Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Post 1 - Week 3 Blog


This will take you to an article that will be published in Education Week March 26, 2009. They allowed folks to view ahead of publishing date online. The author goes over the frustrations of surfing the net for teacher lesson plans and offers several resources to check out. I really liked the 4 tips that were offered. If teachers build social networks for the purpose of sharing their web/technology implementation, a large body of resources can be established. They mentioned some free and some subscription sites that can offer teachers standards based lesson plans. (No mention of PBS:(
The author also mentions that a social network might help to form a "consumer's review" of technology that is worth purchasing.
It was a good source for resources, but not actually research based.
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  1. Pam ShamelMarch 25, 2009 at 1:13 PM

    http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2009/03/26/26quality.h28.html?tkn=LWQFabom2FfUIi%2BsIKQYkhI2q3g%2FLg1qne1o&print=1
    Sorry, readers, I had difficulty making the link stick. Copy and paste the address.

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  2. Jennifer KosoyMarch 26, 2009 at 2:08 PM

    Pam, this was a really interesting article. You never realize how much garbage is out there. The tips are good and really useful and wise. I like the idea of the social network that was presented. It would be great to discuss what's out there and what people have tried. It would be like consumer reports for teachers.

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  3. Joe RopertiMarch 26, 2009 at 4:01 PM

    Very good article. The importance of a social network seems to be important in education as well as other fields. That reminded me of our recent work on Good/Bad websites when the Greenspun article discussed collaboration and opportunities for discussion. I never knew about the HippoCampus web site and it looks like it's going to be a great resource for my AP government class. It is a great example of the increasingly quality material found online for many of the different subject areas we teach.
    Thanks! Joe

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  4. Mary KeramidasMarch 28, 2009 at 1:04 AM

    Hi Pam;
    As I read this article I thought about the difficulties new teachers must have in sifting through all the lesson plans on the web. They would especially benefit from well organized sites with high quality instructional materials.

    This article also reminded me about the expense of some of these resources. You certainly would want some way to discern which were the best and most affordable. The Internet databases that were discussed where teachers share their lessons and post reviews would be a good starting point for researching instructional material.
    I liked the HippoCampus site, too. We could have used as one of our Good website examples.

    Mary

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