TOC: EDU5471: Computer Based Resources in Ed

12 March 2007, Module 1 Communicating digitally in educational settings

• Skyrme, D 1997, From information management to knowledge management: Are you prepared?
  • http://www.skyrme.com/pubs/on97full.htm

• Merchant, G 2001, Teenagers in cyberspace: an investigation of language use and language change in internet chatrooms
  • EBSCO: http://search.ebscohost.com/

• IRC help:
  • http://www.irchelp.org

• Chat Danger:
  • http://www.chatdanger.com/

• CyberSmart Curriculum:
  • http://www.cybersmartcurriculum.org/home/

• NetSmart:
  • http://www.netsmartz.org/flash/index.html

19 March 2007, Module 1 Experimenting with electronic communication

• Education Queensland’s Discussion Lists,
  • http://education.qld.gov.au/listserv/

• Oz teachers Discussion Lists
  • http://education.qld.gov.au/listserv/

• QSITE discussion lists
  • http://www.qsite.edu.au/

• Professional associations
  • http://www.qct.edu.au/continuing-professional-learning/prof_assocns_cpl12.aspx

• Skurzynski, G 1998 Up for discussion
  • EBSCO: http://search.ebscohost.com/

• Richardson, W 2004 Blogging and RSS — The "What's it?" and "How to" of powerful new web tools for educators.
  • http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/jan04/richardson.shtml

• Downes, S 2004, Educational Blogging
  • http://www.educause.edu/pub/er/erm04/erm0450.asp?bhcp=1

• Stephen Downes
  • http://www.downes.ca/news/OLDaily.htm

• George Siemens
  • http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/

• Chris Sessums
  • http://elgg.net/csessums/weblog/

• Top 100 education blogs
  • http://oedb.org/library/features/top-100-education-blogs

• Bloglines:
  • http://www.bloglines.com/

• Blogger:
  • http://www.blogger.com/start

26 March 2007, Module 1 Exploring the Internet and networking in education

• BoardWatch Magazine, 1999, The Internet - what is it?
  • http://www.cs.uh.edu/~klong/papers/The%20Internet%202000.pdf

• 2004, Wiki's described in plain english
  • http://www.commoncraft.com/archives/000644.html

• Lamb, B 2004, Wide Open Spaces
  • http://www.educause.edu/pub/er/erm04/erm0452.asp

• wikispaces
  • http://www.wikispaces.com/site/tour

• Augar, N., Raitman, R. & Zhou, W. (2004). Teaching and learning online with wikis. In R. Atkinson, C. McBeath, D. Jonas-Dwyer & R. Phillips (Eds), Beyond the comfort zone: Proceedings of the 21st ASCILITE Conference (pp. 95-104). Perth, 5-8 December.
  • http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/perth04/procs/augar.html

• Hardigan, Steve (2006) Exploring Wikis in Education with Vicki Davis and Adam Frey. Retrievd 29 April 2007 from
  • http://www.stevehargadon.com/2006/08/exploring-wikis-in-education-with.html

• Wagner, Mark. (2006) Basic/Advanced Training Wiki While You Work (Basic) retrieved 30 April 2007 from
  • http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=53

• Teaching Hacks.com. Wikis: What is a Wiki? retrieved 30 April 2007 from
  • http://www.teachinghacks.com/wiki/index.php?title=Wikis

• TeachersFirst. Wiki Walk Through retrieved 30 April 2007 from
  • http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/

• EduWikiTorial. retrieved 30 April 2007 from
  • http://www.susanbcline.com/eduwikitorial/

• Downs, S nd, Learning Objects
  • http://www.downes.ca/files/Learning_Objects.htm

• Longmire, A 2000, A Primer on Learning Objects
  • http://www.learningcircuits.org/2000/mar2000/Longmire.htm

• Moon Year:
  • http://www.jgiesen.de/moonyear/

• Secret Worlds
  • http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/

• Snowflake designer:
  • http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspDetail&ResourceID=46

