Educational Resources

    Instructor magazine provides a variety of ideas from veteran teachers in every issue. The August issue includes suggestions for the first day of  class, for keeping order and for communicating with parents, among other suggestions.
 

    Websites

    For student teachers: www.scholastic.com/futureteachers

    Teachers Helping Teachers: www.pacificnet.net/~mandel

    For ideas using technology: http://knowledgeloom.org
 

    To look at teaching practices: http://learnweb.harvard.edu/ent/home

    For lessons and how-tos: www.teachnet.com
www.thelearningworkshop.com

    American History through the Civil War: www.ustrek.org

    Scholastic publishers events calendar: teacher.scholastic.com/calendars

    Children's Literature Web Guide:  www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html

    New Teachers:  adprima.com/mainmenu.htm
                           www.ncte.org/teach2000/

    History timelines: www.historychannel.com

    General Education information:  http://ericir.syr.edu
 

   U.S. Deparetment of Education:  http://www.ed.gov

    July 28, Martin Luther King delivered the "I Have A Dream" speech"
    martinlutherking.8m.com

   New Jersey Department of Education/ Educators site: http:// www.state.nj.us/njded/educators/toc.htm

  The World Wide Web Virtual Library: http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive

  Learning Web: www.usgs.gov/education

  Internet Public Library: www.ipl.org/youth
 

    If you are reporting on a website for Ed Psy class, discuss some of the following: How clear is the website? Easy to get around? Easy to understand?

    How accurate is the website? Is this information true? From a reliable source? Recently updated?

    How precise is the information? Are there vague terms used frequently? Are sources cited?

    How relevant is the information? How can this information or this  website be used in a classroom? What type of situation does it apply to?

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