SITES WITH IDEAS FOR CREATIVE TEACHING
www.earthballoon.com
The Earth Balloon is an interactive Social Studies/Environmental/Science
K-12 school assembly program used in teaching students of all ages
about our physical earth and environment.
www.fpsp.org
The Future Problem Solving Program provides ideas to encourage creative
thinking and problem solving
www.teachnet.org
The Teachers Network provides a variety of materials
including a handbook for new teachers
www.dance.ohio-state.edu/files/Bios/Will/DRG/Chenfeld.html
Despite being the longest website name I can remember seeing, this
site provides much excellent help for teachers who are seeking techniques
and looking for ways to find joy inteaching. Directed toward working
with younger children, but of value to all teachers
www.lesson-plans-online.com
If you're a teacher, you'll find much of interest at this site including
some free material and links to other free materials for teachers.
It's a commercial site, but with some interesting items. Their books
on teaching various Microsoft products are designed to be used by
school students (as opposed to adults) and are relatively inexpensive.
I like what they say about their books: "...students will often
be able to teach themselves new skills just by following the instructions. "
SITES WITH IDEAS FOR USING TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING
www.edurobot.com
Web site of the RB5X robot company. This is a commercial site, but "RB5" is
a versatile technology teaching tool
Technology in Education Institute
Web site of the Technology in Education Institute. This site provides
workshops on designing on-line instructional systems, clearly a
direction which educators are beginning to explore. The information
about what
the workshops include gives teachers some idea of that process.
I have no direct experience with their workshops, but they look
very
complete and are worth a look if you're considering development
of on-line instruction. Their links page is well organized and
very
complete.
PROGRAMS USING
CREATIVE TEACHING METHODS
www.naturesclassroom.com
This site describes a school which makes use of the natural
environment
www.us.edu/reading/readinghome.htm
One of the faculty members at University School is making good
use of a "Reading Recovery" program
WEB SITES AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS WHICH
ENCOURAGE READING
ENCOURAGE READING WITH A COMIC ADVENTURE NOVEL
http://www.authorsden.com/strawberryshakespeare
The official site of the award-winning comic adventure novel for
kids ages
9-12, Saving Bluestone Belle. Written by a psychologist turned
children's
book author, this rollicking tale about a ten year old boy who
goes up against
bumbling horse thieves is highly recommended for reluctant readers
and as a readaloud for the whole family.
INFOCOM TYPE TEXT ADVENTURE GAMES
www.csd.uwo.ca/Infocom/
Unofficial Infocom page
www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/3177/infocom.htm
Sources for Infocom original games, some free
TEACHING SITES
OF VALUE
http://www.onthenet.com.au/~hauckent/Welcome.html
This site provides a set of free lessons on using Windows.
Very valuable to Windows newcomers.
http://www.geocities.com/webquest_au/index.html
Lots of free web based material on Australia. Very complete.
http://www.exworthy.com
Superb collection of teaching and related links
http://www.geocities.com/educationplace/ls.html
Useful information source on learning (as opposed to teaching)
styles
http://members.tripod.com/lbrock44/index.html/
A nice site for teachers by a teacher. Lots of links, lesson
plans, and etc.
http://electricteacher.com
Great site for teachers working in creative uses of technology
in education and a generally good range of great and usable
information.
http://www.highschoolhub.org
A fantastic "hub" site for high school teachers, but
generally useful for anyone in education.
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