EDTEC 470 Resources

Here you will find a list of resources that might assist you in using technology to create instructional materials. This page will for the most part be a compendium list of the resources found in the schedule, but you can do your one-stop shopping for resources on this page.

Free Email Account:

• Yahoo Mail

Download the Social Studies Big Ideas:

• For PC
• For Mac

File Management:

• General file management
• Using Eprentice (publishing web pages)
• Fixing broken images and broken links on web pages

General

• Keyboard shortcuts
• Copyright and fair use

Standards

• ISTE National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers
• California Content Standards
• National Council for Social Studies Standards
• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
• National Science Education Standards
• Project 2061 Standards (Science)

Microsoft Office Tutorials

• Essential Microsoft Office XP Tutorials for Teachers
• PowerPoint in the Classroom
• Excel Tutorial
• Microsoft Access tutorial, including how-to mail merge

Appleworks Tutorials

• A short tutorial to get you started with creating a database in Appleworks.

Web Page Creation Using Mozilla Composer and Netscape Composer

• Downloading Mozilla
• Downloading Netscape (click on Download in upper right hand corner of page)
• Using Eprentice (publishing web pages)
• Apple's Composer Job Aids
• Basic Web Editing Tips
• Changing Text and Background Colors
• Formatting Paragraphs and Lists
• Linking to Other URLs
• Linking to an Email Address
• Fixing broken images and broken links on web pages

Graphics/Digital Imaging

• Educational Graphics
• CARP (Contrast, Alignment, Repetition, Proximity)
• Grabbing graphics from the Internet
• Creating Slide Show in Kid Pix Studio

Background and clip art resources:

• AAA Backgrounds
• Background Paradise
• Teach Files Clip Art
• Kids Domain Clip Art
• Fotosearch
• Pics 4 Learning
• Discovery School Clip Art

Internet Searching

• Four Nets for Better Searching
• Advanced Searching using Google
• Specialized search engines

Inspiration

• The Inspiration Tool bar
• Adding ideas with with rapid fire
• Adding symbols
• Toggling between outline and diagrams views
• Clumping items together 
• Linking topics
• Labeling links
• Changing symbols
• Child pages and families
• Adding notes to symbols and outlines
• A taxonomy of information patterns

Digital Video:

• iMovie 2 Job Aids
• Randy Yerrick's iMovie in teacher education site
• Mac iMovie web site
• Using iMovie in the Classroom
• Atomic Learning iMovie tutorial

Inquiry Resources:

• Using primary sources in the classroom
• Media Analysis Tools
• Main site on Web Inquiry Projects
• Main site on WebQuests

Microscope Resources:

• Digital Microscope Project

Generation Y Resources:

• Information about Gen Y

General Teacher Resources:

• Lesson Plan Formats
• Create rubrics for your project-based learning activities
• Creating A Rubric for a Given Task
• Readability Calculators as well as a few other readability resource
• PowerPoint Rubric
• Fermi problems
• Electronic Portfolios resources
• The Gateway to Educational Materials (U.S. Dept. of Ed.) browse by grade level, keyword, subject, etc.