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Module Maker

This Module Maker will show you how to build your own Online Research Modules that will challenge your students to make up their own minds while supplying them with rich information to support such thinking.

Filamentality

Filamentalityis a fill-in-the-blank tool that guides you through picking a topic, searching the Web, gathering good Internet links, and turning them into learning activities. It combines the "filament" of the Web with a learner's "mentality". Support is built-in through Mentality Tips that guide you along the way. In the end, you'll create a Web-based activity you can share with others even if you don't know anything about HTML, Web servers, or all that www-dot stuff. own minds while supplying them with rich information to support such thinking.

Profiler

Profiler inspires cooperation and collaboration among teachers to help them improve their skills around a general topic. Use Profiler to strengthen your school district's ability to share expertise. You can take a survey to assess your technology abilities and find someone who can help you strengthen these skills within your school. own minds while supplying them with rich information to support such thinking.

Kathy Schrock's Home Page

The Kathy Schrock's Home Page, a portal of possibilities for effective infusion of technology into the curriculum!

IdeaBank

The IdeaBank is a Department of Education, Employment and Training initiative designed to create a database of teaching and learning strategies which link the curriculum with key DEET priorities. Teachers from across the state are submitting ideas and strategies which they have found to be valuable in helping students to achieve CSF Learning Outcomes.

Using the Internet
On-line Practical Modules
Using ICT in the Curriculum
WA DoETCollaborative Projects
Integrating the Learning Technologies in the Curriculum Improvement Program
WWW 4 Teachers: Integrating Technology
Virtual Teacher
Learning Circuits
Technology Focus

Integrating ICT into the Curriculum is now online, coming to you via the CMIS Evaluation website under the heading Technology Focus Online or TFO. It can be found at http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/cmis/eval/curriculum/ict/index.htm or from a link on the CMIS Evaluation Home Page. The journal will be published monthly in the form of a weblog consisting of: Print-friendly Fact Sheets and Top Websites on a range of themes, topics, learning areas and phases of development. Links to an expanding collection of resources in the CMIS Database and on the CMIS Website . Reviews of new books, software and videos. The journal will be updated in the first week of each month. Fact sheets and information from the previous month will be archived for easy accessibility.

Leading Practice
Innovative Schools
ICT Ideas for Primary Schools
ICT Research
Australian Net Guide Tutorials
Teacher Programs of Work
Approved Lesson Plan templates FREE at http://www.innovated.gov.au/Innovated/ click "Browse the Lesson Plan Catalogue" or "Search by KLA"
ICT Advice | SchoolNet SA ICT Mentoring Program | ICT Leadership: The Role of Principals | Download Good Practice and Planning Framework

Technology Co-ordinators Resources
• http://www.latis.net.au/ictc_info/usefullinks.htm
• http://www.tomsnyder.com/profdev/rtc.asp?subject=ProfDev
• http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~kenr/TCsite/home-frames.html
• http://phil.mav.net/techcoor.html
• http://phil.mav.net/techcoor.html
• http://www.stmarysbroome.wa.edu.au/home/kane.brian/computer_hints.htm

Using the Internet - Legally Guidelines for Schools, TAFEs and System Authorities in developing Internet policies and Copyright for schools
TeacherXpress: The Education Web - All in One Place - For Busy Teachers
Narrative and Interactive Learning Environments
The Internet Society of Australia
edtechnot.com
ICT Tutorials for Primary and Secondary Students
Learning Technologies
Productivity Tools
Queensland Studies Authority
Learning Object Portal
Index to Alan's Hints 'n Tips
Media Links
Technology and Enterprise and Other Learning Area Work Samples
The Art Forms: Student Work Samples | Other Learning Areas http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/curric/index.htm
Student Work Samples
Enterprising ICT Learning Strategies Project Resources
Web Quests and Projects
LapTop Programmes, Information Literacy, Middle School Reading and More
Teachers First Site
Hand Held Devices
Xenia High School Technology and Teaching Resources
Self-Assessment of Pedagogical Skills in Integrating ICT with Curriculum and Classroom Practice
Prepress - NetMedia Skills Training Centre
Technology: The Web Portal for Educators
Thinkport.Org
School Education Sector Standards Initiatives
List of Computer Skills | Computer Skills Assessment (CSA) | Computing Skills Assessment Updates
Technology Resources
European Computer Driving Licence Foundation
ENC Resources
Online html Lessons
Reflections on the RCDS Laptop Program After Three Years
Webquests 101

Everyone has a webquest; some are great, and others are not so. If you are working on a technology inservice this week, Webquests 101 offers lots of useful suggestions on how to research and structure an effective webquest that your students can actually use productively. It includes lots of tips on finding authoritative resources and packaging them into an effective quest. You can find this tutorial at: http://www.teachersfirst.com/summer/webquest/quest-a.shtml

Go to these pages for more URLs and information Integration and Standards | Curriculum Guides | Critical Issues | Computers in Education

http://ictresearch.stage.edna.edu.au
A research database on the contribution of ICTs to improved student outcomes

http://www.dest.gov.au/schools/publications/2002/RaisingtheStandards/RaisingtheStandards.pdf
Raising the Standards is an important contribution to discussions on the development of ICT standards for Australian teachers.

http://www.dest.gov.au/schools/publications/2002/MBC.pdfv Making Better Connections provides a useful survey of teaching/learning issues in ICT with a focus on models of teacher development

http://www.noie.gov.au/publications/NOIE/BAG/Broadband_in_educ_Final.PDF
In March 2002, the Commonwealth Government established the Broadband Advisory Group (BAG) to provide high level advice on broadband development in Australia. At its initial meeting on 29 April 2002, the BAG agreed that the potential for economic benefit and enhanced service delivery from broadband is likely to be greatest in the health, education and small to medium enterprises (SMEs) sectors. The National Office for the Information Economy (NOIE) prepared this paper for the Advisory GroupÕs meeting on 21 June 2002.

http://www.becta.org.uk/research/reports/index.cfm
This site from the British Education and Communications Technology Agency contains a number of important research reports on the relevance of ICT to learning.

http://www.copyrightaware.gov.au
This Commonwealth funded Copyright Aware Website provides very comprehensive information and practical advice aimed at raising awareness of legal responsibilities and promoting responsible information use.

http://icttaskforce.edna.edu.au
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Schools Taskforce provides strategic advice to the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA). The Taskforce has a significant national role in ensuring that the efficiency and transforming capacities of ICT are fully incorporated into teaching and learning. The website is organised around the Taskforce priorities: Strategic Planning (Learning in an online world); Bandwidth - Connectivity; K-12 Interoperability; Online Content; Research; Cross-Sectoral Activities; Policy & Regulation; and EdNA Online. Taskforce published papers, key links and national forum presentations are made available.ÊÊ