Links
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Professional Development Visual and Performing Arts Integration
ArtsEdge
http://www.artsedge.org/
ARTSEDGE — the National Arts and Education Network, a program of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts — supports the placement of the arts at the center of the curriculum and advocates creative use of technology to enhance the K-12 educational experience. ARTSEDGE empowers educators to teach in, through, and about the arts by providing the tools to develop interdisciplinary curricula that fully integrate the arts with other academic subjects.
ARTSEDGE offers free, standards-based teaching materials for use in and out of the classroom, as well as professional development resources, student materials, and guidelines for arts-based instruction and assessment.
OER Arts PD Wiki
http://meoer.pbworks.com/
Subject Map Provides Ways to Fuse Arts Subjects, 21st Century Workforce Skills
http://www.p21.org/documents/P21_arts_map_final.pdf
The 21st Century Skills Map for the Arts demonstrates how the three Rs and four Cs (critical thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration, and creativity and innovation) can be fused within arts curriculum. The map provides educator-created examples of how arts subjects (dance, music, theater, and visual and media arts) can be fused with skills to create engaging learning experiences that promote 21st century knowledge and skill acquisition.
Career & Education Development
Center for Career Development
http://www.ccd.me.edu
"The Center for Career Development is part of the Maine Community College System. The Center was established in 1993 to design, implement, and administer Maine's ground-breaking statewide school-to-career program, Maine Career Advantage. Since then, the Center's mandate has expanded to encompass a wider range of workforce and economic development activities, including Maine Quality Centers and the Center's Research & Curriculum Division, which leads various educational and student support initiatives, provides curriculum consulting, and provides technical support for other state customers."
CTE Contact Directory
http://www.maine.gov/education/it/directory/contact.htm
CTE Content Literacy Page
http://www.maine.gov/education/it/promise/index.htm
MDOE CTE page
http://www.maine.gov/education/it/
Health Education & Physical Education
Health Education & Physical Education Team Website with link to their Open Educational Resources
https://sites.google.com/site/oerresearchteam/
MAHPERD (Maine Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance); also see the List-Serv-- Click link for “Message Board” to register
http://www.maineahperd.org/
“MISSION STATEMENT: MAHPERD is a nonprofit organization for professionals and students in related fields of health, physical education, recreation and dance. MAHPERD is dedicated to improving the quality of life for all Mainers by supporting and promoting effective educational practices, quality curriculum, instruction, the Maine Learning Results, and assessment in the areas of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Dance and related fields.”
MDOE Health and PE page
http://www.maine.gov/education/lres/health/index.html
Mathematics
Association of Teachers of Mathematics, New England (ATMNE)
http://www.atmne.net/
ATOMIM - Association of Teachers of Math in Maine
http://mysite.verizon.net/bilbowdish/atomim/
Common Core Standards for Mathematics
http://www.corestandards.org/the-standards/mathematics
Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance
http://www.mmsa.org/
Math Content Literacy (MDOE page)
http://www.maine.gov/education/lres/math/content.html
Mathematics List-serv registration
https://list.terc.edu/mailman/listinfo/maine-math
MDOE Mathematics page
http://www.maine.gov/education/lres/math/index.html
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
http://www.nctm.org
World Languages
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
http://www.discoverlanguages.org/
FLAME List-Serv
http://www.umaine.edu/flame/flame_listserve.htm
Foreign Language Association of Maine (FLAME)
http://www.umaine.edu/Flame/
“FLAME is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to promote and improve the teaching and study of foreign languages and cultures. It will also work to further the common interests of teachers, students and all others who use foreign languages in the State of Maine.”
MDOE World Language Page
http://www.maine.gov/education/lres/language/index.html
General OER Resources
Other OER Subject Area Websites:
English Language Arts: http://tinyurl.com/maineoerforela
Science and Technology: http://tinyurl.com/mainescienceoer
Social Studies: http://tinyurl.com/maineoerforsocialstudies
5 Ways to Use Twitter in Education
http://www.iste.org/connect/iste-connects/blog-detail/11-03-24/Five_Ways_to_Use_Twitter_in_Education.aspx
10 Great Web Sites for Principals
http://www.iste.org/connect/iste-connects/blog-detail/11-03-17/10_Great_Web_Sites_for_Principals.aspx
11 Ways to Learn in 2011
http://theelearningcoach.com/elearning2-0/11-ways-to-learn-in-2011/
Because last year’s list of 10 Ways To Learn In 2010 was widely read, I knew I had no choice but to create an even longer list for 2011. The opportunities for online learning have grown tremendously this past year. Interestingly, there seem to be more ways to participate in active learning. So with no further introduction, here is the official list of eleven exciting ways you can learn online in the coming year.
