Teaching & Learning Resources

Building the Field of Digital Media & Learning is the MacArthur Foundation’s website on initiatives related to digital technology and how it is changing the way youth play, socialize, and learn. You’ll find examples of the projects the foundation has funded to involve youth in critically examining and creating digital media.

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, based in Palo Alto, is an independent policy and research center which offers both resources and opportunities to apply for ongoing intercollegiate research and professional development efforts.

Coalition for Essential Schools

Center for Collaborative Education

Global Kids’ Digital Media Initiative has a variety of projects, including an annual digital essay contest. At this site you can see and listen to podcasts of students’ work, some of which is posted on MySpace.

The Learning Productivity Network focuses on rethinking how we teach in terms of its effectiveness in producing student learning.

The National Center for Academic Transformation offers resources and conferences on the effective use of information technology to improve student learning outcomes.

Turning Points is a curricular reform project for middle schools focusing on improving teaching, learning, and assessment through research-based principles and practices.

Technology Funding & Support Resources

AT&T Education lists grant opportunities, as well as training, tools, and other resources for educators using technology.

The Community Technology Foundation is a grant-making organization that supports “community enterprises that accelerate civic engagement and economic empowerment.”

Technical Support & Resources

At Gavilan College’s Multimedia Workshop page you can find tutorials and links to online sites such as BlogSpot, where you and your students can create their own blogs, and Gcast, where you can upload audio (for free) to use on your websites.

Adobe Design Center offers free tutorials on its products. Video tutorials for Adobe Creative Suite 3 are available here.

Lynda.Com is a training site on tools and techniques for digital media which provides some free access, otherwise $25 monthly.

PhotoshopCafe offers tutorials and workshops for photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, etc.

W3Schools claims to be the largest free web-building tutorial site.