There are many untapped resources which you can use to your advantage which may greatly improve your knowledge of working with technology in your classrooms or in the computer lab. The following are lists of articles, journal sites and books which you may find beneficial to expanding your knowledge base and increase your abilities in the educational technology field. I've tried to include only recent sources, but since technology changes so fast, you must be critical of all the resources you find. This information was compiled and is current as of 4/1/99. If you have any difficulties with any of the information (such as broken links), please contact the webmistress so that it can be resolved as soon as possible. Also, I'm always looking to expand resources for teachers, so if you find a site that you think would be benefical, please contact the above.

Articles: Available Online Right Now!
This is just a small compilation of articles which are available online. If you stumble across any sites with additional research articles please email them to the webmistress.

• Armadillo's Acceptable Use Policies: A list of Articles on Acceptable Use. A large list of articles which deal specifically with the issue of acceptable for computers in schools.
  
  
• American Association for School Administrators: Technology News and Resources. Current information about technology perspectives from an administrative point of view.
  
  
• AUSWEB99: This is a Austrialian based website that  focuses on the AUSWEB conferences which has papers covering all aspects of the Web in Technical,
  ECommerce, Social, Usability and Library and Education streams. It also has past archived information back to past AUSWEB conferences to 1995. Although it is an international perspective, the theory still holds strong.
  
  
• Center for Instructional Technology  (used to be called the Institute for Academic Technology) has their current newsletter CIT Infobits on articles of various topics.  For other publications by the CIT, see their new listing of Information Resource Guides for additional archived information. Please note that their resource guides are listed by subject and by title but are not searchable.
  
  
• Education Week and Teacher Magazine: This is a nice source of articles because it gives you related articles from the same magazine as your reading an article. Current and past issues are available in a searchable format.
  
  
• Educational Computing Organization of Ontario (ECOO): very technical articles, but very informative if you can understand all the technical terms.
  
  
• Educational Object Economy (EOE): a more technical look at the possiblities of the future. For articles, look under papers and then education. Beginners beware! This site is highly oriented towards the computer and technically advanced.
  
  
• EGEM Articles: An assortment of articles published by the EGEM foundation which produces experimental educational games. Articles mainly focus on games as an educational resource and reactions of different genders to various types of games.
  
  
• Electronic-School: Source of information for schools which are already linked to the internet. Information and articles related to the integration of education and technology and related issues.Archived and current issues available. This source is less academically inclined and more application based information.
  
  
• Eric Digests. From the ERIC clearinghouse for Information and Technology journals comes this list of articles dealing with technology. It has a broad range of various topics so make sure to check it out! See also their Educational Technology Page which has a long listing of numerous journals and digests which you can write to or subscribe to for additional information.
  
  
• From Now On: The Educational Technology Journal by Jamie McKenzie. I don't know how highly this resource is regarded for writing educational papers (so graduate students beware!!), but its a good source of suggestions for artilces on regular hints on utilizing educational technology.
  
  
• Journal of Technology Education: This site contains actual articles online for this journal since Fall 1989. Great site to browse through if your looking for information especially since this index is searchable! Just scroll to the bottom of the first page to see the search.
  
  
• T.H.E. Journal Online: This is a good site to use as a for any teacher, but it also has a full range of articles on technological issues. See both current and archived issues.
  
  
• Northwest Educational Technology Consortium (NETC): This site is a nationally recognized site. It posses articles on information relating to all types of issuses dealing with educational teachnology. Note: you may have to flip through several pages to find the actual links to the publications but they are there!
  
  
• Pathways to School Improvement: list of the North Central Regional Laboratory's work. Its research is listed and indexed by subject.
  
  
• Regional Alliance for Mathematics and Science Educaation: Alliance Resources. A collection of articles, reports and resources by category. 
  
