Livingston ESA

 

Part 1 - Lesson Plan Databases, Search Engines, Directories & Robots
Lesson Plan Databases
The Gateway -This is by the US Dept of Education - K-12 lesson plan database

NY Times Lesson Plans Delivered - Connected to Virginia State Standards

Discovery School - TV shows that connect to lesson plans and websites according to grade level

Using Search Engines to Find Lesson Plans
Dogpile - A search engine that uses all the different search engines

Google - Ask Google questions, this is the best search engine

Google Directory - Drill down to the K-12 lesson plan directory

All About Google - Get to know this page

Google Features - Special features to help you to find exactly what you're looking for

Vivisimo - Search engine that gives you expandable options

Yahooligans - Safe searching for your students

Career Robot - Create automatic job search robots that will e-mail you when a job listing matches your criteria

Robot Spot - A list of most of the Internet robots

Part 2 - Great Information You Used To Pay For

Occupational Outlook Handbook - You can buy this for $15 or get it off the Internet free. Amazon Delegate this via e-mail to your students' parents.

Free College Search - Schools pay $895 for similar services, or you can get it off the Internet free. COIN $895 - $1495 Delegate this via e-mail to your students' parents.

Interest Inventory - You can buy this for $2 or you can get it off the Internet free. Delegate this via e-mail to your students' parents.

Britannica - How much did this used to cost? How often was it updated?

Teach with Movies - Learning guides to each recommended film describe the benefits of the movie, possible problems, and helpful background. Discussion questions, bridges to reading, projects and links to the Internet are also provided

Chemical Comics - Learn the periodic table with comic book super heroes

Lots of Recommended Career Sites

Rubrics & Assessment Information from Discovery - A collection of assessment rubrics that may be helpful to you as you design your own

Rubric Generators - Will allow you to make grading rubrics by filling out a simple form.

Part 3 - Information Creation, Storage & Software

Tools to Create Free Electronic EDP's or Teahcer Portfolios - Students can create their own EDP or you can store your lesson plans links on paper, diskette, hard drive or on the Internet

Free Software - Clean, free downloads, shareware

CCV Software - Compare the prices for educators and non-educators Dreamweaver for educators $88, Dreamweaver $399 for non-educators

CNET - Objective technology hardware and software reviews and clean, free downloads

Part 4 - If You Are Advanced & Bored With My Class

Take Advanced Placement or University classes on-line - eLearning is the wave of the future

eLearning - Overview, what is it, who are the technical VS content providers, how do you fit in?

Cisco - eLearning demos

Learn - eLearning infrastructure for managing, tracking, delivering, and assessing strategic learning initiatives

Publish Your Own Work - On demand, small run, custom books - cheap

Webopedia - Online Dictionary for Computer and Internet Terms

Part 5 - Personal Privacy & Other Information

Info-Space - Look up names and nearby businesses

US Search - Need to find someone or find out about someone? Is your daughter getting married?

Privacy on the Internet - Analyze your Internet privacy and learn how you are being tracked by clicking on the
Banner Network/E-mail Tracking Demo

Host:
Ms. Sandy Hanert
Livingston E.S.A.
1425 West Grand River
Howell MI 48843
517-546-5550
hanert@lesa.k12.mi.us

Presenter:
Eric Cress
Cress Productions, Inc.
545 South Main Street
Elburn, IL 60119
800-637-2449
fax 630-365-8606
eric@cressco.com

Who is Eric Cress?

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