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Capital Area Writing Project (http://ced.ncsu.edu/cawp/links.htm) - Designed for teachers across disciplines and grade levels, the Capital Area Writing Project (CAWP) provides an intensive summer forum for sharing practical classroom strategies for using writing as a learning tool and for enhancing composing ability. Alternatives to traditional approaches are emphasized, with attention given to the process of composing as well as to final products. The smaller units of language (i.e., the grammar of the sentence) and the product features of composition (i.e., spelling, punctuation, form) are addressed as part of the whole writing process, but not as the primary focus of instruction. Strategies for successfully completing the NC state writing tests and meeting state standards are addressed within the larger context of writing curriculum. |
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The Career Key (http://www.careerkey.org/english/)
& The Chinese Career Key (http://www.careerkey.org/chinese/textfiles/) - The Career Key is among the nation's leading Internet centers for career decision making -- receiving approximately 2000 visits per day, with total exceeding 500,000. Choosing a job or a career can be seen as a matching process. People match their needs with the job that best fits them. The Career Key helps in this matching process. People can be grouped into six personality types. They are called Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional. Jobs can be grouped the same way. Therefore, if people know which personality type they are most like, they can match it with the jobs found in that group. |
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Curriculum Integration (http://www.ncsu.edu/chass/extension/ci/) - The purpose of this site is to familiarize the reader with the teaching and learning process called curriculum integration. We have added a segment on adolescent development to underscore the behavioral characteristics that make a compelling argument for the use of the curriculum integration approach in middle school. You will also find a story about a young teacher and her team and the curriculum integration project their team implemented. There is a link in that component that will take you to a site that describes the actual project that was implemented. We felt that it was important to provide practice for the theory. The question of assessment and evaluation is also addressed. |
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EE-PALS (http://www4.ncsu.edu/~cmbeal/eepals/) - The EE-Pals (Email Exchange Partners Across Learning Spaces) project seeks to virtually connect Russian teachers and their classes with American teachers and their students. The EE-PALS Project will determine if after 6 months of email exchange both parties have broadened their global perspectives and have a more realistic view about each other's peoples and country. Both students and teachers will fill out an initial information and viewpoint survey. At the end of the study they will fill out a similar survey and will also be asked to give their views on the project. |
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Education
Junction (http://ced.ncsu.edu/educationjunction/)
- This site provides resources for Educators, Parents, and Students. You
will find everything from lesson plans and homework help to workshops
and professional journals. This is one entry to NC State's extension and
engagement activities with a K-12 education focus. Science House offers
another, the NC State K-12 Directory, a searchable database containing
descriptions and dates for a wide variety of K-12 activities: http://www.science-house.org/k12-directory. Enjoy these sites! |
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Geographic Information Systems in Secondary Education ( http://www.ncsu.edu/gisined/ ) - is a website designed to support teachers interested in integrating GIS into exisiting curricula. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are information systems with the added capacity to represent that information spatially in a map, model, design, chart or graph. Powerful in their capacity to integrate large quantities of public information (as in weather maps, population maps, topographic maps, and so on), GIS technicians are among the most highly sought graduates nationwide. The generations of students in public schools today demonstrate facility in mastery of the technology, but teacher education in the field is virtually nonexistent. With links to websites rich in GIS maps, data and lessons, the homepage also directs teachers in North Carolina to local agencies and support technicians on a click-able map. Designed by graduate students in GIS, and supported by faculty research grants, the website links to articles and activities designed to support secondary GIS integration. |
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Girls on Track (http://ontrack.ncsu.edu/) - The purpose of the Girls on Track (GoT) project is to increase Middle Grade Girls' interest in math-related careers by engaging them in computer-based mathematical explorations of urban problems in their communities. It is a joint project between North Carolina State University (Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education and Department of Computer Science), Meredith College, Wake County Public Schools, and North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. The project is supported by the National Science Foundation (HRD-9813902) and the IBM Corporation (Shared University Research grant). |
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The Great Capital City Adventure (http://ced.ncsu.edu/2/adventure/) - This site provides fascinating trips to historical places in Wake County, North Carolina. The site is built on the concepts of place-based education, curriculum integration, and differentiation. |
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Help Yourself, YourSELF! (http://ced.ncsu.edu/hyy/) - Welcome to the Help Yourself, Yourself (HYY) website! This site represents the Help Yourself, Yourself Project which is being developed at North Carolina State University under the direction of Dr. Candy Beal, an Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Undergraduate Middle Grades Language Arts and Social Studies Teacher Education Program (MSL), and a middle grades expert research team including Pat Dalton, Instructor in the University MSL program, Matthew Ross, undergraduate in the MSL program, and Cindy Privette, Outreach Coordinator for the Centennial Campus Middle School. |
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Journal of School Violence (http://genesislight.com/JSV.html) - From playground bullying to mass murder, the Journal of School Violence brings you the latest information on this difficult issue. This innovative journal tracks the causes, consequences, and costs of aggressive and violent behavior in children from kindergarten through twelfth grade. It presents up-to-date research, practice, and theory with a focus on prevention and intervention. |
