http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Tue, 21 May 2013 20:27:47 PDT Tue, 21 May 2013 20:27:47 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=87716 Information literacy standards for higher education were developed by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Standards Committee of the American Library Association (ALA). http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=90841 The IDEA Practices site is designed to assist teachers, school administrators, and related service professionals implement recent changes to the nation's primary special education law, IDEA97. This site provides up-to-date hyperlinked versions of the IDEA 97 Law and Regulations, informed analyses, summaries, FAQs, and other resources which all demonstrate best practices and strategies that work for students with disabilities. The IDEA Practices site is a service of the ASPIIRE and ILIAD projects at The Council for Exceptional Children, two of the IDEA Partnership Projects funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=87993 This is the complete text of a book, for teachers, published by the National Academy of Sciences. The book addresses the rationale for teaching science students about evolution. It goes on to discuss topics including evolution, the nature of science, the National Science Education Standards, and activities for teaching K-12 students about evolution and the nature of science. Includes references and information about evolution related court decisions. Relevant for middle school, high school, and college instructors. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=88860 Designed to help educators develop powerful learning experiences for students through the effective integration of new technologies. Especially useful is the ENT Backpack, your own personal space where you can gain quick access to an instructional design area using the "Collaborative Curriculum Design Tool" (CCDT). You need to register to access this tool.Through this ENT website, you will have access to thoughtful colleagues, interactive tools, detailed examples of technology-enhanced education, and a valuable collection of on-line resources. The site will help you navigate the expanding territory of new educational technologies with guidance from established principles for teaching and learning (e.g. Teaching for Understanding) through processes for integrating new technologies. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=91382 This web site provides a central resource for materials related to work ethic, affective work competencies, and employability skills for work force development. It is designed to serve both educators and human resource professionals.Available materials include on-line lessons for use in education and training, two self-scoring work ethic inventories, a history of work ethic, information about available work ethic curriculum materials, and links to other work ethic resources. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=91127 ArtsEdge supports the place of arts education at the center of the curriculum through the creative and appropriate uses of technology. ArtsEdge helps educators teach in, through, and about the arts. As the National Arts and Education Information Network, ArtsEdge provides tools and resources that are designed to help young people and adults learn about the arts. Features at this extensively rich site include: Newsbreak--current updates on what's happening in the arts and education, Teaching Materials--standards-based units, lessons, and activities that put the arts in ALL disciplines, and Professional Resources--planning and contact information and an excellent site of all the national standards. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=82873 The Iris Center at Vanderbilt provides a wide variety of resources in the form of case studies, turtorials, fact sheets, a searchable database of web resources, an online glossary and much more to ensure that general education teachers, school administrators, school nurses, and school counselors are well prepared to work with students who have disabilities and with their families. The resource materials here will help both general education students and general teacher education faculty learn more about working with students with disabilities to help them access the general education curriculum. Teams of experts at the Iris Center are creating a range of course enhancement materials, including interactive modules for student-use, and an array of resources for faculty. Such course enhancements include: PowerPoint presentations, supplementary course handouts, and other high-interest materials that are readily accessible for practical use in existing required courses. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=293413 The Educational Technology Textbook is an open source textbook that may be used to supplement or replace texts currently in use by many of today's teacher education programs. It addresses technology for meaningful learning, information literacy, and issues in educational technology. Furthermore, it addresses the importance of technology literacy, choosing and evaluating technology resources, and the use of technology for meaningful learning in new methods. The textbook also discusses the ethical, social, and legal issues in educational technology. Each section is supplemented with key terms, related websites and references. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=91312 From The Getty -- ArtsEdNet is a rich website for resources, materials and information dedicated to arts education. At ArtsEdNet you will find: Image Galleries and Exhibitions; Lessons Plans and Curriculum ideas for the K-12 learning community; a Reading and Publications Room for both reading on-line articles and ordering publications from The Getty; an ArtsEdNet Chat Room; additional WebLinks; and a Site Map. If you are looking for scholarly, substantive information -- that is also practical -- on aesthetics, advocacy, interdisciplinary teaching and learning, cultural connections, and arts education, ArtsEdNet has it. Not for visual art educators alone, music educators will also find important resources, materials and information. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=90068 This site could be used as a tool for teacher educators in the development of projects by preservice teachers to enhance the classroom curriculum with technology. The topic projects in this site were developed as part of an educational technology course for preservice teachers in the Department of Early Childhood and Reading Education at Valdosta State University. The "Enhancing Curriculum with Technology" Web site includes links to: (1.) Description and Development of Collaborative Topic Web Sites and Activities; (2.) How Collaborative Topic Web Sites are Integrated into a Teacher Education Program; (3.) Format of Collaborative Topic Web Sites and Activities: Guidelines for Preservice Teachers; (4.) Examples of Collaborative Topic Web Sites and Activities: Designed by Preservice Teachers at Valdosta State University.