CIESE
Recommendation:
CIESE has been working with teachers for more than 17 years. These programs and curriculum are well established and carefully developed. This is a wonderful resource for educators and administrators wanting to encourage more technology integration into curriculum.
Description:
CIESE provides professional development for teachers, training, and well-developed curriculum materials. The curricular materials utilize the technology of the Internet. From the site: "CIESE's enhanced mission is to catalyze and support excellence in teaching and learning of science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) and other core subjects through innovative, research-based instructional strategies and use of novel technologies. "CIESE sponsors and designs interdisciplinary projects that teachers throughout the world can use to enhance their curriculum through compelling use of the Internet. We focus on projects that utilize real time data available from the Internet, and collaborative projects that utilize the Internet's potential to reach peers and experts around the world."
Possible uses:
At the bottom of the K-12 curriculum page, click on existing projects to find ongoing projects to learn about and join. In the higher education section, find the PT3 Project: "The PT3 Pathways Project is funded by the US Department of Education through its Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers with Technology program. This project adapts a proven set of P-12 training materials and Internet-based curricula for use in math, science, language arts, and educational technology in community college courses taken by pre-service teachers. This site will house an online library of technology-based learning objects to promote constructivist learning in the community colleges."
Related Resources:
Grade LevelContent Area(s) Science
Science : Biology
Science : Earth Science
Science : Chemistry
Science : Ecology/Environment
Science : Engineering & Machines
Student tools and information, Teacher Tools and Information, Training Tool, Research Resources, Online Unit, Tutorial

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