For Teachers' Eyes Only!
Here is STRS (State Teachers Retirement System) information. You can click
in the box to be connected
to the web site or copy the phone number for voice access.
STRS www page. For STRS Automated
phone system call 1-800-228-5453
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Looking for that certain program to download?
Try the site (lots of programs) try for 30 days then pay a small
fee if you want to continue to use program.
go to:
http://www.shareware.com
Planning to teach about elections?
(League of Women Voters *Berkeley*Albany*Emeryville)
Visit our web site (Link to it below) throughout the primary and
general election campaign seasons. From there you and your students
can follow the linkd we have established to explore this year's
ballot measures and candidates' platforms. You'll also find links
to national, state and local election results archives.
Let us know what you think. e-mail: lwvbae@pacbell.net
Visit our site via this link:
(http://home.pacbell.net/lwvbae)
Teachers -- Please have your students visit this page, and
please talk to them about not taking revelations or thoughts and
pronouncements of others at face value. Encourage them to
be be SKEPTICAL! Go to:
(http://www.skeptic.com)
In keeping with the above thought - Below is the address of another
web site that debunks some some of the strange stories or claims
to which the internet reader might be exposed.
Don't believe everything you read. It might be an urban legend
or a hoax.
It might or might not be true - BEWARE!
Visit:
(http://urbanlegends.about.com/once=true&)
Below is another address for students, teachers, and parents.
There are thoughts and ideas that promote skeptical thinking on
the part of the reader. Do not accept the world at face value,
look more closely at what there might be below the surface.
Visit:
(http://youngskeptics.org)
Is is fair to construct a website that parodies someone?
(another excellent class discussion site)
Visit:
http://www.jerryfalwell.com
Satire
Work with your students on satire.
Here is information about STAR - the new standarized test emphasizing
basic skills. Information will be posted on CTA's Web site as it
becomes available.
On testing regulations
(916) 657-3011
On test preparation materials and
training (888) STAR-882
On K-12 math/language/arts
standards (916)323-8013
Did you miss your newspaper today? Connect to 500 newspapers
around the world. This is a great way to read in another
language.
Click
here for Paperboy!
There is SO MUCH educational material here - So much Information. Many
links for both teachers and students.
BigChalk.com
Bigchalk
Calendar
with much information about the month we are in.
Did you want todays weather?
Click
here
for up to date Bay Area weather!
T.H.E. Journal (A leading Educational Technology Magazine)
Click here
for information and free subscription
Death with Dignity Alliance
Look this over, and see if you
could provoke a discussion on it.
SCORE (Schools of Callifornia Online Resources for Education)
Worth a
look. Four subject matter clearninghouses for internet resources,
Albany High School is one of the first school to win
the Digital High School
Education Technology Grant. Following is a link for Planning and
application development and resources and technical assistance.
Digital High School Rosources
Directory, including a list of CTAP regional coordinators
and additional information regarding a variety of tech. assistance
and internet services being offered by CTAP and other orginizations.
Jekyl.com -- This is a Blog Site*
*A"Weblog," or "blog." A blog is an easily updated Website that works
as an online daybook, condisting of links to interesting items on the
Web, spur-of-the -moment observations and realtime reports on whatever
captures the bloger's Attention.
Jekyl.com
Another Blog site is:
InstaPunditblogspot.com
Here is an example of a satirical weekly newspaper. Lots of ads
and flashing signs. Teachers - you might get some interesting discussion
articles from it. It is called The Onion.
The Onion
Is this site for real? (excellent for discussion after study of it)
Teachers - Study it
carefully. It might not be for all!
Free School web site
Worth a
look. Must be teacher sponsered and lots of room to grow!
C-net (online information about computers, tech. info. etc.)
Click here to visit!
World Lecture Hall
Offers linkd to online, Web based courses in most subject areas.
Here you will find course syllabi, asssignments, lecture notes,
exams, class calenders, multimedia testbooks, etc. Especially
helpful for when one is planning to teach in unfamiliar subject
areas.
Click
here to visit!
National Education association (NEA)
Click here to visit
California Teachers Associaton (CTA)
Click here to visit
School Librarian Web Pages
Take a
virtual visit to hundreds of school and school libraries
to see how other school librarians are organizing
the Web for ther programs and schools.
Lots of teacher information at Classroom CONNECT
Classroom CONNECT
California School Library Association Web Site
Click here to visit
CUE (Computer Using Educators) Web Site
Click here for CUE!
1st United Services Credit Union Web Site
Click here for 1st USCU
Teachers - Take a look at this site (poor farm) for homework help.
Click here for homework
help.
Top homework sites! (Many homework sites with links to them)
Click
here for a visit
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