Technology Education Lesson Plans

BrainPOP

BrainPOP was created to satisfy a demand for a site where young people could learn about health, science and technology. Animation and information abounds on topics like skin, teeth and hair, asthma, diabetes, the skeleton, and others.
http://www.brainpop.com/

Education World

A comprehensive site which call itself "the world's educational resource on the Web." Categories of links include schools, libraries, newsgroups, organizations, programs, and reference materials as well as resources for students, parents, and teachers.
http://www.education-world.com/

Educational REALMS

Focused on the teaching of science, mathematics, technology and environmental education, this website includes lesson plans, lists of organizations, journals and other resources for these subject areas. Sponsored by Ohio State University in Columbus, Educational REALMS was created after the discontinuation of the ERIC Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education.
http://www.stemworks.org/realmshomepage.html

Electronic New Jersey, A Digital Archive of New Jersey History

This digital archive of New Jersey history provides an in-depth study of the role New Jersey played in the American Revolution, in social protest during the 1960's and 70's, and in other significant historical events.
http://www.scc.rutgers.edu/njh/

iEARN, International Education and Resource Network

The organization iEARN helps teachers and students in over 115 countries work together online to produce collaborative projects, email and write papers together, and participate in service learning projects.
http://www.iearn.org/

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators

Sponsored by Discovery.School.com, this award-winning subject guide by Kathy Schrock has links to web resources in many subject areas. Teacher Helpers includes links to information on rubrics, bulletin boards and webquests.
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/

More than Just Keypals

Ideas for ways to generate keypals (email pen pals) for students K-12 are listed, along with tips on safety and organizations with more information and resources.
http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/article/penpal.htm

National Educational Technology Standards (NETS)

The National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) Project describes technology standards for students and teachers, including sample lessons and profiles for technology-literate students in various grade levels.
http://cnets.iste.org/students/

Online Activities Promoting Information Literacy

Created by Joyce Valenza, media specialist at Springfield Township High School in Pennsylvania to identify activities for teaching information literacy skills. This site has sample lesson planning ideas for teaching information seeking, evaluation of resources, synthesis and ethics. Links to standards and rubrics are included.
http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/infolitles.html

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