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 The Busy Educator's Monthly Five: June 2009 Marjan pulls 5 more not-to-miss web sites out of his hat for teachers everywhere! Tech tips and sites, help for foreign language teachers, Deaf-Blind resources, Art online. Check it out! | |
| by Marjan Glavac Regular contributor to the Gazette June 1, 2009 |
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Here they are,
MARILYN WESTERN'S TECHNOLOGY TIPS FOR CLASSROOM TEACHERS Marilyn Western's Technology Tips for Classroom Teachers is a practical, easy to use website designed for the new and experienced teacher. Spend some time browsing through Marilyn’s site and you’ll quickly learn why Marilyn Western is one of Michigan's finest resources for technology professional development. 
INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES FOR FRENCH/SPANISH/GERMAN/WELSH TEACHERS AND LEARNERS Zut! provides a comprehensive set of interactive activities for French/Spanish German and Welsh teachers and learners, featuring more than 500 exercises, over 100 of which have audio samples of native speakers. It is an easily navigated resource, organized for each year of study, and also includes exercises for the interactive whiteboard.
DEAFBLIND INFO: MINNESOTA'S DEAFBLINDNESS RESOURCE Helen Keller is a household name. But do you know about… Laura Bridgman, Danny Delcambre, or your elderly neighbor? …the modern technology and communication methods deafblind people use in daily life? …where to find information and assistance if you experience vision and hearing loss? DeafBlindinfo.org showcases a vast collection of deafblindness information and resources in Minnesota and from around the world.
THINKPORT (TEACHERS AND PARENTS) Thinkport has loads of digital classroom resources (from PBS and other high-quality sources), lesson plans, activities, and interactive electronic field trips. It also offers professional development courses for teachers, technology tutorials and some great tools for building classroom websites and customizing projects on the web.
THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART "COLLECTIONS ONLINE" "Collections Online" is a fully-searchable database featuring the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. With access to almost 70,000 works of art, it is one of the largest databases developed by an art museum in the U.S. Accessible on the site are costumes, textiles paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, photographs and decorative arts from the following areas: Africa, Japan, China, Korea, Southeast Asia, Europe, the U.S. and the Islamic world. Thousands of these artworks have never been published or exhibited before. This site offers a rare opportunity to see artworks normally in storage and available only to curators. It is a very helpful resource to instructors or students of all ages looking for information about art or illustrations.
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Marjan Glavac (BA, BEd, MA) is a professional speaker, teacher and author. He is a full time classroom teacher with 25 years teaching experience. He has taught and continues to teach students from the inner city, students with emotional/behavioral disorders, ESL, and IEP students. He is an international speaker and workshop presenter.