AUSSIE

Tools:
Mindmeister.com: This is a great site for creating online, collaborative mindmaps. The basic version is free and it allows multiple users to create, share, and edit mindmaps in an easy-to-use format. Great for students or teaching colleagues who want to collaborate on a project from remote locations.

del.icio.us: Excellent social boomarking tool that is perfect for sharing websites with your students, as well as team members collaborating on a group project.

21Classes: This free portal based blogging tool allows teachers to create virtual classrooms providing students with the opportunity to create personal spaces for deep and authentic exploration of topics in new and engaging manners.

Technology Integration Matrix: Produced by the Florida Center for Instructional Technology, the TIM was developed to help educators evaluate technology integration in the classroom.

Blogs:
339 Web: "This weblog records the work done in establishing C.I.S. 339 as a leader in infusing technology with successful middle school education. It also continues the dynamic relationship between AUSSIE and the teaching staff of I.S. 339." --Pat Wagner, AUSSIE Consultant

Weblogg-ed: Will Richardson is a premiere thinker in the blogosphere, as well as the author of the celebrated book, Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms. Will writes with a deep passion for school improvement, continually exploring how the Read/Write/Webb is transforming teaching and learning practices. A highlight of Will’s Blog is the engaging conversations and debates that spawn from his posts, allowing readers a true, participatory experience.

Learning Now:  Andy Carvin is an Internet activist, author and Edtech expert writing for the PBS Teacher's learning network. Andy's engaging prose will draw you into national and local (NYC) issues, exploring "how new technology and Internet culture is affecting how educators teach and children learn."

Punya Mishra’s Web: Punya Mishra is the associate professor of Educational Technology at the College of Education at Michigan State University, and the co-creator of theTechnological Pedagogical Content Knowledge framework. The TPACK model captures"some of the essential qualities of knowledge required by teachers for technology integration in their teaching, while addressing the complex, multifaceted and situated nature of teacher knowledge" (Mishra&Koehler, 2006).

Reports:
Access, Adequacy,and Equity in Education Technology: This 2008 study released by the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers described access to classroom technology as "woefully inadequate" in most schools. The study goes on to report that of the 1,934 public school educators surveyed a large percentage reported that they aren't receiving proper support in the areas that matter most: instructional software, technology integration, learning outcomes management, and designing individual lesson plans.

The Effect of Computer Use on Child Outcomes: This 2008 report conducted by researchers at Columbia University and the University of Chicago explores computer adoption among low income children in Romania.

National Education Technology Plan: This 2004 report released by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology focuses on examining the key issues and recommendations for implementing a national technology plan.