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WHETHER YOU ARE a new teacher or a 25-year veteran, this brief reference guide can help you access educational information on the Internet. The Net offers a plethora of resources for teachers--lesson plans, games, classroom resources, professional organizations, teaching materials, television resources, up-to-date research articles cited for students--but I have discovered that learning how to access them takes time. Here's a starter list I have compiled--a list of ten useful Internet sites geared specifically toward educators. With a little effort, you can find many more. To make this a more compact and useful guide, I will first supply the site's URL, then briefly describe it. I have tried to include only those sites that offer links to other sites. A visit to one site, for instance, may lead you to links on every other subject--and more. You may be surprised at what you find. One of the national, state, and local education goals is for teachers and students to become more computer and Internet literate. I hope this little guide will help you and your students achieve this. Please feel free to copy and share the list with other educators. Good luck and enjoy! Teacher Resources: Web Instructional Assistance http://www.aces.k12.ct.us/~spagnesi/help/helptch.htm Offers lots of links with brief descriptions of each site. Quick, easy, and no graphics. A great place to start! The National Library of Education
Presents: The Educational Resource Center (ERIC) ERIC, is the largest online database of educational resources - constantly updated - you could get lost in the links for years, you might also find exactly what you are looking for. Urban Education Web Offers good selection of links to sites concerned with urban education issues. Includes academic articles and lesson plans. Teachnet.com A weekly online newsletter that offers excellent links (look at the frame on the left of the page for access to them). Check out their lesson ideas, resources and links, and classroom sections. AskERIC Lesson Plans Check out the lesson plans offered here, or post your own. Mostly deals with core but offers good links as well, including those dealing with refugee and multicultural issues. Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators An excellent site with links categorized by subject. Also has many links relating to Internet and technology in the classroom. I highly recommend this site! Schoolhouse Topics Another great site with lots of links for educators. Categorized by subject, including assessment, integrated curriculum, and special needs to name but a few. Web Sites and Resources for Teachers K-6 resources, categorized by subject, including ESL/Bilingual. Updated regularly. Web Resources…Helpful to Middle
School Teachers A superb Web site. Even if you are not a middle-school teacher you will find useful links here. Designed by Eastchester Middle School, it has links to a page of middle school student links, academic subjects, special education, technology education, organizations and on and on. Dave Sperling Presents The …
ESL Web Guide The ultimate Internet resource for ESOL, bilingual,or other language teachers. If every subject had a site this good, it would be a perfect world! Note: Ms Cohen originally compiled this list in 1998 for the School of Education and Human Resources at the University of Bridgeport. |
| Jacqueline Renee Cohen, the daughter of dacs.doc production editor, Marc Cohen, is currently teaching English as a Foreign Language at Cognitio College in Hong Kong. Jackie is attempting to integrate Internet technology into her lessons. If you use this guide--or want to contribute your own sites for a future dacs.doc article--please send your comments to her at JAQATAC@iname.com. |
