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Department of Technology
Ball State University
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The purpose of this resource is to provide the user with
links to information that could be helpful in supporting the
teaching/learning process associated with the study of technology.
Below you will find a list of topics included in this resources.
Browse through the entire document or click on an appropriate heading to
move directly to that listing.
To make the resource more user friendly, a short annotation or description
of each site is provided to guide your search for applicable information. |
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Resources Topics |
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Assessing Learning |
PowerPoint |
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Characteristics
of Good Teachers |
Presentation Content |
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Developing Design Briefs |
Presentation Delivery |
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Dictionaries/Research
Tools |
Professionalism |
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Free Downloads |
Report Writing |
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Goals and Objectives |
Resources
in Technology Education |
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Graphics and Sounds |
Rubrics |
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Using the Internet |
Study Skills |
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Instructional
Design |
Developing a Teaching Philosophy |
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Instructional Strategies |
Technology in Education |
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Instructional
Technology |
Training and
Development |
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Lesson Design |
Tutorials |
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Multimedia |
Visual Aids |
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Other |
Visual Design
Guidelines/Principles |
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Page Layout |
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Portfolios |
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Assessing
Learning |
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Click here for practical suggestions for
writing multiple-choice questions and other methods of assessment.
http://tep.uoregon.edu/resources/assessment/index.html
and
http://tep.uoregon.edu/resources/assessment/multiplechoicequestions/mc4critthink.html |
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This site describes two typical
forms of assessment -- formative and summative.
http://web.mit.edu/tll/assessment-evaluation/types.html |
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A description of
effective assessment
techniques (e.g., developing multiple choice questions, CAT's, team
learning, and group learning) can be reviewed at:
http://tep.uoregon.edu/resources/assessment/cats/cats.html and
effective assessment at:
http://tep.uoregon.edu/resources/assessment/index.html |
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"Authentic assessment aims to evaluate students' abilities in
'real-world' contexts." Visit this site for further
clarification of the authentic assessment concept.
http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-4911.html |
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This site includes a
description of "Principles and Indicators
for Student Assessment Systems".
http://www.fairtest.org/princind.htm |
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Check out Chapter IV
in "The Penn State Teacher II" for useful information on measuring and
evaluating student learning, writing exams, and grading short answer
questions.
http://www.schreyerinstitute.psu.edu/pdf/PennStateTeacherII.pdf |
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Classroom Assessment
Techniques (CAT's): What are they? and How can they help you to determine
the answer to "the fundamental but often elusive questions 'What are your students
learning?' and its corollary, 'How effectively are you
teaching?' "
http://www.engr.psu.edu/eis/assessment.htm |
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This is Kathy Schrock's guide
to assessment and rubric information.
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html |
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For sources to current
links on important teaching and learning issues go to Andrea Beach's site
"Teaching Resources on the Web".
http://homepages.wmich.edu/~abeach/teachingresources.htm |
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"What is the function
of assessment in project-based learning (PBL)?"http://pblmm.k12.ca.us/PBLGuide/AssessPBL.html |
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"What is the function
of assessment in project-based learning (PBL)?"
http://pblmm.k12.ca.us/PBLGuide/AssessPBL.html |
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"Assessment and
evaluation are integral components of the teaching-learning cycle. The
main purposes are to guide and improve instruction and student learning."
See this link for additional information.
http://www.sasklearning.gov.sk.ca/docs/midlsoc/gr8/assess8.html |
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Characteristics
of Good Teachers |
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"Students and faculty
'know' good teaching when they experience it, but often find it difficult to articulate the specifics of what they
experience as good teaching." This article ranks seven
important characteristics of good teaching.
http://www.oic.id.ucsb.edu/Resources/Teaching/GoodTeaching.html |
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"What are the qualities that combine to create an excellent, memorable teacher?"
http://www.bygpub.com/eot/eot1.htm |
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"Brilliant
teaching . . . reflects scholarship, personal integrity and the ability to communicate with the young."
