Teaching Content With Online Lesson Formats

Mathematics Department Professional Development
 New Bedford High School Whaleman logoProject MEET

 
MEET Content Specialist-Michael Allen
MEET TPD- Cindi Tougas
February 2002
Searching

Basic Searching Techniques

Using Search Engine Math

Use a (+) or a (-) sign whenever you use more than one keyword.

architecture +american

architecture +american  -victorian

A plus sign is attached directly (no spaces) to the word or phrase you want to include in your search.

A minus sign is attached directly (no spaces) to the word or phrase you want to exclude in your search.
Quotations

When searching for topics with words that must be kept in an exact order, such as a phrase, or a name made up of two separate words you should use quotation marks.

Examples:

"white house"

shakespeare +"midsummer night's dream"  

For further assistance on searching:

Searching the Web

http://www.newbedford.k12.ma.us/srhigh/tougas/techbits/searchweb.htm

Best Practices

  • Aligned to the Curriculum Frameworks

  • Active ("Hands-On", Interactive, Kinesthetic Learners)

  • Collaborative (Grouping)

  • Constructive (Applying new knowledge)

  • Reflective (Good way to assess individual knowledge with collaborative learning.)

  • Accessible Content to All Students (Universal Design)

 

Sample Spotlight Lesson 

Exploring Percents Using Taxes-Created by Mike Allen

Links 

Week One
TrackStar (http://trackstar.hprtec.org/)
A simple to use tool for creating online lessons such as scavenger hunts. You provide the Web sites and some "fact finding" or guiding questions and your lesson is near complete.
Filamentality (http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/) This tool allows you to create a variety of lesson formats. A whole spectrum of online formats from a very basic "Hotlist" to a more involved "WebQuest" are available to you for lesson plan creation depending on your instructional objectives.

 

Virtual Education Space logo

 VES (http://www.ves.ws/portal.html) This is a free set of interactive tools and resources. The Massachusetts Department of Education is promoting the use of VES by educators as a productivity and communication tool. One of the more helpful components of VES is the Virtual Hard Drive. Basically the Virtual Hard Drive gives you your own online storage space for documents and files. Currently each VES user has 50 MB of storage space.  

Week Two
Marco Polo (http://marcopolo.worldcom.com)-A database* of quality lessons for teachers. Emphasis is on quality not quantity.
GEM (The Gateway to Educational Material) (http://www.thegateway.org/)-Another site providing resources for educators. This may or may not have information on your particular topic.
Quia (http://www.quia.com)- Create your own online activities to supplement your lessons. Great for vocabulary re-enforcement.
RubiStar (http://rubistar.4teachers.org/)Online tool for creating general rubrics for a variety of topics.
Teacher Web (http://www.teacherweb.com) An online tool for teachers who want to create their own basic Web pages. Limited choices, but E-A-S-Y!
Babel Fish (http://world.altavista.com) A free online translation tool can be helpful in making content more accessible to students whose first language is not English. The downside is that the translation is a word for word translation.
CLASP (http://www.massnetworks.org/clasp/about.html) The Curriculum Library Alignment and Sharing Project is working to provide a database* of lessons aligned to the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks. There is also a software program available through CLASP for lesson planning.

*Database- A searchable collection!

Additional Links 
Adobe Free Acrobat Reader for PDF files
 
Universal Design
CAST  -Provides resources for understanding Universal Design
ReadPlease-A free downloadable program that provides text-to-speech.
 
Massachusetts DOE
DOE Tech-DOE's site regarding technology in education for the commonwealth.
Massachusetts Draft K12 Instructional Technology Stds.-NEW standards that are expected to be past in the next thirty days. Teachers in grades K-12 will be expected to assist students in acquiring this range of technology competencies.

 
Teacher Technology Links
www4teachers.org -Excellent tech resources for teachers
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - One of the original "Gurus" in technology integration.
Teach-nology -Don't miss the "Rubric Generators" 
EdHelper- A large collection of lesson ideas
The WebQuest Page-The definitive WebQuest Resource
       -Cindi T.'s WebQuest Collection
Education-World - Terrific articles and resources on a variety of educational topics.

 

Math Teacher Links 
General Math Resources
(collection of conics problems)
(various resources from puzzles to interactive math lessons)
(a little low on the self-esteem)
(collection of other sites, takes a while to get what you want)
(specific website reference on tessellations)
Fun Mathematics Lessons by Cynthia Lanius (collection of a variety of lessons)
Mathematics Archives - K12 Internet Sites (list of lesson sites by subject
Java activities that model real events.  Geometry, Algebra, Statistics, Calculus
 
Algebra Resources
Mr. E's Math Activities (Algebra activities, esp. technology based, by name not topic)
Interactive Algebra (Great for practicing Algebra 1 materials, but there is no instruction)
Educational Java Programs  Full lessons for basic Algebra and Geometry** concepts
Algebra Homework Help at Algebra.Com! (Worksheet generators, word problems per topic)
Arithmetic and Algebra (Interesting resource, but information is listed by title, not topic.)
 
Geometry Resources
http://www.archimedes-lab.org/ (An entire site designed around games and teacher resources.  Leave time to explore its scope and whether or not it is actually
useful to you.)
StudyWorks! Online Interactive Geometry (Good site for basic to mid-level geometric interactive demos that could be used in a lesson)
 
Text Book Connections
McDougal-Littell's ClassZone McDougal's online site with related links to unit and chapter Web resources.
 
Curriculum Frameworks

Professional

NCTM - (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics) This site offers links to quality information. They have some new links with good resources to authors. Currently their Teaching Ideas section is not available, but make sure to look for this in the future.

MLA Resources

Bridgewater State College: Sample Bibliography Entries

NoodleBib-"a free service that simplifies the process of creating and editing MLA-style bibliographies

Nueva Library Research Interactive Forms-similar to NoodleBib but a more simplified version.

Plagiarism

Cut-and-Paste Plagiarism:
Preventing, Detecting and Tracking Online Plagiarism
Ethics 101:  Cheating, Plagiarism, Site Evaluation,
Copyright and Your Students

 

 

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