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Alliance Resource Links
  • VERSION 2 Materials Download!
    • Version #2 Weekly Materials
    Version #2 training materials.
    Current Collaborative & Real Time Data Projects: CIESE Classroom Projects, or pdf description, dates, requirements.
  • Polaris/Tri-C Current Workshop links, or our Savvy Cyber Teacher® project
  • Alliance Help Desk!, DataFeed
  • Alliance Official Web Site, The Original Web Site along with the mirror site.
  • Mentor Teacher Site,  Mentee Teacher Site
  • Curriculum files for downloading, passworded; and the mirror site.
    • The SAVVY Course Syllabus and full project overview.
    The Trainer's Helpdesk, Josh's masterpiece!
  • SAVVY site of  Steven's Weekly Lessons
    • Steven's primary site
    Steven's mirror Site
    Polaris/Tri-C Weekly Links select "Our Weekly Local Links."
  • Resource Links for Administrators
    • The National School Boards Association (NSBA) ToolKit of suggestions for administrators facilitating technological changes in education, and the Hitchhiker's Guide to Systemic Change.
  • Alliance Project Members.
    • Personal pages for the Cuyahoga Community College, Polaris Career Center, Miami Dade Community College, and Phoenix Maricopa Community College participants.
  • Personal pages for Cleveland area SAVVY Cyber Teacher® Pages
  • Cleveland Weekly Lesson Resources
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    Registration information for the Cuyahoga Community/Polaris Career Center SAVVY Cyber Teacher® Internet Courses.

     
    Netscape Materials
    We have found these browser links listed below to Netscape Sites,  Netscape Home and Netscape Help for the Savvy Educator..
  • Communicator upgrade and download area, even how to establish the Default Browser!
  • If you already have a version of Netscape, use the easy SmartUpdate page.  Their program will walk you through some very easy steps to upgrade.
  • For Plug-ins only, make your selection from the options in step 1 here.
  • BookMark conversion: Export from Internet Explorer "Favorites", or import to...
  • Netscape's Plug-ins Page
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    Get the latest Plugins from their list.
     
  • NJNIE New Jersey Networking Infrastructure In Education, at Stevens Institute of Technology
    • their Mirror Site
    Curriculum ProjectsCurriculum Projects, mirror site
    Compelling Internet Use
     
    Alliance Training Materials provided by The ILT.
    These are additional links from Geoff, Mike, and Ron;
    provided in addition to the weekly materials from Stevens or their Mirror Site.

    Weekly Materials:
    2001-2002 (ver 2): Polaris/Tri-C Weekly Links select "Our Weekly Local Links."
    1998-2000 ver1.: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine

    Terry Vacha helped teach the first SAVVY course of '98, and will hosted a session at Tri-C. Terry Vacha's Page,  and his Geocities account with identical content. Ron Goodwin has a page devoted to Educational Technologies.
     
    Week1
    So you want to find a domain, country identifier, or even register yourself?  Try Register.com!
    Ohio SchoolNet's description of Teacher Internet Skill/Proficiencies.
    An interactive World Wide Web Tutorial from TechCorps
    San Bernadino County Schools (under revision as of 3/2000)
    Level 1 Internet training, and their Internet Curriculum
    CyberBee, Library Media Specialist Linda Joseph provides help to teachers.
    Week2
    e-mail Netiquette, more Netiquette.
    Alternative site for posting Homework/discussions, and instructions for use.
    ILT's Links to listservs to complete the Ohio SchoolNet Tools {review the Networking Tools requirements here}
    Interested in information about e-mail hoaxes, chainletters? or the LoveBug Virus and remedy?
    Ask An Expert extras: Fish FAQs from Northeast Fisheries.
    So you think you want to earn money as an expert? Try The IntellectExchange! 
    Week3
    Global Sun/Temperature Project Grand Prize winner!
    Ohio SitesOnLine, a web index for Ohio.
    Nicknacks
    NickNacks can help you explore exciting virtual horizons of learning via the Internet. Our primary goal is to encourage telecollaboration among educators and students around the world. Whether you want to participate in a telecollaboration or start your own, there's information at NickNacks to help you and exciting projects to join.
    ILT's Projects Page
    The Institute's page devoted to projects on line for schools!
    and The Current Alliance Collaborative Projects links!
    The JASONProject A collaborative project hosted by Case Western University, offered to schools throughout Northeast Ohio.  The ILT & CWRU local JasonProject Information site.
    Global SchoolNet Foundation's Registry to Projects provides links to numerous projects as well as steps to developing a collaborative project and posting it at their site.  Subscribe to their listserv, hilites to receive news about current projects.
    TV5's Weather page, Ask the Weather Experts.
    Check out this Page of Rubrics!  Levels for Rubrics, Quests?  Developing your own Rubrics? 
    Week4
    Week5
  • Compelling Content, Educational Subject Guides
    1. Ron MacKinnon's Educational Bookmarks, at St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish Nova Scotia Canada.
    2. Dr. Barry Morris 21st Century Resources at The University of South Florida
    3. The ASCD's Learning by Design
    4. Subject Guide for Social Studies Teachers
    5. The ILT's Subject Guide and Search Page 
    Week6
  • Searching Links
    1. Subject Catalog Searching Tips, Search Engine Tips,  Cyberbee's lesson
    2. The Spider's Apprentice.
    3. Searching & Educational Subject Guides Links