Visit this site for additional insights into the characteristics of a good
teacher: http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/
teachtip/goodteac.htm |
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"This article appeared in The Teaching Professor after Professor Leblanc won a Seymous Schulich Award for Teaching Excellence including a $10,000
cash award. Reprinted here with permission of Professor Leblanc, October 8, 1998."
http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/
teachtip/topten.htm |
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"Seven Principles
for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education" http://adulted.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hcc.
hawaii.edu%2Fintranet%2Fcommittees%2
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Design
Briefs |
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"Design briefs are instructional tools used to
stimulate creativity, critical thinking, and problem solving abilities of
technology education students." Click on the following URL for
more information.
http://publish.bsu.edu/teched2/design_brief.htm |
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"Design Briefs?
This site includes a lesson on design brief development.
http://jcflowers1.iweb.bsu.edu/rlo/designbriefs.htm |
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This document provides quite a
detailed overview of an entire competition, but starting on page 10, a nice
example of a design brief is available.
http://llk.media.mit.edu/courses/mas714/fall03/clubhouse-design-brief.pdf |
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This site has quite a number of
example design briefs of varying quality. Just pick those labeled with
"design brief".
http://melroseschools.com/mms/tech_ed/briefs/ |
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Dictionary/Research
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"xreferplus is an extremely useful online research tool. I expect it to be a
well-used addition to any library’s general reference collection."
Austin McCarthy of the University of Northumbria, U.K
http://www.xrefer.com/ |
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The Encyclopedia of
informal education will help you "explore key thinkers, theories and
themes in informal education and lifelong learning".
http://www.infed.org/
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refdesk.com provides
quick access to online dictionaries, research tools, and other important
links.
http://www.refdesk.com/ |
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Downloads |
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Free RealOne Player download.
http://www.real.com/ |
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Get Acrobat Reader from this
location.
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
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Goals and
Objectives |
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This site is an excellent resource
on educational goals and objectives. The site clearly describes the
common types of objectives and provides good tips for writing behavioral
objectives. The site also provides excellent examples of
well-written objectives in each domain.
http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/b/x/bxb11/Objectives/index.htm
This site also includes a link to Blooms' Taxonomy.
http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/b/x/bxb11/Objectives/bloom.htm |
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These sites provide
useful information for writing objectives.
http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/research/Write_Objectives.shtml
http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/research/Why_Objectives.shtml
http://ets.tlt.psu.edu/learningdesign/objectives/writingobjectives
http://ets.tlt.psu.edu/learningdesign/book/export/html/110
http://www.outreach.psu.edu/programs/teenpregnancy/files/LEARNING_OBJECTIVES-Tips.pdf |
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This link describes a revised version of Benjamin Bloom's work with the addition of the Psychomotor Domain as developed by Anita Harrow [1972].
Dr.
Bloom's intent was to develop a system for writing educational objectives. The questions and examples
included in this work were added by Tom Allen to make the taxonomy more useful.
http://www.humboldt.edu/~tha1/bloomtax.html
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This site provides
good information on Bloom's taxonomy and the development of behavioral
obejctives.
http://faculty.washington.edu/krumme/guides/bloom.html |
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"Behavioral objectives, learning objectives, instructional objectives, and performance objectives are terms that refer to descriptions of observable student behavior or performance that relate to learning."
This site will enhance your understanding and development of behavioral
objectives.
http://www.adprima.com/objectives.htm |
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For sources to current
links on important teaching and learning issues go to Andrea Beach's site
"Teaching Resources on the Web".
http://homepages.wmich.edu/~abeach/teachingresources.htm |
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Graphics
and Sounds |
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This is an excellent resource for
pictures, audio, MP3s and video.
http://multimedia.lycos.com/ |
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Altavista.com is a
good resource for images,
audio, and video.
http://www.altavista.com/sites/search/simage |
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This site provides an NCRTEC index to graphical
resources on the Internet.
http://www.ncrtec.org/picture.htm |
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Search through thousands of professional
photos at:
http://www.webshots.com/homepage.html |
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Find free clipart downloads at:
http://webplaces.com/search/ |
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"Design Gallery Live is the place to find clip art, photos, Web animations,
and sounds." This Microsoft site is located at:
http://dgl.microsoft.com/ |
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Click here for free clipart,
animations and graphics.
