Professional Development (Introducing Teachers to the Internet)

Introducing Teachers to the Internet

• Self-Directed Professional Development Resources - Free Internet Lessons, Internet Training Resources, Distance Learning Clearinghouses and Virtual Universities and search engines and related tutorials.

• ICONnect's Online Course - educators can use this site to learn how to use the Internet as a curriculum resource

• WebTeacher - a tutorial on E-mail, video conferencing, chat rooms, web page design, Internet safety, and curriculum searches

• Web66 - The Web66 project is designed to facilitate the introduction of this technology into K12 schools. Web66 goals are to assist educator to set up their own Internet servers, to links servers, educators and students and to help educators find and use web resources.

• Hints for Using Internet Resources - advice from experienced teachers who have used online projects using the Internet. This site also provides resources that you might want to use.

• Creating Online Learning Modules - site sponsored by From Now On, the Educational Technology Journal. This Module Maker will show you how to build your own Online Research Modules.

• School Improvement Research Series - research and articles on "specific methods and techniques that can be adopted as part of school improvement efforts and examples of effective schooling practices."

• Pathways to School Improvement - Professional Development - research on critical areas of professional development, national standards, resources and links

Professional Organizations

• Agora Foreign Language Association

• American Association for Physics Teachers

• American Association of School Administrators

• American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language (ACTFL)

• American Library Association

• American Marketing Association Homepage

• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

• Council for Exceptional Children

• The International Society for Technology in Education

• National Art Education Association (NAEA) - over 17,000 art educators from every level of instruction from early childhood to university as well as museum education are represented in this organization devoted to the quality of art education in schools.

• National Association of Biology Teachers

• National Associations of Elementary School Principals

•  National Association of Secondary School Principals

• National Association of School Nurses

• National Council for the Social Studies

• National Council of Teachers of English

• National Council of Teachers of Math

• NEA - this organization has numerous resources which are updated

• International Reading Association

• National Science Teachers

Online Magazines

• Education Week on the Web - current issue plus searchable archives

• Electric School - publication for K-12 leaders and educators who are implementing technology into the curriculum

• eSchool News Online - K-12 technology news

• From Now On: The Educational Technology Journal - articles on getting teachers and students hooked on online learning.

• Midlink Magazine - an e-zine of online projects for middle school students

• School Library Media Research

• Teacher Magazine - a wealth of information for teachers - current events, job openings, research and book reviews

• Technology and Learning - the online version of the popular magazine, is a magazine for integrating technology into the curriculum