Dominique Spier's List: Technology Education

This website shows books and readings that can be used by teachers to ensure that no child is left behind conserning being taught in a way that intgrates new technologies and that is relevent to their generation. The websites aim is to ensure the professional renewal of teachers so that they can be effective educators.

This website may be used to help teach how to use different technologies. Using and incorporating different technologies is vital for students to learn as the need to use technologies in everyday life and in assessments is becoming more common. This website also suggests some technologies that may be incorporated into teaching and learning, and that would aid learning experiences.

Teachers tv is an engaging resource for students and can be informative for teachers. It provides videos on different subjects such as design and technology and could be used to show to the class to capture their attention or for research purposes. The teacher could also use a report format to revise what the students watched.

This website provides a list of resources that are specific to Design Technology. These resources can be downloaded and used as activity ideas or as design challenges. These resources have been shared by teachers, and therefore would be a good to scroll through when ideas are needed. There is also resources for the other curriculum areas available on the above tabs.

This resource provides information about Nuffield Primary Design & Technology, examples of pupils' work, classroom materials to download free of charge and other resources for teachers. This resource is fantasitc for teachers as it gives some great examples of work and resources for students in the lower years. It also gives the opportunity to showcase students work and provides learning experiences. The student examples prove that the resources are effective.\n

This website contains different links to information that can inspire teachers or students or give a means of research. The website incorporates a host of links and different blogs, videos, quotes and news which can be engaging for students. This resource is sure to get the creative juices flowing.

Thie website provides information about subjects that may be taught that come under the banner of technology education. Teachers may choose to use this resource for students to do research on as it is user friendly and has many categories for students to choose from.

This website provides some excellent resources for teachers such as unit plans and unit ideas. This would be a huge help to teachers as they are given many ideas of ways to teach technology. The website also contains ideas for design challanges and other resources that would aid in the teaching of technology. This website does need to be well investigated to find valuable resources.

This website can be a useful resource to teachers for technology education as it provides a collection of links that are specific to this subject. Teachers are able to browse links easily and are able to seach alphabetically. Teachers can also share any useful websites that they have found. This website helps teachers to help teachers.\n

This website provides basic resources for teachers that can be printed or downloaded. The resources include various KLA areas as well as other necessary resources such as behaviour management and special needs. This website would assist teachers to teach their class in different modes to engage students. The website is easy to use and search and would be recommended to be used in all areas of curriculum.

This website may become a resource to teachers as it describes a set design challange that would be useful for an assessment or class activity. This resource is useful for teachers however would not be very student friendly.

The Essential Learnings are vital standards to work off and comply with throughout teaching a technology unit. This document gives discriptors of grade level standards to teachers. The Essential Learnings include the assessable elements, Ways of Working and Knowledge and Understanding that students must achieve. This document should be refered to at the beginning of any unit of work.

This website contains everything that is needed within a technology unit. It includes integrating technology, highlights, teaching and learning, professional development, and classroom management.

This website is a one stop shop to teaching technology as it provides teachers with lesson plans, printables, rubrics, subjects, themes, tips, tools, and worksheets. This resource would make teaching technology education extremely simple as all elements needed for learning are provided. Very easy and practical.

This resource provides ideas for the integration of technology into the classroom. It includes many different and engaging ideas that will involve students.

This resource is useful fo all aspects of teaching, however it may be harnessed for the teaching of technology as their are many games and activities that relate.

This website shows books and text that would aid in the teaching of technology education in the classroom.