http://www.clipartconnection.com |
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The AP Photo Archive includes over
400,000 contemporary images, with thousands of new images/photos added
each week. Visit this site for many of your picture needs.
http://accuweather.ap.org/Intro/index2.html |
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Internet |
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This is Microsoft's homepage.
http://www.microsoft.com/ |
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This is Microsoft's search and
results page.
http://search.microsoft.com/default.asp?qu=powerpoint+tutorial&boolean=
ALL&nq=NEW&so=RECCNT&ig=01&ig=02&ig=03&ig=04&ig=05&ig
=06&ig=07&ig=08&ig=09&ig=10&i=00&i=01&i=02&i=03&i=04&i=05&i
=06&i=07&i=08&i=09&siteid=us |
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"This tutorial presents the substance of the Internet Workshops
. . . offered year-round by the Teaching Library at the University of California at Berkeley."
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/?internet/FindInfo.html |
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This is a user friendly tutorial
/ information on using the Internet.
http://www.usc.edu.au/University/Library/ResearchSkills/OnlineUndergrad/
Selecting/Resources/Internet/Internet.htm
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html |
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This glossary of Internet terms
was developed by Matisse Enzer.
http://www.matisse.net/files/glossary.htm
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"A Beginner's Guide to Effective Email"
http://www.webfoot.com/advice/email.top.html |
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Click on the following
URL to view a comparison chart of common search engines
with helpful hints.
http://www.infopeople.org/search/chart.html |
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If you are a user of AltaVista
this site will help you enhance your search techniques.
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/WebQuest/searching/sevensteps2001.html |
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This site, developed by LeAne H. Rutherford
( Instructional Development Service of the University of Minnesota), provides
an excellent resource for accessing WWW sources.
http://www.d.umn.edu/~schilton/Courses/Websources.html |
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"This guide is intended to help people who are just getting started on the
Internet learn their way around."
http://www.imaginarylandscape.com/helpweb/welcome.html |
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Instructional Design |
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"A general model of
the Instructional Design Process that identifies the three major areas of
decision when putting a course together."
http://www.ou.edu/idp/tips/ideas/designprocess.htm |
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Dr. L. Dee Fink's
suggestions for using the "instructional design process".
http://www.ou.edu/idp/tips/ideas/tips.htm |
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"When selecting
teaching/learning activities, teachers must make choices about HOW they want
students to learn. This essay presents a model of ACTIVE LEARNING
that offers specific ways of doing this."
http://www.ou.edu/idp/tips/ideas/model.html |
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"When deciding how to
provide Feedback and Assessment for student learning, teachers need to do
this in a way that goes beyond grading to also helping the learning process.
This essay provides a model of educative assessment. These procedures will
create EDUCATIVE ASSESSMENT, i.e., assessment that enhances the
learning process.".
http://www.ou.edu/idp/tips/ideas/feedback2.html |
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"This document
(consisting of 33 pages) does two things: It integrates all the components
of good course design, as described in the other individual links on this
page. It leads you through each of the key steps needed to design a course
in such a way that your students can achieve significant learning."
http://www.ou.edu/idp/idp_word/selfdirected1.doc |
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"When formulating
goals for a course, teachers need to identify significant kinds of learning
goals. This essay presents a taxonomy of SIGNIFICANT LEARNING that
offers a way of identifying WHAT you want students to learn."
http://www.ou.edu/idp/idp_word/Significant%20Learning.doc |
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Instructional
Strategies |
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"Certain principles apply for lecturing regardless of size of class or whether high school or
college." See what they are at:
http://projects.edte.utwente.nl/pi/Teksten/Lectures.html |
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This Indiana
University site provides useful information on several teaching
strategies.
http://www.teaching.iub.edu/handbook_toc.php |
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"Welcome to the ARL/OMS Training Skills Support Site. We have gathered
resources to assist you in thinking about and developing effective training and learning events and programs."
http://www.arl.org/leadership/resources/training/index.html |
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Visit this site for
hundreds of teaching
tips.
http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/
teachtip/teachtip.htm |
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"Many teachers find
themselves seeking advice when they want to make changes to improve their
classes. TEP has compiled a list of the questions these teachers frequently
ask. . . . Possible answers and suggestions have been gleaned from many
sources." Go to this URL and find the answer.
