Year Three: Finding Resources

For New Teachers

• Know how to access
• Learn how to perform an Internet search
• Just because you find something online doesn't mean it's true

General

• ClassBrain
• Educational Portals
• Educators Reference Desk
• Education World
• eduscapes
• Georgia Teacher Resource Center
• Global Schoolhouse
• Homework Spot
• Internet Search Engines for Kids
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
• Michigan Teacher Network
• New Teacher
• ProTeacher
• Teacher Forums
• Teacher's Internet Use Guide
• Teachers Helping Teachers
• Teaching Tips

Interactive Television

• ITV Field Trips
• Concerns of Instructors Delivering Distance Learning via the WWW
• Online Plagiarism
• Borrow, Fraud, Plagiarism?
• Plagiarism and Anti-plagiarism
• Internet Child Safety

Libraries

• Harvard Libraries
• Library of Congress
• Library of English Literature
• Library Spot -Online Reference
• Questia

Museums

• Museum Field Trips
• Museums on the Web
• MuseumStuff
• Virtual Field Trips

Professional Development

• Michigan Math/Science Centers
• Michigan Teacher Network
• UPCED

Professional organizations

• National Organizations

Michigan- General

• Listing of Organizations

Michigan- Subject-specific

• Metro Detroit Science Teachers
• MI Assoc. of Computer Users
• MI Assoc. for Media in Education
• MI Council for Social Studies
• MI Council of Teachers of English
• MI Council of Teachers of Mathematics
• MI Earth Science Teachers Assoc.
• MI Education Association
• MI Foreign Language Association
• MI Geographic Alliance
• MI Reading Association
• MI School Band and Orchestra Assoc.
• MI School Vocal Music Assoc.
• MI Science Teachers Assoc.

For Mentors

• Learn how to do Boolean searches on search engines like Google. You can vastly reduce the number of "hits" to sites that are not what you're looking for. This is a great skill for new teachers to learn.

Links - How to Find Info on the Net

• Boolean Search Techniques
• Links to Search Engines
• Internet Search Engines for Kids
• Helping Teachers Use the Internet
• Teacher's Internet Use Guide

For School Administrators

• Provide Internet access for teachers
• Make sure all your teachers understand your Internet Acceptable Use policy for students

Links

• Kids and the Internet
• Internet Child Safety
• Helping Teachers Use the Internet