  
• Reinventing Schools: Technology is Now! by the National Academy of Sciences - edited by Douglas A. Ellmore Sr., Steve E. Olson, and Philip M. Smith. The complete booklete is available online for free in a multimedia format as well as a written hardcopy formate (see the Publication Announcement on that page). Very interesting reading about technology in the schools on various levels. Definately recommended reading!
  
  
• Telis: foundation working with incouraging reading through the use of multimedia technology in the classroom.
  
  
• Thornburg Center Associates: This takes you to the top of their site, however, if you look through their associate's handouts, they very thought provoking articles dealing with educational technology in the form of handouts. Subjects vary all over, and unfortunately there's no searching index.
  
  
• Through the Glass Wall: Computer Games for Math and Empowerment.  Articles dealing with: gender   in computing; empowering girls in computing; software review information; equity; design issues for multimedia projects, and other asorted topics. Highly recommened for any wanting information on female students in the techonological classroom.
  
  
• Technology Policy, Research & Planning Information & Resources from WestEd. A nonprofit organization. Articles run the length of this page. Scroll to the bottom for detailed bibliography information on Far West and WestEd publications dealing with subjects from the title of this page.
  
  
• Technology in the Classroom: An Integration Project: The project was designed to increase the use of technology in the one computer classroom.
  
  
• UNC-Chapel Hill's Horizon Site: Links to various articles and resources dealing with educational technology at the University level and for staff development. Highly recommeneded source for graduate students.
  
  
• The US Dept of Education: Office of Technology. Articles from the source. The department of education has placed a number of articles dealing mainly with the administrative side of technology in schools, but other subjects are mentioned. Also see their Publications and Products Page for an index of other government sources.
  
  
• Lightspan.com (formerly the Global Schoolhouse) has a number of resources and thought provoking articles on various educational technology topics. Its database of articles and colomns is also searchable.

Keeping Current: Online Resources and Journals
This section looks into journals which are useful but do not currently have articles online for free. 

• The Center for Instructional Technology's (CIT) Information Resource Guides. Articles and further resource listings for a number of technology topics. Some of their resource listings have internet address and others do not but it is a good resource for a place to start looking if your searching for a particular topic. Please note that their resource guides are listed by subject and by title but are not searchable.
  
  

• The Educational Computing Organization of Ontario (ECOO): More technically oriented, this site is geared to help all teachers integrate technology into their classrooms. Although this is a Canadian organization, its recommendations are universal. Make sure to check out Output, their journal, for special articles and sites relating to your own interests.
  
  
• International Society for Technology in Education: Terrific source of information. Unfortunately their journals (National Educational Technology Standards for Students; Learning & Leading With Technology; Journal of Research on
  Computing in Education and the ISTE Update) all cost. This site will keep you up to date on all the national and international conferences as well as a source for great resources. If you are a student and are interested in current research, they have discount memberships for students and the Journal of Research on Computing in Education is highly recommeneded.

Books: Within the Last 5 Years

Recent books can be a terrific resource to help you realize things you may not have thought about before. If you are just beginning, I strongly recommened that stick to the most recent information within the last 2-3 years. Due to the astounding rate of evolution in the computer world, information about technology often lags a great deal behind what is currently possible. Therefore, the older the material is, the more out of date the information will be and the less useful it will be for  you to try to apply when teaching in newer computer labs. All of the following books can be found on Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble Books. You can also try consulting your local bookstore or library.

1. 1996 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Multi-Media in Education Published April 1997; ISBN: 0780331737
   
   
2. The 1999-2000 School Technology Funding Directory 1 edition by Rebecca Flowers Published: IAQ Publications, Inc. - 214 pages; ISBN: 1890773034
   
   
3. Classrooms with a difference : Facilitating learning on the Information Highway: 2 edition. by Elizabeth J Burge, Judith M. Roberts Published Jan 1998 - 142 pages McGraw-Hill; ISBN: 2894611609:: This introductory book describes three key aspects of the new classroom: the learning environment, models of course or workshop design and the application of technologies to learning activities. It explores each of the technologies in the Lifelong Learning on the Information Highway Series by presenting its physical characteristics, its potential as a learning tool, its appropriate usage and examples of successful projects.
   
