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= Resources for Integrating Technology =

[] [] || Provides forms for teachers, parents and students to provide a global software assessment. ||
 * **Rubrics and checklists for evaluating hardware** ||
 * Name || URL || Purpose ||
 * Hardware Evaluation Rubric || [] || Uses a scale format to evaluate hardware in ten categories. Provides descriptions of each category to help with reliability in scoring. ||
 * Software Evaluation Center || [] || Provides an editable spreadsheet for evaluating technology. Some criteria are provided, but users can add or remove categories to meet their own specific purposes/ ||
 * **Rubrics and checklists for evaluating software** ||
 * Name || URL || Purpose ||
 * Evaluating Educational Software for Home and School || [] || Provides checklist forms and detailed descriptions to provide a reliable method to evaluate software. ||
 * Education Software Review || []
 * **Instructional resources / learning objects for teachers** ||
 * Name || URL || Purpose ||
 * Evaluating Learning Objects for Schools || [] || Paper provides information to help develop a tool to assess the usefulness of learning objects for classroom use. ||
 * Web-Based Tools for Learning Object Evaluation || [] || This paper provides background on learning objects and suggests a specific tool to evaluate the usefulness of a learning object. ||
 * **Open Source Software** ||
 * Name || URL || Purpose ||
 * K-12 Opensource || [] || Provides school with information on using open source software including a list of free open source software available. ||
 * Moving to Open Source Software in Schools || [] || Blog explores advantages and issues related to using open source software in schools. Links to related programs are provided. ||
 * **Student Information Systems** ||
 * Name || URL || Purpose ||
 * SchoolTool || [] || Free administrative software for use in schools. ||
 * OpenSIS || [] || Open source administrative software program for schools. Works together with Moodle. ||

__**General Resources for Teaching Internet Safety**__

10 Tips for Internet Safety Internet Safety Tips for Middle School Kids (includes parent resources also) Riles of Netiquette Netiquette Video

__**Lesson Plans for teaching Internet Safety**__

iSafe Curriculum Internet Safety Quiz for Adults and Kids CyberSmart Curriculum NetSmartz Teaching Materials Netiquette Lesson Plan Jostens Pause Before You Post Campaign