The Technology Mall Here are resources you can purchase to help you become a more proficient technology user. Classroom Connect is a paid service that sends monthly updates with lesson plans ideas and web sites for teachers to use. In addition, they hold conferences and have other merchandise for sale. There is also a free area of their site, called "Connected Teacher." http://www.classroomconnect.com/ CustomGuide.com operates a website with computer courseware and training guides. You can download preview versions of thousands of courses, or you can go ahead and purchase the full course. Added 1/22/01 http://www.computer-training-manuals.com/ If you are interested in finding shareware or freeware for your computer (software you download from the Internet and pay for later), check out Download.com. This site lists shareware for various operating systems, such as Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Windows CE and PalmPilot. If you find a useful piece of shareware, don't forget to pay for it! http://www.shareware.com Hi Tech of Santa Cruz's main focus is the development of software specifically for teachers who want an easy and effective way to design classroom curriculum for any subject, grade level or ability level. http://www.teachertools.com/ Hot Dog Web Editor is an application or program that makes creating web pages easy. It is only available for Windows. http://www.sausage.com/ (If you want to learn how to write HTML yourself, go to the Technology Academy.) HyperStudio is great piece of software that all teachers should be aware of. It can be used in all curricular areas http://www.hyperstudio.com/ IDG Books , makers of the ...For Dummies series, has tech books for teachers that are very helpful, informative and easy to read and understand. http://www.dummies.com/ Titles include: The Internet For Teachers™, 2nd Edition Mac Multimedia For Teachers Macs For Teachers™, 3rd Edition Microsoft Office 97 For Windows For TeachersTM PCs For Teachers™, 2nd Edition These can be purchased online at Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble.com or at any major bookstore. Kathy Schrock, author of Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educator's, has compiled a list of suggestions of quality books and videos on the topic of technology integration. Use the following link, and click on "Recommended print titles for classroom Internet integration," which appears near the bottom of the page. http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/ LanguageWare.net contains multilingual tools for browsing and/or creating Web pages in over 30 languages (Windows). http://www.languageware.com Learn2.com offers over 200 tutorials in different applications (Word, Excel and Powerpoint) as well as Internet information and more advanced technology information, such as graphic design and databases. Tutorial levels range from beginner to advanced. You can purchase subscriptions of various length (1 month, 6 months or 1 year). There are free demos available on the site, but you have to download the Learn2 media player to view the demos. Added 2/9/00 http://www2.stlu.com/fd/schoolnotes.asp The Master Teacher is a weekly publication that would be purchased and given to teachers. It is just one of the publications offered for sale at this site. You can also find a weekly resource with information and other helpful links. Added 2/10/00 http://www.masterteacher.com Online education for technology and its usage in the classroom is available from Online Education, Inc. The organization publishes a monthly newsletter with ideas and lesson plans on integrating the Internet into your classroom. Online Educator magazine is a good resource for teachers. http://www.learnersonline.com/ Many companies offer web hosting for a fee. Web hosting when they hold your web pages on their computers, and make the pages available to anyone who types "http://www..." into their browser. Here are some hosting providers. Rent a Web Home Page http://www.netmart.com/ Budgetweb.com http://budgetweb.com/budgetweb/index.html Teacher2Teacher offers professional development materials specifically marketed to teachers. You can buy flip charts and training guides for some Microsoft products, as well as access to ResourceNet. Added 9/7/00 http://www.teacher2teacher.com/ Technology4Learning, a new company, is committed to products and support to enhance and increase student and teacher use of technology. You can buy the HyperStudio AnswerBox, claymation software or make arrangements to attend conferences. http://www.tech4learning.com/ If you use a Windows computer, you might want to download this piece of shareware called Time Manager. (Shareware is software you download over the Internet, try out, and then pay for at a later date. The cost is usually between $10-$25.) EZ-Timer is a stopwatch/timer that stays on your screen and can monitor computer use. You can have the machine beep at the end of the set time, or shut down. With EZ-Timer, you can have your students work on the computer and not have to worry about watching the time for them. You can have the computer beep when their time is up! http://www.viratech.com/Products/timem.asp Tutorials.com helps you find tutorials on different kinds of applications for computers, such as the Internet, graphic design or databasing. The find service is free, but you would have to pay for the tutorials. You must also have a Windows-compatible browser to use the tutorials. http://www.tutorials.com/ The Verio Business Center offers on-line courses in a variety areas. Some are application-specific, such as Office 2000, Photoshop, Windows 95, 98 and NT, and Excel. Other courses address Internet browsers as well as more advanced programming languages, such as A+ and CGI/Perl. Verio has three different subscription plans that are tailored to different types of users. Go to the main page and click on "Course Catalog." http://www.yourcompany.com/dpec/ WebWorkshops, created by the Evergreen Project, Inc., is another type of online teacher professional development. There are twelve modules, ranging from beginning Internet skills to technology integration. The first course can be previewed at no cost, but you must register and pay a licensing fee for the others. School districts may also buy licenses. Added 2/2/00 http://www.webworkshops.com wwwrrr.net is a company designed to enhance communication using technology and to teach teachers the power of technology. Through wwwrrr@myschool, you can create interactive school web sites to keep parents, students and the community informed. wwwrrr also offers onsite training in software applications and manuals, and will soon unveil online subscription-based training. Added 2/8/00 http://wwwrrr.net
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