   
4. Computers in the Classroom: How Teachers and Students Are Using Technology to Transform Learning  by Andrea R. Gooden, et al. Published Oct. 1996 - 192 pages 
   
   
5. Designing Multimedia Environments for Children (Bk&Cd Rom edition) by Allison Druin, Cynthia Solomon Published March 1996 - 288 pages
   
   
6. Education and Technology : Reflections on Computing in Classrooms (Jossey-Bass Education Series) by Charles Fisher (Editor), David C. Dwyer (Editor), Keith Yocam (Editor) Published June 1996 - 316 pages
   
   
7. Educational Media and Technology Yearbook 1999 Vol 24 (Serial) by Robert Maribe Branch (Editor), Mary Ann Fitzgerald (Editor) Published Jan. 1999; Teacher Ideas Pr; ISBN: 1563086360
   
   
8. Educational Technology : Best Practices from America's Schools 2nd edition by William C. Bozeman Published June 1998; Eye on Education; ISBN: 1883001595
   
   
9. Education/Technology/Power : Educational Computing As a Social Practice (Suny Series, Frontiers in Education) by Hank Bromley (Editor), Michael W. Apple (Editor) Published August 1998 ::State Univ of New York Pr; ISBN: 0791437973:: Interest in educational computing has grown explosively in recent years. School districts are rushing to invest in new technologies, hoping to "equip" students with skills said to be needed in today's world of intense economic competition. Is this enormous investment in computing technology a good idea? Reaching a useful answer requires a more finely grained question: investment in what kind of educational computing? a good idea for whom? under what conditions? We need to know who is affected, how, and by what specific practices...but that sort of analysis is generally not available. And without it, the tremendous pressure schools are under to "keep up" technologically is likely to push them down unwise paths. This book is an effort to provide just such an assessment. The computer functions as a symbol of the quality of education children are receiving. The appeal of this symbol depends on a number of assumptions about the nature of technology, among them that the computer benefits all students equally, as a neutral instrument with no connection to the unequal distribution of power in society; that access to such technology is a guarantee of upward social mobility; and that wider facility with high technology will alleviate the problems of the United States economy. Despite their popularity, these assumptions are of dubious validity. Far from being neutral instruments, computers -like other technologies - are involved in many ways in the construction and use of power. Education/Technology/Power moves from conceptual discussions of how we think and speak about educational computing, through studies of specific classroom practices, to analysis of efforts to realize the democratic possibilities of the technology. The contributors all share a concern with how technological practices align with or subvert existing forms of dominance, but otherwise represent a broad range of perspectives.
   
   
10. Fostering the Use of Educational Technology : Elements of a National Strategy by Arthur Melmed (Contributor), Thomas Keith Glennan Published June 1996 - 120 pages
    
    
11. Information Technology - Supporting change through teacher education by Don Passey (Editor), Brian Samways (Editor)  Published Jan. 1998; Chapman & Hall; ISBN: 0412797607:: This book considers how the fundamental issues relating to the use of information technology in education, are being tackled across the world. Significantly it features international perspectives on the challenge that information and communications technology poses to teacher education; views of trainee teacher experiences with computers; insights into the ways in which communication technologies are being used to link teachers and students; consideration of the impact of change with information and communications technology; discussion of the roles of those involved in developing teacher education with information and communications techology at national, institutional and teacher levels. It contains the selected proceedings of the International Conference on Information technology: Supporting change through teacher education, sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing, and held at Kiryat Anavim, Israel, in June/July 1996.
    
    
12. Instructional Technology : Past, Present, and Future 2nd edition by Gary J. Anglin (Editor) Published January 1995; Teacher Ideas Pr; ISBN: 1563082519:: A general introduction to significant issues in the field of instructional design and technology, for graduate students. Seven new chapters have been added to this edition, addressing current topics that include educational systems development and instructional systems development, postmodernism and instructional technology, interactive technologies, the Internet and higher education, qualitative research, and instructional technology and attitude change.
    
