Handbook for Technology Teachers

A Handbook of Free / Opensource resource for Middle school Technology teachers.

edit   Purpose of this Handbook  This handbook is written with the hope that over time, with the addition of more and more useful information by the community, middle school Technology teachers will find this as a useful resource for preparing for their classes.

edit   Useful software downloads Sourceforge is a very good resource for open source projects.  Opensourcewindows - This website contains a collection of free and opensource software for Windows platform.  osload - This website contains links to a huge number of opensource downloads. k12opensource.org is a site which promotes Free and Open source Software in Education.  edit   Lesson plan ideas and resources Project based learning resources. Project based learning resources from Edutopia. Constructivism in a classroom. edit   Web 2.0 resources Cooltools for school - This is a highly recommended site with many web 2.0 tools categorised. Go to web2.0 - This site documents many Web 2.0 tools easily searchable using tags Web 2.0 for the Classroom Teacher - This site has a huge list of Web 2.0 tools . Some of the links are not working. Web 2.0 resources for 21st century instruction- This site presents a vast collection of links to web2.0 tools presented in a clean interface edit   Various curriculum standards International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) NETS standards[[1]] Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks[[2]] UTAH Education Network[[3]] New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards for Technology[[4]] Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks[[5]]

edit   Newbie Corner  A good link to lesson plans that can be used in a Technology class. Professional development resources for educators. Kathy Schrock's guide for educators - A very useful resource for teachers. Online curriculum center - A password protected site for teachers form International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO). A collection of Technology unit plans ( Grades 6- 10 ) made by Vinu Cyrus for download. edit   Online Video Tutorials A tutorial collection on HTML tags A tutorial collection on Google Sketchup A tutorial collection on Flash Animation     edit   Useful powerpoints A presentation on IB MYP monitoring and moderation     edit   Moodle courses for download Handbook for middle school Technology teachers/Moodle courses for download

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