      4. The ILT's page for Search Engines & Educational Subject Guides
      The ILT's Curriculum Links and Teacher Resources Links
    4. Cleveland State University's College of Education Subject Guides
    5.  A Really Fast Search Engine, Fast Search and I mean really FAST.
    6. Netscape's review of Search Engines. 
    Week7
  • Links for the "Information Age Educator"
  • Postal Zip not working? Try The UPS here.
  • National Geographic's Map Links and new Xpeditions!Printable Maps,  pick the continent etc.!
  • Election Links
    • GOVOTE.COMVOTER TEST - AMERICA'S POLITICAL PORTAL...For our readers still confused or undecided about who they want to support for president, this is the site to see!
    Presidential Election,Issues 2000
    Covering national issues, FreedomChannel.com.
    Even Ralph Nader has a Page!
    Election Day Results for First, and Second: Cleveland area!
    Examine the latest vote in Congress or find out who represents you in D.C.
    Take an opinion poll and compare yourself with representatives & others.
    Alternative site to check Congressman's vote.
  • U.S. Government
    • Congresslink Communicator, ideas for using this resource and enhancing civics education from the Dirksen Congressional Center providing experts online, lesson plans, lesson plan template, an electronic newsletter, a student scavenger hunt and teacher scavenger hunt using their website.
    To join the CongressLink Communicator mailing list, send an e-mail to aschade@pekin.net and type "newsletter subscribe" in the subject line.
    The ILT's Social Studies and Government Links.
  • General Social Studies, Language Arts, Referencing links
    • The Internet Public Library of World OnLine Newspapers.
    Levels for Rubrics, Quests?  Page of Rubrics!
    CNBC's student stock tournament! Solomon Smith Barney's Stock Portfolio Contest ThinkQuest, Investing for Kids Interactive Currency Table for currency conversion. Put fun into Funds with StrongKids.comYoungBiz, business profiles of youth and educators.
  • Additional Social Studies Links:
    • An interactive tutorial for the WWW.
    The TechCorps' WebTeacher.
    Microsoft TerraServer, World Imagery Database from the USGS! (could be slow through a modem!) Find your own neighborhood or see Area 51 exposed
    The Jason Project, an integrated, interdisciplinary, collaborative internet project coordinated in Cleveland through Case Western Reserve University!
    Week8
  • Links for the "Information Age Educator"
  • Web Page evaluation rubrics
    • Levels for Rubrics, Quests?  Developing your own Rubrics?  Check out this Page of Rubrics!
    Web site Evaluation Criteria!
    Widener University offersevaluational resources for various web contents.
  • Page Design
    1. U.of Oregon's Publishing Resources
    2. Homework Assignment Week8: set up your account at Geocities.Yahoo.com/home.
    3. Our links to support  for GeoCitiesYahoo. 
    4. Tutorials and more!
    5. Wow!  Help with Composer!
        6. We just found this site from Netscape for Composer!
        Or, jump directly to Creating Your First Web Page. (an alternativesite for same)
    6. Our Blank page template for your use, and a Composer template/demonstration page as well as the images on your disk.
    7. Building a School Website
    8. Our SAVVY Cyber Teacher Pages along with Miami & Phoenix Teacher Pages

