Links and Education Resources
"One must learn by doing the thing. For though you
think you know it, you have no certainty until you try."
Sophocles ~ (BC 495-406, Greek Tragic Poet)
This page contains University and education related sites, student education association sites, official education sites such as the Colorado Department of Education, national and federal sites.
On our SCTEA site: Master Link List
For Answers to Research Questions:
- Ask ERIC Toolbox
- Blue Web'n
- Colorado Department of Education
- Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Math and Science
- ERIC
- Mid-Continent Regional Educational Laboratory
- National Council on Adult Literacy (many white papers on adult literacy, family literacy etc.)
- Teacher LINK
- US Office of Education
Professional and Learned Societies:
- American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance
- American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
- American Federation of Teachers
- Association for Childhood Education International
- Council for Exceptional Children
- International Reading Association
- International Society for Technology in Education
- National Association for Humane and Environmental Education
- National Council for the Social Studies
- National Council of Teachers of English
- National Council of Teachers of Math
- National Education Association
- National Middle School Association
- National Science Teachers Association
- Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
- CSU-Pueblo Teacher Education Association
Interesting Links:
- Apple Learning Interchange
- George Lucas Educational Foundation (Edutopia)
- Integrated Learning Garden
- Knowledge Loom
- NASA Meteorlogical Data - "Science data visualization crew has come up with wonderful animations of the El Nino and the La Nina anomalies on rotating globes. These animations compare the Sea Surface Temperature from TOPEX/Poseidon and the Sea Surface Height provided by AVHRR Pathfinder, and they run the data from 1996 through 1999."
- Field Trip Site - Make your own, or do the virtual field trip.
- MarcoPolo - The MarcoPolo program provides no-cost, standards-based Internet content for the K-12 teacher and classroom, developed by the nation's content experts. Online resources include panel-reviewed links to top sites in many disciplines, professionally developed lesson plans, classroom activities, materials to help with daily classroom planning, and powerful search engines.
- Department of Exercise Science, Health Promotion & Education
- Science Standards
- National Reading Content Literacy Standards
- Colorado Content Standard
- Foundations of Learning
- Problem Based Learning Information
- Information on the PLACE tests may be found by contacting the Colorado Department of Education.
- Yale Style Manual for Web Documents
Case Study Method
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http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/case.html
National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science - http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/math/publicprojectPI/
Boston College Mathematics Case Studies Project
Cooperative Learning
- http://www.ed.gov/pubs/OR/ConsumerGuides/cooplear.html
U.S. Government Printing Office Site with information for “consumers” and focusing on information for teachers -
http://www-acad.sheridanc.on.ca/scls/coop/cooplrn.htm
The Cooperative Learning Network: focuses on higher education applications -
http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/archive/cl1/CL/default.asp
National Institute for Science Education: Great deal of information on using collaborative learning - http://www.jigsaw.org/
Jigsaw Classroom: How to do it right! - http://www.stanford.edu/group/pci/
Program for Complex Instruction at Stanford: Video streaming of CL classrooms -
http://faculty.petra.ac.id/anitalie/LTM/cooperative_learning.htm
Paper which focuses on cooperative learning in higher education but explains the process, structures for learning, etc. - http://www.clcrc.com/
Cooperative Learning Center at the University of Minnesota: The original Johnson and Johnson site -
http://www.cde.ca.gov/iasa/cooplrng.html
California Department of Education site focusing on CL to enhance diversity
Lecture
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http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/bdodge/active/ActiveLearning.html
A paper on lecturing and active learning by D. C. Seeler, G. H. Turnwald and K. S. Bull
Problem-Based Learning
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http://www.samford.edu/pbl/index.html
Center for Problem-Based Learning: lots of great information and resources -
http://www2.imsa.edu/programs/pbln/
Illinois Math and Science Academy Center for Problem-Based Learning: All the basics and more - http://www.udel.edu/pbl/
University of Delaware Problem-Based Learning site: mostly for colleges and universities -
http://www2.imsa.edu/programs/pbln/sleuths/
Illinois Problem-Based Learning Network examples: Great examples for K-12 students - http://chemeng.mcmaster.ca/pbl/pbl.htm
McMaster University: How to do it in science and with big classes – and other practical advice for everyone - http://www.pbl.uci.edu/
University of California, Irvine: Problem Based Learning Faculty Institute -
http://www.udel.edu/pbl/cte/jan95-posc.html
Problem-Based Learning and the Lively Classroom: Written report on use in undergraduate teaching -
http://www.udel.edu/pbl/cte/spr96-phys.html
Problems: A Key Factor in PBL: Details on establishing good problems
Socratic Seminar
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http://www.socraticseminars.com/
Socratic Seminars Northwest: Some basic information on their program - http://www.indiana.edu/~w505a/raider.html
Socratic Seminar Page: Get connected to others using Socratic Seminars -
http://mypage.iusb.edu/~msherida/general/syllab~1.html
Workshop Syllabus for Teachers on Conducting Socratic Seminars
WebQuests
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http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquest.html
The WebQuest Page: All the basics and examples -
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/about_webquests.html
Some thoughts about WebQuests by Bernie Dodge, San Diego State University -
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/bdodge/active/ActiveLearning.html
Information relating WebQuests and active learning by Bernie Dodge
Writing to Learn
- http://www.mala.bc.ca/www/wac/proj.htm#learn
Malaspina University: Some information on Writing to Learn – more on Writing Across the Curriculum - http://web.usf.edu/~lc/
University of South Florida’s Learning Communities Site has a great deal of information on writing and learning - http://www.asu.edu/duas/wac/learn.html
Arizona State University Paper for College Faculty -
http://www.missouri.edu/~pattonmd//wtl.html
University of Missouri: 5 minutes on the topic
Teacher Reflection
- http://www.teachnet.com/how-to/organization/092998.html
Millions of These out There: But Here’s an Example of a Teacher Reflection Checklist - http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/edis771/carg/messages/10040199.33268.html
Examples of Teachers on Reflections about Reflections from a Listserv
Other Interesting Foundation Sites (History of Education)
- http://cuip.uchicago.edu/jds/
The John Dewey Society at University of Chicago - http://www.socsci.kun.nl/ped/whp/histeduc/
The History of Education and Childhood Website - http://digital.library.pitt.edu/nietz/
A Site Dedicated to Nineteenth Century Textbooks - http://www.nd.edu/~rbarger/www7/index.html
History of American Education Web Project - http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8020/edtriv.html
Not Really Trivia!!! A Quiz Over American Educational History
