Parent and Teacher Resources
One of the best things you can do is to read with your child. Your child is never to old to listen to you read! It is a wonderful way to share a great literary experience and create a strong bond together. A great way to stay connected to your young child or teenager is through sharing a book together!
Tips for Reading With Your Child
Internet Safety
Here is a site which has lots of information to help keep kids safe on the internet. http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/family/net_safety.html
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Internet Safety for Teens
Here is a site which has lots of information to help keep teens safe on the internet. http://kidshealth.org/teen/safety/safebasics/internet_safety.html
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Keeping Kids Safe on Social Sites
This is an article which will help you keep your child safe on social sites. http://news.cnet.com/2009-1025_3-6095082.html
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Plagiarism
This is a website about plagiarism and how students can avoid them. http://plagiarism.umf.maine.edu//
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Creative Commons
Find out information about creative commons and getting access to information and using it for free. http://creativecommons.org/
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Creative Commons Video Information
Watch a video about creative commons to learn more about it. http://creativecommons.org/videos/
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Great Websites for Kids
Here is quite a comprehensive listing of websites for kids recommended by the American Library Association. http://www.ala.org/gwstemplate.cfm?section=greatwebsites&template=/cfapps/gws/default.cfm
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Pinterest
Pinterest is an online pinboard. Through this site you can organize and share things you love. There are some good teaching tools found on this site. For example, some math flashcards that the primary teachers use at Hillcrest were found on this site. http://pinterest.com/
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Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
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Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
A list of useful sites related to the curriculum.
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/?campaign=DE&CFID=189620&CFTOKEN=73758062 |
Children's Literature Web Guide
Internet resources related to books for children. http://people.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html
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Read Write Think Website
Web Resource Guide developed as a joint project between the International Reading Association and the National Council of Teachers of English. http://www.readwritethink.org/
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Fantastic Fiction Website
Here's a Bloggers Dozen of Good Educator's Blogs to Read
Alan Levine - http://cogdogblog.com/
Barbara Ganley - http://bgblogging.com/ Anne Davis - http://anne.teachesme.com/ David Warlick - http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/ James Farmer - http://edublogs.org/ Stephen Downes - http://www.downes.ca/news/OLDaily.htm |
Tim Lauer - http://timlauer.org/
Tim Wilson - http://technosavvy.org/ Jenny Levine - www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/ Konrad Glogowski - http://www.teachandlearn.ca/blog Wes Fryer - http://www.speedofcreativity.org/ Vicki Davis - http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/ |