Sources for Technology-based Lesson Plans (hopefully
with more focus on the curriculum content than the technology):
ISTE (The International Society for Technology in Education) is the
creator of the National Educational Technology Standards for Students
(NETS-S). They have a database of lesson plans (multidisciplinary
resource units) that can be searched by subject, grade range, or title.
http://cnets.iste.org/search/s_search.html
University at Buffalo, in the State University of New York system, has
a website, "Assistive Technology Training Online," that nicely
incorporates tutorials and lesson plan ideas together. They cover many
software and hardware designed specifically for a variety of special
needs learners but also address using Word and PowerPoint in ways that
benefit all students.
http://atto.buffalo.edu/registered/Tutorials.php
i4c (internet 4 classroms--Helping Teachers Use The Internet
Effectively) has a list of links to Integrated Techology Lesson Plans.
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/integ_tech_lessons.htm
The Educational Technology Clearinghouse (ETC) by University of
Southern Florida (USF) has links to educational resources for Florida's
teachers. There are many other resources included in addition to lesson
plans (tutorials, online simulations, web-based information resources).
http://etc.usf.edu/
LessonPlanZ.com has a category of lesson plans called "Computers and
Technology" that includes a variety of lesson plans using the internet,
specific software, and general tool-based software (word processing,
spreadsheet).
http://lessonplanz.com/Lesson_Plans/Computers___Technology/
Kings Park Elementary School in
Springfield, Virginia, has posted lesson plans that they use (some they
created) with kindergarten to 3rd graders to integrate technology into
subject matter. (Note: SOL stands for Virginia's Standards of Learning.)
http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/KingsParkES/staff/index.htm
McREL (Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning) has some
technology lesson plans posted. They are organized by computer
technology topic and not subject matter.
http://www.mcrel.org/lesson-plans/tech/techlessons.asp
Microsoft has a collection of lesson plans organized by grade level,
feature methods for integrating technology into school curriculum
areas. This searchable database has fields including grade/age level,
theme, product (Microsoft products only), and learning area (includes
more than just academic categories).
http://www.microsoft.com/Education/LessonPlans.aspx
discoveryschool.com has a lesson plans library with a technology
sub-category. This list of lesson plans is sorted by grade level.
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/tech.html
LessonPlansPage.com has a page of computers and internet lesson plans
for junior and senior high school.
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/CIJH.htm
Education World has an article on "Five Technology Lessons Every
Teacher Can Teach" that has links to the five lesson plans and a list
of other resources at the bottom of the article.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson285.shtml
Thirteen Ed Online, public television's award-winning Web service for
teachers, has many lesson plans that are web-based but many also use
other media. Each month they create new lessons based upon PBS series
and around web resources.
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/lessons/
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction has a database of
lesson plans, data files, tutorials, and much more
http://www.learnnc.org/DPI/instserv.nsf/Category2?OpenView&Start=1&Count=30&Expand=5#5
Digital Age Teaching Tools
http://www.certiport.com/portal/common/htmllibrary/datt/lesson-plans.html