Educational Technology Planning

The projects profiled here are full-figured creations by teams of teachers at schools whose cultures and schedules support grand ideas. Take a deep breath -- it didn't happen in one big swoop. Article on how to plan the PBL process in a classroom/school/district. I think this article is useful for any educator hesitant about the project-based learning approach. It's a lot of time and work, and then a struggle with how it is assessed. In my personal experience, project-based learning makes for an amazing classroom, but there is a lot of work done on the front-end to get students to buy-in to this model, and then to work within this model.

a $200 Camtasia Recorder, an $80 Wacom Bamboo Tablet, and a free copy of SmoothDraw3. 1400+ videos on YouTube covering (math, science, history, etc ) recorded by Salman Khan. Listen to a recent interview by Salman with NPR's All Things Considered

Literacy Matters: What Matters Most in Today's Adolescent Classrooms. This website is helpful to educators, parents, and children. For educators it includes helpful information on literature for adolescense, student activities, lesson plans, technology enriched lessons, and different literacy programs. For kids, it has online activities that can help increase comprehension.

A website for teachers that explores comprehension and content reading strategies and when to use them in social studies and other subjects. It has a ton of comprehension activities including a KWL chart and multiple graphic organizers.

21st Century Information Fluency resources, tutorials, online courses, and Interactive links.

Quick and easy checklist maker. Can be used for student tasks, behavior modification, individualized education plans and more.