Sunday, February 19, 2012

Running List of Websites

Some good websites I've found......
http://www.nagc.org/ A website that describes the true meaning of gifted and talented, offers a link for parent support, a free e-guide for parents of gifted and talented children, tools for teachers and parents. Helpful for any teacher or parent who has connections with gifted and talented students. I know it can help me!

http://www.adhd.com/ a website that gives the definition of adhd and this website leads to another good site..

http://www.help4adhd.org/ which parents can follow on twitter, lists and explains symptoms of ADHD, recommended treatments, how to deal best with children who have this, how to live with ADHD children, and teacher tools. Every teacher I know has at least one child with ADHD, so I know this can be helpful!

http://www.pacificnet.net/ a site for teachers helping teachers, offers free lesson plans, a guest book that acts also as a forum for teachers wanting to chat and network with each other, even offers a poem of the week (for ELA teachers like me). So this is a helpful website for all teachers, special ed. and general ed.

http://www.ncld.org/ this site is dedicated to "helping serve the 15 million kids who have learning disabilities". A link to give donations, defines various types of learning disabilities, a blog to share insights about the various learning disabilities.

http://www.ldam.org/ a site you can learn more learning disabilities, make donations, offers a blog for parents and educators to share insights that may help each other, also offers separate links for parents and educators and even researchers! I guess this might be for doctoral candidates wanting to get research regarding learning disabilities. This site is specifically designed to offer support "worldwide."

http://www.spellingcity.com/ this is a site that I use as an ELA teacher. Any teacher who gives spelling or vocabulary words might find this site helpful, especially for the students who have weak vocabulary, spelling, or writing skills, for ESOL, for any child who may have trouble transferring information from brain to written hand

http://www.prepdog.com this is a good review site that could be very beneficial for all students. For those who need extra help, you could find ways to tweak the review. You could read the question, have a classmate tutor read them, or find another solution to help them successfully review. I love using this to review for PASS, and I would definitely recommend finding a way to utilize it.

http://www.community.educationworld.com
A great overall website that is interactive and allows you to connect with others in the world of education.You can view blogs and blog about hot, current topics. A good website to share experiences and knowledge and to learn from others.

http://www.nichy.org
A great website that teaches what different types of disabilities are and mean. This would be a great page for anyone to check out who was wanting to learn what a particular disability was. THere's a wealth of information here. They even have it organized into a "A-Z Topics list" for easy scouting.

http://www.brighthub.com
This is a good, informative website for serving ADHD students and a few other disabilities. This website gives definitions, strategies, and even some good lesson plan ideas. I saw a good lesson plan idea for serving ADHD students in a Social Studies lesson. It suggested tips for role play, review games, and flashcards.

http://www.mrdonn.org
This is a good website that would be beneficial for those who teach the Gifted and Talented. It offers free lesson plan ideas, tips on early finishers, and even articles on the GT students who are low achievers. Yes, they exsist....I have one this year! I will definitely take this article to heart. It also has numerous links if interested in one of the many topics listed. This site gives a lot of good info. and has a lot of links to good info. as well.

http://www.musictherapytunes.com
This is a good site for incorporating music. This site has some great ideas and activities for those with hearing and speech impairments because it provides a musical way to learn social and speaking skills. It would be a great way to learn ideas to use music to teach.

http://www.thirteen.org/edonline
This is a site that offers good information on cooperative learning and explicit instruction. It gives good definitions to learn more, explains the benefits of using these instructional strategies, and offers insight on various perspectives. A site worth looking at. These 2 instrucitonal strategies could be used for any classroom and for all students.

http://www.unitedstreaming.com
This site is a part of Discovery Education, and I recommend it because it has a lot of great video clips that can enhance lessons. If a student was struggling with a concept, you could locate a video clip on this website and it could really help them. There's a lot of topics you can research here to enhance your units.

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