Planning and delivering instruction is a teacher's core responsibility. Explore the role technology can play in instruction and learn how it can help improve students’ educational outcomes, assisting with stand-alone tasks, providing remedial instruction, and implementing effective and differentiated instruction. To help assess your current technology use and chart a course toward increased technology implementation, consult the EdTech Locator.
Related Resources
- Find free webinars, chats, and resources on implementing technology in various aspects of education through the Schools Moving Up website, an initiative of WestEd.
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- 10 Smart Ideas for Using a Smartboard
- Use this resource for a quick list of suggestions for using a Smartboard, which is essentially an interactive whiteboard.
- techLEARNING.com
- 1001 Uses for a Digital Camera
- This site puts educators in touch with creative educational applications for digital cameras in educational settings. Submitted lessons and applications that have been used successfully in the classroom will be displayed for other educators to view and print.
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- 21st Century Information Fluency Project
- This resource provides technology-related lesson plans, implementation tips, listings for free professional development opportunities and annotated links for other useful resources.
- Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
- 2Learn
- This website includes a wide array of tools for teachers to use with students, and for professional development teachers to use with teachers. Plan projects online and explore all the different options for online PD.
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- 4Teachers.org
- This is an outstanding resource for rubrics, Project-Based Learning checklists, and a host of other tools to assist teachers in developing alternative assessments for their projects.
- 4teachers.org
- 7 Things You Should Know About Haptics
- Haptics technologies provide force feedback to users about the physical properties and movements of virtual objects represented by a computer. For applications that simulate real physical properties—such as weight, momentum, friction, texture, or resistance—haptics communicates those properties through interfaces that let users "feel" what is happening on the screen.
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- A National Primer on K-12 Online Learning (PDF)
- Although many have shown enthusiasm for online courses and online learning, teachers, administrators, and other school and district staff oftentimes do not know what to do online or how to implement it. This primer provides helpful advice for educational professionals in developing and advancing online learning.
- North American Council for Online Learning
- A Teacher's Life
- Meet Lucy Gray, an award-winning teacher leader in Chicago. See how Lucy connects her learning to a larger online community that shares ideas and practice.
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- A Virtual Journey into the Universe
- This free online activity allows puts students in the cockpit of a space shuttle as they explore the solar system. Students land on each planet where they find information about previous explorations of the planet, the planet’s exterior features, composition, and satellites. Students can also engage in interactive activities to learn more about various planetary features.
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- Access eLearning
- A free, online ten-module tutorial that offers information, instructional techniques, and practice labs on how to make the most common needs in distance education accessible for individuals with disabilities, and enhance the usability of online materials for all students.
- Georgia Tech Research on Accessible Distance Education Project
- Accessibility Resources
- This is an extensive list of resources linking to information on making computers and software more accessible to persons with disabilities.
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Accessible Book Collection
- The Accessible Book Collection provides high interest/low reading level digital text to persons with disabilities. In order to access the collection, a small subscription fee is required.
- Accessible Book Collection
- Accessify
- Accessify is dedicated to furthering the cause of web accessibility by offering free tools and other useful resources. The website includes web accessibility news, accessibility tools and wizards, an archive of features, and links to useful accessibility resources.
- Ian Lloyd
- Accommodations and Modifications: Adjusting the Classroom Experience
- This article defines the terms "accommodations" and "modifications" and describes how they are used in the classroom for students with learning disabilities.
- Schwab Foundation for Learning
- Acrostic Poem Creator
- Use this online tool to easily create acrostic poems.
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- Addressing Cyberbullying in Schools
- Address the issue of cyberbullying with tools and workshops provided through this resource, and help students understand that bullying and cyberbullying are behaviors that will not be tolerated.
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- AdLit.org
- ADLIT.ORG promises to help teach students to read in grades 4-12, with a rich array of free instructional materials, research-based articles, best classroom practices, book lists with guided discussion questions, author interviews, and more.
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- All Students Being Equal
- This article presents an overview of available technologies for special education needs. The article organizes software recommendations around several categories: literacy support, communication aids, mobility tools, vision support, and auditory assistance. Access to Techlearning.com requires free registration.
- Techlearning
- Alternate Formats and Learning Materials
- People with print disabilities may find the references in this resource helpful as they attempt to locate sources of digital content. This resource highlights accessible options for obtaining both digital electronic text and digital audio. Some resources focus specifically on serving individuals with print reading disabilities while others offer content more widely.
- CAST
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