http://tep.uoregon.edu/resources/faqs/index.html |
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"The Importance of Questions"
-- See how effective questions facilitate learning at:
http://www.bygpub.com/eot/eot2.htm |
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ProTeacher is a very
good site for current information on teaching practices, learning
assessment, learning theory, student groupings, substitute teachers, and
resources
http://www.proteacher.com/020000.shtml |
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Chapter Four of the Michigan State University Teaching Assistant
Guide provides useful information on several different instructional
strategies.
http://www.tap.msu.edu/handbook/2006-2007_handbook.pdf |
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This site provides basic
information regarding teacher roles as they related to different
instructional strategies.
http://www.huntington.edu/education/lessonplanning/roles.html |
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This resource provides basic
information on the affect of different seating arrangements for
selected instructional strategies.
http://www.huntington.edu/education/lessonplanning/seating.html |
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"Presenters University helps you learn how to be a WOW!
presenter. Just pick an area you'd like to improve on in your next presentation.
http://www.presentersuniversity.com/sitemap.php |
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Education Place includes "resources for elementary-school
teachers, students, and parents." It
also"includes Reading/Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies Centers, Intervention, Professional Development,
searchable activity database, educational games, and textbook support.
http://www.eduplace.com/ |
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For sources to current
links on important teaching and learning issues go to Andrea Beach's site
"Teaching Resources on the Web".
http://homepages.wmich.edu/~abeach/teachingresources.htm |
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"PlasmaLink Web
Services provides the Glossary of Instructional Strategies as a resource for
all educators."
http://glossary.plasmalink.com/glossary.html |
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"Sometimes
called "activators" or "energizers," these tools provide learners with an
opportunity to process information that has just been presented, read,
viewed, or encountered through direct, hands-on experience."
http://www.ez2bsaved.com/Active_Learning/active_learning.htm |
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"Alternative modes
to delivery offer examples which
provide learners with greater control over the content and meaning of what
they are learning and in some cases over the processes by which they learn."
http://www.csd.uwa.edu.au/altmodes/to_delivery/index.html
and
http://www.csd.uwa.edu.au/altmodes/ |
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This site
provides an alphabetized listing of instructional methods.
http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/instr/alpha.html |
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"The purpose of these
pages is to assist faculty and graduate student instructors in their
teaching by providing online teaching strategies and resources."
http://www.crlt.umich.edu/tstrategies/teachings.html |
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This Indiana University site provides
useful information on several teaching strategies.
http://www.teaching.iub.edu/handbook_toc.php If you click on
the Technology for teaching link in the list it will take you to various
forms of media that teachers can use to facilitate learning. |
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This is a link to a teaching
strategies site from University of Michigan Center for Research on Learning
and Teaching and the different uses of instructional technology.
http://www.crlt.umich.edu/tstrategies/tstt.html |
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Instructional
Technology (see Multimedia) |
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Lesson Design |
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This site provides the user with
background information on Madeline Hunter's instructional design model.
http://www.humboldt.edu/~tha1/hunter-eei.html#ret-bloomtax |
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This site provides basic
information and additional links associated with Madeline Hunter's direct
teaching form of lesson design.
http://www.adprima.com/direct.htm
Other related direct links associated with this site include:
"Some Basic Lesson Presentation Elements"
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The Madeline Hunter Direct Instructional Model
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The Madeline Hunter Elements of Effective Instruction
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Decontextualization for transfer and general application
http://www.humboldt.edu/~tha1/hunter-eei.html
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For sources to current
links on important teaching and learning issues go to Andrea Beach's site
"Teaching Resources on the Web".
http://homepages.wmich.edu/~abeach/teachingresources.htm |
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This site shares
some basic information on Mastery Learning.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8020/hunter.html |
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A one page description
of the Hunter Lesson Plan format.
http://template.aea267.iowapages.org/lessonplan/ |
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Multimedia |
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Presenters University is an excellent site and support
resource for this course. Upon visiting the site you find that its
resources are divided into major categories. Some of these
categories include free downloads, contributors, content, delivery, visual
aids, tutorials, and course archives.
