Building Website Databases: Building Website Databases: A Useful Tool for A Useful Tool for AdministratorsAdministrators

By Nicholas GolowichBy Nicholas Golowich

The ChallengeThe Challenge

Take a walk around Take a walk around your school, when your school, when you get the rare you get the rare opportunity, and opportunity, and survey the great survey the great things that your things that your colleagues are colleagues are doing.doing.

Involved AdministratorsInvolved Administrators

As an administrator, As an administrator, this connection this connection transcends beyond transcends beyond an informal process an informal process of keeping her pulse of keeping her pulse on the activities of on the activities of teachers in their teachers in their classrooms; it’s a classrooms; it’s a contractual contractual obligation. obligation.

So much to know!So much to know!

The requirement of an The requirement of an administrator is to administrator is to juggle the needs of a juggle the needs of a faculty that teaches faculty that teaches the core subjects of the core subjects of

language arts, language arts, math, math, science, science, world languages, world languages, and social studies.and social studies.

Special AreasSpecial Areas

In addition, the In addition, the committed administrator committed administrator supports the teachers of supports the teachers of domestic skills (cooking, domestic skills (cooking, sewing, woodshop), sewing, woodshop),

physical physical education/health,education/health,

music, music, special education special education and technology.and technology.

In what appears to be a massive load In what appears to be a massive load for an administration to manage, the for an administration to manage, the

challenge is twofold:challenge is twofold:

How to become How to become familiar with all familiar with all areas of curriculumareas of curriculum

How to become a How to become a resource of resource of teaching strategies teaching strategies that bind all that bind all subject areassubject areas

Let’s Get Busy!!!Let’s Get Busy!!!

Following is a Following is a database of tools database of tools that are useful to that are useful to all teachers, and all teachers, and that you can have that you can have at your disposal to at your disposal to store in your store in your “favorites.”“favorites.”

Directions:Directions:

At the end of this At the end of this presentation, e-presentation, e-mail mail golowic2@tcnj.edu,golowic2@tcnj.edu,

And I will reply with And I will reply with the hyperlinks. the hyperlinks. This facilitates This facilitates storing them on storing them on your computer.your computer.

Here is your database of Here is your database of websites that are crucial for websites that are crucial for the supportive administratorthe supportive administrator

The hands-on The hands-on building building

administrator administrator juggles the needs of juggles the needs of

a faculty that a faculty that teaches the core teaches the core

subjects of language subjects of language arts, math, science, arts, math, science,

world languages, world languages, and social studies.and social studies.

Math:Math:

Math challenges Math challenges for families: a for families: a

great addition to great addition to any website!any website!

Language arts:Language arts:

PhonicsPhonics gamesgames Working with WoWorking with Wo

rdsrds Greek mythologyGreek mythology The Word DetectThe Word Detect

iveive

Physical Education and Physical Education and Health:Health:

Journals and other Journals and other e-resources e-resources

Search in educatioSearch in educational databasesnal databases

World LanguagesWorld Languages

Say “hello” to the Say “hello” to the world!world!

Resources for elemResources for elementary school teacentary school teachershers

Industrial arts and life skills:Industrial arts and life skills:

www.bigchalk.comwww.bigchalk.com K-12 teacher K-12 teacher

resources for resources for food history food history lessonslessons

Home economics siHome economics sitestes

Science:Science:

Space exploration:Space exploration: To satisfy curiosity:To satisfy curiosity: PaulsPauls

' Interactive Chemi' Interactive Chemistry Labstry Lab

Social studies: more sites Social studies: more sites than can probably be listed than can probably be listed

here!here!

 

MusicMusic

New World SymphonyNew World Symphony

And finally, a great And finally, a great database for teachers in database for teachers in

many subjects:many subjects:

Other resourcesOther resources

Research utilizing technology

Lesson plansRubric builders

NJ audio-visual aids

Study SkillsStudy Skills

A couple of interesting study skills sites: A couple of interesting study skills sites: study skills should not be taught in isolation, study skills should not be taught in isolation,

but as a tool that all students use in every classbut as a tool that all students use in every class

Study Skills Study Guides

The following can be utilized for lesson plans The following can be utilized for lesson plans and a huge stockpile of information to help and a huge stockpile of information to help students and teachers with current topics:students and teachers with current topics:

1.1.http://www.http://www.

njn.net/njn.net/2.2.

www.npr.orgwww.npr.org3. 3.

www.pbs.orgwww.pbs.org

““How to”:How to”:

http://http://www.soyouwawww.soyouwanna.com/nna.com/

4.4.http://www.bbhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/c.co.uk/

““How to”:How to”:http://http://www.ipl.org/diwww.ipl.org/div/kidspacev/kidspace//

~~http://http://puzzlemaker.scpuzzlemaker.school.discovery.chool.discovery.comom//

‹‹To create To create ‹crossword & ‹crossword & ‹other puzzles‹other puzzles

Example ›Example ›

http://school.dishttp://school.discovery.com/puzcovery.com/puzzles19/ngolowiczles19/ngolowich/html/53341xgh/html/53341xgeke.htmleke.html

1.1. http://www.eschhttp://www.eschoolnews.com/reoolnews.com/resources/funding/sources/funding/

Grant Grant opportunities opportunities & contests:& contests:

2.2. http://www.pahttp://www.pafinc.com/finc.com/

Dictionary/Dictionary/

thesaurus/thesaurus/

quotations:quotations:

For performing For performing arts:arts:

a.http://a.http://www.jerseyarts.www.jerseyarts.com/com/

Writing a Public Writing a Public Service Service Announcement Announcement (PSA):(PSA):

~~http://http://dictionary.refdictionary.reference.com/erence.com/

b.http://b.http://www.educationindewww.educationindex.com/theaterx.com/theater

c.http://c.http://www.artpridenj.cowww.artpridenj.com/m/

~~http://http://www.awordfromourwww.awordfromourplanet.org/about.htplanet.org/about.htmlml

The ultimate list of The ultimate list of teacher’s resources:teacher’s resources:

http://www.teachers.net/http://www.teachers.net/ http://www.teachervision.com/tv/http://www.teachervision.com/tv/ http://www.askeric.org/http://www.askeric.org/ http://www.big6.com/http://www.big6.com/ http://www.thirteen.org/http://www.thirteen.org/

edonline/concept2class/edonline/concept2class/index.htmlindex.html

http://www.educating.net/http://www.educating.net/ http://www.ipl.org/http://www.ipl.org/ http://disney.go.com/http://disney.go.com/

DisneyLearning/DisneyLearning/ http://www.state.nj.us/http://www.state.nj.us/

education/education/ http://juliet.stfx.ca/people/stu/http://juliet.stfx.ca/people/stu/

x94emj/teacher.htmx94emj/teacher.htm http://http://www.bigchalk.comwww.bigchalk.com//

And, finally, everyone’s And, finally, everyone’s favorite website:favorite website:

By Nicholas By Nicholas Golowich Golowich

Made on March 29, Made on March 29, 20032003

For the College of For the College of New JerseyNew Jersey

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