Below are just a few of the many resources available to teachers and parents on the internet. Remember to evaluate any site you may choose to use before having a student use it. Here are a few of my favorites. The High Plains Regional Technology in Education Consortium-Nebraska project : [ http://hprtec.org/ ] - The HPR*TEC mission is to help teachers and other educators create, share, or find solutions to problems they encounter when integrating technology into education. Check out this site! They have just about enything you could want. The Teacher Tap [http://www.eduscapes.com/tap/] - is a free, professional development resource that helps educators and librarians address common questions about the use of technology in teaching and learning by providing easy access to practical, online resources and activities Education Australia Online . (2004). EdNA online. Retrieved May 16, 2004, from Australia [ http://www.edna.edu.au/ ] The U. S. Department of Education Web site : [ http://www.ed.gov/ ] Keep up to date on news, grants, policies, financial aid, research and resources. PowerPoints in the Classroom. [ http://www.esu5.org/techteacher/index.htm ] Jefferson County Schools and PowerPoints . [ http://jc-schools.net/ppt.html ] Teacher PowerPoints . [ http://www.teacherpowerpoints.com/ ]http://www.teacherpowerpoints.com/ Teachers Helping Teachers : [ http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel ] Really Great Site with many teacher contributed lesson plans in every discipline. Special Education Web Page : [ http://www.geocities.com/athens/styx/7315/ ] A teacher made site especially for special education teachers. Great links to teacher resources. The Foundation Directory : [ http://fdncenter.org/ ] Need to write a grant? Here is a good place to start. SERI - Special Education Resources on the Internet: [ http://www.seriweb.com/ ] Hundreds of special needs web sites. EcEd Web : [ http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu ] Great economics support if you are trying to teach the OPS new economics curriculum. Homeschool.com : [ http://homeschool.com ]http://homeschool.com Great site for some alternative ideas. Internet Public Library : [ http://www.ipl.org/ ] This is one of my favorite sites. The site is from the University of Michigan School of Information and has just about anything your public library has. Could also be a student assistance site. Instructional Assistance & Delivery Site: Here are just a few of my favorite sites to get you started. When is it appropriate to use the internet? Topics of information are time-based: The New York Times [ http://www.nytimes.com/ ] - on the web offers everything from markets to cartoons. The Tour de France [ http://www.letour.fr/2003/presentationus/ ] - Great for geography The Iditarod –[ http://www.iditarod.com/ ] - Another great geography opportunity. Various types or digitized versions of media and/or information are needed: United States Patent and trademark office [ http://www.uspto.gov ] – has a digitized copy of every patent and you can view them and copy them. The Library of Congress - [ http://www.loc.gov/ ] - great downloads of digitized material Smithsonian on the web [ http://americanhistory.si.edu/ ] – American history maps and artifacts. Journals, maps and videos are all available for the Corps of Discovery II. [ http://www.lewisandclarkgnet.org ] – The needed information is not available at your site: NASA [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ ] - tutotials with great graphics for instructional delivery in earth science. Copyright Bay - http://www.stfrancis.edu/cid/copyrightbay/ - Great interactive site. Great copyright information[ http://www.halldavidson.net ] - “Resource for educational technology leaders” [ http://www.techlearning.com ] Various sources are important: Diverse and divergent viewpoints The Green party of North America [ http://www.greens.org/na.html ] - The internet is more convenient: Great archives [ http://www.archive.org/movies/prelinger.php ] - for old material from black and white dancing cigarette ads to old political television ads. Sometimes this is more convenient than finding the phone book [ http://www.yellowbook.com/ ] - and my reading glasses. Occupational outlook handbook [ http://www.bls.gov/oco/ ]- index of jobs. Online English [ http://www.edunet.com/english/grammar/toc.cfm ] - grammar helps A guide for writing research papers[ http://webster.commnet.edu/apa/apa_index.htm ] - National Parks Service [ http://www.nps.gov/ ] - ; links to the past, Nature Net and Learn NPS all offer something for the student and teacher alike. If you can’t get to the University of Nebraska State Museum [ http://www-museum.unl.edu/index.html ] - this is the next best thing. Omaha Public Library [ http://omaha.lib.ne.us/ ] - . For those In Omaha this site has very good resources. And of vourse my favorite instructional delivery site that I use the most: Home Depot [ http://homedepot.com ] - has tutorials for all of us that love to improve our home but are all thumbs.