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LabWrite (http://labwrite.ncsu.edu/) - LabWrite is a project sponsored by the National Science Foundation (award #9950405) and administered by the Center for Information Society Studies. The immediate purpose of LabWrite is to improve students' lab report writing by filling in the enormous instructional gap related to lab reports: most students are given very little if any instruction in writing lab reports. Typically, all they get is a list of the parts of the report and perhaps a brief description of what goes in each part. LabWrite seeks to fill that gap by providing students extensive instructional materials that help them to understand the genre of the lab report and why they write lab reports and to guide them in the larger process of writing effective reports. |
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Literacy Junction: where minds meet (http://www.ncsu.edu/literacyjunction/) - Literacy Junction is an interactive web site for teachers and students in grades 3-8. Using an interdisciplinary approach to learning, Literacy Junction offers two distinct features. First, learners engage in technology-enabled experiences with outstanding children's and young adult literature. Second, learners receive support for these experiences from an online community of cybercharacters who serve as both academic models and technology guides. This project is funded by BellSouth Corporation and the Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology and Science. |
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MEGA (http://www.ncsu.edu/mega/) - MEGA was established to enable middle school educators through technology and the shared human resources of North Carolina State University, Johnston County Public Schools, and Wake County Public Schools. All teachers working to infuse technology in the curriculum are welcome to join this support network. As a pilot project to foster communication and collaboration between these organizations, it was supported by the College of Education and North Carolina State University to ultimately enhance the curriculum in North Carolina middle schools. The professional development of teachers, administrators, and teacher educators who can evolve to compete in this global environment and contribute their knowledge in this age of expanding information was viewed as critical to school improvement and underlies the mission of MEGA. Middle Educators Global Activities is intended to pioneer activities in cyberspace and encourage global awareness of middle school educators. |
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Mentor Junction - (http://www.ncsu.edu/mentorjunction/) Mentor Junction is a comprehensive virtual support environment for novice educators, mentors, mentor educators, cooperating teachers, clinical supervisors, administrators, and other instructional leaders. It can also be useful for state/national boards and departments of education, directors of professional development, university education and school partnership programs. You will find an integration of theory, research, and application of promising practices for promoting educator learning and personal development. Unique education programs, resources, and video-streamed demonstrations are some of Mentor Junction's features. As an interactive site, we look forward to learning from you as well. |
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MentorNet - (http://ced.ncsu.edu/2/mentornet/mnworkshops02.html) MentorNet is a consortium of current and future educators whose mission is to challenge and support each other in the creation and critical application of emerging technologies for 21st century classrooms. Twenty-first century teachers will need a deep, critical understanding of the uses and potential of instructional technologies, a lifelong capacity to refine that understanding in the face of new content and technological innovation, and the ability to cultivate that capacity in their students. |
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Meridian: Middle School Computer Technologies Journal (http://www.ncsu.edu/meridian/) - Meridian is an electronic journal dedicated to research and practice of computer technology in middle school classrooms. It is published twice yearly by an interdisciplinary team of NC State graduate students representing a broad range of fields, from education to forestry. Meridian features research findings, practitioner articles, commentary, and book excerpts by educational researchers, technology designers, middle school teachers, and authors who wish to share and expand teaching and learning experiences with computer technologies in middle school classrooms and beyond. |
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MidLink Magazine (http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/) - This electronic magazine for kids in middle school was recognized as an official site of the 1998 Winter Olympics. To date it has received over 250,000 visitors. WorldVillage selected MidLink Magazine as the WorldVillage Family Site of the Day for October 31, 1997. The editors at WorldVillage selected MidLink in honor and recognition of the web's finest family friendly sites. In July 1997 BellSouth.Net included MidLink Magazine in its Education Gateway, a website custom-made for teachers, students, and parents that puts together the best content the Internet has to offer. MidLink was included because it "has great content for families with children in the middle years." |
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MIDtech (http://www2.ncsu.edu/midtech) - MIDtech is dedicated to the infusion of technology into middle school classrooms. The site serves as a clearinghouse for state and national standards and resources. Its most unique aspect is the human touch provided by interviews with and vignettes by middle school teachers. Teachers ranging from technological wizards to technological neophytes describe their efforts to create 21st century classrooms for 21st century students |
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MultiMedia Mania (http://www.ncsu.edu/mmania/) - Multimedia Mania awards program is for students and teachers who use multimedia to teach and learn in a specific content area (e.g. math, science, social studies, language arts, art, music, physical education, ESL, etc.) Students are invited to share their work with an international audience by creating dynamic multimedia projects related to any class or coursework. Multimedia Mania winners usually come from classrooms in which technology is used as a tool to teach and learn any standard curriculum. Teachers may coach and advise, but work must be completed by students in grades K-12. |
