Standards

National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers
      http://cnets.iste.org/teachers/t_stands.html   

Vermont's Framework of Standards and Learning Opportunities
      http://www.state.vt.us/educ/new/html/pubs/framework.html

Information Technology and Vermont Education Goals...a 
      paper: http://www.vita-learn.org/resources/eddocs/itveg.htm 

Vermont Department of Education, Information Clearinghouse
      http://www.state.vt.us/educ 

VITA-Learn: Vermont Information Technology Association for 
      the Advancement of Learning  http://www.vita-learn.org 

Vermont Institute for Science, Math and Technology:      http://www.vismt.org/index.html

Web Design

Web Development: Design Issues for a Better Web Site http://academics.smcvt.edu/lwilliams/Workshops/web_development.htm

Animation Factory
http://www.animfactory.com/index.html

Web page backgrounds
http://www.webpagebackground.com/

Graphic Maps
http://www.graphicmaps.com/graphic_maps.htm

ClipArt Connection
http://www.clipartconnection.com/

Icon Bazaar
http://www.iconbazaar.com/

Pics for Learning
http://pics.tech4learning.com/

Saint Michael's College, Student Resources Center, Career Development Guide
    http://www2.smcvt.edu/src/career/services/resume/resume%20index.htm

Electronic Portfolios from the Curry School of Education at the
      University of Virginia  http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/curry/class/edlf/589-05/

Electronic Portfolios from Joyce L. Morris, UVM faculty: http://www.uvm.edu/~jmorris/ep/electronicportfolio.html

Rubic for Assessing Electronic Portfolios by Joyce L. Morris, UVM: www.uvm.edu/~jmorris/rubricep.html

Teachnet.com:       
http://www.teachnet.com/how-to/employment/portfolios/index.html


Bellarmine College student teacher portfolios http://education.bellarmine.edu/portfolio/

Research Resources

Britannica online
http://www.smcvt.edu/library/resources/databases.htm 

Best Web Sites for Teachers book on reserve at SMC Library
call number: REF LB1044.87 .S53 2000

From the SMC site at:   http://www.smcvt.edu/library/resources/index.htm
Choose the "Subject Guide to selected resources"  
Scroll down to Social Sciences and click on Education. 
Choose a resource from this list, like Internet sites, near the bottom or ERIC, see below.

ERIC
http://www.smcvt.edu/library/resources/databases.htm
Consider the lesson plan suggestions, but make sure you save the link for your bibliography and modify any lesson plans you use to avoid plagiarism.

Online catalogs from any of the Vermont libraries (i.e. school libraries, not SMC). Great for suggestions for children's books.
http://www.smcvt.edu/library/resources/catalogs.htm

Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com 

Assessment

Rubistar-create rubrics for your project-based learning activities 
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/ 

Hot Potatoes--make tests here
http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/hotpot/wintutor/intro.htm 

PowerPoint

PowerPoint in the classroom
http://www.actden.com/pp/ 

WebQuests

The Webquest Page--the ultimate guide
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html

• A Webquest about Webquests
  http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquestwebquest.html 

• A matrix of Webquest Examples
  http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/matrix.html 

Ozline.com--helping educators work the web
http://www.ozline.com/ 

• Webquests for learning
  http://ozline.com/webquests/intro.html 

• Webquest rubric
  http://www.ozline.com/webquests/rubric.html 

Learning and Leading with Technology v.26
http://www.iste.org/L&L/archive/vol26/no7/features/yoder/sidebar.html 

Working the web--Webquests 101
http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/oct00/march.htm 

List of Webquests
http://sesd.sk.ca/teacherresource/webquest/webquest.htm