General Education Issues

 ADDITIONAL TEACHER RESOURCES

• Education Week http://www.edweek.org/ Education on-line newspaper.
• Educational Resource Information Center (ERIC) http://www.accesseric.org/
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/ Excellent education site with numerous links.
• Tammy's Technology Tips for Educators http://www.essdack.org/tips/index.html
  Many tips including portfolios using HyperStudio and Claris HomePage, etc. 

DISTANCE LEARNING

• Annenberg/CPB Project http://www.learner.org/edtech/distlearn/topten.html
  Top Ten Distance Education Sites
• Maricopa Community Colleges Center for Learning and Instruction http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu
  Many opportunities and examples of distance learning opportunities
• University of Wisconsin http://www.uwex.edu/disted/
  Extension Distance Learning Clearinghouse

NATIONAL CERTIFICATION

• National Board of Professional Teaching Standards http://www.nbpts.org/nbpts/ official website.

PORTFOLIOS

• Electronic Portfolios http://transition.alaska.edu/www/portfolios.html
  Using technology to support alternative assessment and electronic portfolios by Dr. Helen Barret, University of Alaska.
• See also - Tammy's Technology Tips (above)

TECHNOLOGY

• International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) and National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) http://cnets.iste.org
• Seven steps toward better searching http://edweb.sdsu.edu/WebQuest/searching/sevensteps.html
  To become a web Jedi master, you need to become facile with at least one search engine... so facile that doing an effective search becomes completely automatic.