http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Fri, 24 May 2013 01:19:22 PDT Fri, 24 May 2013 01:19:22 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=75261 This searchable database of 100+ K-6 arts lessons (dance, drama/theatre, music, and visual art) has been developed by Dr. Cris Guenter and student teachers at California State University, Chico. New lessons are added each semester.Other information at this site includes how the site is used in teacher education, a lesson plan template, how the database was constructed, how student teacher lesson plans are selected, a rubric for assessing the lesson plans, how to cite online sources, reflections, and suggestions for use.This website has been selected as a featured site in StudyWeb as one of the best educational resources on the Web. It has also received recognition from the directors of ArtsEdge at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=90793 More than a dozen links to information about how to develop rubrics including numerous examples. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=574557 An author's Snapshot for Arts Education K-6 Lesson Plans material. This material is a MERLOT classic winner. This snapshot shows an overview of the material. The material can be found in MERLOT at http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=75261. This was created in the MERLOT Content Builder. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=441408 This presentation was given in March, 2010 by Cris Guenter, CSU - Chico. During the presentation Cris discusses MERLOT and the resources available in the collection. She also talks about CLIVE, Center for Learning in Virtual Environments. CLIVE is a portal in MERLOT that deals with virtual environments. The CLIVE Taskforce will eventuallly be reviewing virtual world learning materials and is responsible for adding them to the MERLOT collection.Cris does an excellent job, with the assumption that the audience knows nothing about MERLOT or about virtual worlds.