December 2006 Archive

Child And Family WebGuide (December 8, 2006)

The Child & Family WebGuide from Tufts University is a directory that evaluates, describes and provides links to hundreds of sites containing child development research and practical advice. Online searches for many parent topics yield information that is inconsistent with child development research. The WebGuide selects sites that have the highest quality child development research and that are parent friendly, and rates them.

The sites in the family, education, typical development and health categories provide child development articles with research findings. The sites in the resources category provide child development articles with practical information.

Click here to enter the website. (www.cfw.tufts.edu/)

Google for Educators (December 7, 2006)

Google offers a site as a platform of teaching resources - for everything from blogging and collaborative writing to geographical search tools and 3D modeling software - and the staff at Google want you to fill it in with your great ideas.

To the left of the home page, you'll find a teacher's guide to free Google products, including basic information about each tool, examples of how educators are using them, and lesson ideas. You'll also find lesson plans and videos from our partners at Discovery Education focusing on two of our most popular teaching tools: Google Earth and Google SketchUp.

Click here to enter the site.

Usable Knowledge: A New Website for Educators and Researchers (December 7, 2006)

From HGSE News, December 2006

The Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) today launched a new Web site aimed at connecting the research of its faculty with educators in the field. The Usable Knowledge Web site features a diverse set of media - text, video, and audio - to make the leading research of its faculty accessible to educators all over the world.

EPN: The Education Podcast Network (December 4, 2006)

Podcasts provide an easy and versatile reinforcement to student lessons. These audio and visual files are easily downloaded into an MP3 player or your computer. They appeal to the auditory learner and add variety to the teaching experience.

EPN, or the Education Podcast Network, is an effort to bring together into one place, the wide range of podcast programming that may be helpful to teachers looking for content to teach with and about, and to explore issues of teaching and learning in the 21st century. They provide another way for your student to do independent work.

Subjects include math, science, second languages, social studies, and career development. Be aware that this service merely lists these free podcasts. You will need to make sure that the content is appropriate before suggesting them to your students or incorporating them into a lesson. To find a podcast on the site, click here.