ATM Networks
ATM Technology from 3Com
Get general news on ATM, introduction, ATM specifications, applications, and components.
The Cell Relay FAQ
An index of information categorized into 7 topics. Three of the topics contain information about ATM: "ATM References," "ATM Technology Questions," and "ATM vs. XYZ Technology."
Computer Self Help
UUCS Knowledge Base
The UUCS Knowledge Base is a database of over 4500 q&a related to computing
Microsoft Knowledge Base
Complete technical assistance for Microsoft programs. You need to register, but it's worth it.
TechWeb Technology Encyclopedia
More than 10,000 tech terms defined and many illustrations.
Digital Photography Links
Digital Photography Review
Get the latest in digital camera and accessory information, find a discussion board where you can read serious photographers' opinions on digital cameras, links that show sample images from various cameras, and more.
The Imaging Resource
Get the latest in digital camera and accessory information, find a discussion board where you can read serious photographers' opinions on digital cameras, links that show sample images from various cameras, and more.
Digital Camera Resource Page
Get the latest in digital camera and accessory information, find a discussion board where you can read serious photographers' opinions on digital cameras, links that show sample images from various cameras, and more.
The Short Courses
This site is for the moment you are ready to begin exploring new ways to use the images you take with your digital camera. This site offers short courses on what is available and the types of software programs that are revolutionizing digital photography.
Using a Digital Camera in the Classroom
An excellent site to grab ideas on how to integrate digital cameras into curriculum areas. The site also provides a wealth of tips and tricks, a how to section and more!
Digital Portfolio
Student Portfolio Information
This Web site presents an introduction to the concept of student portfolios as an assessment tool.
Creating and Using Portfolios
This Web site provides insight into creating and using student portfolios as well as links to other related resources.
The Kalamazoo College Portfolio
This Web site presents a college-level resource on student multimedia portfolios.
Digital Portfolios Reference Links
A compilation of links categorized according to subject and/or grade level. The links will provide insight into creating and using student portfolios.
Digital Portfolios
This site offers lessons that will guide you in helping your students develop portfolios and resources to support their value.
Digital Video
DV Live Magazine
Tutorials for an array of digital video and imaging programs. A virtual hub of information about the digital video format, products and reviews.
Canon DV
Review Canon's digital video product specifications and information about DV format.
Firewire Products Currently Available
Listing of products that support Firewire (IEEE 1394) high-speed video and data transfer, which allows you to connect your digital video camera to your computer and directly download footage without the need for a video converter card.
Adobe Premiere
Windows and Macintosh professional video editing software. The "Standard" in DV editing.
Adobe AfterEffects
Add cool special effects to your video. Incorporate motion in a series of photos.
Apple iMovie
New comer to the Digital Video craze, iMovie is a consumer version of Final Cut Pro. iMovie comes free on Apple's DV iMacs.
Apple Final Cut Pro
This is Apple's answer to Adobe Premiere's high-end standard digital video editing software. This is a professional level DV software package. Mac only.
Educational Technology
Catalyst
The University of Washington Web site is designed to teach educators about the use of various tech tools. A great site for the beginner and the pro!
Edtechnot
This is a Web site devoted to the pros and cons of educational technology. It gives a straight forward approach while answering many questions educators have about technology in the classroom.
George Lucas Educational Foundation
The George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF) is a nonprofit operating foundation that gathers and disseminates the most innovative models of K-12 teaching and learning in the Digital Age.
NetDay Compass
This site features links under the topics of: planning, infrastructure, grants and funding, classroom support and best practices. It also features spotlight stories and news clippings.
International Society for Technology Education
ISTE is dedicated to promoting appropriate uses of information technology to support and improve learning, teaching, and administration in K-12 education and teacher education.
E-Mail Discussion Groups
Liszt: Education
Tile.net
E-Pals
Penpal.net
This site claims to be the largest PenPal network in the world. The site is free but you must become a member.
EPals.com
This site claims to connect 65,000 classrooms in 182 countries. Teachers register a classroom profile and can search for a classroom to contact using many different criteria, including age, geography, or language. The front page also allows the user to choose a German, French, or Spanish interface. The site is free but you must become a member.
