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Updates 13 Aug 2004
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KNE Project Manager
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Aug 13, 2004 17:02 PDT
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HOT SITE
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Grandeur of Viceregal Mexico
http://www.fm.coe.uh.edu/default.htm
The Grandeur of Viceregal Mexico, Treasures from the Museo Franz Mayer
web site is a collaborative effort between the Museum of Fine Arts,
Houston, and faculty and graduate students at the University of Houston,
College of Education, Instructional Technology Program. The works of art
are grouped into four sections. The first introduces the many cultures
that influenced colonial Mexican art. The next sections focus on art
made for the church and for domestic use. The final section introduces
new styles inspired by art from ancient Greece and Rome and 18th-century
France and England. Resources for Teachers
(http://www.fm.coe.uh.edu/resources.html) includes a handbook,
standards-based lessons, games and activities. There is also a Timeline
that provides links to other sources of information.
Grade Level: Early Childhood (K-2), Elementary, Middle School, High
School, College, Adult/Professional
Content Area: Arts (Visual Arts), Community Interest (Regional
Information), Education (Curriculum), History & Social Studies
(Cultures), History & Social Studies (World History) [Dewey #909]
Application type: Lesson Plans, Information Resources, Activities
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NEW SITES
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ALEX (Alabama Learning Exchange)
http://alex.state.al.us/search.php?fa_submit=PLANS
Brought to you by the Alabama Department of Education, ALEX is designed
to compile many types of educational materials and information into a
time-saving one-stop resource for teachers and administrators. The
lesson plans can be searched by subject, grade, and key word. The ALEX
website will also let you create lesson plans. In order to create lesson
plans, users will need to create a free account on ALEX. Your ALEX login
and personal workspace will remain active indefinitely when used
regularly. Inactive accounts will be eliminated if not accessed during a
six-month time period.
Grade Level: Adult/Professional
Content Area: Community Interest (Reference Desk), Education
(Curriculum) [Dewey #375]
Application type: Tools, Lesson Plans
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C-SPAN in the Classroom
http://www.c-span.org/classroom/
C-SPAN in the Classroom is a free service that offers information,
media, and resources to assist educators in their use of our primary
source, public affairs video from C-SPAN television. You do NOT have to
be a member to use C-SPAN television and online resources in your
classroom, but membership (free) has a variety of benefits including
access to: teaching ideas, activities, and classroom tools. There is a
Teach with C-SPAN tutorial to get you started
(http://www.c-span.org/classroom/teachcspan/what.asp)
Grade Level: Early Childhood (K-2), Elementary, Middle School, High
School, College, Adult/Professional
Content Area: Community Interest (Current Events/News), History &
Social Studies (Current Events) [Dewey #070]
Application type: Information Resources
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Nortel Networks Kidz Online (NNKOL)
http://www.kidzonline.org/TechTraining/
Nortel Networks Kidz Online Tech Training provides streamed media on an
array of topics (Animation, Net Basics, Digital Audio, Online
Collaboration, Digital Imaging, Security and Ethics, and more). For each
technology topic there are several videos and lessons which: a) help
teachers learn new technology skills and b) can be used with students to
help teach technology. Technology integrated lesson plans are also
available for most topics listed. Once a teacher has learned new
technology skills, they can search for standards-based core academic
lesson plans (http://www.kidzonline.org/LessonPlans/) that integrate
that technology.
Grade Level: Elementary, Middle School, High School, Adult/Professional
Content Area: Arts (Visual Arts), Community Interest (Leisure),
Community Interest (Software), Education (Curriculum), Education
(Educational Technology), Vocational Education (Computers) [Dewey #370]
Application type: Lesson Plans, Information Resources, Tutorials,
Activities
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Ottomans
http://www.theottomans.org/english/index.asp
www.theottomans.org aims to become the leading information portal
regarding the history, military, culture and arts of the Ottoman Empire
that has once dominated a large territory from Egypt to Russia, from
India to Austria. The site contains a chronology, maps, glossary,
history, military history, biographical info, art and cultures.
Theottomans.org is written and edited by Mr. Korkut Ozgen, born in
Istanbul and a graduate of History Faculty at Bogazici University,
Istanbul. His primary interest is on the non-muslim communities of the
Ottoman Society in general, Jews of the Ottoman Empire in particular.
Graphics are often small, and unfortunately, can't be made larger for
closer inspection.
Grade Level: Elementary, Middle School, High School
Content Area: Arts (Architecture), Arts (Visual Arts), Community
Interest (Regional Information), History & Social Studies (Cultures),
History & Social Studies (World History) [Dewey #909]
Application type: Information Resources
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AOL USERS
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<A HREF=http://www.fm.coe.uh.edu/default.htm>Grandeur of Viceregal
Mexico</A>
<A HREF=http://alex.state.al.us/search.php?fa_submit=PLANS>ALEX (Alabama
Learning Exchange)</A>
<A HREF=http://www.c-span.org/classroom/>C-SPAN in the Classroom</A>
<A HREF=http://www.kidzonline.org/TechTraining/>Nortel Networks Kidz
Online</A>
<A HREF=http://www.theottomans.org/english/index.asp>Ottomans</A>
Linda L. Woods, Project Manager,
SBC Knowledge Network Explorer
http://www.kn.sbc.com/
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