Technology and Teaching

Web Resources

• Teaching Resources

  • Blue Skies
    Contains interactive weather maps.

  • CreANIMate
    Good example of computer software that promotes creativity and critical thinking.

  • Tele-Garden
    Good example of interactivity and collaboration in one site. Grow a garden spot via distance technologies.

  • Heritage Online
    Offer K-12 educators the opportunity to earn college credit while learning to use the Internet to teach across all subject areas.

  • Teaching and Learning on the Web
    Provides a collection of sites that are using technology for learning.

  • Distributed Course Delivery for Problem Based Learning
    The CSU Faculty Development Institute provides information on using technology to deliver and manage university courses based on PBL.

  • Jasper Woodbury/Vanderbilt Anchored Instruction Videos
    This is a site wherein Vanderbilt University took their work on anchored instruction and macrocontexts in Math and Science and converted it to the Web. Most of this work was on video previously. It is an example of how to contextualize student math and science problem solving and it is very popular and worth looking at. There are many examples of problem solving here and also social interaction and negotiation as Vygotsky pointed are important to learning.

  • Sample Curriculum-Based K-12 Educational Telecomputing Projects, Organized by Activity Structures
    Tons of telecomputing projects are found here such as virtual expeditions and global classrooms. Really one of the top 10 all time Web sites. This is a critical one to check out!!!

  • Electronic Mentoring Website
    Here are a ton of useful resources for adding electronic mentors to a course or learning situation. It is amazing!!!

  • Going the Distance: Collaborative Learning Support Site for Distance Educators
    This site has a taxonomy of collaborative learning tools, electronic articles, tons of Web links, resources, term definitions, and links to software companies. This site was created for Paula Holder for my P600: Interactive Technologies for Learning and Collaboration class; additional glossary terms are being added. I think the School of Business Instructional Support Services is using this resource.

  • Internet Resources for K-12 Collaboration
    At this site you will find extremely interesting Web sites to get kids and teachers in K-12 schools to electronically collaborate. There are tons of great resources here!!! Do check it out.

  • Three Samples of Web-Based Courseware
    Here are three examples of Web-based courseware located by Vanessa Dennen during the fall of 1997: Polis from the Univ of Arizona, CyberProf from the Univ of Illinois, Web Course in a Box from madDuck Technologies.

  • Web Based Courses for Higher Education (per Steve Malikowski)
    Here you will find lists from my graduate assistant, Steve Malikowski, on Web based learning including books, electronic universities, online courses, tips, etc.

  • A Design for Hypermedia-Based Learning Environment

   

• Tools for Collaboration on the Web

  • SCALE -- Sloan Center for Asynchronous Learning Environments

  • Real Time Collaborative Groupware