Resources

The following links offer more information about educational technology and other general educational topics.
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Resources - Social Media Literacy
    1. Top 25 Websites for Teaching and Learning - American Association of School Librarians
      - "The "Top 25" Websites foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration. They are free, Web-based sites that are user friendly and encourage a community of learners to explore and discover."
    2. Landmark Websites for Teaching and Learning - American Association of School Librarians
      - "The Landmark Websites are honored due to their exemplary histories of authoritative, dynamic content and curricular relevance. They are free, web-based sites that are user friendly and encourage a community of learners to explore and discover and provide a foundation to support 21st-century teaching and learning."
    3. The Digital Generation Project - Edutopia
      - "Today's kids are born digital -- born into a media-rich, networked world of infinite possibilities. But their digital lifestyle is about more than just cool gadgets; it's about engagement, self-directed learning, creativity, and empowerment. The Digital Generation Project tells their stories so that educators and parents can understand how kids learn, communicate, and socialize in very different ways than any previous generation."
    4. Steve Hargadon: Educational Technology
      - "Web 2.0, Educational Social Networking, Free and Open Source Software, and the Future of Education"
    5. Landmarks for Schools
      - "This Web site is dedicated to the idea that the very nature of information is changing, practically before our eyes. It is changing in what it looks like, where we find it, what we look at to view it, what we can do with it, and how we communicate it. Here you will find information and tools designed to help us redefine literacy for the 21st Century."
    6. TBY Resources Wiki
      - "This wiki shares information on tech tools and sites for the classroom - as well as educator tips on using the tools!"
    7. Edgalaxy - Where Education and Technology Meet
      - "Here you'll find the latest Tech, Tools, Toys, News and lesson plans for teachers who want to work smarter and keep a step ahead your students in the rapidly changing world of tech and education."
    8. Education World: Technology
      - "Education World, is the largest free, independent resource on the Web for educators."
      1. eSchool News - Technology News for Today's K-20 Educator
        - "eSchool News covers education technology in all its aspects–from legislation and litigation, to case studies, to purchasing practices and new products."
      2. Converge Media: Technology in Education - Center for Digital Education
        - "For more than 10 years, Converge has been documenting the technology revolution sweeping modern education. Converge continues to chronicle policy drivers and trends and technology achievements through its award-winning editorial."
      3. Learning and Leading with Technology - International Society for Technology in Education
        - "L&L is primarily a practitioner-written magazine published by ISTE, a professional membership association that strives to advance excellence in learning and teaching through the effective and innovative uses of technology in K–12 and teacher education. Articles are notpeer reviewed."
      4. THE Journal - Technological Horizons in Education
        - "THE Journal is dedicated to informing and educating K-12 senior-level district and school administrators, technologists, and tech-savvy educators within districts, schools, and classrooms to improve and advance the learning process through the use of technology."
      5. EDTECH: Focus on K-12
        - "Technology and education issues that IT leaders and K–12 administrators face when they’re evaluating and implementing a solution."
      6. Tech and Learning
        - "For 30 years, Tech & Learning has served the K-12 education community with practical resources and expert strategies for transforming education through integration of digital technologies."
      7. Internet @ Schools Magazine - An Educator's Guide to Technology and the Web
        - "Internet@Schools is a practical guide for educators - from school librarians, technology specialists, and classroom teachers to school- and district-level administrators - that shows how to get high-performance learning from internet-based school products, services, and resources."
      1. S.O.S. for Information Literacy
        - "S.O.S. for Information Literacy is a dynamic web-based multimedia resource that includes peer-reviewed lesson plans, handouts, presentations, videos and other resources to enhance the teaching of information literacy (K-16)."
      2. Incredible Internet
        - "IncredibleInternet.com was created with one goal in mind: To help people of all ages cut through the Internet's clutter to improve their everyday lives, while keeping families safe online."
      3. Information Literacy Resources - November Learning
        - "In a world of information overload, it is vital for students to not only find information but also determine its validity and appropriateness. Our information literacy material demystifies the process of finding and validating online information. These vital skills are needed as students prepare for our global economy."
    1. Education Week
    2. The New York Times - Education News
    3. NBC News - Education Nation
    4. MSNBC - Education News and Updates
    5. NPR - Education
    6. The Wall Street Journal - Education News
    7. U.S. News and World Report - Education - High Schools
    8. The Huffington Post - Education News and Opinions
    9. Newsweek - Education
    10. The Washington Post - Education
    11. San Antonio Express-News - Education
    12. KSAT - San Antonio Education News
      1. The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post
        - "A School Survival Guide for Parents (And Everyone Else)"
      2. The Quick and the Ed - Education Sector
      3. Teachers Count - Best of the Web: Education Blogs
        - "It explores the ways educators and education analysts are using blogs to chart their personal sentiments and theories on educational policy and how teachers are using blogs as a classroom tool."
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    1. Teachers Count - The Best of the Web
      - "Periodically we compile a list of the best of what the Internet has to offer to teachers—be that in the classroom or just in daily life."
    2. Edutopia
      - "Through the Edutopia.org Web site, we spread the word about ideal, interactive learning environments and enable others to adapt these successes locally. Edutopia.org contains a deep archive of continually updated best practices, from classroom tips to recommendations for districtwide change."
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      1. EDSITEment - National Endowment for the Humanities
        - "EDSITEment offers a treasure trove for teachers, students, and parents searching for high-quality material on the Internet in the subject areas of literature and language arts, foreign languages, art and culture, and history and social studies."
      2. ReadWriteThink
        - "Our mission is to provide educators, parents, and afterschool professionals with access to the highest quality practices in reading and language arts instruction by offering the very best in free materials."
      3. The Learning Network Blog - Teaching and Learning with the New York Times
        - "The Learning Network provides teaching and learning materials and ideas based on New York Times content. Teachers can use or adapt our lessons across subject areas and levels."
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    1. AECT: Association for Educational Communications and Technology
      - "The mission of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology is to provide international leadership by promoting scholarship and best practices in the creation, use, and management of technologies for effective teaching and learning in a wide range of settings."
    2. NCAT: The National Center for Academic Transformation
    3. Teachers Count
    4. Students First
    5. Raise Your Hand Texas
    6. AMAE: Association of Mexican-American Educators
      1. Education Sector