I found a site called Edvation. It was founded by a group of teachers for the
purpose of advancing technology in the classroom. Here’s a link to their history, mission, and
vision:
It is there goal to provide students with real world skills
applicable to their environment. They
have a program called tech steps that integrates technology and teaching
through exercises in core subjects.
They also have a program called pd21 that educates the teachers and
provides meaningful instruction for integrating technology in the classroom
that is as captivating as it is educational.
What’s even more interesting is that they provide case studies performed
in real schools rather than just more theory.
Another site I found was called Teach-nology, and is found at:
It’s actually an online collection of teacher
resources. Their vision is to advance teaching with
technology and can be found under the ‘about us’ tab. Their mission and history is there as
well. I was especially interested on the
‘tools’ tab where I found many technology application (links to other website)
for teacher use in the classroom. This
is a website that had both printed material like worksheets as well as computer
applications.
The basis of my philosophy was to provide my student with
real world applications for the things we did and learned in class. Both these website, as well as many more, are
aligned with that purpose. Here’s where
I’ll get a little lofty – when I was homeschooling my daughter and she started
writing papers, she didn’t really get what I was after until I told not to tell
me about the particular story, BUT SHOW ME!
Use all the words you like to use to make it come alive. It seems grandiose, but I would really like
the material that I’m required to teach by the state to really come alive in
the classroom.
Excellent job!
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