Alternative Certification Program
Helpful Resources
University of Houston-Clear Lake
School of Education Home Page http://soe.uhcl.edu/
Home Page: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/
Released TAAS/TAKS Tests: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index3.aspx?id=44&menu_id3=793
Help for new and future teachers: http://www.adprima.com/mainmenu.htm
Tips for Developing a Teacher Portfolio
http://www.lll.hawaii.edu/sltcc/tipps/portfolio.html
Harry Wong:
Take this short quiz to see if you understand the characteristics of being an “ effective teacher” according to Harry Wong: http://www.harrywong.com/quiz/index.htm
Summary of the major concepts covered by Harry Wong: http://www.glavac.com/harrywong.htm
Tolerance:
Tolerance.org is a Web site that seeks to create a national community committed to human rights. Its goal is to awaken people of all ages to the problem of hate and intolerance, to equip them with the best tolerance ideas and to prompt them to act in their homes, schools, businesses and communities.
http://www.tolerance.org/index.jsp
Copyright Information for Educators
Two websites are listed which discuss copyright laws and fair use laws for educators.
Poster with synopsis of major copyright issues: http://www.aea11.k12.ia.us/downloads/copyrightposter.pdf
Take this short quiz about copyright “do’s and don’ts” in the classroom and then look at the answers to see how you did!
http://www.esu7.org/~sgsweb/copyquiz.html
http://www.esu7.org/~sgsweb/copyanswers.html
Complied from Student Ideas, 8/06/2003
http://prtl.uhcl.edu/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/SOE/CERTIFICATIONS/ALTCERTPLAN/RESOURCES/PDF_FILES/TECHINTEGRATION.PDF
Image search – also for simple translations
www.google.com
Search for sound files, image, and movie files – also simple translations
www.altavista.com
Safe searching for younger children (you can specify reading level)
www.kidsclick.org
Limited searches for teens and elementary
cybersleuth-kids.com/
Searches for children
www.ajkids.com/
www.yahooligans.com –
Adprima –for new teachers http://www.adprima.com/mainmenu.htm
Kathy Schrock’s Guide http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
Education World
http://www.education-world.com/
PBS Teacher Source
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse K-12 Math and Science http://www.enc.org
Enchanted Learning – Early childhood http://www.enchantedlearning.com
High School Hub
http://highschoolhub.org/hub/hub.cfm
Tech Tools for Teachers at High Plains Regional Technology in Education Consortium
http://www.hprtec.org/
Apple Learning Exchange Great site for you! http://ali.apple.com/
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