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| Education Resources |
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| Finding Books |
| Books are still very helpful resources!
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- TomCat (online
catalog)
The Grace Hauenstein Library has a rich collection
of books, journals, pamphlets and other materials. Use TomCat
to search for items the library holds.
- WorldCat
Catalog of books available in libraries
throughout the world
- NetLibrary/eBooks
NetLibrary provides access to nearly 12,000
online books. To search the database and "check out" books, you will first need to create a (free) account.
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| Finding Articles |
| Online indexes help you find articles on
your topic. Some provide access to full text articles, but most
are citation-only databases. What do you do when you find an article you like? |
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- ERIC
Provides access to 1000s of unique ERIC
documents and indexes over 2000 education journals and magazines;
largest education index
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- PsycINFO
Leading index to articles, books,
and chapters about psychological issues; useful when looking for
a psychological perspective on an educational topic
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- Social
Science Abstracts
Main index in the field of social
sciences; main provide some additional information not found in
any of the above indexes
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- Academic OneFile
Scholarly journals from arts and the humanities
to social sciences, science and technology
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- ProQuest
Direct
Index to articles on a variety
of topics, including some full text
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| Web Sites |
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| Art Education |
- Art Detective: A. Pintura For K-12. Examine works of famous artists, concepts, composition, style or subject.
Art Images for College Teaching A sampler containing selected excerpts from an extensive image collection available on Kodak Photo-CDs, this site is organized into five primary chronological and cultural groupings. Images can be enlarged and each contains brief captions and descriptive information.
- Art Teacher Connection Collection of lesson plans focusing on how to integrate technology, most specifically the Internet and World Wide Web, into art education.
- Art Museum Web Sites A link to the Yahoo art museum web page, with the museums divided up by genre. Miscellaneous other art museum sites are included as well.
- Arts for a Complete Education Links to many and varied web sites concerned with art education, including various national and state resources; tends to focus on adovcacy for arts education.
- ARTSEDGE The mission of ARTSEDGE is to help artists, teachers, and students gain access to and/or share information, resources, and ideas that support the arts as a core subject area in the K-12 curriculum. Includes extensive links to art ed sights.
- ArtsEdNet Supported by the Getty Education Institute for the Arts, this site includes images, lesson plans and curriculum guides.
- Crayola Art Education While this page does promote Crayola products, it also includes a collection of lesson plans and technique ideas.
- Educator's Reference Desk 2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information, and 200+ question archive responses.
- Eyes on Art Suggested activities for studying art on the world wide web.
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| Conductive Education |
- Conductive Education Information Page lists a variety of web sites concerned with CE, such as programs and educational opportunities.
- Conductive Education links are found at a DMOZ Open Directory Site.
- Conductive Education Web Site, sponsored by the National Institute of Conductive Education, discusses the activies of NICE and the Foundation for Conductive Education. The site features "CE Connections" a forum on CE where people can share concerns, interests or goals.
- Inter-American Conductive Education Association strives to promote and disseminate the principles of Conductive Education, in the United States and Canada, using the services of parents, conductors, therapists, teachers, and other related health professionals.
- National Association for Conductive Education (NACE) is a voluntary group of parents, professionals and community members who are committed to facilitating the development of conductive education in Australia. Included on this site are Standards of Practice and some information about state CE organizations.
- Ontario March of Dimes Conductive Education Programs lists CE programs throughout the world and publishes CE Bulletin, a semi-newsletter concerned with CE.
- Peto Institute provides an overview of the Institute's goals and history.
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| Educational Associations |
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| ESL |
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| General Research Guides |
- Center
for the Advancement of Ethics and Character dedicated
to helping teachers build good character in today's students;
balanced, educational, and unbiased
- Core Knowledge an educational reform movement based on the premise that a grade-by-grade core of common learning is necessary to ensure a sound and fair elementary education.
- Education
Virtual Library Very extensive
site that provides links to a wide variety of international
education web pages, including information on books, education
databases and teaching methodologies.
- Education
World Attractive site that
contains information and resources on lesson planning, curricula,
books in education, training, and financial planning.
- Educator's Reference
Desk Links to over 3000 resources
on a variety of educational issues; more than 2000 unique lesson
plans; collection of over 200 responses to popular questions
on the practice, theory, and research of education and the ERIC database
- ERIC Recent literature related to the field
of education and updates about ERIC, including new special projects
and publications ERIC
Thesaurus
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Gateway to Education Materials (GEM) Access
to high quality lesson plans, curriculum units and other education
resources on the Internet.
