Donna McPartland
SLM 521
Last updated 6/01/06
Web
Link Bibliography
Summary and Purpose:
The purpose of this bibliography is to provide resources for
college students who are preparing to become teachers. The information should be useful during
their internships, student teaching, and as beginning teachers. These sites should be useful to interns,
beginning teachers, and teachers already in the field. The bibliography is divided into the
following categories:
Professional Resources
Teacher Resources – General
Teacher Resources – Math and Science
Teacher Resources – Social Studies and ILA
Teacher Resources – PE, Art, and Music
Professional
Resources
National Council
for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) – This is the site of
the agency that provides accreditation in teacher education programs. The site provides resources for ensuring
high quality teaching and teacher preparation. Standards for all disciplines of
instruction are linked to this site, including the Standards for Professional
Development Schools (PDS).
Resources for meeting the standards are included. There is a very helpful site map. This site would be a reference for
college students interning in PDS schools, for their mentors, and PDS
liaisons. Date visited –
5/27/06. http://www.ncate.org
National Education Association - This
NEA site provides information about everything in education from grant writing
to issues in education to summer reading for teachers. It advocates quality education for all
children and the advancement of the teaching profession. On this site you can find issues in
education and links to research and resources for the classroom. There is a teacher page which includes a
lesson on timely events. Besides
that, there are ideas for lessons, classroom management, and a really nice
section for teacher help and ideas, Works4Me. Finally, there is a support component
for parents and community. Date
visited – 5/27/06.
http://www.nea.org/index.html
Maryland
State Department of Education – This site should be helpful to
interns and beginning teachers, as well as experienced teachers. It has information regarding teacher
certification, professional development for teachers, and some lesson seeds for
teachers to use. There is a good
lesson provided for social studies teachers to use when teaching about D-Day
which includes a video documentary produced by Comcast. Date visited – 5/31/06. http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/msde
School Improvement in
Maryland – This is a great site for teachers in
National Association for Beginning
Teachers – This purpose of this site is to encourage new teachers to
maintain their enthusiasm by helping to provide them with the tools and skills
necessary. This is a non-profit
organization and membership is free.
There are links to resources and workshops for beginning teachers (which
are not free). There is a link to a
beginning teachers toolbox, which is full of resources. Date visited – 5/31/06.
http://www.beginningteachers.org
Teacher
Resources – General
Beginning
Teachers Toolbox – This site of full of
resources for beginning teachers.
It includes links to a survival kit, practical resources, free
newsletter, and staff development opportunities. There is also a link to a mentor teacher
page, and a link to a student and parent page, which includes a further link to
Yahoologans.
Date visited – 5/31/06.
http://www.inspiringteachers.com/bttindex.html
Welcome to
Terri Husted’s Homepage! A Homepage for New (And Not So New) Math
Teachers – This site is full of really good resources for beginning
and experienced middle and high school teachers. It includes links to Internet lessons in
math and science with free downloads, most loved math problems (they are so
motivating that I just had to solve some of the problems before going on),
classroom management, links to other math sites, and much more. Although this site is that of an
individual, her site won the Golden Web Award (I verified this). I also read through much of the material
on this site and found it to be aligned with current best practices in teaching
and learning. Date visited –
6/01/06. http://people.clarityconnect.com/webpages/terri/terri.html
The Educators Reference Desk – This is
a huge site. It has 12 categories
on the home page, and teaching is only one of them. There are resources for beginning
teachers as well as seasoned teachers, There are tons of lesson plans in all
subject areas, and on a variety of topics.
The lessons are leveled by grade (K-12) but you don’t know the
level until you open the lesson page.
The site has links to ERIC and GEM to aid users in search and research
endeavors. Date visited –
5/27/06. http://www.eduref.org
Teachers.Net –
This site includes a chatboard network where teachers
have a wide range of choices for chatting with other teachers – according
to grade level, subject area, projects, technology, topic, etc. Other links include a lesson bank, and a
page which provides strategies and approaches to beginning teachers and veteran
teachers as well. Date visited
– 6/01/06.
http://teachers.net/mentors/beginning_teachers
Teachnology – the Teaching Tips
That Work Center – This site includes teaching tips in all subject
areas and a lot more. There are
lots of lesson plans in all subject areas.
The PE category has 16 lesson ideas, ranging from behavior management to
Field Day activities. The site
includes downloads, teacher tutorials, and has links to many lesson plans for
middle and high school teachers in different subject areas. Date visited – 5/27/06. http://www.teach-nology.com/ideas
Internet4Classrooms
– The purpose of this site is to help teachers use the Internet
effectively. This is a huge site
with many really good links. It was
cited in 2 ISTE Publications in 2005-06: 101 Best Web Sites for both Elementary
and Secondary Teachers. It has
links to quote of the day, question of the day; brain teasers, and trivia
questions in different subject areas.
