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There are some great resources for teachers in the resources pages at the GA Standards Web site.
Under the category of “Educational Resources,” for example, there are a lot of technological resources such as hippo campus at Georgia Virtual School. This Web site does not have resources for English, which seems pretty strange, but just about every other subject has interactive presentations with annotated photos, quizzes, texts, and I even saw some lyrics to a song that was applicable. The site has resources for several levels of each subject, including AP. I like the slick graphics and think it would just work well overall with keeping students’ attention and allowing for exploration.
Thinkfinity.org is another great Web site link on this page. This site has a lot of information for students, educators and parents. There are lesson plans for teachers. Students can find entertaining and interactive games to help them study and learn information. The goal of these activities is to help students’ literacy, critical thinking and problem-solving. Thinkfinity also has other sites as content partners like the Smithsonian Museum for Natural History. I like this site in particular because you can locate exhibits traveling near you that might relate to what’s being taught in the classroom and view online exhibitions as well.
The Teacher Tools for Integrating Technology section of the resources page is the one I found the most interesting. One of the sites it links to, ReadWriteThink had great lesson plan ideas for high school English, including incorporating Wikis to catalogue protest songs about war, poverty, sexism, etc. such as Kanye West’s “Diamonds from Sierra Leone.” Students would analyze lyrics, answer questions, and collaborate on the class wiki to gather and report information. It was suggesting a lesson like this would tie into To Kill A Mockingbird.
Some of the resources, such as those for Gifted Students, contain FAQs and other information developed directly by the GA Standards. There are links to information about tests such as the EOCT and CRCT developed by the GA Standards.
Overall, there is so many resources on this Web site that I kind of got information overload. You can find anything from GA school Web sites to what the Response to Intervention process is.
A common thread in many of these sites is that there is information and activities not only for educators but for parents and students. There seems to be a lot more valuable information than I assumed would be on this site. I would encourage people to view it and I know I will definitely investigate it more and probably get a lot of use out of it myself.
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