Internet+Highlights

Internet Highlights: A growing list of resources to learn more about the Internet and Our Schools

 * WHAT ARE SOME INTRODUCTORY RESOURCES FOR ME AS A TEACHER? **
 * [|Teaching Now] (from Teacher Magazine at Education Week) - Authors of this blog take on the latest news, ideas, and resources for teacher leaders. Coverage runs the gamut from the inspirational to the infuriating, from practical classroom tips to raging policy debates, and from "new you can use" to "news of the weird". Simply read the posts or comment/reflect on them to keep up with great teaching practices.
 * [|Annenberg Media Learner.org Teacher Professional Development Videos] (across all disciplines) - a must see!
 * [|Teacher.net] is chock full of educational resources, chat opportunities, lesson plans, teaching jobs, and other active online collaborations.
 * [|School Spring: The Employment Source for Educators?] View job openings, post your resume, find job fairs, and much more.
 * [|Ron Clark Academy] and [|Ron Clarks' Essential 55] (you can download the 55 rules here) [[file:55rules.pdf]]


 * HOW DOES THE INTERNET INFLUENCE OUR STUDENTS? **
 * [|Having Our Say]: Video companion to Middle School Student Perspectives on School Technologies and Academic Engagement
 * [|PBS and Frontline: Growing Up Online] (aired Jan. 22, 2008)
 * [|PBS and Frontline: Digital Nation and Life on the Final Frontier](aired Feb. 2, 2010)
 * Milton Chen from Edutopia features the Digital General Project: [|Multimedia Portraits of Digital Youth and Implications for Schools and Learning]
 * Education Week:[| Social Networking Goes to School]
 * Related Resources on Motivation: [|Education Week's Motivation Matters]
 * [|What Makes A 21st Century Education?] A series of videos from inspirational educators and researchers, sponsored by the Mobile Learning Institute.
 * [|How about connecting your curriculum to issues of Homeland Security]?
 * [|Trailfire Video:]Potentials for High School Students Reading and Responding to Literature
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Education Weeks' Jan 2010 article about [|Focus on Instruction Turns Around Chicago Schools] with program called "Focused Instruction Process" (FIP) that's aimed at boosting achievement by promoting teachers' professional development, parental engagement, constant improvement and shared leadership. Developed by the nonprofit Strategic Learning Initiatives, the flexible program has teachers providing more focused lessons and reteaching when regular assessments show that students are struggling to master skills
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Finally, an interesting way to combine the format of anticipation guides with pre, during, and post reading activities in ways that link to prior knowledge supports at each phase of reading can viewed at the [|Electronic Anticipation Guide for My Side of the Mountain]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Reading Textbooks
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tips for Reading Math Textbooks: [|How to read a math textbook] and [|Reading a Mathematics Book] and [|How to Read a Math Book (including word problems]) and [|Math Study Skills]and [|Promoting Reading Strategies for Developmental Math Texts>>]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Booklists to explore:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|The Horn Book] - content area trade books for young adults
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Literacy in the Content Areas] (downloadable pdf) - picture books that address classroom subjects in middle and high school
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|G is for Googol: A Math Alphabet book] (preview table of contents and pages online)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Reading Aloud to Teens Gains Favor Among Teachers] (Education Week, Jan. 4, 2010) - includes comments from the general public and a link to the [|English Companion Ning] with comments from 300 teachers about Why We Read Aloud