Archive’s Library of Open Educational Resources and University Lectures
http://www.archive.org/details/education
This site if full of OER fun to explore! This library contains hundreds of free courses, video lectures, and supplemental materials from universities in the United States and China. Many of these lectures are available for download.
Bully Prevention in Positive Behavior Support
http://www.pbis.org/common/pbisresources/publications/bullyprevention_ES.pdf
A great bullying prevention model that includes 6 teacher lessons.
Enhanced Search for Educational Resources - A Perspective and a Prototype from ccLearn (pdf)
Version 1.0 July 16, 2009
Exemplary Collection of Open eLearning Content Repositories
http://wikieducator.org/Exemplary_Collection_of_Open_eLearning_Content_Repositories
This site provides links to some of the most popular repositories of open educational resources. Also see below for a more comprehensive list of repositories.
How to download and save a youtube video
http://www.ehow.com/how_4564248_save-youtube-video.html
How to upload a youtube video into a powerpoint presentation
http://www.ehow.com/how_2086664_embed-youtube-videos-powerpoint-presentations.html
Maine Learning Technology Initiative WebCast Events
http://www.maine121.org/webcasts
Maine Learning Technology Intitative staff provide a wide range of support to understanding how to use and incorporate technology into the classroom and leanring. The MLTI staff provide specific and timely learning opportunities "using web-based technologies to communicate and collaborate with educators interested in engaging in conversation around teaching and learning with technology. These WebCast events will provide an opportunity to participate interactively in a live virtual environment, all right from the comfort of your own computer desktop. These timely and important topic schedules and archives are housed on the MLTI site. The most recent topic was Fair Use and Media: From Copyright to Creative Commons (Digital Citizenship) was presented on February 3rd.
As citizens of the 21-st century, we have reached a point in human history where content creation and consumption is at an all time high. With this increase the notion of copyright has become prominent among all who traffic information. This webinar will provide the participant with an introduction to the concepts of copyright.
During the 3:15 pm webinar we have the honor of talking with Creative Commons Policy Coordinator, Tim Vollmer. He will be discussing Creative Commons from an educators point of view. There will be time for Q&A so make sure to bring your questions. During the 7:15 pm webinar we will be discussing Copyright and Creative Commons with as many layman’s terms as possible. Very often it is easy to get caught up in the jargon around copyright. This session aims to introduce participants to copyright, the public domain, fair use, and Creative Commons.
OER Commons
http://www.oercommons.org/
Find Free-to-Use Teaching and Learning Content from around the World. Organize K-12 Lessons, College Courses, and more.
Open Educational Resources: An MICDL Brief (doc)
Linking theory, research findings, and educational practice
Open Educational Resources: Educator Handbook
http://wikieducator.org/OER_Handbook/educator
"The purpose of this handbook is to help you use, create, and share "open educational resources" (OER). Digital technologies, combined with the enablers of our networked society, provide teachers, lecturers and trainers with new and exciting opportunities to rediscover and implement a core value of education, namely to share knowledge freely."
OTTER: Open, Transferable and Technology-enabled Educational Resources
http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/beyond-distance-research-alliance/projects/otter
The OTTER project enables the production and release of high-quality open educational resources (OER) drawn from teaching materials delivered at the University of Leicester.
Universal Design for Learning Guidelines - Version 1.0: Examples and Resources - Specific examples from the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST)
http://www.udlcenter.org/aboutudl/udlguidelines/examples
Here you will find teacher-friendly examples and resources that illustrate each of the UDL checkpoints. Exploring these examples and resources not only helps to clarify what is meant by each of the checkpoints but also gives teachers ideas of ways to implement UDL in their classrooms.
These lists are meant to be a sampling of the different examples and resources that are available.
Maine Learning Results (MLR) Standards
Maine Learning Results (MLR) Standards
http://www.state.me.us/education/lres/pei/index.html
OER Repositories
Working Documents
Internet Safety - also see the Technology section on the Parents page
Report: Promote Internet safety, but don't scare students
http://www.eschoolnews.com/2010/06/07/online-safety-report-discourages-scare-tactics/
Scare tactics do little to encourage students to stay safe while using social networking, text messaging and other technology-based communication methods, according to a report by a federal task force. The report recommended that educators use programs that model safe and appropriate online behavior and use social media as part of classroom instruction. "Unless new media are used in schools and within families, youth are on their own in figuring out the ethics, social norms, and civil behaviors that enable good citizenship in the online part of their media use and lives," the report said.
Adobe Connect Tutorials
State OER Resources