• Teddy Triangle:
  • http://www.nobodyhere.com/toren.hier

• Create your own rock band:
  • http://www.createbands.com/

• Cromwell, S 1998, Getting started on the internet: developing an acceptable use policy.
  • http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr093.shtml

• Internet Censorship in Australia:
  • http://www.efa.org.au/Issues/Censor/cens1.html

2 April 2007 Module 2 Investigation of hardware and ergonomics for educational use

• http://atlantis.crlt.indiana.edu/

• Sunrise, 2003, The educators’ guide to learning in virtual reality.
  • http://sunrisevr.com/pdf/SUNRISE_EducationGuide2003.pdf

• Appel, J. (2006). "Second Life" develops education following
  • http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showstory.cfm?ArticleID=6713

• USQ Alive: http://alive.usq.edu.au/

• MOO Tips on use
  • http://www.enabling.org/grassroots/mootut/bas-comm.htm

• More details on MOOs, MUDs and MUSHs
  • http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/1.2/binder2.html?coverweb/Keenan/kairosm3.html

• MOO based in Hawaii
  • http://moo.kcc.hawaii.edu:8888/

• Second Life** http://secondlife.com/

• Second life for educational purposes
  • http://secondlife.com/education

• A Blog comment on 2nd life
  • http://www.mctoonish.com/blog/?p=288

• McKenzie, J (2002), After laptop
  • http://fno.org/apr02/afterlaptop.html

• Rajala, J 2003, Handhelds in education
  • EBSCO: http://search.ebscohost.com/

• What can you learn from a mobile?
  • http://www.innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=83

• Texas Center for Educational Technology n.d. Classroom ecosystems: is educational technology safe?
  • http://www.tcet.unt.edu/pubs/eco/eco02.pdf

• Anshel, JR n.d. Kids and computers: eyes and visual systems
  • http://www.education.umn.edu/kls/ecee/pdfs/Kids%20and%20Computers-II.pdf

• Ergonomics Guide and Tips for Computer Users
  • http://www2.umdnj.edu/eohssweb/ergo/index.htm

• Ergonomics for Children and Educational Environments
  • http://www.education.umn.edu/kls/ecee/guidelines.html

• Second Life:
  • http://knowledgegarden.usq.edu.au/tiki-index.php?page_id=713
• Moodle:
  • http://knowledgegarden.usq.edu.au/tiki-index.php?page_id=176
• Wiki:
  • http://knowledgegarden.usq.edu.au/tiki-index.php?page_id=708

23 April 2007 Module 2 Investigating and exploring software for educational use

• Luehrmann, A 1980, ‘Should the computer teach the student, or vice-versa’.
  • EBSCO: http://search.ebscohost.com/

• Luehrmann, A 2002, ‘Should the computer teach the student...’ — 30 years later".
  • http://www.citejournal.org/vol2/iss3/seminal/article2.cfm

• McKenzie, J 2000, “Beyond edutainment and technotainment”.
  • http://fno.org/sept00/eliterate.html

• McKenzie, J 2000, ‘The software trap’
  • http://fno.org/mar2000/softwaretrap.html

• http://www.edsoft.com.au/

• http://www.nh.com.au/

• http://www.inspiration.com/

• http://www.mind-map.com/EN/index.html

• http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

• http://www.goreason.com/

• The Perfect School Computer:
  • http://knowledgegarden.usq.edu.au/tiki-index.php?page_id=494

30 April 2007 Module3 Evaluating and procuring software and Managing ICT resources

• Komoski PK & Plotnick, E 2000, Seven Steps to Responsible Software Selection.
  • http://www.usq.edu.au/course/material/edu5471/mod2b/7%20steps.pdf

• The Process of Evaluating Software and its Effect on Learning
  • http://hagar.up.ac.za/catts/learner/eel/Conc/conceot.htm

