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I found this site interesting for me (Aaron Awesome Funkhouser) as a history/education major, this website uses historical information through technology.

I found this site interesting for me (Aaron Awesome Funkhouser) as a history/education major, this website uses historical information through technology.

This website gives 7 benefits and reasoning to technology integration in education. They are technology makes teaching easier, technology helps us track student's progress, educational technology is good for the environment, students enjoy learning with technology, technology makes distance learning more accessible, students and teachers can access information at any time, and technology makes collaboration more effective.

This is another source that discuss the benefits of integrating technology in the classroom. The reason I chose to use this site is because it says one benefit to integrating technology is that students now love learning because of it. This benefit is one of my favorites and is why I chose this source.

This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . The National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) are a set of standards published by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) for the purpose of leveraging the use of technology in K-12 education to enable students to learn effectively and live productively in an increasingly digital society. What we Found: The National Educational Technology standards give information about the standards with technology. Some of these standards include: -Teachers model and advocate safe teaching -promote digital etiquette, and they exhibit legal and ethical responsibility and respect -teachers identify the societal global issues of media literacy in an evolving digital world -exhibit leadership in their school and professional community by promoting and demonstrating the effective use of digital tools and resources Natalie Copens Brenda Tucker Randy Reed Allee Bernheimer

This article speaks towards California's department of education and how they are trying to implement new educational ways to tell students about digital citizenship. This is important because technology is becoming much more prominent in today's education.

Technology has always been a major focus on EducationWorld.com. This archive compiles many of the features we have done on the subject of using technology in the classroom.

Education Technology is such a necessity in every 21 century classroom. It is no wonder that EdTech is one of the most popular discussion topics in schools, personal & professional learning communities amongst educators.

Education Technology is such a necessity in every 21 century classroom. It is no wonder that EdTech is one of the most popular discussion topics in schools, personal & professional learning communities amongst educators.

Many educators are intrigued by the use of educational technology in their classrooms and with their students. They want to move past the productivity stage to the point of truly enhancing their own teaching and their students' learning through educational tools.

This website is a great resource for technology in education. There are numerous articles you can read about educational technology.

Using technology in the K-12 classroom has benefits for students and teachers alike. Find out how it engages active learners, facilitates collaboration, and helps teachers succeed.

This article gives 5 good reasons why technology should be used in a classroom, not only by teachers, but also by students. The 5 things are: engages students and creates active learners, encourages individual learning and active growth, facilitates peer evaluation, prepares students for the real world, and creates more engaged and successful teachers.

Think that integrating technology into the classroom will only distract students and marginalize educators? Think again. Since students are already interested and engaged in technology, teachers can harness that attention for educational purposes. Incorporating the internet, laptops, tablets and even smartphones into the curriculum has many benefits for teachers and students alike.

This video series goes inside the classrooms of educators who use technology tools in their lessons every day. Learn from their challenges, celebrate their successes, and share their resources in every episode.

This video series goes inside the classrooms of educators who use technology tools in their lessons every day. Learn from their challenges, celebrate their successes, and share their resources in every episode.

Educating students about Internet safety can be difficult, especially with constantly changing technologies and classroom time constraints. These resources can help.

This is a good site for connecting education and technology. It has options for you to choose rather you are a teacher or a student; they also have a teachers guide column.

8 Educational Apps To Create Digital Portfolios. These are the best apps available to create a portfolio for students, there are multiple kids of technology compatible with these apps as well depending on the access one has to different kinds of technology.

A short video on the history of technology in education from SMART.

A short video on the history of technology in education from SMART.

I chose this article because it breaks down education: from different schools, down to technology integration in reaching more students. It is an interesting read on how "Distributing Learning" could reach more students and put more in school since technology is integrated into our culture so heavily.

Common Sense Graphite is a site by teachers, for teachers that helps you find the best educational technology resources and learn the best practices for implementing them in your classroom. Brought to you by Common Sense Media: Empowering kids to thrive in a world of media and technology. I really liked this website because it organizes applications by subject, grades, and skills. This gives teachers the opportunity to strategically pick applications to engage their students based on where they are individually.

Common Sense Graphite is a site by teachers, for teachers that helps you find the best educational technology resources and learn the best practices for implementing them in your classroom. Brought to you by Common Sense Media: Empowering kids to thrive in a world of media and technology.

History of educational technology infographic.

History of educational technology infographic.