June 10 - Teachers.Net Tip of the Day:
Subject Area Resources
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Teachers.Net serves up discussions and tools for teachers of all major subject areas. From our high-volume discussion resources, to our expansive collection of lessons for every subject, Teachers.Net has you covered!
The design philosophy for Teachers.Net tools begins with the
assumption that every user has (at least) three distinct
"spheres" of interest: their grade level, their state, and
their principle subject area. In previous tips this month we pointed
out tools for teachers by
state, by
grade level, and tonight we
complete the triad, with a discussion of our tools for teachers by
subject area.
Subject Area Chatboards The core support tool on Teachers.Net is our chatboards.
Thousands of discussions flow through them every day, and a great number
of these discussions are related to subject areas. All of the core
subjects in the standard curriculum are represented - math and
science, language arts, music, social studies, and more. Here is a
complete listing of the chatboards by subject area:
Lesson Plans by Subject Area In addition to the subject area chatboards, teachers should also take
note of the free lesson plans offered for their courses in the
Teachers.Net Lesson
Bank.
Mailrings for Every Subject In designing the site, we've create companion mailrings to complement
each of our subject area chatboards. As discussed in the
June 2 tip, mailrings are
support group discussions that come to you by email. Subscribing
and participating are very easy, see our
Mailrings page for complete
details.
Live Meetings Finally, our subject area chatboards and mailrings feature live chats
- specially reserved meeting times for the teachers in these peer support
groups. If you haven't been to a live teacher meeting on
Teachers.Net, you don't know what you're missing. Check out our
complete live meeting schedule, watch for chats in your areas of
interest, and come out and meet your colleagues around the world.
If you don't see a meeting scheduled that you think would be popular,
send Kathleen
Carpenter a note and she'll try to fit it into our live chat
schedule.
That covers our teacher support for Subject Areas - be sure to check out
the resources especially for your curriculum, and participate
often. Tell your colleagues in these subject areas as well.
And don't forget to drop in on our live meetings. Your generous
participation has helped make this project a great source of support for
teachers of all types - new and seasoned, early childhood through the
university, and locations around the world.
I hope to see your posts, emails, and lessons on Teachers.Net in the time
ahead. Until tomorrow....