      9. This will be the location for your pages!
      You might look through a few of them to get an idea of how teachers are designing their pages for the program.  Some Samples by other teachers.
    9. The ILT's page at Geocities, composed with their editor and a page uploaded with their "EZ Load" interface, written in Composer. Another SAVVY Teacher Page
    10. Other project team pages: The Core Trainers pages; Ron Goodwin's Educational Technologies page; and  Geocities account with identical content; and Mike's ILT site of curriculum links.
    11. Other sites for hosting School Pages: Free Web Page Provider Review, HighWired.com, nSchool.com, lightspan.com and of course GeoCities.com (send URLs for other sites to Mike Baker or Ron Goodwin.
    12. Education World has awarded Kenston Local Schools the "Cool School of the Year" for 1999.
    13. Help in writing Web Pages at San Bernadino County Schools

      14. Level 1 Internet training, and their Internet Curriculum,  (being revised 3/2000)
      Independent School District 196, Minnesota's Web Page Writing & Design links.
      Top Ten Mistakes in Web Design.
  • Graphics Assistance
    1. What do the images or the bookmarks look like provided on our Savvy disks?
    2. Interested in trimming down your jpg & gif files, try JPEG Wizard .
    3. Interested in comparing scanners, digital cameras, prices features etc, try www.imaging-resource.com.
  • Yahoo/Geocities Assistance
    • Our links to support  for GeoCitiesYahoo. 
  • A "Crash Course" for you Cyber Pilot License!  :-)
  • The ILT has links to another "compelling" use of the internet:
    1. ILT Web Quest Matrix
    2. ILT Web Quest Collections & a collection of Quests 
    Week9
  • Libraries and the Internet Toolkit, tips and guidance for managing the discussion and communication surrounding educational uses of the Internet.
  • Savvy Cyber Teacher® Published Pages! Our links to support  for GeoCitiesYahoo.
  • Standards in education:
    1. Ohio Proficiency Outcomes and links to Ohio's Statewide Technology Initiative, SchoolNet
    2. A Compendium of Standards and Benchmarks for K-12 ed
    3. A database containing 201 standards organized into thirteen major categories: mathematics, science, history, language arts, geography, the arts, civics, economics, foreign language, health, physical education, behavioral studies and life skills.
  • Restructuring Education
  • Ohio SchoolNet's description of Teacher Internet Skill/Proficiencies
    1. ILT's links to Problem Based Learning Restructuring Education
    2. Constructivist Links from Perry Public Schools, Ohio;  Cheryl Ward
     
    ILT Resources
    ILT Leadership Institute Home Page.
    Ohio Proficiency Outcomes and the ILT's links to Ohio's Statewide Technology Initiative, SchoolNet.

    The Ohio SchoolNet Home Page
    Ohio State Department of Education
    An Internet Curriculum Integration Workshop provided by The ILT
    Web sites linked to demonstrate 4 conceptual uses of the internet.
     
    Restructuring and Infrastructure Initiatives
    Curriculum Resources for Teaching and Learning "WITH" Technology, as opposed to Teaching and Learning Technology.
    Information Age Curriculum at San Bernadino County Schools
    Center for Problem Based Learning, The Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
    Who Else is Practicing Problem Based Learning?
    Problem Based Learning Sample Projects, k-12 .
    Constructivist discussion at Ohio Wesleyan University, Problem Based Leaning from Australia , using Technology to support reform , Global SchoolNet's reform links,
    Columbia University readings on Constructivism, Technology and the Future of the Classroom, Technology & School Reform, Technology Pedagogy.
    The Forum of Applied Educational Research and current readings at   Northeast Louisiana University
    Using Technology to support reform
     Mid-continent Regional & Education Laboratory  {McREL}
    A Compendium of Standards and Benchmarks for K-12 ed
    McREL has compiled and synthesized the standards and benchmarks found in 85 national and state level documents into a database containing 201 standards organized into thirteen major categories: mathematics, science, history, language arts, geography, the arts, civics, economics, foreign language, health, physical education, behavioral studies and life skills.
    Eight Questions You should ask before implementing Standards-Based Education at the local level along with Noteworthy Issues dealing with Educational Technology.
     
    Learning Styles
    New Horizons, translating educational research into practice
    The 8 Multiple Intelligences as defined by Dr. Barry Morris.
    Howard Gardner
    David Thornburg's Multiple Intelligences & Technology
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    Mike Baker teacher/coordinator
    Geoff Andrews Director of Technology
    The Instruction, Learning & Technology Leadership Institute
    Polaris Career Center
    7285 Old Oak Blvd.
    Middleburg Hts. OH 44130
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    This page last revised 5/28/2002