Content Area General Opportunities		Opportunities The World Wide Web offers professional development opportunities that require no travel . . . just your Internet connection. Find these here.

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International Telementor Program

This one-on-one mentoring program between employees of sponsoring companies, 4th-grade through college-level students, and teachers focuses on math, science, engineering, communication, and career/education planning. Participation in the program is a collaboration between teacher, mentor, and student, with the teacher submitting a project plan and directing and supervising the project. Teachers can register to participate at the beginning of each school year. Students can apply after their supervising teacher has been accepted into the program.
http://www.telementor.org/

International Society for Technology in Education

A non-profit professional organization dedicated to the improvement of education through computer-based technology that provides a number or resources and services for professional growth in this area.
http://www.iste.org/profdev/index.cfm

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Digital Bridges: Web-Based Learning

Planning information, examples, and resources for understanding and using online learning in grades K-12. For teachers, students, parents, counselors and mentors, and curriculum planners and administrators, from NETC.
http://www.netc.org/digitalbridges/online/index.html

Digital Bridges: K-12 Videoconferencing

Information about using videoconferencing technology instruction, communication, and collaboration. For teachers, curriculum planners, and administrators, from NETC.
http://www.netc.org/digitalbridges/vc/index.html

Global Connections Online

A Web-based Internet training course designed especially for K-12 educators, created by National Semiconductor and PCC, Inc. You can download print versions of the lessons for working offline.
http://www.nsglobalonline.com/

Harnessing the Power of the Web

This tutorial focuses on project-based learning and has lots of examples, models, and guides to assist you in using the Internet and Web as collaborative learning media.
http://www.gsn.org/web/index.html

Heritage Online: Continuing Education for K-12 Teachers

Self-paced online courses that integrate the Web with art, foreign languages, literature, math, science, social sciences, and general curriculum, technology, and classroom management strategies. Courses can be started at any time, many can be completed with only e-mail capability, and graduate credit through Antioch University is available. The Heritage Institute also offers on-site classes in the Northwest and customizable in-service training for schools and districts.
http://www.hol.edu/

ICONnect: Internet Basics

The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) offers free online courses on navigating the Web, effective use of search engines, pros and cons of Internet use in the classroom, and integrating Internet resources into the curriculum
http://www.ala.org/ICONN/

Information Literacy and the Net

Teacher inservice curriculum offered by the Bellingham, WA school district. This eight-hour staff development course emphasizes student investigations as vehicles to explore the information available over the Internet.
http://www.bham.wednet.edu/literacy.htm

NETC Presentations

Presentations from recent Northwest Educational Technology Consortium conferences on using the Internet in instruction: search tips, tricks, and strategies; program evaluation; resources for teachers; ideas and practices. Click on a conference heading to see the topic(s) presented at that conference.
http://www.netc.org/presentations/

NWREL Programs and Services

A listing of professional development offered by the Northwest Regional Labs. While you're there, check out the Promising Practices: Best of the Northwest.
http://www.nwrel.org/comm/programs.html

Teachers Helping Teachers

A site designed by teachers to provide basic teaching tips to inexperienced teachers, new ideas in teaching methodologies for all teachers, and a forum for experienced teachers to share their expertise and tips with colleagues around the world. Look for classroom management, language arts, math, science, social studies, the arts, and special education.
http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/

Virtual University

Virtual University, a member-supported global learning community dedicated to empowering individuals through knowledge, offers online classes in a number of areas including business and law, world languages and culture, the Internet and computers, psychology/self-help, education and distance learning, home and family. Classes incorporate using the Web for research and homework assignments, discussion groups, and live chat. There's currently a $15 fee per term (for up to 3 concurrent courses).
http://www.vu.org/

wNetSchool

Thirteen Ed Online's wNetSchool is produced by Thirteen/WNET in New York City. You'll find an excellent Internet primer, lesson plans created by wNetSchool master teachers, reviews of other "best lesson plans" with direct links to them, expert advice on Web research and instructional TV, teacher workshops, and more.
http://www.wnet.org/wnetschool/

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