Other+Resources


 * Other Resources for Application or Use in the Classroom **

This page contains other resources that do not necessarily focus on technology in the classroom, but specific subject areas or classroom types.

 * __Title__**:Paula Kluth: Toward Inclusive Classrooms and Communities
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 * __Contributed by__**: Stacey Komsa
 * __Description__**: This website’s purpose is to encourage inclusion classrooms and provide teachers with quick and effective techniques to cater to the needs of all children within the classroom. The contributor, Paula Kluth, is a former teacher and now a published author of multiple books.
 * __Type of Resources__**: This blog focuses on inclusion classrooms, however provides many technology related skills that can help all students. The blog has features such as “Website Wednesday”.
 * __Utility__**: This website is a great way to find other blogs due to the fact that it features a new site every week. Paula also offers a tip of the day, with are easy ways to create a positive environment within the classroom. My only concern is that there is only one post a week.
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 * __Title__**: Things to Come
 * __Link__**: []
 * __Contributed by__**: Kristine Hibbert
 * __Description__**: Music education blog of a choir, band, jazz, technology teacher by Brandt Schneider is a blog that includes technology related to music.
 * __Type of Resources__**: This site does not have many resources.
 * __Utility__**: This blog is a nice place for a music teacher to talk about some general music education items, but the technology portion is small and not very beneficial.


 * __Title__**: National Council of the Social Studies
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 * __Contributed by__**: Scott Martin
 * __Description__**: The National Council of the Social Studies is an organization for social studies teachers throughout the country. There are an abundance of resources for social studies teachers to use on the site, including lesson plans, materials, and course readings. The webiste also has a compilation of blogs and online activities for the social studies teacher.
 * __Type of Resources__**: Reading materials, lesson plans, and other classroom resources are available. There is section for social studies teachers to blog, but for a nation-wide paid site, there is very little interaction.
 * __Utility__**: The overall site of the NCSS is a great use for social studies teachers, but there are a couple of drawbacks. You do have to pay to be a member of the NCSS, and there is rarely an updated blog posting. Responses are usually left without comment for weeks or months. For a pay site, I found it to be not close to as useful as many free sites.
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 * __Title__**: There Won't Be Snow In Africa, Written by: Jennifer Harkins
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 * __Contributed by__**: Scott Martin
 * __Description__**: Jennifer is a member of the Peace Corps, and she is in Uganda. She is blogging about her experience in the country, and about Africa in general.
 * __Type of Resources__**: This is strictly a blog, which may have an occasional video placed in.
 * __Utility__**: Not a very useful site. This was the first site I happened to come across, and is relevant to my specific topic. If you are a social studies teacher, it is possible that you may get something out of it if and when you are covering Africa. However, the author of the site does not update regularly, and there is very little interaction.
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