- Global
SchoolNet Foundation The
purpose of this hyperbook is to explore the worlds of educational
reform and information technology.
- Literacy
Web designed to promote the use of the Internet to assist
classroom teachers in their search for best practices in literacy
instruction
- MarcoPolo
Internet Content for the Classroom provides
standards-based Internet content and professional development
to K-12 teachers and students
- Michigan Electronic
Library Links
to web sites on a wide variety of education issues, including
charter schools, grant writing, home schooling, literacy, distance
learning and resources for educators in specific subjects.
- Teachers
at Work: Internet Tools for Teachers divided
into categorical sections, this site includes a searchable directory
of over 5000 reviewed websites in 17 curriculum areas.
- TeachNet.org An extensive collection of online
teacher-designed activies and projects.
- Blue
Web'n A searchable dtabase
of over 1000 outstanding Internet learning sites categorizedby
subject area, audience, and type.
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| Lesson Plans |
- Ask
ERIC Lesson Plan Collection -- Contains
more than 1,000 unique lesson plans which have been written
and submitted to AskERIC by teachers from all over the United
States.
- Awesome
Library -- The Awesome Library contains
14,000 carefully reviewed resources, including the top 5 percent
in education. Many lesson plans are also included.
- Baltimore Curriculum Project K-5, all year, each day
- edHelper.com Over 6,000 lesson plans available, organized
by subject area
- Internet
Projects Registry is a clearinghouse
for collaborative projects from across the globe - projects
hosted by the Global SchoolNet Foundation, other reputable organizations,
and outstanding partner projects conducted by teachers worldwide
- Lesson
Plans Library offers several ways
to select lesson plans, including by grade and subject matter;
see also Kathy
Schrock’s Guide for Educators, a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum
and professional growth. It is updated daily to include the
best sites for teaching and learning.
- Michigan
Electronic Library Lesson Plans -- Links
to several lesson plan sites.
- Solution
Site offers K-12 teacher-generated
lesson plans emphasizing active learning
- Teachers.Net
Lesson Bank -- A searchable
collection of activities and lessons for use with students in
preschool through advanced levels. It is sorted by grade level
and curriculum categories.
- TeachersFirst
Classroom Resources -- Though filled
with annoying advertisements, this nicely designed and easy
to use site provides access to a large variety of lesson plans
and relevant web links.
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| Michigan Teachers and Teaching Information |
- Michigan
Department of Education This
up-to-date site contains essential information on Michigan education,
such as descriptions and addresses of the Department of Education,
reports and statistics, legislation, school resources, grants
and finances, and linked Internet resources.
- Michigan Education
Association
- Michigan
Teacher Network The MTN is funded by the Michigan Department
of Education as a statewide project meant to support Michigan
K-12 educators in the successful use of instructional technology
by providi ng best practice, professional development, and evaluated
curriculum resources.
- MTN
Job Listings Collections
of job postings for Michigan, position openings for specific
districts in Michigan, and national educator position listings,
which may include Michigan.
- MTN MCF Standards
& Benchmarks
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| New Teachers/Teachers to Be |
- New
Teachers Online explores the experience
of being a teacher with veteran teacher web mentors who guide
and inform the discussions
- (pt)2 is
an interactive program designed by educators for students preparing
to be teachers. (pt)2 focuses on Internet technology integration
in the K-12 curriculum exposing preservice teachers to quality
educational online resources in the context of effective online
activities. (pt)2 helps teachers-to-be understand how to use
Internet technology and content for instruction, presentation,
lesson planning, research, and collaboration.
- Survival
Guide for New Teachers includes
the reflections of award-winning first-year teachers who talk
candidly about their successes and setbacks, with a particular
emphasis on the relationships they formed with their colleagues,
university professors, and their students' parents
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| Rubric Generators |
- RubiStar
Home a tool to help the teacher
who wants to use rubrics but does not have the time to develop
them from scratch.
- Rubric
Machine helps you build and use
instructional rubrics in support of broader performance-based
approaches to assessing student learning
- TEACH-nology's
Rubric Generators allows you to
make grading rubrics by filling out a simple form.
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