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• Federal Funding for Technology in Education More than 30 programs (from eight federal agencies) are described in the 1997 Resource Guide to Federal Funding for Technology in Education.

• Funding Sources for Education lists numerous technology, science, and math grant possibilities.

• The Field-Initiated Studies Educational Research Grants

• NASA’s K-12 Internet Initiative: Grant Information

• KTLC 2002, Kentucky Teaching and Learning Conference Formerly known as the KETC (Kentucky Education Technology Conference), this showcase of the latest educational technology will take place March 7-9 at the Commonwealth Convention Center in downtown Louisville.

• OnLine Learning 2002

• EDUCAUSE 2002 October 1-4 in Atlanta, GA

• E-Learn 2002 October 15-19 in Montreal (organized by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education)

• ED-MEDIA 2002—The World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia, and Telecommunications, June 24-29 in Denver, CO

• NECC (National Educational Computing Conference) June 17-19 in San Antonio, TX

• National Educational Technology Standards (NETS)

• AskERIC is a wonderful resource for technology planning. Submit a request for information, and you will receive a response with journal citations and links to listervs and web sites on your topic. Be sure to include as much detail as possible to help narrow the search; only one question per request, please.

• International Society for Technology in Education

• Computer Applications Skills Continuum Overview for grades K-12, developed by the Jefferson County (KY) Public Schools

• CyberBee Each subject area (social studies, language arts, and science) lists ten web sites, each with an activity to complete. These lists were developed as introductory pieces for the workshops at Cyberspace Summer Camp for Teachers. Participants actively engage in creating projects using The Big Six Skills.

• Macintosh Tips and Tutorials is an award-winning site dedicated to helping teachers get the most from the Mac. It offers more than 40 step-by-step directions for using features of the Mac for your classroom, tutorials on using ClarisWorks to create classroom projects, and reviews of educational software.

• inQuiry Almanack was designed primarily for the K-8 educational community by the Franklin Institute Science Museum to explore how telecomputing can be used to support classroom activities.

• Internet Safety Quiz for Kids from the U.S. National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

• Equipment Donations and Grants to Education helps match excess, unused, or “obsolete” computer equipment from individuals and corporations with needy schools that can put it to use. It’s a free public service from Computing EDGE.

• The Computer Virus Myths Home Page If you’re like the vast majority of personal computer users today, you’ve received scores of e-mail virus warnings, but seldom a virus. Many of the most publicized viruses are in fact hoaxes.

• From Now On: The Educational Technology Journal , by Jamie McKenzie, features informative articles on topics from filtering the web to futuristic libraries.

• Journal of Technology Education

• T.H.E. (Technological Horizons in Education)

• MultiMedia Schools Magazine

• Technology in education resources from McREL

• How To Set Up a Classroom Web Site

• Kentucky Information Highway Kentucky has developed a road map that will lead us into the next century.

• CU-SeeME Cool Site If you’ve never tried videoconferencing with CU-SeeMe, then check out this site and find out everything you need to get started. You’ll find links for downloading the freeware version of the program for every kind of computer, tips on getting set up, and a useful list of “reflectors” where you can go to meet other people using the program.

• Through the magic of CGI programming, The Homepage Generator lets teachers fill out a simple web form with background information, select the web site features they want, and get back a handsomely generated home page by either download or e-mail.

• Netglos is compiling a multilingual glossary of Internet terminology, from alias to WWW, through the voluntary, collaborative efforts of a number of translators and other professionals. Versions for several different languages either are being prepared or are already online.

• The Web66 project, designed to help K-12 schools participate in the World Wide Web, includes resources for using the Internet in the classroom.

• The International Registry of School Web Sites links to school-hosted web pages all over the world—as well as a hotlist of new web sites for K-12 education.

• How To Get Netscape To Work with America Online

• IPL: The Internet Public Library is hosted by the School of Information and Library Studies at the University of Michigan.

• Oldies and Goodies: The School Museum List and Site Many K-12 schools are now building virtual museums; this site provides links to all the known ones. The site includes how-to articles and other resources for those who are just starting out.

• Yahoo Groups Search by topic.

• Lists of Lists—MIT

• Topica E-Mail Discussion Groups

• Resources for Moderators and Facilitators of Online Discussion

• Online Listserv Documentation
  

• Cool School of the Week, from Education World, highlights technology use in schools.

• Millard Central Middle School’s page of educational links is a well-organized place for a student or teacher to begin Internet exploration. The sites listed by this Omaha, NE school range from technology education to science to just plain fun.

• Tomorrow’s Girl features “womentors” (women in science, math, and technology careers) on its GURLS, GERLS, GIRLS pages. That stands for Girls Using Real-Life Science, Girls Enjoying Real-Life Science, and Girls Interested in Real-Life Science.

• The mission of Girl Tech is designed to encourage girls to use technology by creating products and services just for them. This colorful, lively site includes Chick Chat, Game Cafe, Invention, Girl Views, Sports, Girls’ World, Bowtique, and Tech Trips areas.