Information and Communication Technology Portal (ICT) for Teachers
This Information and Communication Technology Portal (ICT) for Teachers provides a gateway to Internet resources and websites to help teachers utilize ICTs to enhance their teaching.

Technologies Section of UNESCO's ICT for education in Asia and the Pacific Website
This section of the UNESCO Bangkok site looks at the tools themselves, from the satellites that link nations, to the hands-on machines that students work on in the classroom, and different ways of linking them. It is intended to help educators, policy-makers, planners, curriculum developers and others find their way through the oft-confusing maze of new tools, terms and systems.

Windows on the World
Windows on the World is a free, easy to use resource for schools and colleges seeking international links. Teachers can search the database for details of thousands of schools worldwide and may register their own school details for others to view.

Becta ICT Advice for Teachers
This portal provides a unique resource for teachers making day-to-day use of the Internet. Via regular email newsletters, quarterly Bulletins and a discussion forum, TOP aims to keep teachers in touch with the latest developments in using ICT to improve classroom practice, leadership and administration.

SETDA Toolkit – Best Practices in Implementing Technology within Education
The Department of Education and the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) in the USA released a toolkit in April 2003 to help states implement the technology requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act. The toolkit includes resources and best practices on: 1) scientifically based research; 2) technology literacy assessment; 3) common data elements; 4) effective teaching using technology; and 5) the national education technology plan.

Palm Applications in Education Database
Highlighting examples of best practice in integrating applications for the Palm OS platform into curriculum, this database shares the real experiences of experienced teachers. Each month new application reviews are added to the database, including an overall summary and ranking of each application, ways to start the project and companion applications. The database is run and managed by the Concord Consortium, a non-profit educational research and development organization, dedicated to the development of innovative educational tools and their distribution worldwide.

The Digital Equity Portal
The Digital Equity Portal presents an excellent collection of educational resources addressing inequitable access to technology tools, computers and the Internet. Each resource has been screened by experts in digital equity and professionally catalogued to help users find high quality material that addresses their specific needs. Sections include Content Creation, Cultural Relevance, Effective Use, Quality Content and Technology Resources.

Electronic Journal for the Integration of Technology in Education
Featuring research findings, practical articles on technology integration, book and software reviews, and commentary on topics of interest to educators (PK-16), this journal’s online format allows for the inclusion of multimedia elements such as images, sound files, and video clips. The refereed journal is produced by a team of graduate students in the Educational Leadership programme, as a part of their Instructional Technology doctoral classes.

NetDay Cyber Security Kit for Schools
The "NetDay Cyber Security Kit for Schools" offers free tools and resources to raise awareness among K-12 educators, students and families about online safety and computer security. The "Kit" includes: a guide for school administrators containing practical suggestions and resources for ensuring that school computer networks are secure from cyber attacks; "A Story about Cyber Security for Children", written at a 3rd-5th grade level for students to read with their teachers; a related article for parents with additional information about developing a home computer use plan; and a list of cyber security and online safety web sites. This is a great resource on protecting students when they are on-line.

SchoolWeb: Affordable, high speed access to the Internet
SchoolWeb is an affordable technology which enables students in remote or urban areas to benefit from predictable, simultaneous delivery of Internet and e-Learning content at high speeds. Written in Linux, it is configured in a single HP Proliant Server that services a school efficiently. The SchoolWeb software features a firewall, a file server, an email server, a web server and storage, while every student is provided with email, webmail and web page.

Schoolforge: open source tools in education
Schoolforge seeks to unify independent organisations that advocate, use and develop open resources for primary and secondary education, empowering member organisations "to make open educational resources more effective, efficient, and ubiquitous by enhancing communication, sharing resources, and increasing the transparency of development". Members of the project advocate the use of open source and free software, open texts and lessons, and open curricula for the advancement of education.

Microsoft Classroom Teacher Network
The Microsoft Classroom Teacher Network website contains a wealth of resources aimed at helping teachers use computers to enhance their teaching activities. Included is a database of lessons plans, examples of exciting projects for teachers and students, tips on integrating Microsoft Office into specific school subjects, best practices, case studies, teaching suggestions and ideas as well as reference materials for using various Microsoft products.

Using Weblogs in Education
Weblogg-ed, the brainchild of Will Richardson, a teacher at Hunterdon Central Regional High School in Flemington, NJ, provides valuable information for anyone interested in using weblogs in education. The site provides useful ideas for using weblogs in the classroom, as well as a platform for teachers to network in the weblogging community, reflecting on their teaching. It also functions as a clearinghouse for sites and issues relating to weblogs in education.

Best Practices in Weblogs
A new directory about best practices in weblogs by students and teachers has been created by the Schoolblogs web site. Links to best practice examples are featured here, including an example of how class weblogs can be used across a whole school, how a weblog can be used to support language work and a basic elementary school class weblog.

Sekolah.com
Sekolah.com is one-for-all portal that offers free service to schools to set up their own homepage, accommodating the whole community, encouraging interactive communication among students, teachers, parents and the community. The site includes links to other interesting and related sites.

Vidya Online
Vidya Online is a cooperative effort of teachers, teacher educators, academics and concerned individuals and groups, acting as a forum for analysis, appraisal and discussion on education. In the future, Vidya Online aims to develop into a resource base for teachers, children, parents and researchers.

Asia Australia Website on Arts, Society and Environment Learning
This website is for teachers and students across the middle years of schooling. The site has been designed to incorporate key curriculum guidelines outlined in the Studies of Asia Statement for Australian Schools and provide ideas for teachers in the Visual Arts and Society and Environment learning areas.

ICT in Environmental Education
This unit provides teacher educators with a broad perspective on educational technology, one designed to ensure that environmental education is enhanced - not compromised - by new information and communication tools. Focusing on two of the most promising computer-based tools, interactive multimedia and on-line learning, background and support for the beginner are included here, as well as resources and activity ideas.

UN Cyberschoolbus
The United Nations Cyberschoolbus was created in 1996 as the online education component of the Global Teaching and Learning Project, whose mission is to promote education about international issues and the United Nations. This project produces high quality teaching materials and activities designed for educational use at primary, intermediate and secondary school levels and for teacher training.

Resources for Teaching/Learning
This website outlines teaching/learning activities that are used across the disciplines and suggests through examples from the Internet how each might utilise a certain kind of technology or a combination of different technologies to accomplish specific learning objectives. Each example represents a different discipline, and there are over 40 disciplines represented in the examples.

SchoolWorld Education Website
The SchoolWorld Internet Education site was developed on the basis that schools need to be afforded with the opportunity to participate in a wide range of programmes and projects, not always available locally. SchoolWorld offers the opportunities for direct interaction with schools from around the world and provides a platform for using the Internet for educational enhancement.

Computer Chronicles Learning Circles
Useful information is provided here on all aspects of how to implement learning circles, developing skills in reading, writing and communication skills. Interaction will revolve around producing a newspaper called The Computer Chronicles, for which your class will gather articles from partner classes and editing them to create one section of the newspaper.

Education Week on the Web
Published by a nonprofit organisation based in Washington, D.C. this online newspaper's primary mission is to help raise the level of awareness and understanding among professionals and the public of important issues in American education. They cover issues from preschool to the 12th grade and periodic special reports on issues ranging from technology to textbooks, as well as books of special interest to educators.

Think.com
Think.com is an online learning environment that combines web page creation, discussion, and collaboration in one place, for teachers and students to produce online projects faster with more energy directed toward content and learning. This user-friendly tool is offered free for registered primary and secondary schools.