http://www.presentersuniversity.com/courses.php |
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This resource provides a excellent glossary of multimedia
technology terms.
http://its.unc.edu/tl/guides/ |
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This site provides a very good bibliography of resources
concerning the assessment of multimedia technology in education.
http://its.unc.edu/tl/guides/ |
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Some of the more common types of instructional
media are described at:
http://www.usask.ca/tlc/guide/inst_media.php |
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This Indiana University site provides
useful information on several teaching strategies.
http://www.teaching.iub.edu/handbook_toc.php If you click on
the Technology for teaching link in the list it will take you to various
forms of media that teachers can use to facilitate learning. |
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Other |
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Links to educational Microsoft resources can be found
at
http://www.microsoft.com/education/default.mspx |
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This Microsoft page links to
additional sources of Microsoft information.
http://www.microsoft.com/education/InstructionalResources.mspx |
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"In order to help teachers, administrators, facilitators, and students
understand distance education, Barry Willis, the Associate Dean for
Outreach and the Engineering Outreach staff present the following series
of guides highlighting information detailed in Dr. Willis' books, Distance
Education - Strategies and Tools and Distance Education - A Practical
Guide."
http://www.uidaho.edu/eo/distglan |
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For tips on effective emails go
to:
http://www.everythingemail.net/
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Look to this resources
for "Quotations on Teaching, Learning, and Education".
http://www.ntlf.com/html/lib/quotes.htm |
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See this site for "Quotes on Academia".
http://www.wku.edu/Dept/Support/AcadAffairs/CTL/booklets/quotes.htm |
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A "Directory of Resources for Teachers"
http://adulted.about.com/cs/teachingtools/ |
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This site "will help you analyze the practices relating to at-risk children and youth in your school
or classroom and point you to specific resources."
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/at0cont.htm |
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This resources provides
downloads of clipart you may find useful.
http://school.discovery.com/clipart/index.html |
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This is a useful
resource for all secondary teachers. The subjects are too numerous
to name.
http://7-12educators.about.com/ |
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"Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of
[2000] sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is
updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning."
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/ |
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Page
Layout |
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"10 Unbreakable Rules for
Page Layout and Design" and graphic production processes.
http://www.techcolor.com/help/10rules.html |
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Portfolios |
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Dr. Helen Barrett is a internationally-known expert on
electronic portfolio development for learners of all ages.
Click on the following URL for more information on electronic portfolios.
http://www.electronicportfolios.com/ |
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"Portfolios are very popular these days. Even in a time when
calls for higher standards and tougher testing are louder than ever, many schools are doing portfolios – or at least talking
about doing them. So what are portfolios? Visit this site to find
answers to this question and important links to other portfolio develop
sites.
http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-4528.html |
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PowerPoint |
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This site describes
several projected media guidelines / recommendations to be used
designing/developing projected media:
http://rshackelford.iweb.bsu.edu/itedu/projectedmediarecommendations.htm |
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Presenters University is an excellent site and support
resource for applicable tutorials.
http://www.presentersuniversity.com/courses_tutorials.php |
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Go to this site for outstanding
PowerPoint tips and hints.
http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com/powerpointtips.htm |
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Presenters University is an excellent site and support
resource for presenting information. Important sections for you to visit, browse, and examine closely
include the sections on visual aids.
http://www.presentersuniversity.com/visuals.php
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This is an excellent site for
PowerPoint tutorials and other multimedia products and resources.
http://www.hsl.unc.edu/services/MDStudio/howdoi.cfm |
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These lessons,
developed at Eastern Illinois University, will help you with some of the
fundamentals of using the PowerPoint software program to create presentations and
transparencies.
http://www.eiu.edu/~booth/pub/IntroPPointXP.pdf
http://www.eiu.edu/~booth/pub/InterPrpointxp.pdf |
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Useful hints and how to's
for using PowerPoint
http://www.microsoft.com/education/?ID=PPT97Tutorial |
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"If the question's about PowerPoint, the answer's here. You'll find PowerPoint Help, PowerPoint Templates, PowerPoint Tips,
PowerPoint Add-ins,How-Tos, Links and much more."
