Web Site Features for Literacy Teachers
by Dr. Elizabeth (Betsy) A. Baker
Associate Professor, Literacy Studies
University of Missouri

Home
- Purpose of this site
- How to use this site

Instructional Approaches
- Basal/skills-based
- Process-writing
- Literature-based
- Unit-based
- Language Experience

Web Site Features for
- Basal/skills-based
- Process-writing
- Literature-based
- Unit-based
- Language Experience

Support for Classroom Web Site Development
- Example Sites
- Web development software

- Collaborate with other literacy teachers
- Online graduate courses

Contact Dr. Baker
303 Townsend Hall
Columbia, MO • 65211
Phone: (573) 882-4
831
Fax: (573) 884-7492
Email: BakerE@missouri.edu
Web Site: www.coe.missouri.edu/~baker/

Web Site Features: Unit-based

Features Some Links and Software

Newsletter

Post such information as unit topics and inquiries for the week, month, or year

Link to child-safe sources of information

•TimeforKids.com
• Libraryspot.com
• Library of Congress @ loc.gov
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Link to actual places for virtual tours and information

•Whitehouse.gov/kids
•Monterey Bay Aquarium
•Ellis Island

Create or join collaborative online inquiry projects

•Blackboard [software]
Globalschoolnet.org
•Grassroots.org
•Groups.yahoo.com
Kids-learn.org
•Web CT  [software]

Link to search engines that are safe for children

•Ask Jeeves for Kids
•Kidsclick.org
•Yahooligans.yahoo.com

Provide web-based books marks sorted by topics

•Create your own list of bookmarks and links
•Enchantedlearning.com
•eThemes @ eMINTS.org
•Theme Pages @ cdli.ca/CITE
•Thinkquest.org
•Trackstar.4teachers.org
•Webquest.org

Publish findings (see features for Process-writing approaches)

 

 

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