Full Page of SmartBoard Resources!!! General:
Full Page of SmartBoard Resources!!!
Brainy Betty http://www.brainybetty.com/sitemap.htm This site is a great find! Someone in my workshop gave this to me. You can download PowerPoint templates, graphics, backgrounds (even for your PDAs), tutorials, and there's an entire Educators Menu...definitely worth a "look see".
A Brief Timeline of Personal Computers http://www.islandnet.com/~kpolsson/comphist/mini.htm
Chronology of Workstation Computers http://www.islandnet.com/~kpolsson/workstat/
Educational Technology Information Center http://www.edtechinfocenter.com/
Eduhound Holiday Links http://www.eduhound.com/cat.cfm?subj=Holidays A great site for all sorts of stuff...and a "one stop shopping" for all your holiday ideas!
Evaluating Internet Resources http://www.tomsnyder.com/enews/articles/2002-09-A.asp A good article with lots of resources dealing with checking out those sites you're using!
Five Technology Lesson that EVERY Teacher Can Teach http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson285.shtml
Google Tips http://www.mcvts.org/ettc/google.htm Our own list of favorite Google stuff!
Instructor Magazine's Online section: http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor/activities.htm
Internet 4 Classrooms http://www.internet4classrooms.com/index.htm Designed to help teachers use the Internet effectively, this site has some great links & tutorials
NetDay Compass http://www.netdaycompass.org/index.cfm (Searchable database of EdTech resources)
New York Times Learning Network http://www.nytimes.com/learning/index.html
Presenter's University http://www.presentersuniversity.com/ Download PowerPoint templates, backgrounds, and artwork for Adobe & Corel. Also offers newsletters, articles, online classes and software downloads.
Scholastic's Teaching with Technology http://teacher.scholastic.com/technology/index.htm Simply ways to integrate technology with your teaching practice without adding work or taking up precious time! Contains a link to the "Tech Tutor" http://teacher.scholastic.com/technology/tutor/index.htm , a teacher who make technology a part of everyday learning!
Strategies and Applications for the One Computer Classroom http://www.lburkhart.com/elem/strat.htm
Teacher Graphics http://www.juliehicks.com/teachergraphics.html (a teacher-compiled list of sites with educational graphics & clipart)
Teaching Zack to Think http://www.anovember.com/default.aspx?tabid=159&type=art&site=19&parentid=18 An article showing how important it is to teach students HOW to evaluate websites. Gives some great (and simple) tips to find out "who you're dealing with".
Templates for Teachers http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech101.shtml Are you spending your evenings writing welcome letters to parents, carefully ruling seating charts, designing award certificates, and creating learning center signs? Why reinvent the wheel? All those printable documents are available online at the click of a mouse. Education World tells you where to find them! Included: A list of the best sources for often-used and hard-to-find teacher templates.
Writing for the Web http://www.useit.com/papers/webwriting/
SMART Board Links:
http://www.smarttech.com/
SMART Board Home Page
http://www.smarttech.com/education/index.asp The Educator's Home Page for SMART Board Resources.
http://edcompass.smarttech.com/en/learning/webresources/index.aspx (A list of Web sites that have been recommended by educators for use with your SMART Board interactive whiteboard.)
http://edcompass.smarttech.com/en/learning/activities/index.aspx Download and view Lesson Activities created by teachers for use with your SMART Board interactive whiteboard.
http://www.smarterkids.org/index.asp
SMARTer Kids Foundation
Need help funding your technology purchase? Visit the SMARTer Kids Foundation
Web site to learn about grant programs and initiatives that help make technology
accessible and affordable to students around the world.
Digital Cameras:
http://www.netdaycompass.org/categories.cfm?instance_id=3538&category_id=4
Digital Cameral tutorials/resources for classroom use.
http://www.brunswick.k12.me.us/lon/lonlinks/digicam/home.html Digital Cameras in the Classroom
Handheld Computers (PDAs) in the Classroom: (new section!!!)
http://www.k12handhelds.com/
K12 Handhelds. Handheld solutions for educators.
http://palmgrants.sri.com/ideabank.html Palm Education Pioneer (PEP) grants. Idea bank.
http://www.handheld.hice-dev.org/ Center for Highly Interactive Computing in Education (through the University of Michigan)
http://www.handheldeducation.com/ Handheld Education. Why use handhelds in education? Which features are important? Getting the most out of a handheld.
http://www.pdaed.com/vertical/home.xml PDA Ed.
http://pie.concord.org/ Palm Applications in Education. Share the excitement of using handheld computers in your classroom with experienced teachers that are actively integrating applications for the Palm OS platform into their curriculum.
http://www.handango.com Handango - downloadable software, games, ringtones, etc. for various devices.
http://www.palmone.com/us/education/ Palm education solutions.
http://www.intel.com/education/handhelds/SRI.pdf "Learning With Handhelds: Findings fFrom Classroom Research" pdf file from SRI International.
Last updated: November 13, 2007