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This paper explores faculty views with respect to tech literacy, tech training, and pedagogy. The upshot is that to more broadly integrate technology in higher ed, more effective faculty training is required.

I really like the point within the paper where they identify the aspects that must be considered when training in a teacher. He states four main points about technology teacher training that I think are really relevant in where education is going today. 1. Education training takes considerably longer to learn than learning a new teaching model. 2. Access to technology at home and at school is essential. 3. Fear of the unknown must be addressed. And 4. The use of technology will force teachers to re-conceptualize the way in which they teach. I think these are 4 very interesting talking points when looking at the use of social networks and highlights the importance of using CoP's and Learning Networks to have each group benefit.

The Center for Teaching History with Technology, a resource created to help K-12 history and social studies teachers incorporate technology effectively into their courses. Find resources for history and social studies lesson plans, activities, projects, games, and quizzes that use technology. Explore inquiry-based lessons, activities, and projects. Learn about web technologies such as blogs, podcasts, wikis, social networks, Google Docs, eBooks, online maps, virtual field trips, screencasts, online posters, and more. Explore innovative ways of integrating these tools into the curriculum, watch instructional video tutorials, and learn how others are using technology in the classroom!

Save your ideas, things you like, things you hear, and things you see. Evernote works with nearly every computer, phone and mobile device out there. Search by keyword, tag or even printed and handwritten text inside images. Get Evernote. It's free.

I recently just started integrating Evernote with writing my lesson plans and lecture notes. In my classes I have a mixed bag of students. Some of my students have varying degrees of IEPs. For along time students who needed audiobook publisher support, to have the chapter notes read to them were bound by 1. The book we were using in class and if it had that type of support and 2. What the publisher thought was important to include in the audio, which often does not provide alternate examples for the concepts the student are trying to learn. With the record Evernote feature I have a simple and easy way to integrate audio and send my recorded lecture notes, examples and recorded exam questions to the students that need this type of alternative learning experience . I'm aware there are other resources where this was possible. Evernote just happens to be in my opinion the best one stop app to write a lecture ,integrate pictures,graphics and audio to effectively reach my entire class. So if you were on the fence about Evernote or have never heard about it before be sure to check it out from the link I provided

School culture is an important ingredient in successful tech integration.

Great resource for online learning and blended options!

Manual for integrating technology into a unit on Quantum Mechanics (physics, but chemistry as well)

A blog created by art teachers for art teachers that shares tons of ideas to help make your classroom better. It focuses on technology integration in the art room and has information to keep art teachers up to date on things going on in the field currently. 

Great article about integration of tech for early childhood educators

This paper gives a literature review of recent research on integrating technology in higher education. There are lots of resources here!

Great site which provides a wide range of information and tools to integrate technology into the curriculum starting from instructional software to the Internet

Purpose of this paper is to survey current & best practices in the integration of technology into ESL adult classes.

This page has a wide variety of ways to integrate technology into classrooms from the elementary to high school levels.

A nonprofit association dedicated to integrating information technology into higher education. They have a blog as well as information about research and publications, conferences and events, professional development, and ideas for how to integrate technology into higher education.

Discuss need for technology integration training during pre-service teacher training.

A useful resource for technology integration in language arts. The webpage links to various technology resources that focus on literature, writing, storytelling, and reading.

Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge, also known as TPACK, is a framework that identifies the knowledge teachers need to teach effectively with technology.It's a framework we can use for technology integration in the classroom.

Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge - This site has resources for learning more about TPACK. This could be a great resource when developing PD.