Pre-Service Technology Toolkit

Pre-Service Technology Toolkit
An Internet Hotlist on ELA Resources

created by Margaret J. Ford
Youngstown State University

Introduction
Teaching students in the Twenty-first Century requires a broad range of resources. The links below will get you started.

The Internet Resources

42explore - Pathfinders with basic and more comprehensive descriptions. Manageable list of resources.
4Teachers - Technology tools for teachers. Rubistar is great!
INFOhio - Get the current user id and password from any school library media specialist. Wonderful resources and link to SchoolRooms.
Institute for Library and Information Literacy Education - Great link between library and the classroom. Many pathfinders and lesson plans.
Kids Click! - The best search engine for kids. Wonderful search lessons.
Maagnet - Homepage of Maag Library. Access the Children's Literature Comprehensive Database here.
Ohio Treasure Chest - Web resources for the Ohio Content Standards.
Pow-Pak - Create and manage your own website. After a trial period, you must locate the page on your school district server.
Reading Rockets - Support for reading with a parent audience in mind. Great video podcasts of authors.
Thinkfinity - Formerly Marco Polo, a resource search maintained by content area organizations. ReadWriteThink is maintained by NCTE.
Western Reserve Public Media Multimedia Projects - Locally developed multimedia projects. Check out Change My Mind to view creative ways of teaching persuasion.

Content by Margaret J. Ford, margeford@gmail.com
http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listreesmj.html
Last revised Wed Jun 17 21:11:16 US/Pacific 2009