Curriki
http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/
This is the curriculum wiki where users share effective teaching ideas.

MarcoPolo
http://www.marcopolo-education.org/
Marco Polo has been sponsored by several businesses and organizations over it history. In the latest version (sponsored by Verizon) usrs can search for lesson plans and inter actives in all content areas.

Nobelprize.org
http://nobelprize.org/
The Nobel Foundation maintains this media-rich and interactive site to promote the area of human endeavor honored by the annual awards.

Open Education Resources
http://www.oercommons.org/
This site allows users to upload lesson plans and curriculum resources that have been effective in classrooms.

Generation M
http://www.kff.org/entmedia/entmedia030905pkg.cfm
This 2005 report confirms what we know about teens, they are sophisticated users of technology and media.

Pew Internet and American Life
http://www.pewinternet.org/
Researchers associated with this project have been documenting changing patterns of Internet use for several years. The reports are brief, supported by data, and timely.

Total Cost of Ownership
http://classroomtco.cosn.org/gartner_intro.html
Although showing its age, this site continues to he useful when planning for technology purchases.

K12 TCO Calculator
http://129.71.174.252/tcov2/
Users can estimate costs of technology using this calculator.

Grants Alert
http://www.grantsalert.com/
A comprehensive site for grant seekers.

Universal Service Administrative Company
http://www.universalservice.org/sl/
This is the business that administers erate funds.

Think Again - Internet Lessons from the Global Economy
Michael J. Rudnac, Electronic-School, March 2000

Schools -- unlike the business world -- tend to think of technology not as a catalyst for change but as a threat to the status quo. Traditionally, the school's mission has been to pass along facts to students -- a practice that hardly  prepares them for the lifelong learning the Information Age requires. This author suggests three keypoints for consideration 1) Begin by examining your mental models, 2) Think of a different way to think, 3) Continuously improve and refine the role of technology. 

Testing On Computers: A Follow-up Study Comparing Performance On Computer and On Paper

Testing Writing on Computers: An Experiment Comparing Student Performance on Tests Conducted via Computer and via Paper-and-Pencil
Michael Russell, Boston College, Walt Haney, Boston College,  - White Papers for the The Education Secretary's Conference on Educational Technology, Summer 1999 Computer use has grown rapidly during the past decade. Within the educational community, interest in authentic assessment has also increased. To enhance the authenticity of tests of writing, as well as of other knowledge and skills, some assessments require students to respond in written form via paper-and-pencil. However, as increasing numbers of students grow accustomed to writing on computers, these assessments may yield underestimates of students' writing abilities.

Learning and Leading With Technology: A Presenters Toolkit
EDvancenet 1998. EDvancenet has designed this presentation to help you work with school leaders and policymakers to better understand education technology issues. When you meet with school leaders and policy makers, these materials are for you to use as is, or customized for your audience.

Family Matters: Single parent concerns about the middle school transition
Link to pdf of the study
This study investigated the differences between single parent mothers' and fathers' concerns about the middle school transition. The sampling population was 149 single parents of students from middle schools in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The findings showed that both groups of single parents had a higher number of academic transitional concerns than social transitional concerns. The mothers had higher concerns for the academic transition than the social transition. The fathers, however, had more concerns for the social transition than academic transition. With these findings, schools may want to develop school and family centered strategies for addressing the gender based and single parent family concerns in the transition to the middle school.

American Association of School Administrators
AASA focuses on four major areas: improving the condition of children and youth; preparing schools and school systems for the 21st century; connecting schools and communities; and enhancing the quality and effectiveness of school leaders.

Association for Educational Communications and Technology
AECT provides leadership in educational communications and technology by linking professionals who hold a common interest in the use of education technology and its application to the learning process.

CEO Forum on Education and Technology
The CEO Forum on Education and Technology helps ensure that America’s schools effectively prepare all students to be contributing citizens and productive workers in the 21st Century by preparing an annual assessment of the nation’s progress toward integrating technology into American classrooms through the year 2000. 

Consortium for School Networking
CoSN, a non-profit organization, promotes the use of telecommunications in K-12 education to improve learning. Members represent state and local education agencies, nonprofits, companies, and individuals who share their vision.

Education Commission of the States
The Education Commission of the States is a nonprofit, nationwide interstate compact formed in 1965 to help governors, state legislators, state education officials and others develop policies to improve the quality of education.

Education Leadership Toolkit
The Education Leadership Toolkit is a collection of tips and pointers, articles, case studies, and other resources for education leaders addressing issues around technology and education.

International Society for Technology in Education
ISTE is the largest teacher-based, nonprofit organization in the field of educational technology. Its mission is to help K-12 classroom teachers and administrators share effective methods for enhancing student learning through the use of new classroom technologies. 

MCI’s MarcoPolo
MCI’s MarcoPolo is an Internet-based learning initiative for teachers, students, and parents searching for the best educational resources the Internet has to offer. 

National School Boards Association
The National School Boards Association fosters equity and excellence in public elementary and secondary education in the United States through school board leadership.

The Northeast  and Islands Regional Educational Lab at Brown University
The LAB at Brown University provides a variety of resources ranging from a grants database to research on comprehensive school reformand educational news and initiatives.

Regional Technology in Education Consortia (R*TEC)
R*TEC is a program established to help states, local educational agencies, educators, and other educational entities successfully integrate technologies into K-12 classrooms, library media centers, and other educational settings, including adult literacy centers. 

US Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology
The Office of Educational Technology is committed to bringing technology into the classroom. On their Web site are links to publications and research, federal resources, state contacts and descriptions of programs that they administer.

www.refdesk.com
Refdesk.com is unique in it's variety of essential and interesting Internet links. In particular, are the educational resources page, links to Internet help and online tutorials and the exceptional listing of 260+ Internet search engines broken down by category.  

Technology Toolkit compiled by Jerry Crystal, Director of Technology Integration, 
Carmen Arace Middle School, Bloomfield, CT, jcrystal@blmfld.org