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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning:technology and the World Around Us: Technology and Education

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on the benefits of technology in education including assisting students with their writing and research skills, reading comprehension and providing them with numerous resources on the Internet for analyzing works of...
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International Society for Technology in Education (Iste)

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
ISTE is dedicated to promoting appropriate uses of information technology to support and improve learning, teaching, and administration in education. This site provides inks to ISTE standards, professional development resources, teaching...
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International Society for Technology in Education (Iste)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
ISTE, among its other goals, seeks to provide the education community with access to high-quality professional development and organizational development services "to support and improve learning, teaching, and administration in K?12...
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Iowa Technology & Education Connection (Itec)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The "ITEC promotes the use of technology in education." Its site provides information about the organization and its conference, access to its newletter INTERFACE, a "Swap and Shop" link for "buying, trading, or selling school...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Literature: Technology and the World Around Us

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is an introduction the a unit on the effects of technology on education, reading, researching and the world around us. It provides key terms, and essential questions concerning how technology changed the way we read, what Southern...
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American Educational Research Association (Aera)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learn more about the correlation between educational research and your classroom. "The American Educational Research Association is concerned with improving the educational process by encouraging scholarly inquiry related to education...
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North Central Regional Educational Laboratory

Ncrel: Pathways to School Improvement

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Use this NCREL site to find research and best practices relating to many critical issues in education. Each area on the site includes discussions of critical issues, supporting material, and additional resources. Areas include...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Adolescent Literacy: What's Technology Got to Do With It?

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Learn how technology tools can support struggling students and those with learning disabilities to acquire background knowledge and vocabulary, improve their reading comprehension, and increase their motivation for learning.
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New Jersey Dept. Of Education: Educational Technology

For Students 9th - 10th
The New Jersey Department of Education promotes the use and growth of technology in the classroom by offering newsletters, information on such areas as protecting network privacy, state and national conferences and resource links,...
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Intel Corporation

Intel Education

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Website with links to many technology resources for K-12 and higher education students, educators, administrators, and information technology decision makers.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Education: From Carbons to Computers, the Changing American Office

For Students 9th - 10th
A site including lesson plans, photographs, and text about the offices of yesterday and those of today. Topics discussed include office equipment, office organization, globalization, and technology. Also included is an historical...
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Access Washington: Education and Learning

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site from Access Washington provides links to alternative programs, assessment tests, colleges and universities, early childhood, teacher and librarian resources, homework help, kindergarten through high school, learning and...
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PBS

Pbs: Frontline: Explore Post Cold War Conflict Over Nuclear Technology

For Students 9th - 10th
Since the development of the nuclear technology people have questioned the value of its protection versus peril. Through the resources and discussion questions students will evaluate the value based on their research and decide if...
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Njde: New Jersey Education Statistics

For Students 9th - 10th
Locate data on the New Jersey schools: enrollment, graduates, dropouts, certificated and non-certificated staff, "statewide assessment reports," and surveys on technology, violence, vandalism, and substance abuse.
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Microsoft

Microsoft Education: Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To aid teachers in incorporating technology into their classrooms, Microsoft provides technology-rich lesson plans searchable by grade level, theme, learning area, and Microsoft product. Each lesson plan is user-friendly (often with...
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Technology Its Benefits and Negative Effects [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, students consider advances in technology over the past several hundred years and the positive and negative impacts these advances have had on human beings and the natural world. Note: The video referred to in the lesson...
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Native American Art and Technology

Native Tech: Native American Technology and Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Informational site discusses the technology of Native American crafts and the meaning of those crafts. Touches on everything from pottery to clothing.
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Careers in Medical Laboratory Technology

For Students 9th - 10th
This site lists many of the careers in lab technology, along with descriptions of each one. There is also information on schooling and certification.
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The Center for Applied Special Technology (Cast)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
CAST is an educational non-profit organization that uses technology to expand opportunities for all people. Their goal is to produce innovative learning technologies based on their research. Learn more about integrating and applying this...
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New Zealand Ministry of Education

Nz Ministry of Education: What's the Problem?

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The aim of this unit is for students to develop their persuasive writing and information gathering skills using various forms of information and communication technology. It is hoped that the context of 'teenage problems' will provide an...
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Teachers TryScience

Teachers Try Science: Stem Lessons and Resources for Educators

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Free and engaging lessons, along with teaching strategies and resources, which are designed to spark students' interest in science, technology, engineering, and math.
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Fisher Science Education: Headline Discoveries Archive

For Students 9th - 10th
What's new in the world of science? Find the latest articles about the newest discoveries and research in all the science disciplines: anatomy, astronomy, biology, biotechnology, chemistry, consumer science, environmental, forensics,...
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Teaching the Civil War With Technology

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Excellent "go-to" website for teachers looking for means in which to incorporate technology into their units on the American Civil War. Author provides a blog and wiki brimming with lesson and integration ideas, videos, book reviews, and...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Utah Education Network

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The Utah Education Network in an excellent resource for educators in Utah. Content includes a wealth of information and services, ranging from professional development, to lesson plans, to curriculum resources.