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Transforming Education
Self-Efficacy Strategies
Scholars with high levels of self-efficacy perform better in school. Instructors review a list of strategies for enhancing self-efficacy skills. They discover how to teach learners to appropriately define success, celebrate progress, and...
National Humanities Center
Teaching The Great Gatsby: A Common Core Close Reading Seminar
The 41 slides in a professional development seminar model how to use close reading techniques to examine the many layers of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. In addition to passages from the novel, slides provide biographical...
Transforming Education
Self-Management Strategies
What self-management techniques help scholars achieve their goals? Readers review a list of strategies for managing stress, increasing motivation, and setting goals. They discover how to monitor their emotions, create checklists to stay...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Snail Mail or E Mail Blast!
Students will use business letters and email to recruit professional members for the Career Technical Student Organization (CTSO) using the Chamber of Commerce member listing. This lesson plan is targeted toward Future Business Leaders...
ACT360 Media
Act Den: Outlook Express Tutorial
Are you looking to master Outlook Express? This fun and informative tutorial uses colorful activities and interactive quizzes to teach learners the basics of this e-mail software. The tutorial covers: sending and receiving e-mail, fancy...
ACT360 Media
Act Den: Outlook Express in the Classroom
A step-by-step Oulook Express email tutorial is presented by actden.com. Topics include: sending and receiving email, fancy email, teacher's guide, tutorials in print, address book, organizing email, and customizing the Outlook Window.
Goodwill
Gcf Global: Basic Skills
Intimidated by computers? New to email and the Internet? Curious about operating systems and online safety? We've got the information you need to better understand computers and how they work. This is a landing page that has multiple...
Other
Job Hunt: Create an Internet Resume
Your traditional printed resume must be supplemented now with a 21st century version that is compatible with e-mail and with Internet and database search technologies.
BBC
Bbc: Internet Safety: Stay Safe
The BBC provides useful tips to help you learn how to stay safe while surfing the internet. Discussion includes chatrooms, e-mail, webpals, passwords, and more.
Read Works
Read Works: Bff
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text with running emails between two friends, one who is at home and one whose family is vacationing in Venice. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
Other
Wisconsin State Reading Association (Wsra)
Learn about the goals, membership, publications, and committees of this affiliate of the International Reading Association. Links also take you to useful reading resources and to its hotline, which allows members to be a part of an...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Interactive Reading Project
In this lesson plan, middle schoolers are motivated to read and learn how to discuss literature by discussing books they are reading via e-mail.
San Diego State University
San Diego State University: Researching Research
This comprehensive unit site from the San Diego State University is geared towards seventh grade math and science students. "Students will chose a research project currently in progress and research it using traditional techniques, the...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Ask a Scientist
Ask questions about any topic in biology and receive an e-mail response within two weeks. There is an archive of "Top 10 Questions" and responses for each of the following topics: animals, human biology, general biology, evolution,...
Education Development Center
Alma: Setting the Tone
Discover more about personal letter writing when you use this informative site from the Adult Literacy Media Alliance. This site gives you tips on how to set the tone of your personal letter. This is an excellent resource for all ages.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Mail Time! An Integrated Postcard and Geography Study
Contains plans for five cross-curricular lessons that teach about geography, reading, and writing by having students send postcards to relatives and asking them to send postcards back. In addition to objectives and standards, this...
Other
Internet Learning Tree: A Brief History of the Internet
An anecdotal history of the people and communities that brought about the internet.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Reading/writing About Whales Using Fiction and Nonfiction Texts
Students will have a whale of a good time in this lesson in which they use fiction and nonfiction texts to write a letter to an online scientist.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Email Clarifying Questions
At the end of this lesson plan, learners will demonstrate the use of commas, clarifying questions, and a friendly letter format by sending an email. Email is part of student's lives, and it is part of the digital landscape they will need...
Other
Association of Math Teachers of New York State (Amtnys)
The AMTNYS includes information about the organization, its membership and publications, regional and summer meetings, and scholarships and awards. Its e-mail discussion lists allows members to talk about their concerns.