Interactive
Goodwill

Gcf Global: Blog Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
In this tutorial, learn how to get started with a blog, as well as how to develop and promote it to find an audience.
Graphic
National Museum of Science and Industry (UK)

Ingenious: Science and Technology Images

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection of images from Ingenious combines the collections of several museums - Science Museum, the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television, the National Railway Museum, the Science & Society Picture Library and...
Website
Other

Ariadne Magazine: Syndicated Content

For Students 9th - 10th
This article examines issues arising from the current enthusiasm for syndicating content to portals or other web sites. It offers a list of best practices for creating an RSS feed.
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Biometrics: New Ids That Are Uniquely You by by Sharon Oosthoek

For Students 7th - 8th
Police and law enforcement have historically used fingerprints to identify suspects and prosecute criminals. But now, using new technology and the science of biometrics, scientists have developed a different, and potentially more...
Article
Other

Making Internet Audio Files for the Macintosh

For Students 9th - 10th
A tutorial on making Internet audio files for the Macintosh.
Handout
Goodwill

Gcf Global: Understanding Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the difference between virtual and augmented reality.
Unit Plan
Learn My Way

Learn My Way: Using the Internet

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this online course, students will learn all about browsing the Internet. They'll learn about using a web browser to view websites, how to create bookmarks, and what copyright means for online resources.
Handout
Purple Math

Purplemath: Formatting Math as Text: Common Algebraic Notation

For Students 9th - 10th
Math can look so pretty, all nicely formatted in the textbook. But when you go to e-mail your instructor with a question, or post your question to a math tutoring forum, you can end up with a mess or with something that totally doesn't...
Unit Plan
CBS

Tech Republic: Project Manager: Graphics 101

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Detailed beginner's tutorial in creating online graphics. Requires access to a bitmap editor. Choose among topics, or work the entire 15 page tutorial in order.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Tribes We Lead

For Students 9th - 10th
Seth Godin argues the Internet has ended mass marketing and revived a human social unit from the distant past: tribes. Founded on shared ideas and values, tribes give ordinary people the power to lead and make big change. He urges us to...
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Four Principles for the Open World

For Students 9th - 10th
The recent generations have been bathed in connecting technology from birth, says futurist Don Tapscott, and as a result the world is transforming into one that is far more open and transparent. In this inspiring talk, he lists the four...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Probability: Exponential Distributions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers exponential distributions. Presents examples using a graphing calculator as well as guided and independent practice questions.
Handout
University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Machines and Science Help Farmers

For Students 9th - 10th
Interresting site from the University of Groningen explaining the incredible impact of machines and technology on developing resources and improving agriculture.
Website
Native American Art and Technology

Native Tech: Native American Technology and Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Informational site discusses the technology of Native American crafts and the meaning of those crafts. Touches on everything from pottery to clothing.
Primary
Other

Linux World Magazine: An Interview With Richard Stallman

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an interview with Richard Stallman done in June 2000 by LinuxWorld. He focuses on GNU and his passion for free software.
Unit Plan
Other

K12 irc.org: The K 12 Internet Resource Center: Drones

For Students 9th - 10th
The website is a collections of different types of resources about drones. This site provides and introduction to drones and their educational uses.
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

For Students 9th - 10th
Selected (13) reading passages (grades 7-12) to pair with the dystopian novel "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley. The World State's motto is "Community, Identity, Stability," and a cast of characters find themselves grappling with these...
eBook
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

Netsmartz: The Princess's Password

For Students K - 1st
Something awful is happening to Nettie's virtual castle! Her gold coins have turned into hay, her beautiful dress is dirty, and is that a dragon in her fireplace? Read about how Nettie reclaims her castle and how to create strong passwords
Article
Other

Nea Today: Your Computer Isn't Broken: Quick Tech Fixes for Students

For Students 9th - 10th
Read and display sixteen solutions for common quick technology fixes.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Communicating in a Technological World

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Through utilizing the Internet to discover technological advances in the 20th century and interviewing relatives and friends who experienced these changes in communication, students will discover firsthand how technology has changed...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Technology and You

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson students will use the Internet to find examples of how technology has impacted human lives. They will then determine of what value these are to their own lives.
Lesson Plan
Code.org

Code.org: Lesson 10: Designing for Accessibility

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this activity, students will learn about accessibility and the value of empathy through brainstorming and designing accessible solutions for hypothetical apps.
Article
Other

Beanz: History of Video Games

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a brief history of video games.
Article
Other

Beanz: Hidden Figures

For Students 9th - 10th
Dorothy Vaughn, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson not only helped make history, they are part of a long line of women in computing.