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Digital History Website Support Teaching American History in K-12 Schools and Colleges The site also allows students and teachers to create multimedia American history exhibitions. These exhibitions can include historical images from the extensive database which currently contains over 600 photographs, art works and digitized letters. Users can incorporate their own text in their exhibitions, and the presentations can be emailed, downloaded or saved on their servers. Digital History contains resource guides for 44 historical eras and topics with historical overviews, links to the relevant Digital History textbook chapters, bibliographies, classroom handouts, charts, chronologies, film guides, historic newspaper articles and more. Mintz, S. (2007). Digital History. Retrieved Nov. 29, 2007 from http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu Doing What Works Website The site includes:
Newsweek Education Program In addition, the site offers History Connections, a monthly column that links current news events with those from the past and provides inspiring ideas for use in history and other social-studies classrooms. Each month from October through April, the Newsweek Education Program also presents online extension activities for use with Colonial Williamsburg's Electronic Fieldtrips.
Bring Poetry into the Classroom Web resources Glossary of poetic terms Guide to Poetry & Literature Webcasts Poetry 180: A poem a day for American High Schools Library of Congress Poetcasts PoetryTeachers.com NASA Programs on Cable 16 M | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
California School Garden Network This site is a resource for educators who have or want to start a garden on their school campus and features lesson ideas, research to support garden-based learning, contact information for regional organizations and more. The U.S. Department of Education has brought together some of the nation's most effective teachers and practitioners to host workshops on how to make a difference in student achievement. Now available as online courses, these workshops help teachers improve student achievement. The Teacher-to-Teacher workshops empower teachers by showing real-world examples of how scientifically-based research is successfully translated into classroom practice and by providing effective ways of using data to inform instruction. The workshop presenters are exemplary practitioners who share the strategies they have used to close the achievement gap and help all children learn and progress. Workshops are free, provide quick and easy access to instructional materials and can be used by individuals or groups. Museum of Tolerance The lessons and activities included in this site are designed to bridge the educational experience in the Museum of Tolerance with the learning that takes place in the classroom and beyond. Curriculum Alignment Learning Objectives
ArtsEdge, the National Arts and Education Network, supports the placement of the arts at the center of the curriculum and advocates creative use of technology to enhance the K-12 educational experience. ArtsEdge empowers educators to teach in, through and about the arts by providing the tools to develop interdisciplinary curricula that fully integrate the arts with other academic subjects. The site offers free, standards-based teaching materials for use in and out of the classroom as well as professional development resources, student materials and guidelines for arts-based instruction and assessment. A program of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, ArtsEdge is also a partner of Thinkfinity, the Verizon Foundation’s signature digital learning platform designed to improve educational and literacy achievement. Thinkfinity is built upon the foundation’s flagship education program formerly known as Verizon MarcoPolo, and the foundation’s comprehensive online resource for literacy, the Thinkfinity Literacy Network.
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PBS TeacherLine SECC and partners KVIE and KNPB (Reno public TV) now offer KVIE PBS TeacherLine which provides online professional development through facilitated courses that meet national and local standards, supportive and collaborative learning communities and exemplary Internet-based resources. In addition to the courses, teachers benefit from ongoing, facilitated discussions with teachers from across the country and a Mathematics Academy of self-paced professional development and other resources and educational content. The facilitated, online courses are aligned with national and local standards and provide quality professional development. The first course begins with a local face-to-face meeting and the rest of the class time is completed online in six weeks (or approximately 30 hours). TeacherLine benefits include: |
50 Years of the Space Age Reading Rockets Poets.org Education World National Education Technology Plan helps states and districts prepare today's students for the opportunities and challenges of tomorrow. From the U.S. Department of Education, this site includes information on the plan, how to participate, action steps and success stories. Internet2 K20 brings innovators in K-12, community colleges, universities, libraries and museums into appropriate regional, national and international advanced networking efforts. Enhances teaching and learning by facilitating projects that explore the ways in which advanced network applications, services, tools and digital content can extend access to education and educational resources. Parks Online Resources for Teachers and Students (PORTS) is designed to continue the California State Parks mission and to supplement teaching academic content standards in California's public schools. PORTS uses California's K-12 High-Speed Network (HSN) to deliver study units — designed to create the perfect field trip — to classrooms statewide. Materials necessary for classroom lessons and a videoconference with a park ranger are included. California K-12 High Speed Network Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE) was created after more than 30 federal agencies formed a working group in 1997 to make hundreds of federally supported teaching and learning resources easier to find. New teaching and learning resources are added each month. Subjects include arts, educational technology, foreign languages, health, language arts, math, physical education, science, social studies and vocational education. There are also student resources in these areas, pdf brochures and more. Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling provides resources for teachers and students to explore the literal anatomy of the digital story as well as its evolution and emergence. Cable in the Classroom (CIC) is the cable telecommunications industry's nonprofit education foundation. For more than 15 years, CIC has focused on improving teaching and learning in schools, at home and in the community through the use of new technologies and engaging content. CLRN (California Learning The Internet Public Library provides library services to Internet users: finding, evaluating, selecting, organizing, describing and creating information resources. WestEd is a nonprofit research, development and service agency that works with education and other communities to promote excellence, achieve equity and improve learning for children, youth and adults. PBS TeacherSource provides more than 3,000 free lesson plans and activities for pre K-12 correlated to national and local standards. Lesson plans tied to quality PBS programming. Very Special Arts promotes artistic excellence and provides through the arts educational opportunities for children of all abilities. Educates the general public and promotes awareness of the capabilities and accomplishments of people with disabilities. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TICAL (Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership) PBS TeacherLine is a national program committed to helping teachers acquire the skills they need to prepare students for a successful future. Provides online professional development through facilitated courses that meet national and local standards, supportive and collaborative learning communities and exemplary Internet-based resources. CILC (Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration) ADULT LEARNERS Adult Learning Activities increases literacy while improving life skills. Online lessons include listening, vocabulary, spelling, comprehension and writing. English for All (EFA) is a free, multimedia system for older adolescents and adults seeking to learn English as a Second Language (ESL). Includes streaming video, interactive pages and a management tracking system. |
