Read this article in Education Week this morning discussing ways that teachers can find educational materials on the web. My success in this activity is relational to how much time I have to look. If I suddenly need to find a lesson for a class because my dog ate my briefcase and I have an hour or less to find what I need, I am doomed to failure. Give me a little more time and I usually find something that I can adapt. Rarely do I find something that can be taken straight from the web into my classroom. To be fair, I had very few resources like that before the web (yes I'm that old). We teachers are always tweaking lessons to meet a classroom's specific need and match our own presentation style.I haven't had a chance to explore the three sites brought up in the article although Curriki recently came across my radar and I've got it on my Twitter feed. I went ahead and linked to them below. I still recommend the article. It has some useful information.
- Curriki: Online encyclopedia of free curricular materials
- National Science Digital Library: Science, math and technology resources
- HippoCampus: Multimedia courses and activites based on AP course content
[via Curriki (Tweet)]
[Image: "Working on Long Range Lesson Plans": Flickr: Uploaded on September 24, 2005 by CaptPiper: http://www.flickr.com/photos/piper/46059383/: Creative Commons: Attribution-Noncommercial]
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