1001 Best Websites for Educators

1001 Best Websites for Educators
Author: Timothy Hopkins
Publisher: Teacher Created Resources
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2003
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0743938771

More than 1000 annotated entries of great Websites. Click on a link to go to the website - no typing in long URL addresses

1001 Best Internet Sites for Educators

1001 Best Internet Sites for Educators
Author: Mark Treadwell
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2001-06
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9781575174402

This second edition of a resource designed to help teachers find relevant information on the Internet for both themselves and their students, provides concise reviews of more than 1,000 Web sites sorted by subject area. Each site is evaluated with one to five stars for content, presentation and grade level. Easy-to-follow explanations are provided of how each site can be used in the classroom. Also presented are search tips to help teacher find more sites on their own. Besides the rating of Internet sites, the book includes information on hardware and software requirements, safety on the Internet, plug-ins, and helpful information such as criteria for site selection and searching the Web. An element called "Finding Where You Have Been" helps teachers relocate sites they have viewed. Other helpful features are "Searching the Web" and a "Glossary of Terms" to familiarize teachers and students with the Internet. The introductory material on "Safety on the Internet" provides guidelines for teachers. A generic Acceptable Use Policy is also included that is copyright-free for schools to adapt to their needs. Recommendations for filtering software are offered for Internet use in places where individual monitoring is not possible, such as libraries. Data is provided on an Internet license system in which parents or caregivers sign an agreement for their child to access the Internet. Sites are provided under the following curriculum areas: language arts; mathematics; science; foreign languages; general and professional sites for educators; health and physical education; information and communication; music and performing arts; technology in education; and visual arts. (AEF)

Book Review Index

Book Review Index
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1346
Release: 2003
Genre: Books
ISBN:

Every 3rd issue is a quarterly cumulation.

Educator's Guide to Searching the Internet. K-College

Educator's Guide to Searching the Internet. K-College
Author: Mark Treadwell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 76
Release: 1999
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781575171647

This guide to searching the Internet, designed for educators at all levels, begins with a section that discusses reasons for using new technologies. The second section is an introduction to the Internet that provides activities for determining if an Internet site meets its objective, the site's relevance to what is being taught, the educator's attitude and security in an online environment, and the educator's comfort level with technology; student attitudes toward technology and the role of information technology are also addressed. Accessing information is addressed in the next section, including information overload, gateways in education, the information gateway, managing the information, key problem-solving skills, semantic fields, Boolean searching, and directories and search engines. The fourth section suggests a World Wide Web tutorial on searching the Internet, followed by a section that presents criteria for evaluating a Web site. The final section lists educational Web sites in the following areas: art and the arts, language arts, health and physical education, information technology, foreign languages, mathematics, performance arts, science, social studies, and technology education. (MES)

The Safe Sites Internet Yellow Pages 2000-2001

The Safe Sites Internet Yellow Pages 2000-2001
Author: Thomas Nelson Publishers
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Total Pages: 784
Release: 2000
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9780785243908

Information on a variety of websites for the entire family. Featuring the Top 500 sites from the "Best of the Christian Web"!

Teach Anyone to Read

Teach Anyone to Read
Author: Lillie Pope
Publisher: Ejk Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2008
Genre: Education
ISBN:

"[A] no-nonsense guide to teaching reading, and much, much more. This book looks as carefully at the situation in which one teaches and one learns, as it does at the techniques for teaching."--Comment from frontispiece.