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This site talks about the importance of using technology in all levels of education from elementary to secondary schools. The student's learning experience is enhanced through implementation of fun and comprehensive technology programs. Some of the tools used to create this fun learning experience are powerpoint and multimedia, which is used to help create lesson plans. Students can gain valuable computer skills using these tools to create dynamic webpages, projects, and designs. Teachers that integrate multimedia in their lesson plans can give their students a visual learning experience. Students who are exposed to these lesson plans have the opportunity to see engineering in a different light. Engineering is no longer seen as a tough and complex science, but rather a fun and exciting process which can be used to control and manipulate variables.

This article describes how creating a timeline can be an effective tool to display classroom content in all grade levels. Through using timeline 2.0 teachers can incorporate student projects, class birthdays, holidays, and school events. Teachers can use timelines to uncover their students imaginative minds to help them keep track of ongoing events.

This article and the video clip for Harrison Central High School is informative for teachers and administrators demonstrating best practices in the integration of technology into their curriculum. The students were engaged in the learning and application processes across the subject areas working effectively with their teachers.One of the major points of interest in the article is that students should be engaged in their engineering course work and that students should have fun. The article explains the importance in utilizing technology in every aspect of teaching in the classroom from tests and quizzes to group projects. The article also gives examples of students who have taken a high interest in technology due to their level of excitement, and have incorporated it into their daily lives. Students are taking the time on the weekends to develop concepts to implement engineering principles and practices. Students who are excited about technology spend more time utilizing it and therefore become better practicioners.

This site takes a look at ways to get students and educators excited about the field of engineering through a comprehensive yet fun engineering curriculum, low cost professional development and training for educators, and easy to use but powerful technology kit for students. The technology kit allows students to create engineering designs through the usage of their cellular phones, musical instruments, special effects in movies, and current internet applicatoins. This program removes the stigma of engineering being such a difficult science, and allows students and educators the opportunity to implement classroom training into everyday tasks and projects.

This site offers free CAD software that can be downloaded to use in engineering designs.This site provides a history of the various CAD programs as well as explanations for the changes that occurred in production due to cost effectiveness, user capability, and design. The site also gives implications for future researchers by taking a look at the new wave of CAD programs and their ability to generate profits for techonology companies. A list of the top CAD programs are explained, and special attention is placed on the key features and capabilities of each program.

This site gives a quantitative list of the various CAD systems and their functions. CAD systems vary in speed and user capability. The site emphasis the importance of the reader to familiarize him/herself with an array of CAD systems. All of these programs are free of charge which makes it accessible for all users.

This site offers an array of online resources such as dictionaries, directories, and miscellaneous sites to assist readers with their understanding of technology. Tips are offered to assist students with planning projects, creating databases and links to establish a strong technology foundation. Lesson plan libraries are offered to assist with planning in any subject area of your choosing. The virtual library also provides a glossary so that users can have a fundamental understanding of the terminologies used in the technological world

This site helps to explore the area of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and how it relates to elementary student's understanding of engineering concepts. Students have the opportunity to gain real life experience through the completion of engineering problems. Elementary students will have the ability to see the correlation between engineering principles and their core academic subjects ie history, math, science, and english. Students of all ages are able to see how engineering connects with every aspect of their daily lives.

This site gives a list of computer science and engineering organizations to help students gain a social network in there desired field.The site also contains resources geared toward students and professionals who are interested in specific fields within engineering such as mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and computer design. There are a number of organizations for varying cultures, backgrounds, and age groups. This site is an excellent resource for students who would like to expand into the global market of engineering.

Website that motivates young girls to pursue a future in engineering. There are lots of fun facts and women engineers bios.

NetLogo is a programmable modeling environment for simulating natural and social phenomena. It is used by tens of thousands of students, teachers and researchers worldwide.

They are developing a model and repository of best practices for teaching computer science. Inside you will find teacher support, a curriculum, and many resources.

This is a website resource for computer courses for adult learners. This site contains computer science related articles, links, videos, and other useful information. This site will help in understanding what coursework in computer science can be taught to adults for practical learning or for career.

It is a free professional development site for teachers and librarians. It addresses common questions about the use of technology in teaching and learning by providing easy access to practical, online resources and lesson plans on technology for young to adult learners.

The IEEE Computer Society is the world's leading organization of computing professionals. It serves the information and career-development needs of today's computing researchers and professionals with books, conferences, conference publications, magazines, online courses, software development certifications, standards, and technical journals which we may need as resources and community/forum links for our virtual library.

It is a blog on teaching computer science at the K-12 level. It covers a technology called Kodu which our SIG is planning to pursue. Kodu is a free and simple to use visual programming language from Microsoft designed to teach children how to make video games while practicing important skills. It introduces the logic and problem solving of programming without the complexity. Kodu builds real world skills while having fun by enabling students to build video games that require them to analyze problems, structure their logic and tell their story.

This is a webpage for CS educators of students from high school to higher level of education. It contains teaching tools, resources, and software links. Our SIG will include this site in our virtual library because it covers "real world" simulations, interactive activities, and software (like Kodu, Small Basic, XNA).

A site for educators teaching computer science to college students. There are sample lesson plans and teacher links that we can use for our virtual library especially in the section for teachers of adult learners.

Here is another site for free video lectures on math and science. It contains a lot of interesting and educational topics that you can use for research or for teaching. I will be looking for specific CSE video lecture courses that can be embedded into the virtual library.