Educational Technology
What does it mean? Increasingly, technology is providing new tools for learning. Schools, libraries, and other institutions are all making choices about how technology can benefit them and their learners. This page will direct you to some thought-provoking sites.

• The Encyclopedia of Educational Technology was created by Prof. Bob Hoffman at San Diego State University and provides short, graphically illustrated examples. It's fun too! Keep scrolling through the Table of Contents and you'll find many interesting points to consider when designing educational activities.
  URL: http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/Admin/TOC/index.htm
  
  
• Almost like being there! Don't overlook the materials now placed on university servers by pro-technology profs. You could even take a course online! The Department of Educational Technology at San Diego State has plenty of good stuff online for you to peruse. Check out Technologies for Teaching and Technologies for Course Delivery.
  URL: http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/online.html
  
  
• Theory Into Practice database (TIP) contains brief summaries of 50 major theories of learning and instruction. Maintained by Greg Kearsley. The theories provide a brief overview of major education concepts.
  URL: http://www.gwu.edu/~tip/
  
  
• Articles and Writings from our designer down-under, Tom March. Tom has been writing about the interaction between the Web and education since 1995. Before that, he had 10 years at Poway High School (S.Diego, CA) to hone his technology integration skills.
  URL: http://ozline.com/writings/index.htm
  
  
• No man is an island, and teachers and librarians are no exception! The key to successful technology integration means training and support. Don't we all wish we had a customized site such as Catalyst at our fingertips which addresses not only technology but educational technology as well? If you don't believe me, check out these Method Guides on Learning Styles.
  URL: http://depts.washington.edu/catalyst/home.html
  
  
• Let's not forget our own edtec offerings! We have "EdTech News," a hotlist of educational sites that specialize in the latest technology and learning applications. We also offer a column called "2bits" which features a few good websites and demonstrates how they can be used in the classroom.
  URL: http://hupa.kn.att.com/news/news.html + http://hupa.kn.att.com/news/column/index.shtml

Here's From Now On's Top Ten Web Sites for Educational Technology links.

• Global Schoolhouse presents sophisticated tutorials on numerous topics such as problem-based learning, collaboration, and professional development. The Global Schoolhouse website is integrated with LightSpan, an educational content provider.
  URL: http://www.lightspan.com/teacher/pages/projects/default.asp?_prod=LS&_nav=O2_proj
  
  
• Education from Apple provides a mix of marketing, real world examples, and info. Well worth exploring to find nuggets such as Desktop Movies in Education, research from the Apple Classroom of Tomorrow, and such.
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• Federal Resources for Educational Excellence -- more than 30 Federal agencies formed a working group to make hundreds of federally supported education resources available at this web site. Subjects include:Arts, Educational technology, Foreign languages, Health and Safety, Language arts, Mathematics, Physical education, Science, Social studies, and Vocational education. Or, just skip to those sites designated by teachers, students, and parents as Favorite Sites!
  URL: http://www.ed.gov/free/
  
  
• The George Lucas Education Foundation "creates media that promote a vision of learning where students are challenged and engaged, have access to interactive technologies, and are supported by inspired teachers and involved parents and communities." Available in Spanish too!!!
  URL: http://www.glef.org/
  
  
• www4teachers provides Tools, lessons and success stories for Integrating Technology, and Professional Development glossaries, tutorials, and articles.
  URL: http://www.4teachers.org/

Here is a great example of how technology can increase the learning experience--Mystery of the Mission Museum.