Resources from the Network of Regional Technology in Education Consortia

www.rtec.org

Northwest Educational Technology Consortium:  www.netc.org


§Classroom@workhttp://www.netc.org/classrooms@work - Models of Effective Technology Integration for Professional Development.  Order free materials.

§Digital Bridgeshttp://www.netc.org/digitalbridges/This site provides information about using videoconferencing technology for instruction, communication, and collaboration.

§Early Connectionshttp://www.netc.org/earlyconnections/ - Connecting technology with the way young children learn and resources and information for educators and care providers

§Additional Resources Online:  http://www.netc.org/ Look at the bottom of the page

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North Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium:  www.ncrtec.org 

Tools for Teaching and Learning:  

§Learning Through Dynamic Simulationshttp://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/edu/icm/ - Learn how simulation and  model making software can improve the students' learning experience.  Download modeling software and much more!

§The Amazing Picture Machinehttp://www.ncrtec.org/picture.htm  The Amazing Picture Machine Web site is designed to help educators find pictures, diagrams, and maps that are available on the Internet.

§Handbook of Engaged Learning Projects  http://www-ed.fnal.gov/help/cover.html - A large collection of engaged learning projects for grades K-12.

§Digital Video for Educationhttp://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/DVE/FusionDVE/html/dve_front_door.html  Learn the latest about tools used in making video for the classroom.  Learn how to become a filmmaker and create multimedia with DV.   Some portions of this website still under construction.

Training and Professional Development  

Look for the Captured Wisdom video vignettes that provide a look at how other teachers are using technology in their classrooms.

§Engaged Learning Bibliography: http://www.ncrtec.org/pd/elb/elb.htm

§Learning With Technology Facilitator's Academy--http://www.ncrtec.org/pd/lwt/lwtacad.htm
Read about a 2-day Failitator Academy which prepares inservice providers to offer the Learning With Technology course. NCRTEC offers the Academy twice each year at its Naperville, Illinois location. The next sessions will take place in June and August of 2001.

§Learning With Technology Course Resourceshttp://www.ncrtec.org/pd/lwtres/resource.htm
Free training materials.  These materials may be reproduced without alteration for non-commercial, educational  purposes.

 
§Building the 21st Century School:http://ww---w.ncsa.uiuc.edu/IDT/This site is dedicated to helping you and your school save money and time by coordinating your technology and facilities infrastructure needs. It is designed as an aid to school, district and other educational personal

§Wireless WAN Experiences: http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/edu/nie/overview/network/wireless.html
This Web site, created by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (an NCRTEC partner), summarizes the experiences of two districts that that implemented a wireless wide area network.

EnGauge- http://www.ncrel.org/engauge/   EnGauge is a tool that helps schools and school districts use technology more effectively. While the primary audience is schools and school districts, a number of other individuals and groups will find enGauge a valuable resource. The authors encourage use by teachers and other educators, policymakers, community members, parents, and students.

High Plains Regional Technology In Education Consortium:  www.hprtec.org

Take the site tour  http://www.hprtec.org/cgi-bin/tour/tour.pl  This is such a resource-rich site!  Click here to see an overview of all the resources available: http://www.hprtec.org/solutions/
Here are "must look at" sites:

§Profilerhttp://profiler.hprtec.org/Profiler allows you to use pre-made online surveys or create your own in order to strengthen your school district's ability to share skills with Profiler. Take a survey to assess your abilities and weaknesses, then see where you can get help within your school.

§TrackStarhttp://trackstar.hprtec.org/TrackStar tames the Internet and can be your starting point for online, interactive lessons. You can easily create your own Track or build upon any of the thousands of Tracks created by other teachers across America for a quick and easy lesson plan.

§www.4kids.orghttp://www.4kids.org/4Kids.org's team of educators, writers, artists, technology specialists, and students produces a weekly newspaper article and maintains the 4Kids Web site.  Each week www.4Kids.org appears in about 130 newspapers in the USA, Canada and Japan.  You won’t believe all the resources found here!  Allow lots of time in this area!

§www4teachershttp://www.4teachers.org/This site is broken into four main areas:

§Professional Development http://www.4teachers.org/profd/index.shtmlYou will find resources to improve your professional knowledge of  technology, educational policy and theory, special needs, and assessment. You will also find new grant and funding opportunities, and find logistical and policy information on technology planning and getting connected.
§Integrating Technology http://www.4teachers.org/intech/index.shtmlThis area is full of Web lessons, technology success stories, tracks,  units, and classroom Web sites created by teachers. . There are links to state standards and find new ways to teach content.
§STARS http://www.4teachers.org/stars/index.shtmlStories talented teachers and kids who are doing great things with technology.
§Tools http://www.4teachers.org/tools/index.shtmlEasy access to tools that will help you use your time wisely and integrate technology into your teaching. Allow lots of time in this area!

SouthEast Initiatives Regional Technology in Education Consortium:  www.seirtec.org 

This site has a wealth of resources.  There are so many to list separately.  On the homepage, be sure to look at all of the NEW items and be sure to go to GRITS http://www.gritsonline.org/ Great Resources for Integrating Technology in Schools.
Classroom Resources - http://www.seirtec.org/teacher.html

Courses & Professional Development http://www.seirtec.org/pd.html

E-rate - http://www.seirtec.org/e-rate.html

Evaluation - http://www.seirtec.org/e-rate.html

Grants & Funding - http://www.seirtec.org/grants.html

Hardware/Software - http://www.seirtec.org/hardsoftware.html

Home Community - http://www.seirtec.org/homecomm.html

Leadership - http://www.seirtec.org/leader.html This is an area you will want to look!

Literacy for Adults - http://literacyonline.org/ask/workplace.html

Noteworthy Schools - http://www.seirtec.org/notewschools.html

Planning - http://www.seirtec.org/techplan.html Must look at this planning guide: http://www.seirtec.org/P2P.html

Presentations - http://www.seirtec.org/present.html  You can download many PowerPoint presentations.

Publications - http://www.seirtec.org/publications.html Spend lots of time here!!! Be sure and read this one http://www.seirtec.org/publications/lessons.html.  You will also this useful: http://www.itrc.ucf.edu/iqr/ .  Several options for a great Internet Search tool.

SEIR*TEC Initiatives - http://www.seirtec.org/projects.html

State Technology Information - http://www.seirtec.org/sea.html  - Be sure to look at these teacher competencies: http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/tap/techcomp.htm

Teacher Education - http://www.itrc.ucf.edu/other/seirtec/
 

Northeast Islands Regional Technology in Education Consortium www.neirtec.org

This is also a new one.  Be looking for more things to come.  Here are a few resources to look at:
Selected Resources:  http://www.neirtec.org/resources.asp

Regional Technology in Education Consortium in the Southwest  www.westedrtec.org 

This is a very new site.  We will hear lots more about this in the near future.   Here is the most valuable thing at this site:
WestEd Technology Planning Toolkit    http://www.wested.org/tie/techplan/
 

Technology Innovation Challenge Grant Teacher Resources

Like the R*TECs, the TIC grants have produced a plethora of materials.  Take a look at these:
TICG Materials http://www.creighton.az.us/projectventure/pages/ticgrants.html if you are inside the Creighton District go here