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NanoScale Science Education (http://ced.ncsu.edu/nanoscale/) - With support from the National Science Foundation students are conducting nanoscale experiments along side of scientists. Since 1999, educators and scientists from NCSU and UNC-CH have been working with teachers and students to learn about nanoscale science, nanotechnology, and viruses. |
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North Carolina's 6th Grade Goes to Russia (http://www.ncsu.edu/chass/extension/russia-nc6/) - This program is sponsored by North Carolina State University and Project Harmony, which offers students and teachers an opportunity to experience life in Russia either first hand, or virtually through this Web site. In a nutshell, this site encourages teachers to use curriculum integration as their approach in teaching students the 6th grade unit on Russia. It has been shown that students retain what they have learned longer and enjoy learning better when the CI approach is used. |
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Nurturing Mathematics Dreamkeeper (http://www.ncsu.edu/project/nmd/home.html) - The NMD Project is a five-year research project designed to study the professional development of K-2 teachers. Funded for $3.6 million by the National Science Foundation, the NMD project will explore how kindergarten, first, and second grade teachers draw upon the cultural and mathematical experiences of their students as a critical component in adopting new ways of teaching early number knowledge. The project aims to improve the mathematical achievement of all students with a particular focus on African-Americans. |
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Online Technology Tutorials (http://ced.ncsu.edu/techcomps/) - Any graduate or undergraduate student seeking initial licensure in North Carolina must have a technology portfolio which demonstrates the technology competencies required by the state. The goal of this site is to provide internet resources for the technology competencies as well as practice quizzes for each competency. There is even a "Portfolio Suggestions" section which provides tips for creating portfolio items reflecting the Advanced Competencies. |
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The Science Junction (http://www.ncsu.edu/sciencejunction/) - The Science Junction is a center for teaching, learning, and integrating science into the daily lives of students. It is an interactive site designed to make connections between the researchers and educators at NC State University and the teachers, children, and parents of North Carolina. The Science Junction promotes inquiry and provides resources to promote North Carolina's Standard Course of Study and national teaching standards. |
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Scientific and Technical Visualization (http://www.ncsu.edu/scivis/) - The Scientific and Technical Visualization (SciVis) site contains support materials for a 2-year curriculum being offered in NC high schools. This curriculum allows students to explore ways of representing scientific and technical information through the use of computer-based graphics tools. This curriculum, taught by either science or technical graphics teachers, provides the opportunity for hands-on, in-depth exploration of science and technology. In addition, it also allows students to explore these topics through the use of graphics rather than strictly words or numbers. The site contains sample lesson plans, workshop information, and links to additional Web-based resources. |
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SCI-LINK and GLOBE-NET (http://www.ncsu.edu/sci-link/) - SCI-LINK and GLOBE-NET are innovative projects linking together research scientists, science educators, teachers and students to translate current scientific knowledge into teaching practices. Professional development is provided through workshops and institutes. , primarily in the area of environmental education and GIS. More than 1,500 educators from North Carolina, Minnesota, other states and countries have participated in the projects since 1990. SCI-LINK and GLOBE-NET are cooperative projects with support from NC State University , the National Science Foundation, US Environmental Protection Agency, the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation and many others. |
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Southern Coastal Heritage (http://www.ncsu.edu/chass/extension/sch/) - Established at North Carolina State University in 1992, with Dr. Carmine Prioli as its principal architect, the Southern Coastal Heritage Program (SCHP) is based on the twofold conviction that (1) our coastal heritage enriches the lives of all of North Carolina's citizens and (2) all of North Carolina's citizens have a responsibility as caretakers of this heritage. Its goals include fostering a greater appreciation for coastal culture; establishing a forum where scientific and humanistic disciplines can intersect to achieve fuller and more balanced understandings of issues of current and future concern; increasing the base of knowledge about coastal issues by drawing upon the widest range of human experience and good will; and making that knowledge accessible to people of all ages and interests. |
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Succeeding in School (http://genesislight.com/web files/) - The program "Succeeding in School" is designed to help students focus on behaviors, attitudes, and human relations skills that lead to improved academic achievement. The initial research on a paper-pencil version of this program was conducted with 900 children across North Carolina and produced promising results. Several subsequent studies have been conducted, including a study in Long Beach, California which found statistically significant improvement in children's math achievement as a result of participation in the program. Moreover, A Florida psychologist has implemented the program as part of a dropout prevention effort in Dade County. |
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SwimDog (http://www.ncsu.edu/chass/extension/ci/swimdog/) - SwimDog is a compilation of web sites designed by NC State University students in Dr. Candy Beal's education methods class. These sites were designed as a resource for middle school teachers and students to learn about water issues in North Carolina. |
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TechnoSchool (http://legacy.ncsu.edu/classes/ted430/intro.htm) - TechnoSchool is a collection of resources for technology educators for manufacturing technologies. |
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Online Tools for Schools is supported
in part URL: http://ced.ncsu.edu/onlinetools/ |
