As an ever-evolving and expanding process, technology integration in education has taken on diverse forms and has been adopted at various levels in the K-12 setting.  Teachers face the challenge of devising meaningful and appropriate uses of technology in the classroom, a challenge these pages within the CELT Website have been created to confront and accept.  Enjoy your stay within this strand of the Center for the Expansion of Learning and Teaching!

The International Society for Technology in Education    ISTE is a nonprofit professional organization with a worldwide membership of leaders and potential leaders in educational technology.  This site is a first-stop for technology using teachers and those teachers interested in getting started integrating technology tools in their classrooms.  ISTE provides many of the highest quality resources in the field.

McREL - Technology Integration  These pages provide some of the best online resources available to help educators, administrators, and parents answer common questions and solve problems related to the implementation and use of technology in education.

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction � Instructional Media and Technology    Maintained by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, this site provides links to the Wisconsin Model Academic Standards, technology funding sources for school districts, reviews of educational software, and plentiful resources for technology planning in your district.

U.S. Department of Education: Office of Educational Technology   Interested in keeping up to date on national trends in educational technology and locating funding sources for technology enhancement in your district?  The Office of Educational Technology provides both sources of information.

EDTECH Listserv   Serving as a question/answer forum for those specializing in educational technology, this listserv also archives all posts and applicable threads.  This particular site was created to help make the archives and references offered by the many subscribers and participants in the EDTECH discussion list more accessible for reference and study.  Subscribing to the EDTECH listserv is available from this site.

Edupage   Edupage is a free e-mail service that summarizes developments in information technology and education, which are extracted from the mainstream media.  It is sent three times a week to subscribers.  A great resource for technology teachers wanting to keep up-to-date on all the major changes taking place in a condensed, easily accessible format.  Incorporate the current events covered into your technology-enriched classroom.

AskERIC Virtual Library: Educational Technology   Containing links to full-text journal articles, lessons, discussion groups, and other educational technology sites, the AskERIC Virtual Library is an invaluable resource for all educators.  Technology-savvy teachers will especially appreciate the information found on the Educational Technology pages.

The WebQuest Page   This site is designed to serve as a resource to those who are using the WebQuest model to teach with the web.  A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the information used by learners is drawn from the Web. WebQuests are designed to use learners' time well, to focus on using information rather than looking for it, and to support learners' thinking at the levels of analysis, synthesis and evaluation.  If you�re a first-timer incorporating the Internet into your classroom, look no further than the WebQuest Page!

Microsoft Office Template Gallery for Teachers  Very functional and practical templates are available from this site, including excellent authentic examples.  The templates are fairly easy to modify to fit your needs if you�re familiar with the Office suite.  As long as we�re teaching about technology, we might as well use technology tools ourselves!

PBS TeacherSource - Technology and Teaching  A great resource for not only first-timers incorporating Web-based lesson plans, but also those teachers well acclimated to using the Internet as a teaching tool.  PBS TeacherSource is widely known for its reputation as source of lessons fostering critical inquiry and response from students and teachers alike.