    
13. It Across the Primary Curriculum (Cassell Education Series) by Rob Crompton (Editor), Philip Mann (Editor) Published Jan. 1997 - 160 pages; Cassell Academic; ISBN: 0304332909
    
    
14. The Journal of the Learning Sciences : Special Issue : Computer Support for Collaborative Learning Vol 3 by T.D. Koschmann Published June 1994 Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc; ISBN: 0805899774
    
    
15. Leadership in Instructional Technology by Matthew M. Maurer, George Davidson (Contributor) Published July 1997 - 320 pages :: This book challenges the values and beliefs of the current "community of leadership" regarding classroom technology and presents specific instructional changes to help the reader apply the ideas advanced within the book. It seeks to change the instructional culture into a constructivist / cognitive learning theory model from a traditional/transmission model. It also covers planning, funding, and staff development to provide the reader with site-based models
    
    
16. Multimedia in Higher Education: A Practical Guide to New Tools for Interactive Teaching and Learning by Dennis R. Falk, Helen Carlson Published July 1995; Information Today Inc; ISBN: 1573870021
    
    
17. The New Educational Technologies and Learning: Empowering Teachers to Teach and Students to Learn in the Information Age by Ibrahim M. Hefzallah Published May 1999 ISBN: 0398069506
    
    
18. Science for All Americans by F. James Rutherford, Andrew Ahlgren (Contributor) Published January 1991 - 246 pages; Oxford Univ Pr (Trade); ISBN: 0195067711 :: Essential reading for the making of a scientifically literate America, exploring what constitutes scientific literacy in a modern society: the knowledge, skills and attitudes all students should acquire in scientific study, and what steps this country must take in reforming its system of education in science, mathematics, and technology.
    
    
19. Software Goes to School : Teaching for Understanding With New Technologies by David N. Perkins (Editor), Judah L. Schwartz (Editor), Mary Maxwell West, Martha S. Wiske (Editor) Published Jan. 1995- 288 pages
    
    
20. Teaching With Technology : Creating Student-Centered Classrooms by Judith Haymore Sandholtz, Cathy Ringstaff, David C. Dwyer. Published Jan. 1997
    
    
21. Teaching With Technology : Rethinking Tradition by Les Lloyd (Editor) Published March 1999; Information Today Inc; ISBN: 1573870684
    
    
22. Technology and Teaching by Les Lloyd (Editor) Published Jan 1997 - 366 pages
    
    
23. Technology and Teaching: Case Studies on the Use of Computers, Networks, and Multimedia in the Classroom by Les Lloyd (Editor) Published Feb. 1997; Information Today Inc; ISBN: 0887368670
    
    
24. Technology for the Teaching and Learning of Science (Bk&Disk edition) by Karen E. Reynolds, Robertta H. Barba, Roberta H. Barba (Contributor) Published Dec 1996
    
    
25. Technology Tools for Young Learners by Leni Von Blanckensee Published Jan. 1999; Eye on Education; ISBN: 1883001730
    
    
26. Using Information Technology Effectively in Teaching and Learning : Studies in Pre-Service and In-Service Teacher Education by Bridget Somekh (Editor), Niki Davis (Editor) Published February 1997; Routledge (Import); ISBN: 0415121310
    
    
27. Using Technology to Promote Student Learning: Opportunities for Today and Tomorrow (New Directions for Student Services No 78) by Catherine McHugh Engstrom (Editor), Kevin W. Kruger (Editor) Published July 1997; Jossey-Bass Publishers; ISBN: 0787998583
    
    
28. Will Technology Really Change Education?: From Blackboard to Web. by Todd W. Kent, Robert F. McNergney  Library Binding ublished Dec. 1998; Corwin Pr; ISBN: 0803966555

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