Educational Technology


	Educational Technology Resources

Contents for Educational Technology Include:

Online Learning Opportunities

Two Way Interactive Connections in Education (TWICE) - provides an extensive collection of videoconferencing opportunities for the classroom
Michigan Virtual High School (MVHS) - provides fee and non-fee online learning opportunities for students grades 6 - 12
GenNet Online Courses - provides fee-based online learning opportunities for students grades 6 - 12
Virtual Learning Academy-Oakland - online school for grades K-8

Schools and Libraries Division of the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) - administers the Universal Service Program for Schools & Libraries and includes information on applying for e-Rate
Education and Library Networks Coalition (EdLiNC) - keeps you updated on what's happening with E-Rate
Resources Guide to Federal Funding for Technology in Education - highlights grant resources available throughout the Federal government for educational technology.

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Organizations and Associations

U.S. Department of Education Office of Educational Technology - links to publications and research, federal resources, state contacts and descriptions of programs that they administer
Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) - association for school district technology leaders
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) - association for educators and education leaders engaged in improving learning and teaching by advancing the effective use of technology in PK-12 and teacher education
Michigan Association for Computer - Users in Learning (MACUL) - association for educators dedicated to assisting the education community through support, promotion, and leadership in the effective use of educational technology (FREE membership)
International North American Council for Online Learning (iNACOL) - non-profit organization that facilitates collaboration, advocacy, and research to enhance quality K-12 online teaching and learning
Regional Educational Media Center Association of Michigan (REMCAM) - the statewide association made up of the REMC Directors who work at the REMCs in collaboration with one or more Intermediate School Districts to provide educational technology services to local districts
Michigan Association of Media in Education (MAME) - association for school library media specialists

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Planning and Related Issues

National Center for Technology Planning is a clearinghouse for information related to technology planning (school district technology plans, technology planning aids, electronic monographs)
Learning Point, formally the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL), works to strengthen and support schools and communities so that all students achieve standards of educational excellence through its projects and programs.
Michigan Education Grants System (MEGS)
Education Leadership Toolkit is a collection of tips and pointers, articles, case studies, and other resources for education leaders addressing issues around technology and education (NSBA).
Office of Educational Technology
SouthEast Initiatives Regional Technology in Education Consortium - SEIR-TEC on Planning

Professional Development

SouthEast Initiatives Regional Technology in Education Consortium - SEIR-TEC on Professional Development
REMC MI-Streamnet - provides access to enriched and enhanced educational opportunities to live video events and on-demand archived instructional video resources and professional development opportunities.
Michigan LearnPort - provides opportunities to grow professionally with the support of exceptional online professional development and communications tools. (Note: Registration is required, but the resources and many of the online, professional development opportunities are free for all Michigan educators.)

Education Resource is a listing of the messages sent out over the EdResource listserv; these cover a variety of topics of interest to educators.
Global SchoolNet Foundation's Global Schoolhouse where people can collaborate, interact, develop, publish, and discover resources, a source of telecommunication projects.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
Blue Web'n: Library of Blue Ribbon learning sites on the Web
Michigan Teacher Network is a clearinghouse of clearinghouses for educational technology
Teachers @ Work the Technology Education section contains an Internet Policy Document, essays on technology, matrix for thematic approach for teaching technology; site features reviewed links to education sites.
ThinkQuest is a Web-page creation contest for students.
Community Learning Network is designed to help K-12 teachers integrate technology into their classrooms with 4,700 annotated links to educational WWW sites and over 100 WWW resources of their own.
California Instructional Technology Clearinghouse is a searchable, online database of recommended software and video programs

The Information Literacy Standards, "Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning" (AASL/AECT)
ISTE Standards for effective use of information technology in education
National Educational Technology Standards for Students(NETS)
Michigan Educational Technology Standards
Online Learning Requirement

Technology and Teacher Education contains links to reports, articles, bibliographies, tools for teachers, professional development organizations, and other resources useful for teaching teachers about technology.
LETSNet helps teachers experience the potential value of the World Wide Web in the classroom by providing actual examples of real teachers who are using the Internet today.
Community Learning Network's Integrate the Internet into the Classroom
Tammy's Technology Tips for Teachers attempts to explain every aspect of Internet use in the classroom.
New Horizons for Learning - a virtual learning community
Best Practices of Technology Integration in Michigan