University of Houston-Clear Lake Links:

University of Houston-Clear Lake

School of Education Home Page
http://soe.uhcl.edu/

Texas Education Agency Links:

Home Page:
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/

Released TAAS/TAKS Tests:
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index3.aspx?id=44&menu_id3=793

Region 4 District Links:

Reading Links:

Help for new and future teachers:
http://www.adprima.com/mainmenu.htm

Tips for Developing a Teacher Portfolio
http://www.lll.hawaii.edu/sltcc/tipps/portfolio.html

Harry Wong:
Take this short quiz to see if you understand the characteristics of being an “effective teacher” according to Harry Wong: http://www.harrywong.com/quiz/index.htm

Summary of the major concepts covered by Harry Wong: http://www.glavac.com/harrywong.htm

Tolerance:
Tolerance.org is a Web site that seeks to create a national community committed to human rights. Its goal is to awaken people of all ages to the problem of hate and intolerance, to equip them with the best tolerance ideas and to prompt them to act in their homes, schools, businesses and communities.
http://www.tolerance.org/index.jsp

Copyright Information for Educators
Two websites are listed which discuss copyright laws and fair use laws for educators.
Poster with synopsis of major copyright issues: http://www.aea11.k12.ia.us/downloads/copyrightposter.pdf
Take this short quiz about copyright “do’s and don’ts” in the classroom and then look at the answers to see how you did!
http://www.esu7.org/~sgsweb/copyquiz.html
http://www.esu7.org/~sgsweb/copyanswers.html

Ways to use Technology in the Classroom

Complied from Student Ideas, 8/06/2003
http://prtl.uhcl.edu/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/SOE/CERTIFICATIONS/ALTCERTPLAN/RESOURCES/PDF_FILES/TECHINTEGRATION.PDF

Search Engines

Image search – also for simple translations
www.google.com

Search for sound files, image, and movie files – also simple translations
www.altavista.com

Safe searching for younger children (you can specify reading level)
www.kidsclick.org

Limited searches for teens and elementary
cybersleuth-kids.com/

Searches for children
www.ajkids.com/
www.yahooligans.com –

Educator Portals

Adprima –for new teachers http://www.adprima.com/mainmenu.htm

Kathy Schrock’s Guide http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/

Education World
http://www.education-world.com/

PBS Teacher Source
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse K-12 Math and Science http://www.enc.org

Enchanted Learning – Early childhood http://www.enchantedlearning.com

High School Hub
http://highschoolhub.org/hub/hub.cfm

Tech Tools for Teachers at High Plains Regional Technology in Education Consortium
http://www.hprtec.org/

Apple Learning Exchange Great site for you! http://ali.apple.com/