• Harris, N 1994, ‘Sammy’s science house’.
  • http://www.usq.edu.au/course/material/edu5471/mod2b/reading4.7.pdf

• Taylor-Graham, D 1995, ‘The even more incredible machine’.
  • http://www.usq.edu.au/course/material/edu5471/mod2b/reading4.8.pdf

• Howard, C. 1996, ‘Dr Seuss’s ABC vs the interactive alphabet'.
  • http://www.usq.edu.au/course/material/edu5471/mod2b/reading4.9.pdf

• McKenzie, J 1998, ‘Networking schools: managing quandaries, dilemmas and conundrums’.
  • http://www.fno.org/apr98/quandaries.html

• Becker, H 1998, “Running to catch a moving train: Schools and information technologies”.
  • EBSCO: http://search.ebscohost.com/

• Copyright:
  • http://www.copyrightaware.gov.au/

• Belanger, Y 2002, ‘Laptop Computers in the K-12 Classroom’.
  • EBSCO: http://search.ebscohost.com/

• Minkel, W 2003, ‘Laptop lessons’
  • EBSCO: http://search.ebscohost.com/

• Albion, P 1999, ‘Laptop orthodoxy: Is portable computing the answer for education?’.
  • http://www.acce.edu.au/journal/journals/vol14_1.pdf

• National Education Association, nd Labapohobia,
  • http://www.nea.org/teachexperience/gb030513.html

• Curriculum Administrator, 2001, Classrooms and computer labs are home for most computers
  • EBSCO: http://search.ebscohost.com/

• Evaluating multimedia references and resources:
  • http://knowledgegarden.usq.edu.au/tiki-index.php?page_id=379

7 May 2007 Module 3 Planning ICT resources and Protecting infrastructure and data

• Education Technology NOT
  • http://www.edtechnot.com/index.html

• Jamie McKenzie’s From Now On
  • http://www.fno.org/

• Tom March’s site
  • http://tommarch.com/ozblog/

• School Technology and Readiness
  • http://www.ceoforum.org/

• North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
  • http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/

• http://www.inspiration.com/
• http://www.goreason.com/
• http://www.mindjet.com/index.html

• Constable, P 2003, ‘For the long term’.
  • EBSCO: http://search.ebscohost.com/

• McKenzie, J 1994, ‘Creating tech plans for individual sites’.
  • http://www.fno.org/FNOFeb94.html

• Mckenzie, J 2000, ‘Making good change happen’
  • http://fno.org/jun00/goodchange.html

• Kirkpatrick, D & Tkaczyk, C 2003 ‘Taking back the net’
  • EBSCO: http://search.ebscohost.com/

• Trotter, A 2003, ‘Cyber viruses infect schools across nation’.
  • EBSCO: http://search.ebscohost.com/

• Security Audit:
  • http://techlearning.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=17602668

• The Why approach to Technology planning:** http://knowledgegarden.usq.edu.au/tiki-index.php?page_id=105

14 May 2007 Module 4 Planning for ICT integration

• Resnick, M 2002, ‘rethinking learning in the digital age’
  • http://www.cid.harvard.edu/cr/pdf/gitrr2002_ch03.pdf

• Jones, B (1990) Pencils across the curriculum
  • http://www.ictpd.net/bj/publish/pencils.htm

• Hutchison, S 1999, The internet in the classroom: benefits and considerations.
  • http://www.scs.unr.edu/~slh/paper.html

• Harris, J 1998, Wetware: why use activity structures?.
  • http://virtual-architecture.wm.edu/Foundation/wetware.html

• Fluck, A.,1998, Computers in schools - a framework for development
  • http://www.acce.edu.au/position_schools.asp

• Dede, C., 1996, The evolution of learning devices: smart objects, information infrastructures, and shared synthetic environments.
  • http://www.ed.gov/Technology/Futures/dede.html

