Kim Grady Andrews's Bookmarks

Specific Teen Issues

Fri Aug 03 11:03:45 -0700 2007

By: Kim Grady Andrews

Informative articles with links to excellent websites and more articles for further research.

Categories: teen_issues

Teen Zone - Real World

Fri Aug 03 11:02:49 -0700 2007

By: Kim Grady Andrews

Local and Internet resources on issues of importance to teens.

Categories: teen_issues

Teen Issues

Fri Aug 03 11:02:29 -0700 2007

By: Kim Grady Andrews

Websites and resources on teen issues such as addiction, mental health, pregnancy, suicide, sexuality, and more rated from 1 to 5.

Categories: teen_issues

Teen Issues: Lesson Plans

Fri Aug 03 11:01:48 -0700 2007

By: Kim Grady Andrews

Lesson plans on addiction, mental health, pregnancy, suicide, sexuality, and more.

Categories: teen_issues

Washington State Local Health Departments

Fri Aug 03 11:01:33 -0700 2007

By: Kim Grady Andrews

Clickable links to all County Health Departments. Most have information and resources for teens on pregnancy, STDs, substance abuse, mental health, suicide, crisis centers, etc.

Categories: teen_issues

SIRS Knowledge Source: Subject Heading Search

Fri Aug 03 11:01:23 -0700 2007

By: Kim Grady Andrews

on narcissism

Categories: teen_issues

infoSkills

Fri Aug 03 10:59:38 -0700 2007

By: Kim Grady Andrews

Free information literacy skills tools for students, including tips for organizing thoughts and subject matter, finding resources, formatting research papers, and more. Both Big6 and How to Do Research are educational… and fun!

Categories: active_participation_exploration_research hs ms powerful_teaching

netTrekker: WA Standards Alignment

Fri Aug 03 10:59:25 -0700 2007

By: Kim Grady Andrews

Drill down through the WA State Standards to subject-specific GLEs or EALRs. Click on a benchmark to see listings of aligned netTrekker websites.

Categories: elem hs ms powerful_teaching standards-based_curriculum

Student Centered Learning

Fri Aug 03 10:59:11 -0700 2007

By: Kim Grady Andrews

Online workshop designed to help foreign language teachers incorporate student-centered thematic instruction into their classrooms, promoting student learning through active learning, cognitive apprenticeship, cooperative activities and authentic assessment.

Categories: powerful_teaching student-centered_learning_environment

Grolier Online: Culture Cross

Fri Aug 03 10:59:02 -0700 2007

By: Kim Grady Andrews

Students can compare the land, people, economy, history, or facts and figures of any two continents, countries, or states/provinces. Students from other lands & cultures can use this feature to inform classmates about their heritage and countries of origin.

Categories: elem hs ms powerful_teaching student-centered_learning_environment

Peer Review (Help Center)

Fri Aug 03 10:58:55 -0700 2007

By: Kim Grady Andrews

Students can post, review, and comment on documents, projects, or assignments or work together to author a document. Use Peer Review to encourage student-to-student interaction, small-group work, and discussion and collaboration.

Categories: collaborative_trusting_environment hs ms powerful_teaching

SIRS Researcher: Leading Issues

Fri Aug 03 10:58:44 -0700 2007

By: Kim Grady Andrews

Students can study opposing viewpoints on controversial issues, learn to differentiate between fact and opinion, come to their own conclusions, and apply their understanding in a research paper, PowerPoint presentation, or debate outline.

Categories: hs knowledge-centered_learning_environment ms powerful_teaching

Ask an Expert (netTrekker - Reference Tools)

Fri Aug 03 10:58:27 -0700 2007

By: Kim Grady Andrews

Scroll down the page to the Ask an Expert heading. Connect students with professionals and specialists in various careers and fields to help them establish connections between what they are studying in school and the real world of work.

Categories: elem hs ms powerful_teaching relevant_real-world_connections

Authentic Assessment Toolbox Home Page

Fri Aug 03 10:57:58 -0700 2007

By: Kim Grady Andrews

A how-to hypertext on creating authentic tasks, rubrics and standards for measuring and improving student learning.

Categories: performance-based_assessments powerful_teaching

Critical Issue: Providing Professional Development for Effective Technology Use

Fri Aug 03 10:57:14 -0700 2007

By: Kim Grady Andrews

Whether technology should be used in schools is no longer the issue in education. Instead, the current emphasis is ensuring that technology is used effectively to create new opportunities for learning and to promote student achievement. Therefore, professional development for teachers becomes the key issue in using technology to improve the quality of learning in the classroom.

Categories: professional_development

DLC Bookmarks - Digital Learning Commons

Fri Aug 03 10:51:50 -0700 2007

By: Kim Grady Andrews

To create a bookmark from the DLC system