Technology Standards Links

NC SCOS Computer/Technology Skills http://www.ncpublicschools.org/curriculum/computerskills/scos/
Orange County Schools Educational Technology Plan http://www.orange.k12.nc.us/Instruction/Technology/OCSTechPlan.pdf
Tech Standards from Butte County, CA (student benchmarks/continuum K-12) http://www.ctap2.org/standards.html#child
Partnership for 21st Century Skills: Homepage http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/
Route 21: An Amazing Resource for learning about 21st Century Skills http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/route21/index.php
CNETS: National Educational Technology Standards http://cnets.iste.org/

Technology Resources from Governments Around the World

Austrailia's Information/Education Technology Resource
http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/go/schooled/cache/offonce;jsessionid=5C019F2A12182B1F13350D0D9910C710
Ireland's Resource Collection for Educators http://www.scoilnet.ie/

Wiki Examples

An "Online Medical Clinic" by 6th graders (*This is one of the BEST classroom wiki examples!)
http://codeblue.wikispaces.com/onlinesafetyAn Elementary Classroom Wiki (*Another great example) http://desbuffalo.wikispaces.com/
W.A.C.: Ecosystems https://classwiki-msrussell.wikispaces.com/
A Reader's Response Wiki https://star-reads.wikispaces.com/
A Highschool Wiki for Computer/Technology Classes (extensive) http://westwood.wikispaces.com/
Wikipedia: A Web Collaboration Encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
An Apples and Oranges Wiki http://tryme.wikispaces.com/
A Wiki Created by Technology Educators: Extensive Resources on http://eduwikius.wikispaces.com/
Classroom Wiki used to house student work: http://cyberchickens5.wikispaces.com/
A 5th Grade Classroom Wiki http://jabernethy.wikispaces.com/
A Wiki Story by a Grade 2 Class in Canada http://room4-wiki.wikispaces.com/
A Middle School News Wiki http://adamsnews.wikispaces.com/

Tools to Get Going in the 21st Century

Personal Digital Libraries (aka Social Bookmarking)
http://del.icio.us/
http://www.ikeepbookmarks.com/

Wikis
https://www.wikispaces.com/
http://pbwiki.com/
Learn More about Wikis through through a number of Podcasts/Tutorials http://www.susanbcline.com/eduwikitorial/node/4
Fantastic Website about Wikis geared towards Teachers http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/

Blogs
http://wordpress.com/Podcasting/Digital StorytellingVoicethread http://voicethread.com/#home|http://wordpress.com/

Podcasts
Educational Podcast Network: (Listen to numerous examples of podcasts) http://www.epnweb.org/index.php

Digital Storytelling
Voicethread http://voicethread.com/#home
Center for Digital Storytelling http://www.storycenter.org/stories/
These Stories from These Pictures http://www.storycenter.org/canada/index.html
http://electronicportfolios.org/digistory/
A Number of Different Digital Stories http://homepage.mac.com/eportfolios/iMovieTheater9.html

Read to Learn More

Landmarks for Schools: David Warlick's website for Redifining Literacy for the 21st Century http://www.landmark-project.com/
Harnessing the New Shape of Information: David Warlick http://davidwarlick.com/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.HarnessingTheNewShapeOfInformation
A 21st Century Learning Wiki: http://21stcenturylearning.wikispaces.com/
Paul Harrington's 21st Century Learning Wiki: http://21stcenturylearning.wikispaces.com/Paul+Harrington-+Wales
Redefining Literacy for the 21st Century by David Warlick.
Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms// by Will Richardson

Experts in 21st Century Literacies/Technology

David Warlick
Will Richardson
Henry Jenkins
Daniel Pink

WebQuest Resources

A Taxonomy of WebQuest Tasks: http://webquest.sdsu.edu/taskonomy.html
WebQuest Handouts from NCWiseOwl: http://www.ncwiseowl.org/Handouts/WebQuest/wqhanout.html