Subject-Specific+Resources

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[|Tech4ESL]
 * Author:** Barry B.
 * Educational Role:** ESL and other teachers looking for ways to intergrate technology into their classrooms.


 * Purpose:** The author is an in-classroom teacher of ESL for adult immigrant students at Pacoima Skills Center, and a teacher adviser at the division level in ESL programs. His main area of focus is training the ESL instructors in the use of and integration of technology in their teaching. He also collaborates with other teacher advisers in integrating technology into their ESL course outlines and other publications. Being a classroom teacher gives me the opportunity to experiment with the technologies that I learn about with my own students.


 * Types of resources found here:** Visitors will find many different types of resources in this blog. The author provides comments on conferences and workshops he has attended and participated in. There are many student examples of using technology in the classroom. He uses video, graphics and text links to provide the information to the reader. There is also a very helpful section of relevant links of other blogs and resources that he has reviewed and recommends.


 * Posted by:** Heather
 * Rating:** 2.0

= Math =

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[|A Difference]
 * Author:** Darren Kuropatwa
 * Educational Role:** High school math teacher


 * Purpose:** He says, "The breakneck evolution of technologies on the internet is changing they way we teach. It's hard to keep up. I hope to use this blog to record and reflect on my personal evolution of how to integrate these technologies into my teaching."


 * Types of resources found here:** Darren uses this blog to reflect on his teaching with technology. He gives detailed instructions of how he introduces different Web 2.0 tools in his classroom. He also has uploaded presentations he has given on educational technology to this blog.


 * Posted by:** Jeanne
 * Rating:** 4.9

=Social Studies =

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[|EL Civics for ESL Students]
 * Author:** Christina Niven
 * Educational Role:** ESL Teacher


 * Purpose:** Discussions of important issues in teaching ESL and EL Civics to students.


 * Types of resources found here:** This is a resource blog for ESL teachers surrounding the topic of Civics and US History. The blog contains extensive topics and resources for teachers to use in the classroom. She also provides worksheets, graphics and links to other blogs that relate to teaching ESL and integrating technology into the classroom. This blog is very well done and has a wealth of information. You will want to scroll down to the bottom of the home page and find the links to other blogs that she has reviewed. So much information, so little time.


 * Posted by:** Heather
 * Rating**: 3.5

[|History Teacher Integrating Web2.0: Modern World History Podcast]
 * Author: ** Rob De Lorenzo
 * Educational Role ** : Nontraditional means for educators, such as podcasts
 * Purpose: ** This author refers one to the following link: [] Mr. De Lorenzo describes the site, called ‘Mr. Allsop’s GCSE History Revision Podcasts’ as a place to access podcasts on world history.
 * Types of resources found here: ** By accessing the internet site, a teacher can see how another teacher uses podcasts to teach different periods and areas of history, such as international relations from 1919-1939, women's suffrage, international relations since 1945 and Nazi Germany. On Mr. Allsop’s site there are also resources to help make grade calculations easier for teachers. While this site is for teachers from another country, all teachers who wish to integrate technology into their classrooms could extract wonderful ideas for their practice- regardless of where they teach.
 * Posted by: **Theo
 * Rating **  : 4.0

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[|Beth’s Thoughts on Technology in the Classroom]
 * Author: ** Beth Knittle
 * Educational Role: ** K-12 Technology Integration Specialist
 * Purpose: ** The purpose of this website is to share information about education, technology and learning.

** Types of resources found here: ** This blog shares information about education, technology, and learning. Beth shares personal stories of her life as an educator and a wife and mother. She includes links to her personal wiki page which will direct you towards finding resources for teaching in the 21st Century, literacy skills, and Web 2.0 skills. This blog is updated almost daily, feedback was provided very quickly. Beth also personally emailed me regarding a question that I asked her. She connected me with a friend of hers to help me attain more information for working with special needs students and technology. Great site! ** Posted by: ** Charla ** Rating: ** 4.5 = =