Anthony Armstrong's Tech-Teaching Tips
August 2010
- Wikispaces (wikispaces.com): Ad-free
wikis are available for educators. Click the “Help” link in the top
right corner and then choose “Teacher Tips.”
- Educational Wikis
(educationalwikis. wikispaces.com):Find examples
of how numerous educators from various
disciplines are incorporating wikis into their instructional practice.
- U.S. History
Teachers PB Wiki (ushistoryteachers.pbworks.com)
by Angela Cunningham - Essential questions and digital resources for
U.S. History teachers
- iTunes U - Search for the following Social
Studies-specific titles in the iTunes search field.
• Lit2Go
• Library of Congress
• Moments in American History
Favorite sources for
multimedia curriculum materials:
•iCue (icue.com) videos and student forums
from NBC News
•HippoCampus (hippocampus.org)
multimedia content from the Monterey Institute
for Technology and Education
•Compfight (compfight.com) a search
tool for images
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Technology and Information Literacy
Standards:
The following resources canbe used to help guide and support the design
and implementation of technology into your instructional practice.
National
Educational Technology Standards (NETS) for Students (2007) (pdf):
http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForStudents/NETS_for_Students.htm
National
Educational Technology Standards (NETS) for Teachers (2008) (pdf):
http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForTeachers/NETS_for_Teachers.htm
National Educational
Technology Plan (2010): http://www.ed.gov/technology/netp-2010
National Council for the Social Studies
Position Statement on Media Literacy:
http://www.socialstudies.org/positions/medialiteracy
NCSS Technology Position Statement and
Guidelines:
http://www.socialstudies.org/positions/technology