their knowledge of Technology, transforming such knowledge into fun and interactive lessons.
A to Z Teacher Stuff is a teacher-created site designed to help teachers find online resources more quickly and easily. It provides teachers with lesson plans, thematic units, teacher tips, discussion forums for teachers, downloadable teaching materials & eBooks, printable worksheets and blacklines, emergent reader books, themes, and more, for all KLAs.
This website is an excellent information based resource allowing students to research into the history of bicycles in Australia. A useful tool for students when they are considering designing a bicycle safety device for their unit design challenge.
The Assessment Bank is an online collection of Assessments, Resources and 2008 NAPLAN materials. It is designed to support teaching, learning and school-based assessment. Not only does it provide resources for assessment in all KLAs but it also include an abundance of rich tasks using technology education.
Education world is a website designed to make the internet easier for educators to use. It acts as a complete online resource where educators can start each day to find the lesson plans and research materials they were looking for. Its main goal is to integrate the internet into the classroom, providing a section that is specifically targeted at Technology integration.
A collection of interesting Internet videos that would be appropriate for lessons and presentations, or personal research, related to technological and media literacy.
This website is an extremely useful website as it provides teachers and students with instructional web links about the construction and design of bicycle helmets. An excellent tool for a technology bicycle safety unit.
This website provides students and teachers with a range of web links to websites about bicycle helmets and bicycle safety. An excellent tool for the Bicycle Safety Unit as it allows the students to find relevant information about their unit topic in an quick and easy way. Many of the web links include web sites concerning the technology of bicycle safety.
Education Technology Solutions has been created to inspire and encourage the use of technology in education. Through its content, Education Technology Solutions seeks to showcase cutting edge products and practices with a view to expanding the boundaries and raising the standards of education curricula.
The MSE Technology and Enterprise School Assessment Materials consist of 9 tasks designed for Year 3, Year 7 or Year 10 students. All tasks address the Technology Process learning outcomes through one or more of the Materials, Systems or Information strands. Even though this is a Western Australian website many of the lesson ideas can be used or adaptated for qld students.
This website is an excellent tool for the Bicycle safety unit as it gives students an overview of general bike safety. It provides the students with engaging and interactive fun and games.
This website outlines the top 10 choices for car safety technologies. This is extremely useful for the Bicycle Safety Unit as the sudents are able to see all the different technologies for car safety and use ideas from the site to help them design their own safety device for a bicycle.
The Technology Student Association (TSA) is the only student organization devoted exclusively to the needs of students interested in technology. The Technology Student Association fosters personal growth, leadership, and opportunities in technology, innovation, design, and engineering. Members apply and integrate science, technology, engineering and mathematics concepts through co-curricular activities, competitive events and related programs.
QSITE connects and supports educators, institutions and their stakeholders so they may fully explore the opportunities Information Communication Technologies bring to Queensland education and its classrooms every day.
The Re-Engineering Australia Forum is proud to bring you TechTorQ. A community forum designed to bring together Technology Educators, to share and discuss all things related to Technology teaching!
The Design Squad Web site is the online companion to the television series airing on PBS Kids. The site targets kids ages 8 and older, and features a mixture of magazine-style articles, interactive features and downloadable content that can be used away from the computer. Like the show, the goal of the Web site is to give kids a stronger understanding of the connection between engineering and the things we all use in everyday life.
The Great Idea Finder is a place to explore the exciting world of innovation. Whether you're a student, teacher, parent, inventor, history buff, or just looking for innovative consumer products, you'll find things you can use here. A great website for ideas that can be implemented into technology lessons
The primary technology education resources project aims at an increased awareness of primary technology teachers of available teaching resources and enhanced access to these resources. Such awareness and access has the potential to lead to improved student learning outcomes in Technology. These resources are easily found on the website.