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Fact Monster – Computers, Technology, & Internet
FactMonster provides a good, “easy read” overview of Computers and the Internet.
Best Free Engineering Lessons and Activities
Explore these top engineering lessons and activities for K-12 classrooms. Look around. What do you see? Perhaps computers, phones, desks, and lights. Possibly chairs, backpacks, and textbooks. Likely … learn more
Coding Activities by Grade
A large collection of coding activities for all grade levels. This is a long list of online activities related to coding and programming. Program on computers, iPads, laptops–whatever works, … learn more
20th Century Facts for Kids
The 20th century began on 1 January 1901 and ended on 31 December 2000. It was the century that saw two world wars, the Soviet Union rise and fall, the coming of the telephone, sound … learn more
Stop Bullying: What Is Cyberbullying?
Cyberbullying is bullying that takes place over digital devices like cell phones, computers, and tablets. Cyberbullying can occur through SMS, Text, and apps, or online in social media, … learn more
The National Association for Media Literacy
NAMLE envisions a day when everyone, in our nation and around the world, possesses the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, create, and act using all forms of communication. Media literacy … learn more
Ten Ways to Use Google Earth in Your Classroom
Google Earth is available to use in your web browser, as desktop software, as an iOS app, and as an Android app. All versions can be found at google.com/earth. … learn more
3 Emerging Tech Careers for Students to Consider
The tech industry is by far the fastest-growing industry out there. Not so long ago it was primarily experienced scientists who dealt with computers and created software. But … learn more
Computer Science Lesson Plans
Computer science lesson plans are crucial for educators to inspire and educate students on technology, coding, and digital literacy. In today’s world, where computers are increasingly relevant, teachers … learn more
Edutopia: Media Literacy
Find and share resources to help students learn to analyze, evaluate, and communicate in a world with countless media sources and constant access to powerful computers.
TEACH COMPUTER SCIENCE
GCSE, KS3 & A-Level Computer Science Resources Comprehensive GCSE, KS3 & A-Level Computer Computer Science teaching resources for teaching students Aged 11-18. In short: everything you need to teach … learn more
Best Websites for Learning Coding
In our modern world, coding has ascended from a niche technical skill to an essential part of education. It’s not merely about understanding the intricate workings of computers … learn more
12 Digital Art Websites For Students
eaching our students to use digital art and allowing them to express, learn and play is becoming increasingly important. Not only does digital allow students to express themselves … learn more
The Best Block-Based Coding Tools for Beginners
The benefits around teaching kids to code have gained more and more momentum — making the market for apps and sites offering computer science curriculum and activities crowded. Thankfully, there … learn more
ISTE: What Educators — and Students — Can Learn From ChatGPT
Let’s be real, who wouldn’t want a robot that can help you write your essay in a fraction of the time? The question may be rhetorical, but it’s … learn more
Decision-Making Tips and Guidance for: Integrating Technology in the Classroom
When finding the best approach to classroom technology, an educator must consider several different factors, including: Technology matching student learning needs. This can be accomplished by first listing the … learn more
Kidtopia
Kidtopia is a site created by school librarians for elementary school students and their teachers. Kidtopia is a directory and search engine including websites recommended by teachers, librarians, … learn more
BookWidgets
Choose from 40+ digital exercise templates that work on smartphones, tablets, and computers Transform paper worksheets to interactive quizzes and assignments, rich with multimedia. More into educational learning … learn more
Online Learning Tutorials: Basic Computer Essentials
In today’s world, virtually everyone needs to know how to use a computer and how to type on a computer keyboard. Most jobs involve some type of computer, … learn more
Generation Genius: K-8 Science Videos for Kids
Although students often learn much about computers by disassembling them (as folks have experienced with every technological advance), museums exhibits and workshops reveal the inner workings of the … learn more
Cyberbullying
According to StopBullying.gov, Cyberbullying is bullying that takes place over digital devices like cell phones, computers, and tablets. It can happen via text message and within apps, on social media, … learn more
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) is a global organization promoting the responsible use of computer technology. Founded in 1981, CPSR educates policymakers and the public on a … learn more
GenScope Project
GenScope Project, developed by Paul Horwitz, is an advanced tool which links stored data (such as animations) to software objects with their own properties in disconnected online databases. … learn more
Creating Multimedia: Advanced Level • Topic Page
Many computers and even smart phones now come built in with the capability to create and edit video. The best advice is to “just do it”. Your first … learn more
How Often Should You Backup?