Teachers.net Pen Pal Switchboard
This site lists hundreds of messages from teachers who are seeking penpals. Most of the message headers include the age group who is seeking penpals
Funding Technology
Department of Education
This site is an excellent source for information on various programs and grants (both Federal and State), available to help you develop and maintain a technology plan for your school. Also included is information on E-rates.
Department of Commerce
Profiled at this site are the Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure Assistance Program and the Public Telecommunications Facilities Program. Other grants and assistance programs are also profiled. A must-visit site!
National Science Foundation
A must-visit site if you're searching for technology information and resources. Teachers, administrators, and students can find valuable information on how to promote technology, math, and science.
Department of Agriculture
Described at this site (in addition to an abundance of other information) is the Distance Learning Telemedicine Grant and Loan Program. This program provides grants to libraries, rural schools, and other educational institutions.
Hardware
Hewlett Packard Printing and Imaging
HTML Editors
Netscape Composer 4 (comes with Netscape Communicator suite) - Mac/PC
Included with Netscape Communicator, the Composer application allows you to open web pages from the Internet including background images. This program is powerful and easy to use, and best of all, it's free!
Microsoft Frontpage
Microsoft has created one of the most powerful web editors around. To take advantage of all its features, you will need to load Microsoft extensions to your server. Excellent integration with Microsoft products.
CoffeeCup Web Editor (Shareware) - PC only
This shareware editor is a great way to begin web page editing. Learn the basics of html to get yourself quickly on the web.
Adobe Go Live
This heavyweight web editor is geared for the professional or aspiring guru of web site development. Supports the latest and greatest html 4 features, including dynamic image layering.
Macromedia Dreamweaver - Mac/PC
Another heavyweight! Extremely powerful editor with a high learning curve. If you have the time and patience, you'll do amazing things such as web animation with this high-end editor.
Instant Messengers
AOL Instant Messenger
America On-Line's Instant Messenger is one of the more popular instant messaging programs available. It's free, fun, and the newest version allows you to chat, voice chat and share files.
Mirabilis's ICQ
This software was the pioneer for instant messaging. A free download provides the user with the ability to chat, voice chat, and send files to one another.
MSN Messenger
MSN Messenger is a later arrival on the instant messaging scene. MSN falls a little short of its competitors. Newly updated version is a very small download, requires you to have a Hotmail account to get started, doesn't allow user to talk, share files, or organize your contacts into groups.
Yahoo Messenger
Yahoo! Messenger offers e-mail integration, file transfer, voice chat, group chat, and message alerts. You can also create off-line messages and store them to send later.
Internet
WWBCity.com
This site gives tips on searching the Web with more success, as well as information on Web site design, graphic design, Internet access, and much more.
World Wide Web Workbook
This site is part of the Franklin Institute Online. It contains an online tutorial for teachers and students that explores the basics of the WWW.
Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial
This site provides an introduction to using the Internet, and includes search strategies. It is also a winner of the Kathy Schrock Award.
GetNetWise
Providing information on safely using the Internet, this site is aimed at helping parents educate themselves and their children.
Everything Email
Tips, tricks, and information on handling email are provided through this site. An email glossary, international resources, and email services are just a few of the topics covered.
A Consumer's Guide to Search Engines
This site is a wealth of information. It includes explanations on the difference between directories and search engines, a tutorial, and even information on how to evaluate the material you uncover during an Internet search.
ResearchBuzz.com
You will find quick tips on how to make the most of your Internet search at this site, as well as Internet research help and new research sites.
About.com: Web Search
This site provides essential methods and strategies for finding information on the Web, for beginners and advanced searchers alike. Includes links to search guides, searching newsletters, and tutorials
WebTaxi.com
This site allows you to review all search engines from its home page. It gives tips for searching, and allows you to select exactly how you want to conduct your search.
The Net: User Guidelines and Netiquette
A must-see site for novice Net surfers; provides politeness tips for e-mail, FTP, discussion groups and Web page creation.
Learn the Net
Start your Internet schooling at this site. Includes basic tips, quick lessons, glossary of Net terms, and answers to most frequently asked questions.