Below are just a few of the many resources available to teachers and parents on the internet. Remember to evaluate any site you may choose to use before having a student use it. Here are a few of my favorites. The High Plains Regional Technology in Education Consortium-Nebraska project : [ http://hprtec.org/ ] - The HPR*TEC mission is to help teachers and other educators create, share, or find solutions to problems they encounter when integrating technology into education. Check out this site! They have just about enything you could want.
The Teacher Tap [http://www.eduscapes.com/tap/] - is a free, professional development resource that helps educators and librarians address common questions about the use of technology in teaching and learning by providing easy access to practical, online resources and activities
Education Australia Online . (2004). EdNA online. Retrieved May 16, 2004, from Australia [ http://www.edna.edu.au/ ] The U. S. Department of Education Web site : [ http://www.ed.gov/ ] Keep up to date on news, grants, policies, financial aid, research and resources. PowerPoints in the Classroom. [ http://www.esu5.org/techteacher/index.htm ]
Jefferson County Schools and PowerPoints . [ http://jc-schools.net/ppt.html ] Teacher PowerPoints . [ http://www.teacherpowerpoints.com/ ]http://www.teacherpowerpoints.com/ Teachers Helping Teachers : [ http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel ] Really Great Site with many teacher contributed lesson plans in every discipline. Special Education Web Page : [ http://www.geocities.com/athens/styx/7315/ ] A teacher made site especially for special education teachers. Great links to teacher resources. The Foundation Directory : [ http://fdncenter.org/ ] Need to write a grant? Here is a good place to start. SERI - Special Education Resources on the Internet: [ http://www.seriweb.com/ ] Hundreds of special needs web sites. EcEd Web : [ http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu ] Great economics support if you are trying to teach the OPS new economics curriculum. Homeschool.com : [ http://homeschool.com ]http://homeschool.com Great site for some alternative ideas. Internet Public Library : [ http://www.ipl.org/ ] This is one of my favorite sites. The site is from the University of Michigan School of Information and has just about anything your public library has. Could also be a student assistance site.
Instructional Assistance & Delivery Site:
Here are just a few of my favorite sites to get you started. When is it appropriate to use the internet?
Topics of information are time-based: The New York Times [ http://www.nytimes.com/ ] - on the web offers everything from markets to cartoons. The Tour de France [ http://www.letour.fr/2003/presentationus/ ] - Great for geography The Iditarod –[ http://www.iditarod.com/ ] - Another great geography opportunity. Various types or digitized versions of media and/or information are needed: United States Patent and trademark office [ http://www.uspto.gov ] – has a digitized copy of every patent and you can view them and copy them. The Library of Congress - [ http://www.loc.gov/ ] - great downloads of digitized material Smithsonian on the web [ http://americanhistory.si.edu/ ] – American history maps and artifacts. Journals, maps and videos are all available for the Corps of Discovery II. [ http://www.lewisandclarkgnet.org ] – The needed information is not available at your site: NASA [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ ] - tutotials with great graphics for instructional delivery in earth science.
Copyright Bay - http://www.stfrancis.edu/cid/copyrightbay/ - Great interactive site.
Great copyright information[ http://www.halldavidson.net ] - “Resource for educational technology leaders” [ http://www.techlearning.com ] Various sources are important: Diverse and divergent viewpoints The Green party of North America [ http://www.greens.org/na.html ] - The internet is more convenient: Great archives [ http://www.archive.org/movies/prelinger.php ] - for old material from black and white dancing cigarette ads to old political television ads. Sometimes this is more convenient than finding the phone book [ http://www.yellowbook.com/ ] - and my reading glasses. Occupational outlook handbook [ http://www.bls.gov/oco/ ]- index of jobs. Online English [ http://www.edunet.com/english/grammar/toc.cfm ] - grammar helps A guide for writing research papers[ http://webster.commnet.edu/apa/apa_index.htm ] - National Parks Service [ http://www.nps.gov/ ] - ; links to the past, Nature Net and Learn NPS all offer something for the student and teacher alike. If you can’t get to the University of Nebraska State Museum [ http://www-museum.unl.edu/index.html ] - this is the next best thing. Omaha Public Library [ http://omaha.lib.ne.us/ ] - . For those In Omaha this site has very good resources. And of vourse my favorite instructional delivery site that I use the most: Home Depot [ http://homedepot.com ] - has tutorials for all of us that love to improve our home but are all thumbs.
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