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/
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"Ten Tips to Improve Your Presentations with PowerPoint"
http://www.denniskennedy.com/archives/000436.html |
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This site describes
several projected media guidelines / recommendations to be used
designing/developing projected media:
http://rshackelford.iweb.bsu.edu/itedu/projectedmediarecommendations.htm |
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Presentation
Content |
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Presenters University is an excellent site and support
resource for presenting and understanding content. Important sections for you to visit, browse, and examine closely
include the sections on content, delivery, visual aids, and
tutorials.
http://www.presentersuniversity.com/courses.php
or
http://www.presentersuniversity.com/courses_content.php |
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Presentation
Delivery |
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Presenters University is an excellent site and support
resource for content delivery. Important sections for you to visit, browse, and examine closely
include the sections on content, delivery, visual aids, and
tutorials.
http://www.presentersuniversity.com/courses.php |
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"Strategies for a
successful presentation." What are they? Go to this URL
to gain additional insights.
http://faculty.uophx.edu/socalfac/strategies.htm |
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This resource includes
several teaching and PowerPoint tips; and a list of famous educational
quotes.
http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/fd/teachingtips.htm#quotes |
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"Key Elements in
Preparing and Presenting a Talk" are located at:
http://chet.ocs.union.edu/PUBLIC/GEODEPT/department/presentations.htm |
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"Quick PowerPoint Tips"
http://www.roadtools.com/tips.html |
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For sources to current
links on important teaching and learning issues go to Andrea Beach's site
"Teaching Resources on the Web".
http://homepages.wmich.edu/~abeach/teachingresources.htm |
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Professionalism |
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Visit this site for a
description of professional behaviors that are applicable to all
disciplines.
http://www.abp.org/resident/profguid.htm |
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NEA's Code of Ethics:
A foundation for professional educators is located at:
http://www.nea.org/aboutnea/code.html |
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"Tips on Becoming a Teacher" are
share at this site:
http://www.adprima.com/tipson.htm |
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"This report describes a number of aspects of the professional engagement of American
teachers."
http://www.crito.uci.edu/tlc/findings/report_7/startpage.html |
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Report
Writing |
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This site presents a
series of chapters designed to help you enhance your ability to write
technical reports.
http://www.pdhonline.org/courses/g102/Chapter1.htm
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This site provides links to the three most popular
writing styles for working on a paper, thesis, creative project, research
paper or dissertation. The templates and tutorials included at this site can
be used as a resource for students seeking help in writing properly
formatted and documented scholarly works.
http://www.bsu.edu/gradschool/guidelines/
(APA tutorial and help aids)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_apa.html
(MLA tutorial and help aids)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html
(Chicago Style tutorial and help aids)
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite7.html
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Resources
in Technology Education |
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Welcome to the
homepage of the International Technology Education Association.
http://www.iteaconnect.org/ |
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Welcome to the Council on Technology Teacher Education
Webpage.
http://teched.vt.edu/ctte/ |
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"The Journal of Technology Education provides a forum for scholarly discussion on topics relating to technology education."
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JTE/about_jte.html |
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"As the International Honorary for Professions in Technology, Epsilon Pi Tau serves members in more than 84 countries of the world who
practice technology as executives in business and industry, as technicians and engineers, as teachers serving in elementary through high school,
and as students, instructors and professors in two and four year colleges and universities."
Visit this site for more information on this honorary.
http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/technology/ept/index.html |
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This site provides
important links to hot educational topics and important information from
Indiana's Department of Education. The site also provides hot links
to other DOE's sites around the country.
http://ideanet.doe.state.in.us/ |
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"Discover how the same basic principles influence and control
how things work in nature, living organisms, and human technology."
http://www.flyingturtle.org/ |
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This resource includes a
series of articles that explores how things work.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/ |
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This site offers links
and resources to support the study of technology.
http://www.techedlab.com/main.html |
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The following URL includes an abbreviated list of stable sites which are useful to technology educators.
http://ed1.eng.ohio-state.edu/techres/proforgs.html |
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Teched101.com/ is
a free web site for technology education teachers providing links to
useful resources.
http://www.teched101.com/ |
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"The resources available from the organizations
listed here should help technology teachers instill in their students the ability to use
innovative approaches when solving simple technical problems."
