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I am professor of Educational Psychology & Educational Technology at the College of Education at Michigan State University. I also direct the Master of Arts in Educational Technology program and program co-chair of the SITE 2011 conference at Nashville. I recently stepped down as the chair of the Innovation & Technology Committee of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education. These pages are an ongoing digital archive of much of my professional and some of my personal life. You can read my blog, check out my vita, contact me, or follow the other links on this page.

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Dept. of Ed page that gives information about Educational Technology. The page gives current information, resources and opportunities for learning and participating in educational technology.

How to manage the students better to help with less stress. The main web page has access to webinars, blogs, etc. to support teachers around the world.

This Website describes the technology integration at Stephen Decatur Elementary School in grades K-6.Its purpose is to inform professional elementary school teachers about how to integrate technology into most subject areas.In my opinion, it is simplistic and doesn't address higher order thinking skills. It is still old fashioned in that the lessons are mostly drill and practice without many chances for openended problem solving. There are no conclusions or results as this is just a basic page for displaying what one school uses in its technology curriculum. The site describes applications used. It doesn't list correlations to curriculum or standards.

This is a virtual place for folks interested in learning to "operationalize TPACK" (Technology, Pedagogy, and Content Knowledge) via curriculum-based learning activity types ('ATs') to get up-to-date information, and (more importantly) participate in the vetting and refining of the activity types in each of the curriculum areas in which activity type development is happening. The curricula in which we are developing and refining learning activity type taxonomies appear on the left. Those that have taxonomies available for your perusal and feedback have links to other pages in this wiki. Links to online surveys to use to provide feedback are included on live curriculum area pages.

JOG THE WEB is a web-based tool that allows anyone to create a synchronous guide to a series of web sites. Its step by step approach of taking viewers through web sites allowing the author to annotate and ask guiding questions for each page is unique. Give it a try and start creating your own Jogs

Sterling College's and Dean Mantz's offer a course on technology integration. Topics include PLN, Web 2.0, and others. Opens with a Glogster.edu page.

Amy Burns gives her professional opinion on whether or not children in the younger grades benefit from using technology in the music room. Her opinion is yes and she bases it on her experiences using MENC standards and the keyboard lab with Soundtree technology installed in a lab at her Far Hills Country Day School.The article was written for professional general music teachers.She learned along with her students which gave them something in common. She concluded that using technology, especially composition, excited them and made them sucessful. There were accompanying links on the page which added to her conclusions.

Amphitheater Public Schools maintains this page as a resource for teachers who need a centralized place to come for learning the basics and techniques of using a Smartboard. It lists several sites that have pre-made compatible lessons in many subjects that can be addressed by students on the Whiteboard. There is a link to a Podcast collection which contains lessons, Smartboard Podcasts, and comments. It follows good educational pedogogy and utilizes lessons that stretch the imagination and gets students to think by acting and reacting with the Smartboard.

A great resource page for a library media specialist looking to put web2.0 tools to work to enourage reading. This wiki shows a library's offerings with latest educational technology tools.

This page allows practitioners in service-oriented organizations-such as libraries, schools, community centers, community colleges, and workforce training centers-to find digital literacy content. These trusted groups can, in turn, reach into their communities and teach residents the skills today's employers need.

All kids of cool in here!

PT3 grant page. Includes links on instructional design and assessment. Not an active grant site, but includes "lessons learned" and information on former grantees.

Karyn Cook of Wekiva Elementary School is a proponent of integrating technology into classrooms. She relates details about how the potential for learning including collaboration, accessing information, creativity, and problem-solving can be enhanced by technology and technology savvy teachers. This site can be utilized by her faculty, staff, and students as well as beginning teachers. She provides links to subjects that may be of interest to elementary teachers.

Online video tutorials of various SMART Notebook applications, techniques, skills, and lessons. Good for free professional development.

A compilation of sites from BJHS teachers shared at the SMART conference.

This study explores the nature of on-line discussions in terms of student interaction, course materials and critical thinking and writing skills.