The Internet and Schools: Some Useful Background Sites

Sites and their URL's	Description of the site and what is available
Favorite Teacher Sites	This is a data base comprized of sites teachers have personally used and recommended.
Milken exchange on education technology www.milkenexchange.org	The Milken Exchange set out to establish baseline data on the status of technology use in teacher-training programs in the United States. The results of this survey were released on the Exchange Web. An article and the full report can be accessed at: http://www.milkenexchange.org/article.taf?_function=detail&Content_uid1=131
INTERNET USE BY TEACHERS http://www.crito.uci.edu/TLC/findings/Internet-Use/startpage.htm	Conditions of Professional Use & Teacher-Directed Student Use" is a report that answers questions such as... *How often do teachers & students use the Internet & *how* do they use it? * How accessible is the Internet to teachers?
NEA: Teaching, Learning, and Technology http://www.nea.org/cet/	The NEA shines its spotlight on forward-looking schools and individuals at this rich site. You'll discover links to educational destinations as posted and maintained by your peers, an interactive message board, and upcoming technology events.
State Technology Plans http://www.milkenexchange.org/s3/s3c/stateplan_list.shtml	Virtually every state has a technology plan on the books. Access this central Web site to explore these documents as they're publishing online. Many are available in PDF(Acrobat) format for easy download and review.
State Departments of Education http://www.milkenexchange.org/s3/s3c/state_list.shtml	Looking for links to details about your state's technology initiatives, programs, and resources? Click on the interactive map found here to connect to the technology pages of all 50 U.S. state department's of education.
Updated: October 4, 1999