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 Inspiration Software
This is a great site if you like teaching concepts. Current research
shows that some students are visual learners and need to see something
visually to understand it. This site tells you all about concept mapping and
how to use it in your classroom. It is a K-12 support for visual thinking
and teaching. It gives you the bachground, reviews, download demos. etc. It
even gives you examples of concept maps to use in your classroom.
Hot Potatoes
Hot Potatoes is an authoring program from Half-Baked Software at
the University of Victoria Language Centre that enables you to
make Web-based interactive teaching materials. The freeware Hot
Potatoes suite includes six applications, enabling you to create
interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence,
crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for the World
Wide Web.
Print Resources
 Web-Teaching
A Guide to Designing Interactive Teaching for the World Wide Web
David W. Brooks
Plenum Publishing Corporation, June 1997, 236 pages
Paperback ISBN: 0306455528
Emphasizes pedagogical issues
and the research base that informs the pedagogical decisions that designers of web-based
training and instruction must address. Given Brooks’ focus on interactivity, two of
the most useful chapters are devoted to strategies for encouraging web-based discussion
and promoting self-regulated learning. As the introduction of the book notes, this is a
book "about teaching"; teaching that just happens to utilize the web as a
communications medium.
 Creating
the Virtual Classroom
Distance Learning with the Internet
Lynnette R. Porter
John Wiley & Sons, April 1997, 260 pages
Paperback ISBN: 0471178306
If you are looking for an overview of different
technologies and resources to begin exploring web-based training and instruction, Creating
the Virtual Classroom should serve as a good starting point. Porter includes chapters
on topics not found in other print resources, such as how to obtain a grant to develop a
distance learning course, how to advertise your course, and international education
issues. The tone of the work is not scholarly, and many important topics covered very
briefly, but the appendices listing additional resources and the unique information
contained in certain chapters make this a useful tool for those new to the field.
 Web-Based instruction
Badrul H. Khan, Editor
Educational Technology Publications
Softcover ISBN: 0877782970
This book covers all significant aspects of the design, development,
delivery, and evaluation of instruction using the World Wide Web.
In 59 chapters, this 480-page-volume, 7 x 10 inches, provides users of
the Web with online sources, case studies, references, and other forms of
information regarding ways to use this new techology to improve
opportunities for learning at all levels. Nearly one hundred authors,
representing institutions situated throughout the world, participated in
the writing of this timely volume-using the Web to coordinate their
efforts, thus assuring a remarkably complete treatment of this important
topic. E-mail and World Wide Web addresses are given for all chapter
authors, most of whom have active Web sites that can provide additional
information to readers of the book.
Building a Web-Based Education System
Colin McCormack, David Jones
John Wiley & Sons
Paperback
McCormack
and Jones explore the principles behind online
education and help you to determine what type of
system will work best for your situation. They then
present a number of different system models, as well
as the insight, advice, and tools you need to adapt
them to your needs. Step-by-step, they take you
through all phases of a project, from analyzing your
resources and designing and implementing your site, to
evaluating its effectiveness, as well as managing,
modifying, and updating it. It discusses five different systems for
online education, supplying code, screen shots, and
ideas for customization. CD-ROM contains templates for
online university classrooms with HTML, C, Perl
scripts, and Java files that can be customized.
Charting a Course: Assessing a Community's Strengths and Needs
Bruner, Charles, Karen Bell, Claire Brindis, et al.
Child and Family Policy Center, National
Center for Service Integration: Des Moines, IA, 1993.
(515) 280-9027.
This brief discusses strategies, such
as the use of focus groups, for assessing community needs and
resources as a step toward effective coordination and delivery
of services to children and their families. Includes examples
from communities that have successfully used these techniques.
Great Transitions: Preparing Adolescents for a New Century
Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development., Carnegie Corporation of New York: New York,
NY, 1995. (202) 429-7979.
*Looks at ways to provide better community support during the
critical stage of early adolescence (ages 11 to 14). Reviews
the challenges and problems facing today's youth. Recommends
integrating health services, strengthening ties within families,
and developing community service programs for youth and adults.
Full-Service Schools: A Revolution in Health and Social Services for Children,
Youth, and Families
Dryfoos, Joy G. , Jossey-Bass: San
Francisco, CA, 1994. (800)
956-7739.
The author proposes a comprehensive system of education
that brings together health and social services for children and
their families at school sites. She describes various types of partnerships
between public schools and public agencies, profiles several exemplary
programs, and addresses issues of implementation.
The Spirit of Community: The Reinvention of American Society
Etzioni, Amitai, New
York: Touchstone, 1993. (800)
223-2336. http://www.simonsays.com.
