KATE, the Kentucky Academy of Technology Education, collects the most innovative and successful technology practices in K–12 education and makes them available to the teachers and students of Kentucky -- the United States -- and the world.
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A program designed to develop keyboard skills and help in learning to type. Typing Tutor has been enhanced with many options, including case sensitivity, backspace support, and a colorful display. The program is suitable for all ages. For Windows 9x/NT/Me/2000/XP.
http://www.aetech.co.uk/ttutor/download.html
This is a web-based bibliography tool that is fast and easy to use. Students can build a citation page is a snap with this tool.
http://www.bibme.org/
The American Foundation for the Blind created an age appropriate site for students to learn about braille. Under games, students can see what their name looks like in braille, or figure out words with a braille alphabet close by. Students can also change the colors on this website to make it easier to read (have students who are designing their own pages learn about accessibility).
http://www.afb.org/braillebug/
With the freedom of the Internet has come a host of new ethical issues. This site is devoted to providing a basic understanding of computer ethics to the Internet users of tomorrow, with the hope that they will make informed and moral decisions throu ghout their careers.
http://library.thinkquest.org/26658/
This lesson plan has students learn about ancient civilizations by taking part in an Internet scavenger hunt. This lesson plan offers questions to challenge students on many different levels.
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/19990218thursday.html
This website has free templates to use for websites or wordpress designs.
http://www.freecsstemplates.org/
For numerous educational games, click on Kids. Site has fun educational games that will help to develop early reading skills identified as important language arts building blocks in state curriculum standards. Fearless Frieda, for example, provides language develop/spelling practice as well as keyboarding practice.
http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/config.html
The High School Hub is a noncommercial portal to excellent free online academic resources for high school students. It features learning activities, a daily news quiz, a reference collection, SAT practice, college information, and subject guides for English, mathematics, science, social studies, world languages, arts, health, and technology.
http://highschoolace.com/ace/ace.cfm
Learn all about the system that routes billions of messages each day!
http://www.howstuffworks.com/email.htm
Learn all about how Ethernet works and what it can do for you!
http://www.howstuffworks.com/ethernet.htm
Firewalls have helped protect computers in large companies for years. Learn how firewalls work and why you might want one for your home network!
http://www.howstuffworks.com/firewall.htm
A basic step-by-step guide to how the Interent works.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/internet-infrastructure.htm
Newsgroups are conversations between hundreds or even thousands of people. Learn how newsgroups work, where to find them and how to subscribe.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/newsgroup.htm
People use Web pages to talk about their hobbies, their businesses, their families and much more. By knowing how Web pages work, you can start making your own. Learn how to create, edit, upload and promote your Web pages so they are available all over the world!
http://www.howstuffworks.com/web-page.htm
How do Web servers and the Internet deliver Web pages from anywhere in the world to your computer? Now you'll know!
http://www.howstuffworks.com/web-server.htm
Looking for more resources on technology education to help integrate technology into your classroom? Check out TICK, a repository of instructional lesson plans, activities, and resources for teachers in Kentucky.
"I Love Technology. KATE-TICK is the place for teachers to find the best sources of technology for integration into their classes." — Toni Dickens
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