The site also seeks to foster collaboration among science and technology
teachers.
http://www.triangle-coalition.org/edtechres.htm |
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The "Why
Files" provide links to current events with a emphasis on the
"why" or scientific principles behind them. Visit the
"Why Files" at:
http://whyfiles.org/ |
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This site provides
numerous links to site around the world on issues of importance to
educators.
http://www.education-world.com/ |
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Although this site is
advertised as "Public Relations 101: How-To Tips for School
Administrators", the ideas are applicable to almost
any public relations program in education.
http://www.education-world.com/a_admin/admin123.shtml |
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Rubrics |
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Easy to use
information and software for rubric construction can be found at:
http://www.rubrics.com/ |
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"Just what is
a rubric?"
http://www.middleweb.com/CSLB2rubric.html |
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This site includes a
series of links to various educational sites including rubrics.
http://www.techtrekers.com/
or
http://www.techtrekers.com/rubrics.html |
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This archived issue of
Educational Leadership provides excellent background information on rubrics
and their development.
http://www.ascd.org/cms/objectlib/ascdframeset/index.cfm?publication=http://www.
ascd.org/publications/ed_lead/200002/toc.html |
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This site will enhance
your understanding of rubrics and provide links to other valuable
resources on authentic assessment and rubric construction.
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/rubrics/weblessons.htm |
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This article and
related links will facilitate your understanding of the rubric concept,
its purposes, and processes of development.
http://www.middleweb.com/rubricsHG.html |
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The information and
links associated with this rubric site were developed by the Chicago
Public Schools. Be sure to check out each section or major category.
http://intranet.cps.k12.il.us/Assessments/Ideas_and_Rubrics/ideas_and_rubrics.html |
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"The following criteria for evaluating
scoring rubrics are adapted from Herman, Aschbacher and Winters (1992), Arter (1990) and ISBE (1994)."
http://intranet.cps.k12.il.us/Assessments/Ideas_and_Rubrics/Intro_Scoring/
Eval_Rubrics/eval_rubrics.html |
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Kathy Schrock's guide
to assessment and rubric information
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html |
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"RubiStar is a tool to help the teacher who wants to use rubrics but does not have the time to
develop them from scratch."
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/ |
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"As teachers increasingly design online learning experiences for their students, evaluation of those activities remains a
challenge. The Rubric Builder [at this location] enables teachers to build effective assessment rubrics and to make them available over the
World Wide Web."
http://landmark-project.com/classweb/tools/rubric_builder.php3 |
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"Rubrics provide teachers with an objective
method for evaluating skills that don't lend themselves to objective assessment methods and they help answer the
age-old question, "What did I do to deserve this grade?" Learn how rubrics can guide your students and support
your assessments." This site includes three online tools for creating rubrics.
http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr248.shtml |
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"The Rubric Machine enables you to construct
and implement scoring rubrics into your instruction as a means for providing
learning-centered feedback and assessment of student work."
http://www.thinkinggear.com/tools/ |
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"Sometimes it's not possible to find an appropriate existing rubric to use or
modify. The purpose of this section is to explain how to develop a scoring
rubric 'from scratch." The steps you will need to follow are shown
at the location below.
http://intranet.cps.k12.il.us/Assessments/Ideas_and_Rubrics/Create_Rubric/
create_rubric.html |
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This rubric library
provides several import links related to rubric development, templates, and
articles.