Our rule of thumb is… If something bad happened, how many hours of work would you be willing to redo? For casual users, backing up once a day … learn more
Jungle Disk
Jungle Disk is primarily for computer backup, but does allow some file sharing. Designed to easily and automatically backup your computers and share files between computers. All files … learn more
Photography Resources • Topic Page
With the advent of the ubiquitous smart phone and no-cost image editing on computers, you can now incorporate photography into any classroom. Posting student images on a class … learn more
Automated Essay Scoring Myths
While written by the authors of Paper Rater, an automated essay scoring web site, the author addresses the “Computers Can NOT Grade as Well as Humans” issue and … learn more
Center for Computational Thinking
Because of the influence of computers, “computational thinking” capitalizes on the particular computer features, such as data mining,and algorithmic reasoning. The mission of the Center for Computational Thinking … learn more
NetSupport School
Once you have computers in your school, how do you track them and the students that use them? NetSupport School is an example solution that works with a … learn more
Special Education • Topic Page
Data can be mustered to demonstrate the benefits of homogeneous and heterogeneous grouping in classrooms, in this case learning disabled and gifted students. Folks hold quite strong opinions … learn more
Collection of Art Websites • Topic Page
Since access to computers and online resources, other than in community access in schools and libraries and kiosks, are limited to the upper 30% income level in homes, … learn more
Little Shop of Physics
The Little Shop of Physics at Colorado State is not horrific at all. It contains 60 experiments which use hand-on materials and computers. Students can explore their “blind … learn more
Music & Stories in the Classroom • Topic Page
Students enjoy music, movies and videos, of course. By encouraging creation within this media they will experience “ownership”. With free or inexpensive and computers already in your classroom, … learn more
The Explorations of Lewis and Clark
Because computers can track and remember different points of view and alternative decisions so much more easily than people, we find this feature more frequently on the Web … learn more
The Concord Consortium
Bob Tinker, founder of the Concord Consortium, has pioneered the use of remote sensing devices, linked to computers, and hands-on physics experiments. (Activities for both these approaches are … learn more
Safe Search and Cookies
When you change safe search settings, the search site will add a “cookie” to your browser with the new setting. This means you’ll need to change the settings … learn more
Safe Web Search Tools • Topic Page
Here are some options you can use to make searching safer on your school computers. Most search services will block inappropriate content when using their safe search feature, … learn more
Computer Science Unplugged
CS Unplugged is a collection of free learning activities that teach Computer Science through engaging games and puzzles that use cards, string, crayons and lots of running around. … learn more
Coding a LEGO Maze
Michelle has created a free, printable “Coding a LEGO Maze” activity that can grow with kids. No computers are used. Just paper and (optionally) a maze made of … learn more
How Bits and Bytes Work
HowStuffWorks includes a number of good articles on the workings of computers. How Bits and Bytes Work describes the basic element of computer technology — 1’s and 0’s.
Educational Technology Resources • Topic Page
The Internet provides a wide range of resources — especially for things technical. When searching the net, add the word “tutorial” or “introduction” to find introductory information. … learn more
Can Math Explain How Animals Get Their Patterns?
This video looks at Alan Turing’s Reaction-Diffusion Model, which mathematically defines how patterns might be formed in Nature. Turing, the father of computers, created a set of formulas … learn more
Computer Science Education Week
The week-long event acknowledges the vast impact computer science (computing, computer engineering, informatics, information technology, software engineering and information systems) has in our daily lives and raises awareness for the need … learn more