Electronic Resource List

 

Assessment

Chicago Public Schools Instructional Intranet (2002)

http://intranet.cps.k12.il.us/Assessments/Ideas_and_Rubrics/Intro_Scoring/task_scoring_rubric/task_scoring_rubric.html.

This particular page defines performance assessment tasks and gives ideas for teaching and evaluation through the use of performance assessment tasks.

 

            Rubistar (2003)

http://rubistar.4teachers.org

Online resource tool, provided by the High Plains Regional Technology in Education Consortium, that assists teachers in creating rubrics either from templates or from scratch. Analysis of class performance can also be analyzed online.

 

Cooperative Learning

The Cooperative Learning Network (2004)

http://www.sheridanc.on.ca/coop_learn/cooplrn.htm

The Cooperative Learning (CL) Network is an association of colleagues at Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning who model, share, support, and advocate for the use of cooperative learning.

 

International Association for the Study of Cooperation in Education (2001).

http://WWW.IASCE.NET.

IASCE is an international, non-profit organization for educators who research and practice cooperative learning in order to promote student academic improvement and democratic, social processes. It also supports those who are interested in the study of cooperation in education by providing a forum in which to share research and lessons about the practice of cooperative learning. Additionally, it supports the development and dissemination of research, particularly educator research and inquiry that foster the understanding of cooperative learning.

 

Copyright

Visit Copyright Bay (2003)

http://www.nmjc.cc.nm.us/copyrightbay/coprbay.htm

This is a site, created by faculty and staff of University of St. Francis in Joliet, IL for educators to learn about copyright laws through online tutorials.

 
Music

Association for Technology in Music Instruction (2003)

http://atmi.music.org/.

This site provides an online music directory on current technical information for

computer-assisted instruction in music. The directory contains an extensive

offering of freeware, shareware, and commercial software for music and music

instruction.

 

MuSICA: The Music and Science Information Computer Archive (2001)

http://www.musica.uci.edu/

Collection of articles on music and brain research, and on physical and emotional therapy through music.

 

Research

Internet Public Library (2003).

The Regents of the University of Michigan.

http://www.ipl.org.

A public service organization and a learning/teaching environment at the University of Michigan School of Information.

 

Teaching and Learning

All Kinds of Minds

http://www.allkindsofminds.org.

A non-profit institute, founded by Mel Levine, for the understanding of differences in learning; to help students who struggle with learning measurably improve their success in school and life by providing programs that integrate educational, scientific and clinical expertise.

 

Education World (2003).

http://www.education-world.com/.

A website that services teachers by providing technology integration, professional development, teaching strategies, lesson plans, instructional tools, materials on all subjects, special interest activities.

 

The EducatorÕs Reference Desk (2004)

Information Institute of Syracuse

http://www.eduref.org/index.shtml.

Formerly of the AskERIC online service, this present site assists educators in search of teaching resources, lesson plans, a question archive, and a search interface to the ERIC Database of research.

 

The Graphic Organizer

http://www.graphic.org.

A site featuring visual strategies and organizers for active learning in the classroom.

 

            TeacherVision (2004)

Family Education Network.

            http://www.teachervision.fen.com.

A website that services teachers by providing lesson plans, instructional tools, current research on classroom management, materials on all subjects, special interest activities, links to edutainment sites.

 

www4Teachers (2004)

http://4teachers.org/.

Created by High Plains Regional Technology in Education Consortium and ALTEC (Advanced Learning Technologies) Center for Research on Learning at the University of Kansas. This is a site for teachers integrating technology into the curriculum. Includes online lessons and webquests, Project Based Learning, Technology Assessment, Think Tank, Checklists, Assessment Tools, Sites of the Week.

 

Technology

Teaching With Electronic Technology (2004)

http://www.wam.umd.edu/~mlhall/teaching.html

The World Wide Web sites collected on this page reflect the considerable variety of uses for computing and related forms of electronic technology in teaching. They are arranged in no strict order, but tend to proceed from rather general and theoretical resources to some instructive examples of specific applications of technology to teaching and learning.

 

USTA Library - The University of Texas San Antonio

http://www.lib.utsa.edu/Research/Internet101/

Internet 101/102 Untangling the web.  The five basic questions most academic researchers have about the Internet are answered: 1) How does it work; 2) What's really out there; 3) How can I search; 4) Why should I evaluate; 5) How do I cite sources.

 

PBS Teacher Source (2004)

Technology and Teaching.

            http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/teachtech/tutorials.shtm

Self-guided tutorials for navigation on the internet.

 

Web Resource Evaluation

Discovery Channel School

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators

            http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.html

This site is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning. Site also includes a page of surveys, information and critical evaluation information of websites.