Overview
It's easy
for educators to become overwhelmed by the
teaching and learning resources available on
the Internet. The Teacher Tap is a
free, professional development resource that
helps educators address common technology
integration questions by providing practical,
online resources and activities.
Each project
page focuses on an interesting topic and
provides common questions, background
information, useful websites, and practical
hands-on activities. Project pages are
divided into four areas: teacher resources,
learning resources, collaboration, and
software utilities.
FAQs
Why
Teacher Tap? Like
a water tap, teachers need a professional
development resource that can easily be
turned on and off. Teachers can regulate the
amount of time and type of resources they
need to address their need.
What's
the target
group? We believe in life-long learning. Our primary
audience members are teachers, library media
specialists, public librarians, and technology coordinators who
need starting points for integrating
technology into their classroom. Some topics
are more logical for beginners and others
more advanced technology users. For example,
a teacher with few Internet experiences might
be interested in exploring, simple online
lesson plans. A more experienced teacher
might explore the creation of an online
quiz.
How
are topics chosen? We
pick topics based on three criteria. First,
as life-long learners we like to find topics
that are of interest to us. Second, we seek
out popular topics that teachers often
request. We work on a number of large grant
projects that make specific topic requests.
Finally, we try to find topics that will draw
on the power of technology. One of our goals
is to encourage educators to make productive
use of the Internet as a tool for teaching
and learning.
Contributors
This project is part of the eduscapes website developed by Annette Lamb and Larry Johnson for use by their students, conference participants, professional development participants, and others interested in life long learning. Learn more about eduscapes.com.
Welcome
University of Toledo students and faculty. Some of these materials
were updated as part of a PT3 project. Learn more about this
project at TIPT3.
Welcome
iCATS and EVSC teachers! Some of these materials were developed
as part of an Indiana Department of Education - Office of Learning
Resources Technology Grant Project. Learn more about our project
at iCATS.