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private sector partnerships required to bring students in developing countries online and into the global community .
from WorLD web site.
2. Educational Software
The following is a short list of some interesting internet sites, with Spanish and English versions when language is relevant of web-based content and software.
§ Educational software magazine: Childrens Software New Media Revue: http:www.childrenssoftware.com
English § BECTA educational software database:
http:besd.becta.org.uk English
§ HomeWorkSpot is a web site with many links to educational resources, including educational software, organized by grade and subject matter.
http:homeworkspot.com and
http:www.startspot.comnetwork § EDUCARCHILE software database:
http:www.educarchile.cl Spanish
§ Science: http:www.sln.org
The Science Learning Network SLN is an online community of educators, students, schools, science museums and other institutions demonstrating a new model for science education
inquiry. Contains information and links to sites in many languages, including English and Spanish. § MicroWorlds:
http:www.microworlds.com interactive environment for educational project building.
Used mostly in primary schools but it is also useful in all grades. § KidPix:
http:www.kidpix.com creative painting and story animation for primary schools. It can be used
in arts and early literacy. § Eduteka Spanish
http:www.eduteka.org § K-12 Mathematics.
§ NRICH: http:nrich.maths.org
§ Illuminations. http:illuminations.nctm.org
§ Interactive Mathematics. http:matti.usu.edunlvmnavindex.html
§ ENC math and science: http:www.enc.org
§ Mathematics for primary education: Math Arena, from Sunburst Technology http:www.sunburst.commatharena
has been awarded the 2001 Bologna New Media Prize in the Best Educational Software category.
§ Mathematics for secondary education. Freudenthal Institute for secondary education http:www.fi.uu.nlwiswebwelcome_en.html
§ Mathematics from grade 5 through college: Geometer’s Sketchpad. http:www.keypress.comsketchpad
. List of web sites related to Sketchpad:
http:www.keypress.comsketchpadsketchlinks.html § Cabri Geometre: interactive geometry for secondary schools. With a large community of users and links for
educators. http:www-cabri.imag.fr
§ Modellus: http:phoenix.sce.fct.unl.ptmodellusindex.htm
to create and explore mathematical models. § SimCity:
http:simcity.ea.com simulation for primary and secondary schools.
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§ A.D.A.M.: The Inside Story. Life science. http:education.adam.com
A multimedia introduction to the human body for grades 5-8.
§ Abrapalabra Spanish http:www.unlimited.cl
. Early literacy software. § Red Escolar Nacional Venezolana Spanish.
http:www.rena.e12.ve § Creative Writer.
http:www.microsoft.comkidsdefault.asp . Learn ing to write and to publish on the web;
also for school newspaper projects. § Content producing tools authoring tools for secondary school projects involving programming
extracurricular. High level multimedia authoring tools: Metacard::
http:www.metacard.com Toolbook:
http:home.click2learn.comentoolbookindex.asp Revolution:
http:www.runrev.com Hyperstudio:
http:www.hyperstudio.com Comprehensive programming environments: Director, Dreamweaver and Authorware from Macromedia:
http:www.macromedia.com .
Graphics design and sound edition software: Photoshop or Illustrator from Adobe: http:www.adobe.com
3. Educational Magazines and ICT related Research Organizations
Techknowlogia. http:www.techknowlogia.org
Interactive Educational Multimedia. http:www.ub.esmultimediaiemwelcome.html
eLearn Magazine. Education and Technology in Perspective. An ACM Publication. http:elearnmag.org
Educational Technology. Educational Technology Publications. 700 Palisade Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 07632-0564
Educational Leadership. ASCD Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. e -mail:
elascd.org Educational Technology Research and Development ETRD. A quarterly publication of the Association for
Educational Communications and Technology. 1800 North Stonelake Drive, Bloomington, IN 47404. USA. IFIP: International Federation for Information Processing.
http:www.ifip.or.at Computers Education. Elsevier Science Ltd.
http:www.sciencedirect.com The Journal of the Learning Sciences. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
http:www.catchword.com British Journal of Educational Technology. Blackwell Publishing on behalf of the British Educational
Communications and Technology Agency. http:www.ingenta.com
Educational Technology Society. http:ifets.ieee.orgperiodical
International Journal of Educational Research. Elsevier Science Ltd. http:www.sciencedirect.com
Educational Research. Routledge, part of the Taylor Francis Group. http:www.catchword.com
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British Educational Research Journal. Carfax Publishing, part of the Taylor Francis Group. http:www.catchword.com
ITALICS. Innovations in Teaching And Learning in Information and Computer Sciences. http:www.ics.ltsn.ac.ukpubitalicsindex.html
Journal of Computing in Childhood Education is Published Quarterly by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education AACE. Charlottesville, VA 22902, USA. e-mail and URL:
aacevirginia.edu ,
www.aace.org Journal of Interactive Learning Research is Published Quarterly by the Association for the Advancement of
Computing in Education AACE. Charlottesville, VA 22902, USA. e-mail and URL: aacevirginia.edu
, www.aace.org
International Journal of Educational Telecommunications is Published Quarterly by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education AACE. Charlottesville, VA 22902, USA. e-mail and URL:
aacevirginia.edu ,
www.aace.org Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia is Published Quarterly by the Association for the Advancement
of Computing in Education AACE. Charlottesville, VA 22902, USA. e-mail and URL: aacevirginia.edu
, www.aace.org
Education and Information Technologies. Official Journal of the IFIP Technical Committee on Education. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 101 Philip Drive, Assinippi Park, Norwell, MA 02061, USA. e-mail:
Kluwerwkap.com Journal of Technology and Teacher Education is Published Quarterly by the Association for the Advancement of
Computing in Education AACE and Society for Information Tecnhology and Teacher Education SITE. Charlottesville, VA 22902, USA. e-mail and URL:
infoaace.org ,
www.aace.org
