 |  Teaching Reading: A Balanced Approach for Today's Classrooms Pamela Farris,
Northern Illinois University
Carol Fuhler,
Iowa State University
Maria Walther
Introduction to Literacy
Web Links4teachers.org
(http://www.4teachers.org/)
This site claims to be the online space for teachers integrating technology into the curriculum. |
| | | Whole Language vs. Phonics
(http://www.halcyon.org/wholelan.html)
Halcyon House is a division of Educational Research Associates, a nonprofit research organization formed more than 30 years ago to help provide some of that information. They publish books, videotapes, audio tapes, and other related materials about issues such as Outcome-Based Education (OBE), reading (phonics vs. whole language/look-say), curriculum decisions, school management, and how problems in our schools reflect broader national cultural issues. |
| | | The Reading Wars
(http://www.middleweb.com/Reading.html)
The creators of this site state, "In the battle over how we teach reading in America's schools, politics and pedagogy struggle for the high ground. As more and more middle school educators see the need to develop strong reading programs as a way of increasing success for all students, they find themselves no longer enjoying non-combatant status. Here are some resources that we hope will lead to peace in our time." |
| | | The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
(http://www.ncte.org/index.shtml)
This is the index for the National Council of Teachers of English, which is devoted to improving the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all levels of education. To that end there are tools and resources for elementary, middle school, secondary, and college teachers as well as links to other parts of the NCTE site. A free e-mail newsletter, the Inbox, is available; other links may require NCTE membership for navigation. |
| | | Teaching to Academic Standards
(http://www.thirteen.org/wnetschool/concept2class/month3/)
This site sponsored by the Disney Learning Partnership guides educators looking for more information, resources, and explanations regarding how to incorporate academic standards into their everyday curriculum. |
| | | Teaching to the Standards
(http://www.fno.org/nov99/standards.html)
FNO, also known as From Now On, is an online educational technology journal. The parenthetical note to the title of this web page is (Life's Standards). |
| | | Yahoo!Education
(http://education.yahoo.com/)
This site provides reference materials, online learning communities, and more. |
| | | Curriculum Educational Resources
(http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/)
This site provides links to programs, content area information, technology, and other resources. |
| | | The International Reading Association
(http://www.reading.org/)
The official home page of the IRA is your link to article archives, a bookstore, choices booklists, graduate programs, literacy links, a media center, topics in focus, and even more to members! |
| | | Children's Literature: Criticism and Theory
(http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~mjoseph/childlit/about.html)
Child_Lit is an unmoderated discussion group convened for the express purpose of examining the theory and criticism of literature for children and young adults. |
| | | Book Rap
(http://rite.ed.qut.edu.au/oz-teachernet/projects/book-rap/)
A Book Rap is a book discussion conducted via electronic mail. Individuals or groups of students from across the country or around the world can discuss the scheduled books. |
| | | TRACKSTAR
(http://trackstar.hprtec.org/)
This site "helps instructors organize and annotate Web sites (URLs) for use in lessons." |
| | | Global School-Net Internet Projects Registry
(http://www.globalschoolnet.org/)
Global SchoolNet, a developer of online content since 1984, partners with schools, communities and businesses to provide collaborative learning activities that prepare students for the workforce and help them to become responsible global citizens. |
| | | National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition
(http://mathforum.com/library/view/4677.html)
This site provides an online library and bibliographic database; technical, language education, and classroom materials links; conferences and meetings calendar; discussion group; Newsline (bi-weekly bulletin); and state resource listings. |
| | | LibrarySpot
(http://www.libraryspot.com/)
LibrarySpot offers links to anything you want, or need, to know related to libraries. The site includes areas such as libraries online, headlines, journals, directories, and more. |
| | | CHILD LIT
(http://www.rutgers.edu/)
listserv@smithers.rutgers.edu
This is a mailing list to which one can subscribe if interested in the criticism and theory of children's literature. Presently, librarians, teachers of grades K-12, teacher educators, publishers, authors, illustrators, and parents subscribe. |
| | | The Education Index
(http://www.educationindex.com/)
Welcome to the Education Index®, an annotated guide to the best education-related sites on the Web. They're sorted by subject and lifestage, so you can find what you're looking for quickly and easily. There's also a place to find out more about them and about all that the Education Index has to offer. |
| | | Pathways to School Improvement Resource
(http://www.ncrel.org/ncrel/sdrs/pathways.htm)
This is the Pathways to School Improvement server designed to assist teachers and administrators in providing the latest information regarding instructional practices in grades K-12. |
| | | ProTeacher
(http://www.proteacher.com/)
A wealth of information is provided at this site for K-6 teachers including links to subject areas like Network & Support, Teaching Practices, Classroom Management, Educational Technology, and Reading & Language Arts, to name a few. |
| | | Reading Online
(http://www.readingonline.org)
Check this online journal regularly for an informative range of articles that educate and entertain. Authorities in the area of literacy are popular authors at this site. |
| | | The Teaching Tolerance Project
(http://www.splcenter.org/teachingtolerance/tt-index.html)
This particular project was created by the Southern Poverty Law Center in 1991. It provides teachers with free or inexpensive resources that develop students' understanding and respect for others. |
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