teacher education favorites: tried and proved merlot teacher education board: cris guenter, dorothy...
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Teacher Education Favorites:
Tried and Proved
MERLOT Teacher Education Board:Cris Guenter, Dorothy Fuller, Ron Hughes,
Diane Judd, Jane Moore, David Wicks
Teacher Education Favorites:Tried and Proved
• Characteristics of good learning objects:– Applicability– Ease of Use– Multiple Uses– Good Pedagogy– Engaging
Our Favorites
• Each of us selected websites that we’ve recently reviewed and USED in our own classrooms
• You’ll find the list of sites at http://del.icio.us/janepmoore
Pageflakes for Teachers
• http://www.pageflakes.com/default.aspx• Pageflakes is a site in which educators can
create their own home pages as well as have them hosted for no charge.
Jing
• http://www.jingproject.com/• Jing is an always-ready program that instantly
captures and shares images and video…from your computer to anywhere.
Noodle Tools
• http://noodletools.com/login.php• Noodle Tools Express is a free program that
allows users to input bibliographic data and receive a correct citation in either APA or MLA style
• An inexpensive option allows for the creation of whole bibliographies
Enriching Social Studies Through Simulations
• http://lightbridge.sonoma.edu/lightbridge/lessons/publish/76/main/introduction.html
• This is part of the Lightbridge series and allows observation of social studies lessons, as well as including lesson plans and teacher commentary
Tapped In
• http://tappedin.org/tappedin/• Tapped In provides a free site for educators to
have virtual offices and host text-based meetings
NASA Quilt
• http://quilt.jpl.nasa.gov/• This site, part of the CSU-NASA collaboration is
an excellent way to match desired space and Earth science activities with content standards
Your favorites?
• What are some great sites that you have discovered this year for use in Teacher Education?
• We’ll add them to the Del.icio.us site