A Beginner's Guide to Effective Email
Receive coaching on how to write successful electronic communication. Learn how to add emphasis to your prose -- a guide to emoticons is included.
Search Engine Watch
A great site for learning how to search using various engines. In-depth reviews of search engines and their effectiveness in helping you conduct basic and complex research are provided.
Intranet
Complete Intranet Resource
Intranet References
Intranet Resources
Invention
Smith College Museum of Ancient Inventions
Some of these early inventions may be surprising. This site can be used to discuss with students the difference between an "invention" and an "innovation" and issues such as intellectual property and the ownership of ideas. For example, who should be credited with the invention of the steam engine? Check this site to find out!
Invent Now - National Inventors Hall of Fame
This site has a wealth of information on a variety of inventions, explanations of the patent process, an inventor's workshop and more.
P3 and ASIMO - Honda Humanoid Robots
Students can learn about the robot that Honda claims should "without exaggeration, be considered the highest-performing bipedal robot in the world." Intended to aid humans, such a technology will change our daily lives dramatically. This presents a great opportunity for students to make projections about how technology may impact their lives in the future. To check out the P1 and P2 versions and get more technical information about the robots, go to http://world.honda.com/robot/.
Keyboarding
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing
Kids' WebPages
Cody and Jesse's Wepage
An extensive list of links that Cody and Jesse have deemed kid cool.
Erika's WebPage
This site was created by a kid in Japan. It highlights their customs, culture, and a tour of the things that she likes to do best.
Metacrawlers
Savvy Search
Considered to be one of the broadest metasearch tools on the Internet. Through a custom search profile feature, you can metasearch up to 100 tools at a time.
ProFusion
Ranked "elite" among the metacrawlers. You can select the search, where to search, summary and check links options. Search by phrase, parenthetical groupings, and Boolean phrase (to name a few).
Mamma
Touted to be the "mother of all search engines." You can set time-out periods, the search tools you want to access, and the number of results displayed.
MetaFind
Like other metacrawlers, this tool is useful if you're searching to see if a topic is available online or if you're searching for information on an obscure topic. You can set time-out periods and the number of results displayed.
Multiple Intelligences & Technology
"How Technology Enhances Howard Gardners Eight Intelligences"
This online article contains even more great ideas for melding different intelligences and technology.
Sunburst
Makers of "Muppet Slate" and various other software and videos.
Microworlds
This Web site on Microworlds not only gives you info about the software, but also gives suggestions for projects.
Inspiration
A fantastic Web site with tons of ideas on how to use this mind-mapping software. Also has a free trial you can download.
Tom Snyder's Prime Time Math
These software packages range from grades 4-9 and include many real-life applications of math in the law enforcement, firefighting, and adventure fields.
Networks
Orinoco
Several articles and production descriptions for home networking via phone lines and wireless.
Networking
homePCnetwork
Interested in finding out how to put a network in at your house? Check out homePCnetwork, full of tips and how-to guides to turn your home into 21st century masterpiece.
CMU Monarch Project
Plugging into a network has its limitations. The Carnegie Mellon University Monarch project is working on networking support for wireless and mobile computing. Monarch is an acronym for "Mobile Networking ARCHitectures."
The Greater Boston Network Users Group
This user groups has tons of resources for people responsible for keeping networks up and running. Topics range from Y2K to Netware to WindowsNT. If you are responsible for overseeing a network or just play with one at home, this site will make you smile.
The ATM Forum
ATM -- no its not Automated Teller Machine! Asynchronous Transfer Method is an emerging standard in networking. The ATM Forum provides information and resources to industry and end-users to promote the use of ATM.
Networking - Wireless
Macintouch Airport Wireless Networking
Excellent resource for Apple's Airport wireless networking.
Online Web Cams
Juneau Cam
Take a look at Alaska's Capital City, Juneau's harbor, and downtown. See cruise ships, war ships, fishing boats, float planes, and the Governor's Mansion.
Tommy's List of Web Cams
This site is monitored for inappropriate Web cams. There is a list of the USA states with Web cams for each state. Also listed are links for Web cams in Europe and several African countries.