*Explains why the institutions of our society, including families
and schools, are in crisis, citing a neglect of community in favor
of individual rights. Proposes a new social contract based on a
reaffirmation of shared values and responsibilities, character education
in schools, and the rebuilding of community institutions.
Putting Families First: America's Family Support Movement and the Challenge
of Change
Kagan, Sharon L., and Bernice Weissbourd, eds., Jossey-Bass:
San Francisco, CA, 1994.
(800) 956-7739.
This book explores the history, theory, policies,
and practices behind efforts to support families. Since families
are critical to the successful development of children, the
book identifies programs that strengthen them, including those
that offer health care, childcare, and links to other social
institutions.
Rebuilding the Partnership for Public Education
Kilbourne, Larry, Larry E. Decker, and Valerie A. Romney, Mid-Atlantic
Center for Community Education, Curry School of Education, University
of Virginia: Charlottesville, VA, 1994.
(703) 359-8973.
Traces changes in the traditional roles and relationships
among families, communities, and schools and explores the consequences
of the breakdown of this partnership. Describes policies, programs,
and practices that support education reform and promote successful
collaboration among these institutions.
Creating Learning Communities: Practical, Universal Networking for Learning in Schools and Homes
Komoski, P. Kenneth, W. Curtiss Priest, The
Educational Products Information Exchange Institute: Hampton Bays,
NY, 1996. (516) 728-9100.
This report outlines ideas for developing computer networks
to link homes, schools, and communities. Hundreds of lessons drawn
from existing network efforts help readers understand both the complexities
and possibilities of connecting communities.
Streamlining Intake and Eligibility Systems: A Review of the Practice and the Possible
Kraus, Allen, Jolie Bain Pillsbury, Ajay Chaudry, et al., Bala Cynwyd,
PA: Center for Assessment and Policy Development, 1993.
(610) 664-4540.
Complex intake and eligibility procedures
for health care, economic support, childcare and other programs
often make it difficult for families to receive needed services.
This report discusses approaches to streamlining the process,
such as coordinating service delivery at schools and linking
computer databases so that service providers can share information
on families.
Working Together: Harnessing Community Resources to Improve Middle Schools
Mackinnon, Anne, New York:
The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, 1997.
(212) 551-9100.
Makes the case for community involvement
at the middle school level as a way to improve an historically
neglected segment of the public educational system. Describes
how to build a community coalition to engage local resources
in improving middle schools.
Urban Sanctuaries: Neighborhood Organizations in the Lives and Futures
of Inner-City Youth
McLaughlin, Milbrey W., Merita A. Irby, and Juliet Langman, San Francisco:
Jossey-Bass, 1994. (800)
956-7739. http://www.josseybass.com
Through the voices of six inner-city teenagers and the community
leaders who support them, explores successful neighborhood-based
organizations involved in creating and sustaining youth programs
despite difficult challenges.
Together We Can: A Guide for Crafting a Profamily System of Education and Human Services
Melaville, Atelia I., Martin J. Blank, and Gelareh Asayesh, U. S. Government Printing Office: Washington,
DC, 1993. (202) 512-1800.
This practical guide outlines a five-step process communities
can follow to improve the coordination of social services. Includes
tips on assessing needs, building community support, preparing
staff, and designing and implementing programs. Also contains
contact information for relevant programs, organizations, and
other resources.
Community and Schools: Promise and Paradox
Merz, Carol and Gail C. Furman, New
York: Teachers College Press, 1997.
(800) 575-6566. http://www.tc.columbia.edu.
The authors consider the importance of community for schools and
how schools might be more successful in building and maintaining
strong external relationships. Points out the pitfalls and paradoxes
of current efforts and suggests an image of school with a strong
internal and external community.
Within Our Reach: Breaking the Cycle of Disadvantage
Schorr, Lisbeth B., and Daniel Schorr, Anchor
Books: New York, NY, 1988.
(800) 232-9872.
The authors argue that an investment in first-class
services for disadvantaged children and their families will
result in social and economic benefits to the entire society.
They describe various programs that help to reduce poverty and
ignorance among children.
Everybody's House--The Schoolhouse: Best Techniques for Connecting Home, School,
and Community
Warner, Carolyn with Marilyn Curry, Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin
Press, Inc., 1997. (805) 499-9734.
http://www.sagepub.com
Offers schools techniques for creating educational partnerships
with their community members and parents. Includes best practices,
such as reading courses for parents and after school programs, from
schools that have been successful.
Taking the Classroom Into the Community (A Guidebook)
Thousand
Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, 1996.
(805) 499-9734.
Provides schools, businesses, and public agencies
with a model that has been used to successfully integrate the
community and higher education into the school curricula. Also
profiles a school in Santa Rosa, Calif., that is working with
the community to offer students new opportunities and experiences
that will apply to their life outside the classroom.
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