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Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI)
The MLTI is the largest educational technology project in the state of Maine and perhaps the world. Maine was the first state to provide a laptop to every 7th and 8th grade student and teacher.
- Maine MLTI Educator Site
This website is chock full of news, resources and information on the MLTI. It is entirely geared toward the instructional aspects of the initiative. - Maine State website
This website approaches the inititave from the perspective of the Maine Department of Education.
Henrico County Public Schools, Henrico County, VA
Explore one of the largest pioneer 1:1 Inititives.
Quaker Valley, PA
One of the Pennsylvania Digital School Districts
Ubitquitous Computing Evaluation Consortium page of links
BASD's Curriculum and Instruction website
Explore ELA, Math, Reading weblinks.
Middle School Teacher Sharing Page
Check out ELA, Math, Science and Social Studies lesson ideas and links that other BASD middle school teachers have submitted. Keep watching to learn when the BFLEX sessions will be held where you can submit your ideas.
Apple Professional Development Online (APDO)
Delve into this resource that gives teachers access to Nettrekker, Apple and Atomic Learning tutorials, and professional articles. See a mentor teacher for an access code.
Apple Learning Interchange (ALI)
Explore this innovative and rich resource that showcase teaching practices, lesson ideas, virtual field trips, digital documentaries, digital learning events and technology showcases. Watch a movie (QuickTime) that provides a good overview of what the site has to offer.
Access PA Power Library
The POWER Library is a service of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania State Library, the Bethlehem Area Public Library and the BASD school libraries. The POWER Library gives access to thousands of full-text articles, a major encyclopedia, plus photographs, pictures, charts, maps, reference materials for all ages.
United Streaming
Teachers may gain access to this wealth of instructional streaming videos by entering the site by using their CPE tracker login. Teachers new to the district starting in the 2004-2005 school year need to obtain instructions from their curriculum supervisor on creatinan account.
Digital Curriculum
From AIMS Multimedia, Digital Curriculum is a curriculum video-on-demand teaching and learning system that fully integrates full-length educational videos, key concept video clips, still images, Encyclopaedia Britannica content, teacher guides, lesson plans, and interactive online assessments and assignments into a comprehensive learning tool for teachers, students, and administrators with complete record-keeping and an internal messaging service. Teachers may see a curriculum supervisor for Bethlehem's code.
Webquest Portal
This is an essential tool for any teacher wanting to do meaningful activities utilizing web resources.
Marco Polo
Marco Polo: Internet Content for the Classroom is a nonprofit consortium of premier national and international education organizations and the MCI Foundation dedicated to providing the highest quality Internet content and professional development to teachers and students throughout the United States. Through the Marco Polo homepage, one is able to access seven content web sites with lessons, student interactive content, and more! Some of the featured websites include: The Kennedy Center ArtsEdge, read•write•think (NCTE), Illuminations (NCTM), Xpeditions (National Geographic), EconEdLink (NCEE), and Science NetLinks (AAAS).
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
Supported by the National Science Foundation, Utah State University's website features a library of mathematical manipulatives and interactive learning tools at elementary and middle school levels. It makes use of Java applets.
Annenberg CPB Channel
The Annenberg CPB Channel is a free satellite channel for schools, colleges, libraries, public broadcasting stations, public access channels, and other community agencies. It is presented 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, and airs an extraordinary range of teacher professional development and instructional programs funded by Annenberg/CPB. It is also offered as streaming video. Please remember to minimize the usage of streaming video during the instructional day.
Searching Tools
These search tools are bookmarked on every student's iBook:
Access PA POWER Library (if in BASD, use this link)
Bethlehem Public Library Link(use this link if at home)
The POWER Library is a service of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania State Library, the Bethlehem Area Public Library and the BASD school libraries. The POWER Library gives access to thousands of full-text articles, a major encyclopedia, plus photographs, pictures, charts, maps, reference materials for all ages.
Ask Jeeves Kids
Ask Jeeves for kids is a way for students to get quick answers to their questions. It used natural language technology that allows students to ask questions in the same way they would ask a parent, such as "Why is the sky blue?". Filtering technology is employed along with human judgement to provide safe sites for students to get the answers to their questions.
DeskRef: Sources for Quick Answers
Quick access to frequently used electronic materials. The resources listed include: indexes, directories, calculators, lists, catalogs, calendars, guides, dictionaries, glossaries, maps, searchable databases, and news sites.
Fact Monster: Online Almanac, Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Homework Help
This is a kid's reference website for ages 8-14. It combines contents of an encyclopedia, a dictionary, and atlas and several almanacs. Some of the references used are The TIME for Kids Almanac, • The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, the Infoplease Dictionary and the Infoplease Atlas.
Ithaki Kids Metasearch
Ithaki 4 KIDS finds results in the best search engines for kids simultaneously, then removes the duplicates, ranks the results and shows them in one page. Searches: Dmoz Kids, Yahooligans, FactMonster, ArtKidsRule, AolKids, AwesomeLibrary, KidsClick!
KidsClick! Web Search
Web search tool designed by librarians
Yahooligans
A full size web gude for kids ages 8-14.