Niagara Falls
Can't take your students to see Niagara Falls? Do the next best thing, use this site to see the falls live. There are also archived sites for evening, dawn and dusk pictures.
National Parks
A fantastic list of National Park Web cams. Use this site to find links to Web cams across the US and integrate the technology into your classroom.
Hubble Telescope
Get live updates from the Hubble telescope. Also great articles about space exploration for middle school and up.
Palm Pilot
3Com/Palm Computing
3Com's site for its line of PalmPilot handheld computers. Visitors to this site can learn about the Pilot one-touch organizer, its accessories and software.
Handspring (Visor)
Home to the new Visor, a Palm OS-based PDA created by the original Palm computing developers. Visor features a new plug-in module for expandability, as well as a USB port for speedy hot-syncs.
PilotGear
Claims to be the Internet's best Palm resource. Download shareware and get upgrades, too.
HandheldNews.com
Provides news and information about PalmPilot devices. Lets visitors add to the archive of product news, tips and ads.
New York PalmPilot Users Group
Pilot users in the New York area can get resources, join the group and find out the meeting times.
PowerPoint Presentation Resources
North Chadderton Science PowerPoint Presentation
These science content presentations were created by students. Presentation topics include: desert survival, wind power, solar energy, hydroelectric power, and terminal velocity.
Earth Sciences PowerPoint Presentations
Looking for good presentations on Earth Science? On this site you will find a variety of presentations that mesh nicely with most earth science curricula. Presentation topics include: minerals, ice, rivers, earthquakes, plate tectonics, and much more.
High School Science PowerPoint Presentations
At this site, you will find some student created PowerPoint presentation on some unusual science content. Topics include: effects of alcohol on GPA, flu season, caffeine and its effect, and body fat.
PowerPoint Presentations by Content
No matter what your content, you will be sure to find something off of this site that helps.
Presenters University
This site contains a host of free templates for educational PowerPoint presentations. These templates are primarily innovative and fun backgrounds you can't find in the software including pencils and handprints. There are also a host of templates with other themes to choose and download. There are many free items but you have register to download their free items.
PowerPoint Presentations Spanish Class
This site is a collection of PowerPoint presentations made by a Spanish teacher for her class. It includes game show presentations as well as informational presentations on grammar and vocabulary.
Mr. Spence's and Mr. Bruneau's: Presentations Site PowerPoint Presentations
This Web site was created by two teachers, and contains a host of PowerPoint presentations on Biology, Chemistry, and Earth Science topics.
Real Audio
RealPlayer Download Site
download Real Player for Macintosh, Windows 95/98/NT
Robotics
Australia's Telerobot
This web site allows you to play with a robot, learn about other robotics projects, and chat with other robotics enthusiasts. You can register as a guest but registered users can take control away from guests.
Telegarden Robot
Telegarden allows internet travelers to plant, water & monitor the progress of seedlings using a robotic arm.
NASA's Telerobotics Program
See NASA's robotoics projects, robot tools, cool robot of the week, and links to other sites about robotics.
Learning Robot Lab
The Learning Robot Lab of Carnegie Mellon University where they are working with NASA on various projects. This site brings you Xavier. Give Xavier commands & see your commands followed when Xavier is online (weekdays 2-4 pm EST).
Robotics Site
This site has many links to other robotics sites.
Search Engines
ILOR
This is a search engine that is actually powered by Google (another very powerful search engine). It allows you to keep lists of your links, open the links in different windows and many other neat and useful features.
Dogpile
This is what is called a metasearch engine. It has most of the search engines on the Web in one place. This is a great way to search if you are trying to find information from many different sources or if it is a particularly tough topic to find information on.
About
This is one of the more popular search engines for teachers on the Web today. Has some great teaching resources and many experts in the area of teaching. They produce materials and write articles on many different topics.
Google
One of the most powerful search engines, it started as a medical search engine and has blossomed to become an all inclusive search engine. This search engine powers Yahoo.
Simulations
EcoSim: an Interactive Simulation
From Duquesne University this is a simulation program that "provides students with a strong intuitive grasp of economics and finance by giving them hands on experience in the workings of an economy." The software is free.