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/page/26773.html?detoured=1 |
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This is a extensive
pdf file from Relearning By Design that describes many of the critical
aspects of rubric development.
http://www.relearning.org/resources/PDF/rubric_sampler.pdf |
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Study
Skills |
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This site provides
some useful information on how and why to study, and other "Learning
Resource Links".
http://www.advising.ufl.edu/lsc/LSClinks.htm |
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"Strategies for Enhancing Retention"
-- If you want to increase learning retention visit this URL:
http://webpage.pace.edu/bmorris/will/enhancingr.htm |
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Teaching
Philosophy |
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Tips for "Writing a Teaching Philosophy Statement"
http://www.celt.iastate.edu/teaching/philosophy.html |
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Technology
in Education |
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Training and Development |
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This site includes a
set of learning, performance and training definitions and a glossary of
terms related to teaching, training, and learning strategies. bablyon
is located at:
http://info.babylon.com/gl_index/gl_template.php?id=2093 |
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This site includes a
summary of task analysis:
http://www.usabilitynet.org/tools/taskanalysis.htm |
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Usability Net provides
summaries of several usability/training methods at:
http://www.usabilitynet.org/tools/list.htm |
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Here is a "how to"
perform a task anaylsis:
http://web.uvic.ca/akeller/pw408/ht_taskanal.html |
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Here is some useful
information on conducting a needs assessment.
http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~rouda/T2_NA.html |
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How to conduct a needs
assessment is described at:
http://www.internetraining.com/ID_Consult/3need/3need.htm |
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In this article Lieb
describes the principles of adult learning:
http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/adults-2.htm |
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This site compares the
characteristics of the adult learner and those of early childhood:
http://www-ed.fnal.gov/lincon/staff_adult.shtml |
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10 characteristics of
adults as learners are described by Dr. Gary Kuhne:
https://courses.worldcampus.psu.edu/public/faculty/adults.html |
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A summary of adult
learner characteristics and and teaching/training strategies:
http://www.dvc.edu/union/AdultLearners.htm |
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TRIM (Teaching
Research In-service Model) provides valuable resources and information to
beginning trainers:
http://www.tr.wou.edu/trim/index.htm |
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Training Magazine is
one of the leading publications in the training field:
http://www.trainingmag.com/msg/publications/training.jsp |
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ASTD is considered by
many to be the leading training and development organization in the country.
These sites provide useful information on the organization and it many
development and educational programs.
http://www.astd.org/astd
http://www.learningcircuits.org/
http://www.learningcircuits.org/glossary |
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This North Carolina
State Board of Education site describes several "presentation skills"
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/profdev/presentation/ |
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Tutorials |
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One of the largest and most informative WEB sites in the
world dealing with instructional technology and related programs and
hardware is Microsoft. "Microsoft Education is divided into categories and sub-categories for easy reference and
navigation. If you've been unable to find the content you're looking for please use
Search." Microsoft Education is located at: http://www.microsoft.com/education/?ID=siteindex |
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The corporate homepage site for Microsoft is located at:
http://www.microsoft.com/ |
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Learn to create rich learning experiences to power the Connected Learning Community
using Microsoft products, technologies, and tutorials. The URL for Microsoft
tutorials is:
http://www.microsoft.com/education/tutorials.mspx |
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"Learn to create rich
learning experiences to power the Connected Learning Community using
Microsoft Office products." Tutorials for Microsoft Office
products can be located at:
http://www.microsoft.com/enable/products/office2003/tutorials.aspx |
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This Acadia University site includes links to several
tutorials including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Windows, WordPerfect, and
NetscapeComposer. For more information go to:
http://aitt.acadiau.ca/nstpd/ |
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actDEN offers seven software
tutorials including PowerPoint, e-mail with Outlook Express, FrontPage web
construction, hints for surfing, and classroom communication. All
seven tutorials were produced in conjunction with Microsoft K-12 Education
and can be reviewed at:
http://www.actden.com/index.htm |
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For information on
creating online
presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint go to:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/CR061832731033.aspx |
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Visual Aids |
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Presenters University is an excellent site and support
resource for using visual aids. Important sections for you to visit, browse, and examine closely
include the sections on content, delivery, visual aids, and tutorials at:
http://www.presentersuniversity.com/courses.php |
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Visual
Design Guidelines/Principles |
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Consider the following guidelines/recommendations
when developing projected media:
http://rshackelford.iweb.bsu.edu/itedu/projectedmedia
recommendations.htm
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Developed
by:
Dr. Ray Shackelford
Department of Technology
Ball State
University, Muncie, IN
No
responsibility is assumed for linked web content.
Please report inactive links or suggested corrections and/or additions to rshackelford@bsu.edu
©Ray Shackelford
04/25/07
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