This document provides resources for teachers in various categories such as lesson planning, classroom management, assessment tools, and academic content areas. It also includes descriptions of different citation styles like APA and Creative Commons licenses. Disadvantages of some resource types are outlined, such as the potential lack of creativity in using pre-made lesson plans or technical difficulties with online assessments. Copyright principles, fair use guidelines, and differences between copyright, trademarks and patents are defined.
2. Teacher's Guide -resources that a teacher might look at or consider before teaching or when teaching http://www.nichcy.org/Disabilities/Pages/Default.aspx http:// www.emtech.net/learning_theories.htm
3. Academic Resouces -resources that teachers can use as references for the content of their lesson a. English b. Social Science c. Science d. Math e. Arts Major Divisions
4. a. English 1. Communication Skills 2. Forms of Writing 3. Presenting http://www.iste.org/standards/nets-for-students/nets-student-standards-2007.aspx http://eff.cls.utk.edu/fundamentals/eff_standards.htm http:// web.mit.edu/hr/oed/learn/comm/art_basics.html http:// www.ece.cmu.edu/~koopman/essays/abstract.html http://www.sarasota.k12.fl.us/bhs/bryan/bryan_home2.html http://www.studygs.net/wrtstr3.htm http:// www.plu.edu/libr/media/designing_visuals.html http:// www.strategiccomm.com/logictree.html http:// www.hawaii.edu/mauispeech/html/preparing_speeches.html
5. b. Social Science http://www.civics-online.org/ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/ http:// www.crimsonbird.com/science/timeline.htm
9. Lesson Plan - resources that help teachers in lesson planning http://www.lessonplansearch.com/ http://www.uen.org/k12educator/corelessonplans.shtml http://www.khake.com/page77.html http://www.khake.com/page87.html
10. Teacher's Kit -or the printable resources, resources that provide teachers printable files for certain purposes http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/index.jsp http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/trubrics.htm http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech101.shtml http:// www.cleavebooks.co.uk/trol/trolha.pdf
11. Assessment/ Activities - Resources that provide teachers online student activities and other assessment tools http://www.serve.org/Classroom-Assessment.aspx http:// cte.umdnj.edu/student_evaluation/evaluation_finding.cfm http:// www.rmcdenver.com/useguide/assessme/online.htm http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/learn.jsp http:// www.arcademicskillbuilders.com / http:// www.exploratorium.edu /explore/ http://www.microsoft.com/about/corporatecitizenship/citizenship/giving/programs/up/digitalliteracy/default.mspx http://www.catawba.k12.nc.us/pages/sites/edwebsites/computerskills/onlineactivities.htm http:// www.collegebeergames.com /
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14. Lesson Plan Disadvantage -There will be no room for the teacher’s creativity - He/ she might be encouraged to use the exact lesson plan in the net for it is already available.
15. Teacher's Kit Disadvantage -Most templates cannot be edited bec. it is in an adobe format. -Some sites require registration.
16. Assessment/ Activities Disadvantages -Technical ability needed -Anxiety about reliability of technology -Practical tasks difficult -Difficulties with the technology can cause inequity -Not easy to tell if students own work -Students will need specific instructions, for example, on attaching a file or creating web pages -It is a new medium for many students, and they won't necessary transfer their learning and assessment skills from one medium to another.
17. Assessment/ Activities Disadvantages -May be difficult to motivate students' performance on low stake assignments -Time consuming for instructor to provide effective feedback -May not be practical for large enrollment classes -Can be time consuming to develop (however, once developed can be used over and over). -Lecturer requires a certain level of IT skills in order to develop the assessment. -As this is a form of formative assessment it often has low completion rates.