LavaMind
This site's learning series is designed to teach students business, math and economics. They have free offerings that you may download and try.
Simulation Game Downloads
This site provides several free downloads, many of which appear to be educational games. There are also versions for sale. Such titles exist as Rollercoaster Tycoon, Restaurant Empire, Zoo Vet, Presidential Campaign, and more. Build a school, design a robot, run a farm, deliver goods across North America, build and run a lemonade stand, an airport, or golf as Sergio Garcia.
Food Chain Simulation
This simulation uses foxes, rabbits, and plants. The rabbits eat the plants and the foxes eat the rabbits. You choose the number of each to start and then the program simulates the populations of each over the next 50 years. It provides graphics, graphs and questions about the results.
Virtual Earthquake
Rumble up an earthquake!
Eye Simulation
A simulation of eye motion and "the effects of disabling one or more of the 12 eyes muscles and one or more of the 6 cranial nerves that control eye motion." It requires downloading Macromedia's Shockwave.
Interactive Frog Dissection
Sponsored by the University of Virginia, this site has won many awards for it's use in high school biology classrooms.
Software
Broderbund Software
Edmark Corporation
Educator's Guide to the Web
Software OnLine
Insight
Offering some of the lowest prices available, this site offers you 24-hour customer support, email access to tech. support, and online software classes.
Computer Discount Warehouse
Competitive prices, online order tracking, and product descriptions available at this site.
Chumbo
More than 6,000 titles and online order tracking available. Customer service is not toll free.
Cyberian Outpost
Special deals found here! Order tracking is available and updated daily.
Sounds Clips for Multimedia Presentations
The Movie Sounds Page
Spreadsheet Activities
Streaming Video
REAL.com
Company home page for RealVideo. Download the RealVideo player here. For Mac and PC.
CNN Video Clips
CNN has the best organized site for watching video clips. Allows for both Windows MediaPlayer or RealVideo player. Video clips on daily news.
FOX News Clips
Designed for both Windows MediaPlayer and RealVideo, you can watch Fox news clips as well as the Fox news channel. Put in your headphones at work and watch Fox News!
MSNBC
This is the Microsoft news partnership web site with NBC. Very good use of streaming video, with the ability to search for past news clips.
Streaming Video Sites
Get listings of many different streaming video sites. More added weekly as this new technology takes off.
Technology's Effectiveness in Education
Technology's Effectiveness in Education
Of course technology use is a must in education today, but how do we know if our programs are effective? Northcentral Regional Education Laboratory (NCREL) provides a framework to evaluate technology programs against reform goals.
Educational Technology Integration
Technology in education is not only the wave of the future, it is a necessity. Find out how different applications (MS Word, ClarisWorks, etc.) engage students in learning that is both relevant and authentic.
Technology Links
Modems, Modems, Modems
Download.com
This site is a wonderful place to get FREE downloads. From Java to PhotoJam, this place has it all.
Webopedia
This site is an online dictionary of PC and Internet terms. You can search for terms by keyword or by categories.
Extreme Tech
Use this site to keep up to date with your technology. The site includes guides, news, and discussions for PCs and software to security and digital imaging.
PC Guide
A great reference site for hardware and software, tutorials, and optimization guides.
Utility Geek
Use this site to find the most current and powerful diagnostic tools and utilities for your PC.
Videoconferencing
NASA
This is a site where you can sign up to talk with actual astronauts and engineers from NASA. There is a nominal fee associated with the videoconferencing but this can be subsidized by grants.
Pacific Bell Knowledge Network Explorer
This Web site has hundreds of places that you can videoconference with throughout the world. There are museums, schools, and different institutes that you can choose.
Liberty Science Center
Liberty Science Center says that they have over 250 hands on activities that they can share through videoconferencing. The one negative is that they do not list them so a phone call or e-mail is needed to find out if they have what you would like.
Virtual Reality in Education
The California Virtual High School
A great example of virtual reality and its potential for enhancing education and changing our current model of schooling. Contains lots of links to other relevant sites.
