and Resources for
the K- 12 community
Welcome to
K12IMC.ORG
Over 2,200
carefully
selected and
annotated
resources
provide you
with the tools
you need to
create exciting,
topical lesson plans and
curriculum. Like an Instructional
Media Center in the real world,
you will find...
• a solid foundation for
supporting standards and
assessment practices,
• classroom projects, lessons,
units, field trips, extended
studies, and international
databases in almost every
subject and across subjects,
• references and projects to
challenge your students,
• ideas & resources to integrate
the new media tools,
• tips for school, family, industry,
and community partnerships,
• tools for planning, using and
managing your own
environment,
• professional development and
publishing opportunities.
The K- 12 Instructional Media
Center is chockfull of the best-of-breed resources for designing,
implementing, and refreshing
lesson plans and curriculum.
Your One-Stop Resource
For Curriculum And
Professional Development.
Used as a professional development
resource by the Stanford School of
Education and the Exploratorium,
K12IMC.org is a non-profit resource,
maintained by Dr. Bonnie Tenenbaum.
Check it out today!
http://www.k12imc.org/iste
At the Commons—the gateway into ISTE Learning—
you will find bite-size resources meant to help you
increase your knowledge and skills in five minutes or less.
The Commons
As I said, we know that you have only
so much time and energy for personal
learning. So we want to make it as
fast and easy as possible. At the Commons—the gateway into ISTE Learning—you will find bite-size resources
meant to help you increase your knowledge and skills in five minutes or less.
For example, in the two minutes it takes
you to watch “Introduction to Project-Based Learning,” an excerpt from one
of ISTE’s Technology in Practice (TIP)
webinars, you will find out the difference between activities and projects
and get started on creating projects for
a student-centered classroom.
All of the learning opportunities in the Commons—which range
from full-length L&L articles and
ISTE book chapters to podcasts and
webinar excerpts—are free, immediately applicable in the classroom, and
rooted in the NETS. My favorite feature is the NETS Flipside, where you
can see how a unit or lesson aligns to
the NETS for Students (NETS•S) as
students participate in the lesson and,
on the flipside, what that same unit or
lesson looks like to a teacher using the
NETS for Teachers (NETS•T).
Another favorite is ISTE Learn-
ing’s blog, the Buzz, where staff from
ISTE’s Education Leadership Divi-
sion offer insights into projects we
are working on, our views on profes-
sional development, and where we
see educational technology heading
in the future. For example, in “The
iPad and Professional Develop-
ment” blog post, ISTE Learning’s
project manager, Kelli Harrington,
reflects on her active discussions
with educators who use the iPad and
how it might be used as a tool for
professional development and in the
classroom. These thought-provoking
posts give you the chance to join in
the discussion directly with ISTE.
