Professional References
Iowa Teaching Standards and Model Criteria
http://www.iowaccess.org/educate/ecese/tqt/tc/doc/itsmc030122.pdf
The Iowa Professional Development
http://www.iowa.gov/educate/pdmtm/state.html
Model Core Curriculum
http://www.iowa.gov/educate/content/view/674/1023/
Research & Strategies
Inquiry
"Pathways to Understanding: The Case for Inquiry Labs in the American history classroom" by George Swain
"Connecting Narrative and Historical Thinking: A Research-BasedApproach to Teaching History" by Robert H. Mayer in Social Education, Feb. 1998.
"Beyond the Looking Glass: Bringing Students Into the Conversation of Historical Inquiry" by Marcy Singer Gabella in Theory and Research in Social Education, Summer 1994
"Making Sense of "Best Practice" in Teaching History by Cynthia Hartzler-Miller in Theory and Research in Social Education, Fall 2001.
Concept to Classroom: Inquiry-Based Learning
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/inquiry/index.html
An Introduction to Inquiry-based Learning
http://www.youthlearn.org/learning/approach/inquiry.asp
The WebQuest Page
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/
Literacy
Instructional Approaches Used to Integrate Literacy and Technology
http://www.readingonline.org/articles/baker/
Reading Comprehension on the Internet: Expanding Our Understanding of Reading Comprehension to Encompass New Literacies
http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/elec_index.asp?HREF=/electronic/rt/2-03_Column/index.html
Using Student Engagement to Improve Adolescent Literacy
http://www.ncrel.org/litweb/adolescent/qkey10/
IPTV Strategic Reading Resource Center
http://www3.iptv.org/pd/strategicreading/default.cfm
Literacy, Information and Technology in Education (LITE)
http://www.lite.iwarp.com/index.htm
Florida Online Reading: Reading Strategy of the Month
http://forpd.ucf.edu/strategies/archive.html
Contexts for Engagement and Motivation in Reading
http://readingonline.org/articles/art_index.asp?HREF=/articles/handbook/guthrie/index.html
Reading Quest
http://www.readingquest.org/
Using Multiple Texts to Teach Content
Technology
"Inquiring Minds Use Technology! Improve student literacy engagement and achievement by using an inquiry-driven curriculum to teach students to evaluate Web sites"
http://www.ncte.org/library/files/Free/Journals/vm/VM0113Inquiring.pdf
Project-Based Learning
http://www.edutopia.org/teachingmodules/PBL/index.php
Technology Integration
http://www.edutopia.org/techintegration
Technology Integration: Language Arts & Social Studies
http://www.edutopia.org/teachingmodules/LASS/index.php
Concept to Classroom: WebQuests
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/webquests/index.html
The Digital Disconnect: The Widening Gap Between Internet-savvy Students and Their Schools
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/67/report_display.asp
The Internet and Education: Findings of the Pew Internet & American Life Project
http://www.pewinternet.org/report_display.asp?r=39
Curriculum Standards
National Center for History in the Schools - Contents of Historical Thinking Standards for Grades 5-12
http://nchs.ucla.edu/standards/thinking5-12_toc.html
Iowa History Online
http://www.uni.edu/iowaonline/2.htm
International Standards for Technology in Education (ISTE) National
Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS-T) 2008 version
http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForTeachers/2008Standards/NETS_for_Teachers_
2008.htm
International Standards for Technology in Education (ISTE) National
Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS-S) 2007 version
http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForStudents/2007Standards/NETS_for_Students_
2007.htm
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