Crossing Streets: A K-12 Virtual Reality Application for Understanding Knowledge Acquisition
At this site you will find a comprehensive account of the research conducted to look at the effects of virtual reality in education. Contains the names and addresses of the researchers for easy contact.
Virtual Reality and Education Laboratory
Included at this site are comprehensive explanations of the untapped potential for virtual reality to transform K-12 education.
Web Quests
The WebQuests Page
From Bernie Dodge -- the man who invented WebQuests! Includes an overview, FAQs, examples, and training materials.
Links to WebQuests
A collection of WebQuests designed by graduate students at National-Louis University.
Show Me the Money
A WebQuest for investing money that includes a variety of associated rubrics.
Web Site Development
Designing Web Pages
A great site designed by the staff at Loogootee Elementary West in Indiana. This site has tips for creating school Web sites. Links and discussions pertaining to copyright, design issues, steps to success, and a rubric to assess the final product.
What Makes a Great Web Site?
Webreference.com provides information regarding some of the essential components of a great Web site. The fundamental components are discussed, suggestions are made, and links to resources are provided.
Art and the Zen of Web Sites
What is Web publishing? This site contains tips and considerations for designing personal or commercial Web sites. Although this site is not geared to school web page design, many important tips and topics are discussed.
Yale University's Web Style Guide: Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites
For the serious Web designer only. This site contains the actual book written by a web designer from Yale Medical School and a Technology Professor from Dartmouth University. All the chapters are included and divided into the essential elements of Web design. This could be a great resource for high school students, or faculty, who are serious about Web page design.
WebDeveloper.com
This is a site for people who want to learn how to make web sites. By Mecklermedia Corporation, this site has something for everyone... from beginners to advanced.
Web Developer's Virtual Library
Has tons of information and tutorials on graphics, animation, multimedia, scripting, and more.
Webmaster's Reference Library
You'll find tutorials, articles, the latest news, and resources for web site development.
Beginning JavaScript Tutorials
You can start to use JavaScript for your web page immediately. You'll learn how to do those cool mouseovers, make things happen with time delays, make forward and back buttons that respond to the user's surfing history.
Website Abstraction
Here you'll find web-building tutorials, JavaScripts, Free Java Applets, and even a tutorial on FrontPage.
A Beginner's Guide to HTML
Web Safety for Kids
Web Wise Kids
This site is an Internet safety resource center for parents, teachers and children.
Safe Kids
Safekids.com offers tips, suggestions and advice to make the online experience fun for the whole family.
Web Safety for Kids
Children cruising the Internet can use this short safety guide, provided by the Yahooligans Web site.
Teachers Guide for Teaching Kids about Web-Safety
Learn what Internet Literacy is, why it is important, and how to teach it to your students.
i-Safe America
Computers are becoming a part of every child's life and this site offers online Internet safety programs, as well as safe links for kids to use while browsing the Internet. The site includes great resources for parents and teachers who are looking for innovative and unique ways to educate kids on how to become Internet wise.
Web Space
Homestead
Homestead provides up to 12 MB of Web space. It has a very simple Web site builder that allows the user to just drag and drop the features that you want on your site. You can add photos, get e-mail, a chat room, a guest book, and you can even sell products. Advertising must be included on your pages. They offer a 14 day free trial and then you have to pay.
Anglefire
You can receive e-mail, the ability to sell products on your site, helpful tools to create great Web sites, and the ability to upload your Microsoft FrontPage Web to your Web space for a fee.
Wireless Computing
Apple's Airport
Always ahead of its time, Apple computer announced its Airport wireless hub when few schools were even dreaming of wireless computer. Combined with an Apple iBook, the Airport is a great way to "Think Different" about computers in education.
NetSchools
One of the first companies to venture into the wireless computing market for schools, NetSchools produces that great commercial of the student standing at the busstop in the rain, standing on his computer. (Not that that's a goal!)
NTS DreamWriter
The Dreamwriter wireless computing system combines wireless technology and thin client technology by providing students with a Windows CE computer that can connect wirelessly to the school's server and act as a full-fledged Windows computer.
Compaq's Wireless World
An on-line newsletter about wireless computing from the RCFoC site -- Rapidly Changing Face of Computing.
