CTC Toolkit: Education Resources
Sites for Kids and Parents
Playing games is fun and helps a child learn about computers, but they
shouldn't skimp on other learning. Here are a few sites that combine fun
and learning.
www.funbrain.com
This site has educational activities for kids, parents and teachers. For
the kids, there are brain games such as playing the piano, tic-tac-toe
that helps you practice math, and a game where you feed bananas to a gorilla
by correctly identifying parts of speech. For parents, they have quizzes
about characteristics of children at different stages of development and
online parent-kid challenges. Teachers can use the site to find learning
games appropriate to the age group they are working with and give paperless
quizzes.
school.discovery.com
This site has information for students, parents and teachers. For students,
Discovery offers lessons on history and culture that are designed to be
both engaging and interesting, homework help, and science fair project
ideas. Teachers can access pre-designed lesson plans or create and store
their own. Parents who home school can get lessons at this site, and all
parents can use these resources to help their children be more successful
in school.
www.wicked4kids.com
This site includes sections titled Play, Laugh, Think, Create, and Talk.
Each section is interactive, so participants can post their own words:
anything from jokes to creative work such as brain teasers. The site offers
ideas for art projects and printable crossword puzzles as well as computer
games.
KLRU
Austin's local PBS station hosts resources for adult learning, family
learning, an online classroom, and kids' space. They have several online
educational programs for kids, such as "Don't Buy It! Get Media Smart!"
and "It's My Life."
Resources for Teaching with Technology
Virtual Resource Site
for Teaching With Technology
This site offers two training modules for educators who want to integrate
technology into their classrooms. The first module covers technical skills
for selecting and using different types of electronic media, from PowerPoint
to streaming media. The second module focuses more on how these media
can be used in a classroom, with an emphasis of encouraging interactivity
in learning.
Teaching with
Electronic Technology
This comprehensive site offers articles on the effects of technology in
education, ideas for class projects, links to journals that discuss teaching
with technology, and high quality online resources for a variety of subjects.
The TLT Group
TLT stands for Teaching, Learning, Technology. The TLT Group is a non-profit
organization that works with subscriber institutions to improve teaching
and learning through use of information technology. Their website offers
many free resources, from high-level conceptual articles to materials
from their workshops.
PBS TeacherSource:
Technology and Teaching
This PBS site offers information on online professional development, quick
tutorials on computer setup and use, and specific ideas for lessons in
several subjects that integrate technology.
National Education Association: Focus
on Technology
The NEA site prints a "letters to the editor" column where teachers
ask questions and share projects, short articles on technology and education
topics, a message board for communicating with other teachers, and a searchable
database of Internet links submitted by teachers, kids, and parents.
Catalyst
Designed for university professors, but this site section called "Teaching:
Integrating Technology" is a must-read for all teachers who work
with technology. Each teaching guide in this section approaches a goal
of teaching, such as encouraging discussion and supporting active learning,
and discusses how technology can help teachers achieve that goal.
Project-Based Learning with Multimedia
This project has developed articles, assessment guides, planning documents,
and a collection of examples of project-based learning that have incorporated
technology.
Education World: The Educator's
Best Friend
The best site for anything related to teaching. The site is divided into
sections by subject matter for every subject and grade level. Teachers
can find resources for lesson planning and curriculum as well as links
to current education policy issues. Check out the "Technology in
the Classroom" section at http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/.
Sites for GED Information
Center for Adult
Learning and Educational Credentials
The official GED web site, which gives information about the test and
locations of testing centers. This site is also helpful because it is
full of practice tests and helpful hints. This would be perfect for either
student or teacher.
Steck-Vaughn's GEDPractice.com
FAQs about the test and a self-administered practice test. Again, this
would be a great site for a teacher interested in giving practice tests
or for students who would like to practice on their own. It could be used
as homework, and in-class test, or simply just as preparation.
Sites for ESL practice
The Internet ESL Journal
Monthly web journal for ESL teachers. Great to see what is going on in
your field and what those around you are doing.
BYU-Hawaii Language Center
Offers grammar and vocabulary exercises. This site can be used for either
adults or for youngsters depending on your aims. The practice exercises
can be used for fun, for homework, or just practice. It is a great way
to integrate language acquisition skills into computer technology skills.
Activities for ESL Students
Offers English grammar and vocabulary quizzes, bilingual quizzes in English
and 18 other languages, and tips for teachers on using quizzes. This is
a great site for teachers. It can lighten their load of preparation -
the quizzes are right there for you. Mostly used for younger students.
English Exercises
for ESL Students
Bulleted list of online English exercises. Another great site to help
teachers with their lesson planning. The exercises are already prepared
for you. You can use this at the beginning of class and it will serve
two purposes. You can have students practice their language skills and
their computer skills.
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