The Internet of Things Provides Resources and Tools for Educators.
There are so many wonderful resources and tools that teachers can freely use on the internet! Are you looking for educational content? - You can find it. Are you looking to connect with other educators, mentors, communities? - They're just a click away. If you need a tool to help you accomplish a task, you can find it. This site's purpose is to get you pointed toward some of these marvelous educational treasures.
Note: Please check the blog section of this site for the newest items!
This site is divided into several section, with links to each at the top of every page.
- Home will bring you back to this page.
- The Blog section will be where I post most of the informational updates after the workshop. Be sure to check the Blog for the newest updates and news!
- The Inspiration section will feature sites, video, and other things that hopefully will spark discussions and ideas to improve education through the use of technology.
- The Web 2.0 section will lead you to many internet web 2.0 tools. Tools such as polling, quiz makers, form creators, and more.
- OERs are Open Education Resources, which are educational materials created by individuals and groups and shared freely online with others
- MOOCs are Massive Open Online Courses, and this section of the website will introduce you to some of them.
- The Hardware section will feature new hardware that, in my opinion, will have an impact on education.
To my educational colleagues in Jordan and Lebanon
Laila Qattouseh, an excellent EFL teacher in Amman, Jordan.
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This site was created as a companion piece for a April 2013 workshop I conducted for teachers in Jordan and Lebanon. You are welcome to browse through the resources and materials here, not only to use them yourself, but also to share them with others. I share many more resources weekly and monthly - the TeacherLINK blog, and the UCET Newsletter. UCET is the Utah Coalition for Educational Technology.
One of my colleagues and friends, Dr. Marshall Jones, has created a similar site for a workshop he did with educators in the Philippines. His site is entitled Free Online Learning Tools. I encourage you to have a look there as well. I wish to express my sincere appreciation for his willingness and permission to re-use some of his work here.
Feel free to communicate with me. Let's share ideas and resources. You may use the form below to contact me. |
There is more!
Nathan is very active in sharing educational resources with the education community where he lives. The TeacherLINK blog is one site he uses to publish new resources almost daily. The Phenomenal Website Resources sites is a site that has what he feels are some of the very best resource sites out there currently. Click either button below to visit the sites.
Just a little bit about me...
 Nathan & Phyllis Smith
Nathan Smith is Director of The Adele & Dale Young Education Technology Center (The YETC) located in room 170 of the Education Building on Utah State University's main campus. The YETC is a combination student open-access computer facility, a K-12 curriculum materials library, a NASA Educator Resource Center for Utah, and a technology training center that focuses on how to integrate technology into teaching and learning. He has worked in this position for the past 23 years.
Nathan serves on the Board of Directors for the Utah Coalition for Education Technology (UCET). He has been in charge of their website, and currently is the voice of the organization through the newsletters, emails, and blogs he runs for them. |
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A former elementary school teacher, Nathan teaches students of every age from young children to senior citizens. He taught 4th, 5th, and 6th grades at the Santa Clara Elementary School in Santa Clara, Utah for twelve years.
Over the last several years, he has had the opportunity to work extensively with groups of international teachers through the IREX/TEA program sponsored and funded through the U.S. State Department. In 2011, he was invited by the U.S. State Department to go to Amman, Jordan to train high school teachers from Jordan and Lebanon in the use of technology in education, and to share open education resources with them.
He is pictured above with his wife, Phyllis. They have seven children. Nathan also is an artist, graphic designer, and photographer.
Websites:
TeacherLINK
TeacherLINK Blog
Art Gallery
UCET Newsletter
Phenomenal Websites
Gifted & Talented Teacher Resources
Over the last several years, he has had the opportunity to work extensively with groups of international teachers through the IREX/TEA program sponsored and funded through the U.S. State Department. In 2011, he was invited by the U.S. State Department to go to Amman, Jordan to train high school teachers from Jordan and Lebanon in the use of technology in education, and to share open education resources with them.
He is pictured above with his wife, Phyllis. They have seven children. Nathan also is an artist, graphic designer, and photographer.
Websites:
TeacherLINK
TeacherLINK Blog
Art Gallery
UCET Newsletter
Phenomenal Websites
Gifted & Talented Teacher Resources
Page last modified - January 18, 2019