21 May 2007 Module 4 Integrating ICTs as a professional educator

• Prensky, M. (2001). Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants
  • http://www.usq.edu.au/course/material/edu5471/readings/Prensky%20-%20Digital%20Natives,%20Digital%20Immigrants%20-%20Part1%5B1%5D.pdf

• Prensky, M. (2005) Engage me or Enrage me
  • http://www.usq.edu.au/course/material/edu5471/readings/enge%20or%20enrage.pdf

• USQ graduate qualities:
  • http://www.usq.edu.au/qualgrad/
• Education Queensland's Smart Classrooms Professional Development Framework:
  • http://education.qld.gov.au/smartclassrooms/strategy/tsdev_pd.html
• Queensland College of Teachers Professional Standards: ** http://www.qct.edu.au/ProfessionalStandards/Overview.htm
• National (Australian) Standards for Teachers:
  • http://www.mceetya.edu.au/verve/_resources/national_framework_file.pdf
• National (USA) Educational Technology Standards (NETS):
  • http://cnets.iste.org/
• The British Educational Communication and Technology Agency:
  • http://www.becta.org.uk/
• Alberta Education (Canada) - Technology section:
  • http://www.education.gov.ab.ca/technology/

• Education Queensland's curriculum exchange:
  • http://education.qld.gov.au/tal/curriculum_exchange/. Sadly this is now almost exclusively availabe for EQ staff only.

• Intel education:
  • http://www97.intel.com/en/ProjectDesign/UnitPlanIndex/GradeIndex/

• UK examples:
  • http://ecs.lewisham.gov.uk/intict/

• UNESCO examples:
  • http://www.unescobkk.org/index.php?id=1749

• Successfully Integrating ICTs into the Curriculum: http://knowledgegarden.usq.edu.au/tiki-index.php?page_id=865

28 May 2007 Module 5 Exploring ICT professional development

• Mckenzie, J 1991, ‘Designing Staff Development for the Information Age’.
  • http://staffdevelop.org/sd1.html

• Zeitz L E n.d. Building a Technology Staff Development Program.
  • http://www.uni.edu/zeitz/articles/TechStaffDev/TechStaffDevII.html

• Mckenzie, J 2003, Professional Development that Works
  • http://fno.org/feb03/practicing.html

• Bybee, R W 2001, ‘Effective professional development for technology teachers’,
  • EBSCO: http://search.ebscohost.com/

• Watson, G 2001, Models of Information Technology Teacher Professional Development that Engage with Teachers' Hearts and Minds. Journal of Information Technology for Teacher Education, Volume 10, Numbers 1-2 (March 2001), pp. 179-190,

• Mulqueen, W E 2001, ‘Technology in the classroom: Lessons learned through professional development’
  • EBSCO: http://search.ebscohost.com/

• Teacher Beliefs and Practices: ** http://164.83.2.51/ACOT reports/rpt08.pdf

• Mckenzie, J 1998, Invention as Learning.
  • http://staffdevelop.org/invent.html

• Zeitz L E n.d., Evaluating a Technology Staff Development Program.
  • http://www.uni.edu/zeitz/articles/TechStaffDev/TechStaffDevIV.html

• Education Queensland’s ICT for teachers PD framework:
  • http://education.qld.gov.au/smartclassrooms/strategy/tsdev_pd.html

• Hopkins, G 1999, ‘Training Teachers Who Are Terrorized by Technology’
  • http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr176.shtml

4 June 2008 Module 5 Preparing a personal ICT plan

• Education Queensland’s ICT for teachers PD framework:
  • http://education.qld.gov.au/smartclassrooms/strategy/tsdev_pd.html

• ISTE’s foundation standards for teachers:
  • http://cnets.iste.org/ncate/n_found.html

• NETS for students, teachers etc:
  • http://cnets.iste.org/getdocs.html

• COSN 2004, Hot Technologies for K-12 Schools,
  • http://www.cosn.org/resources/emerging_technologies/hot.cfm