Computer Learning Month: Teachers
Teaching Teachers
Computer Learning Month is supported by the Computer Learning Foundation. This year's focus is Teachers Helping Teachers, specifically through the use of digital video. We all know that the Web offers a myriad of resources for our students, but often we do not have time to explore the resources designed specifically for educators themselves. This resource guide focuses on teacher resources for professional development and resource sharing. Teachers can be teachers' best resources, we hope that this guide can help you to connect!

Computer Learning Foundation Home Page
This resource by the Computer Learning Foundation provides links and information about the annual Computer Learning Month, lessons and learning involving technology and a multitude of references to the responsible use of technology in education. Use this site to access information not only about the use of technology in education, but also for information about contests for both students and educators.

Computer Learning Foundation's OurTown - Student Web Project
Provides guidelines for helping students develop web sites about their communities, and includes numerous links to student-created sites. Students may enter and win prizes for their work in a yearly contest.

Technology Professional Development
October is known as "Computer Learning Month," but all months are important times for technology use in education. Professional development in this area is often difficult to provide because of differences in skill levels, grade levels, subject areas, and classroom equipment. This resource guide features a variety of ideas about offering teachers that "just right" inservice through use of online resources.

Apple Learning Professional Development
Apple offers workshops, products, and services that help you successfully provide for technology integration - no matter which computers you're using.

Apple Education Resources
Through hardware, software and research, Apple supports education. The Apple Education Web site contains a great deal of information to help educators integrate technology into the curriculum. The links collected here gather together some of the best resources within the Apple Education pages, including technology integration, assistive technology, and professional development.

Teachers Using Technology
Computers and the Internet are the rage. As new technology becomes more available, many teachers are trying to find ways to use it in their classroom. They recognize that technology is an important tool that can improve the quality of learning, making learning more efficient and helping students and teachers reach deeper levels of knowledge and understanding. In this resource guide, teachers will be able to explore how to integrate technology effectively into the curriculum and develop the necessary skills to survive in the "Information Age."

Assessing Teachers' Technology Skills
One of the most important aspects of successfully implementing technology is being able to measure the progress that teachers make as they learn and use technology in the classroom. There are numerous approaches to assessing teachers' skills, depending on the philosophy of your district's technology plan. In this resource guide, there are lists of competencies and self-assessment instruments. Most of the authoring organizations have provided permission for you to use or adapt them.

.Integrating Technology into the Secondary Language Arts Classroom
October is Computer Learning Month, sponsored by the Computer Learning Foundation. Its mission, in part, is "improving the quality of education and preparation of youth for the workplace through the use of technology." It goes without saying that we live in an information age, and the better we prepare students for this information age, the better we serve ourselves and our communities. The resources in this guide are intended to provide ways for the language arts teacher to facilitate the use of technology in the classroom to provide access to the vital skills that the future will demand.

Integrating Computers into the Social Studies Classroom
Where are the best sites on the Web for Social Studies teachers who want to put their classroom or lab computers to use? How do you manage students when you have one, three or thirty computers to work with? What type of activities work best with computers and the Internet? This resource guide seeks to answer these questions with a selection of top quality Web sites, lesson plans and articles that will help you put your classroom computers to work today.

Education Technology for Mathematics
Microchips are by nature mathematical calculators. As such, electronic devices, especially computers, are ideal tools to illustrate concepts of mathematics, particularly those processes which are prohibitively difficult to calculate by hand. The resources in this guide explain how technology in general can be used in the classroom and provide examples of some of the software and data that can be used to allow students to understand high school mathematics and gain access to higher level concepts.

Learning Strategies for Computer Science
From Muskingum College's Center for Advancement of Learning, this extensive site presents numerous learning strategies for the field of computer science. Topics include note taking strategies, organization and memory strategies, and test preparation.

Getting Started With Technology in an Elementary Classroom
Are you struggling, like many educators, to figure out how to get started using technology in your curriculum? This guide gives you 10 Internet sites to use first as you investigate integrating technology into your classroom. Check out useful sites such as Funbrain.com, Book Adventure, and USA Today during this journey.

Educational Technology for Science
Nearly every part of the technological world in which we live was invented originally to assist in scientific investigation. As such, electronic devices, especially computers, are by nature able to be used to connect people to science and thus make ideal educational tools. The resources in this guide both explain how technology in general can be used in the classroom and also provide examples of some of the software and data that can be used to allow students to understand science in ways similar to those used by professional scientists.

Integrating Computers into the Classroom
Are there several computers in the classroom but you do not know how to use them in your lessons? Do you want to learn more about how to weave computers &endash; including the Internet and multimedia &endash; into your curriculum? This resource guide will give you a general idea of how to integrate computers into your classroom, aid you in using the Internet as a curriculum resource, and assist you in creating student-centered investigations and activities.