Technology Integration Resources

Resources for Technology Integration in the Classroom

Software	Lesson Plans/Activities	Internet	Internet Projects	Building Webpages	Instructional Unit Plan Examples
AUP examples	Copyright Information	Educational Listservs	Educator Resources	Technology and Literacy	Free Graphics

Microsoft Word

Word Tutorial on how to use Microsoft Word 2007.

Microsoft Excel

Excel Tutorial teaches the basics of using Microsoft Excel 2007.

Integrating Spreadsheets in the Classroom includes topics on charting and graphing ideas, lesson plans for elementary school, middle school and high school use, and webquests.

Online Spreadsheet Resources for teachers integrating spreadsheets into their curriculum.

MicroSoft PowerPoint

PowerPoint 2007 Tutorial

Frequently Asked Questions about PowerPoint (Scroll down to 2007)

Brainy Betty has free templates for PowerPoint including some good ones for educators.

Teacher Templates for PowerPoint. Be sure to see the many different types of pattern templates. This is a fantastic site!

PowerPoint Activities for Students is an excellent resource if you need ideas on how you might use PowerPoint in your classroom.

Create an Interactive Story with PowerPoint!

Microsoft Publisher

Microsoft Publisher How-To page

YouTube offers several good Microsoft Publisher videos. Go there and search for the particular information you need.

MicroSoft Access

Debbie's Handouts and Link Pages Scroll down to find the links to Access information.

Microsoft Access Tutorial

Inspiration

Download 30 Day Free Trial Copy of Inspiration

50 Uses for Inspiration and Kidspiration - gives ideas for using Inspiration and Kidspiration in the classroom.

KidPix

LT Technologies, Inc., Kid Pix Resources

Jordan School District, Jordan, Utah, Kid Pix Tools

Kid Pix in the Classroom

Early Childhood Techology Literacy Project

Technology Tutorials Found on the Web

Lesson Plans and Activities

Technology Applications TEKS Teacher Toolbox - includes links to resources provided by TEA (Texas Education Agency) to help teachers integrate technology into the curriculum.

Kings Park Elementary Lesson Plans (kindergarten, first, second, third grades) includes long lists of activities over an amazing number of topics that incorporate KidPix and the Internet. It may include good ideas for your unit of instruction.

Online Resources from Teachers Helping Teachers includes good resources for your middle school or high school Unit of Instruction as well as elementary.

Information about the Internet

Introduction to the Internet - This site includes topics such as email, chat, video conferencing, netiquette, newsgroups, discussion groups, AUPs, downloading files, researching, collaborative projects, Internet publishing, images for the web, and copyright.

Internet Searching

Internet Search Tutorial - good site for beginning searchers. This is especially helpful if you were not in class that day.

All About Me (Scavenger Hunt) - gather interesting information from the Internet about yourself!

Texas Scavenger Hunt - get to know all about Texas!

SearchQuest - a webquest on searching the Internet.

Evaluating Webpages and Information found on the Internet

Kathy Schrock's Guide to Webpage Information Evaluation - Evaluation forms for several different grade levels as well as a lot of helpful links to other resources.

Checklist for Webpage Evaluation (Midlink Magazine) from Ligon Middle School.

Evaluating Internet Based Information - great resources for teaching Internet evaluation but it is for teachers. Do not allow children to access this site unsupervised.

Building Webpages

Free Pictures for PowerPoint and Webpages

PicSearch
Woophy
Free Stock Photos
Stock Xchng
Behold Search (be sure to click on free)

Free Online Picture Editors

Picnik - It's free but you will need to create an account.
Photobucket - It's free but you will need to create an account.

Free Clip Art

ChristiaNet
Clipart Gallery
Cool Archive
Teacher Files
Webweaver
Art Vex.com
Sno's Studio
Clipart Review (some may not be free but many are)

Make your own buttons

Cool Text Graphics Generator

Free Backgrounds

Free Web Hosting

Google Pages

Internet Projects

Kathy Schrock's List of Projects and Internet Integration Activities - if you are unsure of what an Internet project is but need one for Assignment 1, this is a good place to start!

Computing Technology for Math Excellence - project based learning with a lot of links.

Monster Exchange - excellent site that encourages writing in a fun way! Student draw a monster and then write a description of it. They give their description to someone else who must draw a monster based on the written description. Then the two pictures are campared. This site links schools from all over the world for this activity.

Webquests

Webquests for K-3

Webquests for Grades 3-5

Webquests for Middle Schoolers

More Webquests for Middle School

Webquests for Middle and High School

Webquests for High School

Creating Webquests

Webquests 101

Steps to Building a Webquest

A Webquest About Webquests

Creating a webquest: It's easier than you think!

Webquest Training Materials

Unit of Instruction Examples and Resources

Unit Plan Search - type in a topic and search for high school, middle school, and elmentary level unit plans.

Interdisciplinary Units in Literature for high school level students.

Curriculum Units for middle school and high school levels. If you scroll on down the page you will find curriculum units for elementary students. This site is a good place to get ideas for your unit of instruction.

Differentiating Instruction

Strategies for Differentiating Instruction

Using Technology to Differentiate Instruction

Acceptable Use Policies (AUPs) and Internet Safety

4teachers.org

Internet Copyright Information/Citing Resources

Acknowledging Sources is a tutorial from the UTA Library. It includes a quiz at the end.

Cyberbee.com (commonly asked questions and answers)

APA Style Help

What is Plagiarism?

Educational Listservs

What is a Mailing List?

Educator Resources

25 Ways to Integrate the Internet

Teacher Tap: Professional Development Resources for Educators

Electronic Portfolios

Technology Integration: Unit Planning

50 States

Palm Pilots

Kids' Reading Lists: Oprah's Book Club

Teachers Helping Teachers

KidBibs

Library Information Services

Blogging

MicroWorlds in Action

Technology and Reading

Puzzle Maker

Technology and Writing

Reluctant Readers and Writers

Articles for Technology Integrating Educators

Stinson, A.D. (2003, March). Encouraging the use of technology in the classroom: The WebQuest connection. Reading Online, 6(7). Available: http://www.readingonline.org/articles/art_index.asp?HREF=stinson/