Additional Resources

Below are additional resources that are meant to supplement each week's lessons.

• Week 1

  • More information on Mac OS X
    • Apple Computer's Overview (note especially the Grand Tour)
    • Internet4Classroom's Tutorial
    • University of Pittsburgh handout (pdf)
    • Ball State University handout (pdf)
    • How to keyboard special characters
  • Microsoft Word tutorials (from Internet4Classrooms)
  • Essential Microsoft Office XP Tutorials for Teachers
  • Firefox Download
  • The Graffiti alphabet (letters & numbers)

• Week 2

  • Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
  • Condensed version of TEKS
  • ISTE Standards
  • Tools for the TEKS: Integrating Technology in the Classroom
  • Learning in Hand - resources for handheld computing
  • Handheld computers in educational use

• Week 3

  • Teacher Tools: Overview of Basic Internet Search Techniques
  • Walk Like a Librarian: Internet Searching
  • Accessing Information
  • Digital Camera Reviews
    • Digital Photography Review
    • Digital Camera Resource Page

• Week 4

  • Preparing to Create a Web Page
  • Basic NVU
  • Royalty Free Graphics and a Whole Lot More
  • Country Clip Art
  • Collection of Web Images and Clipart
  • Sources of Copyright-Friendly Graphics for Your Web Pages
  • Digital Media resources

  Learning Theories

• Instructional Design Models - Links to info on the major theories and theorists
• Constructivism subsection of above website
• SEDL Constructing Knowledge in the Classroom
• Teaching with Technology

• Weeks 5 & 6

• Week 7

  • Digital Resource Centers - sources of orginal data

• Week 12

  • WebQuest Design Process
  • Process checklist

• Week 13

  • Kathy Schrock's Rubric page
  • Rubrics for Web Lessons
  • Rubric Generators
    • RubiStar
    • TeAch-nology
    • Rubric Builder

 

• General

  • Short tutorials on using various Mac apps (iTunes, iChat, Dashboard, Garage Band, etc)
  • How to customize your Mac (Desktop, Dock, etc)

Some resources and ideas adapted from EdTec course at the
SDSU Department of Educational Technology