FACULTY LINKS
Please contact a librarian if you have suggestions you would like to share.
 CURRICULUM
21st Century Digital Fluency Project
http://21cif.imsa.edu/
Online ways to teach/learn strategies such as key word searching, Boolean searching, website evaluation and more.
American Journeys:
Eyewitness Accounts of Early American Exploration and Settlement
http://www.americanjourneys.org/teachers/index.html
Back to School Activities
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/edres.html#back
Best of History Web Sites
http://besthistorysites.net/
Blue Web'N
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
Brain Pop
http://www.brainpop.com/
Carol Hurst’s Children’s Literature Site
http://www.carolhurst.com/
Children’s Books Central
http://www.eleanorsbooks.com/
Children’s Literature Web Guide
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html
Community Learning Network
http://www.cln.org/
Digital Librarian
http://digital-librarian.com/
Thousands of links to hundred of subjects, maintained by a librarian.
Earth Calendar
http://www.earthcalendar.net/index.php
Education Index
http://www.educationindex.com/
Educator’s Reference Desk
http://www.eduref.org/
Encyclopedia Mythica
http://www.pantheon.org/
Exploring Planets in the Classroom
http://www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu/class_acts/index.html
Franklin Institute
http://sln.fi.edu/guide/index.html
Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/
Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
Learning about the Authors and Illustrators - Kay Vandergrift
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/AuthorSite/index.html
Links to many children’s and YA authors and illustrator’s web sites and information.
Library of Congress American Memory Collection - Learning Page
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/index.html
Library of Congress -Teachers - 10 Million Primary Sources Online
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/
Making of America
http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/
A digital library of primary sources including recently added NYC items.
McBookwords: Authors and Illustrators on the Web
http://www.mcelmeel.com/curriculum/authorlinks.html
Links to over 400 authors and illustrators.
National Geographic Education Guide http://www.nationalgeographic.com/education/lesson_plans/index.html
Native American History and Culture - Smithsonian Institution
http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmai/start.htm
New York City NYPL Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection
http://digital.nypl.org/mmpco/
New York Public Library On-Lion
http://kids.nypl.org/parents/index.cfm
PBS Teacher Source
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/
Poets.org
http://poets.org/
Sapphire Swan Dance Directory
http://www.sapphireswan.com/dance/
Scholastic Teacher
http://teacher.scholastic.com/index.htm
Teaching Books
http://www.teachingbooks.net/
Web English Teacher
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/
World Wise Schools
http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The 3rd Annual Celebration of Teaching and Learning
Conference Date: March 7 & 8, 2008
A two-day conference focusing on science and global awareness (brochure)
http://www.thirteencelebration.org/registration.html
Bard Institute for Writing and Thinking
Conference Dates: November 9 , 2007 and December 7-9, 2007
Teacher development programs that focus on the role of writing in teaching & learning
http://www.bard.edu/iwt/
Facing History Summer Institutes
(School must sponsor you.)
http://facinghistory.org/campus/reslib.nsf/PublicInstitutesSeminarsByDate?OpenForm
Friends Council on Education: Faculty & Administrator Programs
Dates in October/November for Workshops, Peer Networks, and Enrichment Programs
http://www.friendscouncil.org/fceevents-OctNov.htm
Friends Council on Education: Financial Assistance
The FCE offers financial assistance for all workshops and peer meetings.
http://www.friendscouncil.org/financialassist.html
Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program
Application Deadline: October 15, 2007 (DEADLINE PASSED)
http://www.fulbrightexchanges.org/
Fulbright-Hays: Fulbright Memorial Fund, Japan
Application Deadline: December 10, 2007
http://www.iie.org/Website/WPreview.cfm?WID=194
Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad for Elementary and Secondary Educators (China, Japan, India, Vietnam, Canada, Mexico, Thailand)
Application Deadline: Deadlines Vary
http://www.ed.gov/programs/iegpssap/elsecseminars.html
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History: Summer Seminars for Teachers
Application Deadline: Application available November 1, 2007
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/teachers/seminars1.html
Monticello Stratford Hall Summer Seminars For Teachers
Application Deadline: March 1, 2008
http://www.monticello.org/education/stratford.html
National Endowment for the Humanities, Landmarks of American History Workshops
Application Deadline: New Workshops posted mid-October
http://www.neh.gov/projects/landmarks-school.html
National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Seminars and Institutes
Application Deadline: New Seminars posted mid-October
http://www.neh.gov/projects/si-school.html
NYU Steinhardt Study Abroad
Application Deadline: Deadlines Vary
www.steinhardt.ny.edu/summerabroad
**NEW** Teaching Shakespeare Institute - Folger Shakespeare Library
Application Deadline: Applications available November 2007
http://www.folger.edu/template.cfm?cid=593
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