Resource for Educators
Anne Bronwynne Jones,
Summer Institute Medical School
Campus- Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD
There are so many great resources for
information on the net these days, 500 billion pages and more each day, that it's a bit daunting to know where
This page is intended to bring together
a collection of varied sources that will assist you in your classroom, prepare
your students to become net savvy, and to give you a jumping off
point for several different areas of research on the net.
Click here for the EnviroHealth Connections ELC Internet
A varied collection of links to help the
educator in and out of the classroom.
MPT/PBS Sponsored Pages:
- "Maryland Public Television is committed to
serving the needs of learners of all ages.
These pages offer a variety of programs for
parents, teachers, caregivers, and students
that are designed to enrich the learning
Integration: a Jump Start - Topics covered: Internet tutorials and
primers, browsers and ISP's, netiquette, how to search not surf, the best search engines, bookmarks/favorites, email, WebQuests,
teacher resources and sites.
Technology Toolbox - Another great site created by MPT staff!
"MPTís Technology Toolbox takes teachers through the many adventures of
Internet-based projects. This collection of websites, resources, and lesson ideas helps teachers harness the Internet and bring it into their classrooms to transform each school day. There are tips and strategies for integrating everything from online collaboration projects to Web research and Web authoring tools. Links to Internet investigations, online simulations, and virtual field trips are all housed in the toolbox. Teachers ready to unleash the power of the Internet as a learning tool will find everything they need here." Go here, and bookmark it, quick!
PBS Teacherline An Online professional development opportunity for K-16 teachers focusing on technology integration.
TeacherSource: Copyright -a
reference guide for educators who videotape programming from PBS television.
For quick access, the information is divided into the following sections: copyright law and fair use, PBS and extended taping rights, educational multimedia, FAQ's, further resources and sample videotape label.
TechKnow - Do you think you have the Techknow to judge a television
show, or earn your first web license? Check out this interactive site!
You Net Savvy? a Directed Internet Task - Topics include: Netiquette (with quiz),
Net Safety (earn the Internet Driver's License), Net Privacy (call to get
your own free bookcover!) Source Evaluation, Misleading Banner Ads and
More from the Web -This page chock full of great links to assist the
educator in getting more from the web! Constructed by tech guru Doug Fireside,
this page is nicely made, frankly and amusingly annotated, and easily navigated.
Some of the links are duplicates of the ones on this page, but there is
a lot of really great information there.
HyperPowered Curriculum -page was designed for those teachers who use
Hyper-Studio and other slide show/presentation software in their classrooms.
You can find clip art, scoring rubrics and all sorts of other goodies here.
Created by Amado "Sonny" Narvaez, Media Specialist, Montgomery County
Tapped In-The future of Professional Development -Join an online virtual educational community! "TAPPED IN?is the online workplace of an international community of education
professionals. K-12 teachers and librarians, professional development staff, teacher
education faculty and students, and researchers engage in professional
development programs and informal collaborative activities with colleagues."
-"is a fill-in-the-blank interactive Web site that guides you through picking
a topic, searching the Web, gathering good Internet sites, and turning
Web resources into learning activities. It helps you combine the "filaments"
of the Web with a learner's "mentality" (get it?). Support is built in
through Mentality Tips, so you'll be guided along the way and end up with
a Web-based activity you can share with others even if you don' know anything
about HTML, Web servers, or all that www-dot stuff."