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__Shared Resource # 1__

[|www.educationworld.com] []


 * The website discusses the Common Core State Standards Initiative. It talks about how these standards define the knowledge and skills students should have within their K-12 education careers so that they will graduate high school able to succeed in entry-level, credit-bearing academic college courses and in workforce training programs. The standards are aligned with college and work expectations, are understandable and consistent, include rigorous content and application of knowledge through high-order skills, build upon strengths and lessons of current state standards, are informed by other top performing countries so that all students are prepared to succeed in our global economy and society, and are evidence-based.
 * The website provides numerous articles concerning teacher licensure and/or certification. One article discusses one teacher’s perspective concerning national board certification. Another article provides tips to help teachers who are considering seeking National Board Certification from the teachers who have been through it. Yet another article lists specific state certification requirements.The primary topic the website discusses concerning special education is inclusion. It describes how inclusion improves learning for both classified and non-classified students, how it helps children learn to accept individual differences, how it helps children develop new friendships, how it improves parental involvement and participation, and how inclusion is a matter of civil rights. Another topic the website discusses is how to deal with children how have behavioral problems.
 * The website provides tips and explains the proper method for managing children with disabilities. The website defines research-based practices and explains the key characteristics of scientifically based research. It explains that scientific research gathers information about significant questions, uses objective methods that involve reliable and valid observations and measurements, and meets rigorous standards of peer review. The website claims that scientifically based instructional methods equip teachers with tools that help them better reach children, avoid burnout, and improve their classrooms' culture of learning and achievement. It states that instructional practices that are based on scientific evidence bring the best teaching approaches and programs to children who might fail without them. Such practices challenge children and interest them in learning, setting them on the path to success in school and in life. The website contains an article that discusses instructional strategies that help boost student test scores. The article talks about analyzing test data, focusing on //bubble// students, the constant monitoring of progress, and practicing tests throughout the year.
 * The website provides extensive information concerning a multitude of different subject areas. It includes information concerning the arts, foreign language, history, language and literature, math, physical education and health, science, social studies, and technology.
 * The website provides numerous articles about laws concerning special education. It discusses the American's with Disabilities Act and the more recent Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The website explains how the acts fueled a transformation in the American educational system for students with disabilities. It states that the acts provide the students and their families with a set of civil rights that schools legally have to accommodate. The website provides numerous articles pertaining to No Child Left Behind. It talks about how the plan set new federal guidelines for teacher and school accountability and low-performing schools. The article explains how the key element of the plan is that states and school districts must develop accountability systems. School districts are required to test students' reading and mathematics skills every year in grades three through eight.
 * The website provides informational resources and lesson plans to help teachers with children who have specific disabilities. It provides links to articles that contains information and resources for behavioral disorders, cerebral palsy, and ADD. The website provides pertinent information regarding professional development, technology, administrators, lesson plans, assignments, and educational issues. The information on the website was easily accessible due to the fact that a site map was provided. The information on the website was detailed and examples were provided to make each component more comprehensible. The website provided an extensive amount of articles and links that helped discuss specific components. Due to the fact that the website provided lesson plan ideas, assignments, and professional standards it is reasonable to infer that the website was intended for teachers and/or administrators.

Shared Resource # 2

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/


 * The website provides resources for a multitude of subject areas including art, languages, literacy, math, science and social studies.
 * The website includes a creative arts section which provides numerous coloring pages for a variety of subjects.
 * The website includes a craft section, interactive games and a variety of nursery rhymes and worksheets. that serve to facilitate the learning process.

Shared Resource # 3

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 * The website provides a theme section that encompass various aspects of the different months of the school year.
 * The website includes a math section that offers instructional ideas. The lessons focus on numerous mathematical aspects including addition, subtraction, centers, graphing, math journals, math links, measurement, money/time, number formation poems, number sense, number word songs, and patterning/ counting. The math section of the website also includes downloadable activities and presentations that could potentially serve to aid in student development.
 * The website includes a literacy section that offers examples of kindergarten literacy activities from teacher examples and Internet chatboards. The examples include building awareness of letters, words, and sounds, sight word recognition, working with words, writing, and literacy centers.
 * The website also provides ABC ideas/activities, sentence practice activities and book ideas.

Shared Resource # 4

http://askatechteacher.wordpress.com/


 * The website provides user-friendly material for students from Kindergarten to fifth grade.
 * The website is organized into categories by grade and topic.
 * The categories for each grade level include a multitude of different activities appropriate for the specific grade.
 * The website also provides newsletters, lesson plan ideas/templates, technology applications for students and teachers, and recommendations for other websites.
 * Incorporated in the website is an extensive blog that discusses a wide range of educational topics.

Shared Resource # 5

http://www.besthistorysites.net/index.php


 * The website provides a vast array of k-12 history lesson plans.
 * The website also provides teacher guides, activities, games, and quizzes.
 * The website includes a featured lesson plan and teaching resource.
 * The website covers a multitiude of different themes and topics throughout history including ancient/Biblical history, Medieval history, American history, early modern Europe, modern history, World War II, military history, Art history, and Oral history.
 * The website also includes a map section with maps from different creditable resources such as National Geographic and other online atlases.
 * Also included on the website is a research section that enables students and teachers to discover information using guides and other online resources.

Shared Resource # 6

http://www.readwritethink.org/


 * The website provides multiple resources, for kindergarten to 12th grade, including lesson plans, student interactives, calendar activities, and printouts.
 * The website includes a professional development section with a strategy guide tab, a professional library tab, a meeting and events tab, and an online professional development tab.
 * The website provides a parent and after-school resource section which includes a multitude of various activities, projects, games, tools, tips and how-to’s, printouts, and podcast episodes.
 * The website also includes a learning objective section which focuses on topics such as collaboration, comprehension, critical thinking, digital literacy, grammar, listening, literary analysis, vocabulary, and many more.