Educational Technology

Tapped In Festival 2005

Wednesday, July 20th from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM PDT. This 12-hour teacher professional development event is a free opportunity for quality online professional development. Available to student teachers and in-service teachers, participants who attend and complete three one-hour sessions qualify for a professional development certificate.

To view the array of sessions, covering nearly all grade levels and content areas, go to TI Festival 2005 Schedule.

You may become a member for free (simply register at the site) or be a guest for a day. Login to the vitual educators' community at http://tappedin.org/tappedin/

 

Ed Tech Grants 2005-2006

Deadlines by the Month (pdf)
For more information on this and other grants and contests, visit TechLearning's Grants database.

 

Links for teachers to sign-up for e-mail alerts and newsletters:

• Grantsalert.com
• Edutopia News
• All Kinds of Minds Newsletter
• CNN Student News Daily E-mail Alerts
• T.H.E. Journal (Ed Tech)
• EduHound Weekly
• T.H.E. Focus
• OETC New Century Schoolhouse Newsletters
• PBS Teacher Source
• National Geographic Education
• World Wildlife Fund Newsletter
• Discovery.com
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators Newsletter
• Exploratorium Educators' Newsletter
• Blue Web'n list serv send email to:

 

NewsHour Extra's Teacher Resources

Want to build your students' analytical thinking and critical analysis skills? Are you searching for ways to make your subject matter more relevant and engaging? NewsHour Extra can help...check it out.

 

The Alliance to Save Energy

The Alliance to Save Energy has launched its Web site focusing on energy efficiency aimed at the tween market. The site hosts news written for kids by kids, web links to interactive energy games, and online educational activities and resources. Educators visiting the site can join the Alliance Green Schools Program, a hands-on K-12 program that teaches students and teachers to reduce school energy use so that savings can be used for education.

Garden Wizard Web Site

The Chicago Botanic Garden has partnered with the United States Botanic Garden to create the School Garden Wizard Web site. The site is designed to assist schools in creating a garden for use as an outdoor classroom or living laboratory. The site’s contents offer guidance in all stages of planning the garden from obtaining funding to planning and designing curriculum for the garden. Educators visiting the site will also be able to learn about other U.S. schools and their successes with learning gardens.