There is so much on here that would be valuable to so many teachers that
I will try to break it down with citation for specific grade levels or subject
areas. The home page has links for
teachers, to assessment, tutorials, Daily Dose of the Web, SmartBoard
resources, and in-school integration support (effective use of technology in
classrooms. Date visited –
6/01/06
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/index.htm
Teacher
Resources – Math and Science
Mrs. Glossers Math Goodies - This is a
good site for math teachers, and includes interactive math lessons, a free math
homework help link, and a free math newsletter. Although there is a CD for purchase on
this site, there are many lessons and math puzzles from the CD which are
free. The grade level range
for these activities is grades 6 through 9.This site has been reviewed on radio
and TV, featured on www.4teachers, and recognized by various web
reviewers. Date visited –
6/01/06 http://www.mathgoodies.com
Problem
Solving Literacy – This site is promoting problem solving literacy,
and has lessons and activities in algebra, physics, and chemistry. This site is not as easy to navigate as the
others on the list, but has some good activities. The site is for administrators,
teachers, students, parents, and other professional. 6/01/06. http://www.hawaii.edu/suremath/home1.html
Physics
Question of the Week – This site is presented by the
Internet4Classrooms: Math
– This site has an elementary math link and a secondary math link. You can also link to general math, or
you can link by math topic. Besides
the over 100 links to math sites, there is a comprehensive math readiness link,
a link to a search engine for math resources, and a link to in-depth algebra
help. The links on this site were
verified 5/19/06. Date visited
– 6/01/06. http://www.internet4classrooms.com/math.htm
Internet4Classrooms:
Science – This site has links to chemistry, biology, astronomy,
physics, and science fairs and projects.
The sites for each of these science disciplines have many links, and the
links are categorized. For example,
the biology link is categorized into dissection, animals, rain forests, zoos
and museums. The links for each of
these disciplines were verified within the last couple of weeks – physics
and science fairs as recent as 5/29/06.
Date visited – 6/01/06.
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/science.htm
Think Science – This site has
links to online lesson plans that require the student to visit web sites to
find the answers to the questions.
The site doesn’t give the grade level of the lessons but they
appear to be from grade 3-8 and above.
There aren’t a lot of lessons as are linked to some sites, but a
teacher could get ideas for online lessons through this site. There is a trivia question on the home
page, and it keeps changing. There
are many links to other science sites.
Date visited – 5/27/06
http://www.thinkscience.org
Teacher
Resources – Social Studies and Language Arts
Internet4Classrooms:
Social Studies – This site has links to general resources, geography,
history, and economics. Each are
subdivided; the history site includes African-American history, Jewish history,
world history, Revolutionary War, and World War II. It includes a link to presidents and to
presidential libraries, and an additional link to propaganda. There is a link at the top of the
history site to a ten minute presentation on the growth of our nation from
1789-1959. The link verifications
are current. Date visited –
6/01/06. http://www.internet4classrooms.com/social.htm
Who’s Who
and What’s What – This is a New York Times web site for
teachers of grades 3-12.
There are 5 questions dealing with current events. The questions are related to articles in
the current day’s Times. (The questions change every day.) There are multiple-choice questions for
the students to answer. Instead of
giving the answer, students are directed to read the related article, linked to
the site, and find the answer for themselves. This site would be great for social
studies classrooms; it is motivational and timely. The picture is a nice addition; it is a
picture of someone in one of the news stories. Date visited – 6/01/06. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/quiz/index.html
Internet4Classrooms:
Language Arts –This site has links to general, elementary, middle and
high school, and writing. The
middle and high school site is categorized into the various components of
language arts. There are many
internet lesson plans, especially at the middle school level. This site also has links for teacher
resources. The site claims recent
verification of links. Date visited
– 6/01/06. http://www.internet4classrooms.com/lang_mid.htm
Teacher
Resources – PE, Music, and Art
Internet4Classrooms:
PE and Health – This site is categorized into health, PE, and
nutrition/wellness. There are links
to lesson plans, sports, games,
line dancing , and other physical activities. Although this site has well over a
hundred links it isn’t quite as comprehensive as the ones above that are
linked from the same site. Link
verification is current. Date
visited – 6/01/06.
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/health.htm
Internet4Classrooms:
Art and Music – This is a great site for art and music teachers. It also includes links to dance and
theater. National art standards are
linked to this site. The really
neat thing about the music links is that they include sounds. There is a series of links for students
to identify the songs, making it both interactive and fun. Date visited – 6/01/06.
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/arts.htm#multi