Useful WebLinks
http://www.quia.com/shared/tech
A website that provides a variety of activities to support students with different learning styles. The activities include concentration, word search, flash cards, matching. This website also supplies teachers the options to create online quizzes and print reports of the students' progress.
Teacher Tools
An excellent site for creating rubrics. I used the following rubric when students participated in creating resumes, writing interview questions, writing application and follow-up letters, and participating in mock interviws. www.rubistar.4teachers.org
In the keywords box, type in Job Skills or search by Rubric ID #1137332.
Missing the News from Back Home?
A link to television stations around the world. Your broadband Portal to watch live TV broadcasts and and TV broadcasts on the Internet (wwITV.com is an index to streaming media available on the web) Copyright (C) 1998-2004 World Wide Internet TV http://www.wwitv.com/
Confused About How to Pronounce a Word?
American English Pronunciation Practice
This website pronounces words[audio] in the form of a quiz. Look for the link: Pages with Sound. In addition, there are many quizzes, word games, word puzzles, and many, many more activities for students that use English as a second language. This website is designed for students and teachers. It is a current website by Charles I.Kelly and
Lawrence E. Kelly Copyright (C) 1997-2004. http://www.manythings.org/
Job Center
What? English is Your Second Language?
There are advantages to speaking more than one language! This link shows positions available for those looking for an opportunity to use their language skills in special
career areas. This site was last update: 29th November, 2004, 2004 Copyright
(C)2002-2004 http://www.eslkidstuff.com
Count Your Salary
Making Connections1
This is a cool site for helping ESL students to learn to count money. It is interactive,
showing coins and dollars, allowing students to enter the correct numbers to match the money shown. Designed by Adriane Moser, ESL Teacher Last updated 8/14/02
http://members.aol.com/adrmoser/mc1.html
Job Search via USA Map
This website allows you to select from a USA map the desired state, then select from
the current listing of newspapers for that state. After selecting the newspaper, look for the job or employment classifieds. This will give you a current listing of jobs available in that area. http://www.newspapers.com
America's Career InfoNet
A great source for employment resources.
http://www.acinet.org
Online Job Portfolio
A more current technology method of communicating your skills and career objectives is by a web resume or an online portfolio. This website discusses other technology isues as you prepare your career, such as computer viruses, file conversion problems, and
hyperlinks. www.eresumeiq.com/eterms.html
Sample Resume
Reference Desk
This is truly an A to Z source of information for students.
http://www.refdesk.com
A+ Research and Writing
This is a very good website, easy for students to navigate for information and guidance in document internet resources. I found this website through Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators. http://www.ipl.org/div/aplus/
What language would you like to speak today?
Look in Microsoft Office, select Tools, Set Language, select the language you wish to use.
Better yet! Google and Yahoo have Language options while researching and writing in your native language.
Free Virus Check
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
Let's Talk!
Parent Soup hosts several education-related discussion boards. Parents and teachers interact and maintain dialogues within the discussion board. A separate board titled "Hot Education Topics" delves into current events pertaining to public and pricate schools.
http://www.parentsoup.com/boards/
South Carolina Department of Education
Questions about education standards and curriculum profiles, this is the webpage to the South Carolina Department of Education. If you are looking for Business/Computer classes, look for Career and Technology Education link.
http://www.myscschools.com