JUNE 2003 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NEWSLETTER
The June issue of the Professional Development Newsletter highlights Web sites that link educators to many valuable online professional and informational resources.
1. Cross-Site Indexing Web Site
2. NewsLink
3. The Library Spot
4. Online Journals
CURRENT EVENTS
5. Title I Schoolwide Programs Info Meeting
6. California Science Education Conference 2003
7. New Teacher-Summer Symposium: The Science Connection
8. 2003 Science Framework Rollout Symposium
9. Elementary Star Science Assessment Symposium
10. Workshop for Spanish Literature Advanced Placement
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1. CROSS-SITE INDEXING WEB SITE
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The U. S. Department of Education’s (USDE) "Cross-Site Index" allows
you to search more than 200 Department of Education sponsored Web
sites and 150 education-related resources at other Federal agencies
-- a collection of more than 450,000 items.
http://www.ed.gov/search/crosssite.jsp
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2. NEWSLINK
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The "NewsLink" Web site connects readers to news publications
throughout the world. Links to newspapers, magazines and journals,
ollege newspapers, along with radio and television stations and
networks are all available on this Web site.
http://newslink.org/
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3. THE LIBRARY SPOT
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This free virtual library resource center connects readers to online
libraries; to a reference desk with online dictionaries,
encyclopedias, almanacs, thesauri and other reference tools; and to
a reading room with links to books, speeches, headlines, magazines,
and other resources.
http://www.libraryspot.com/
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4. ONLINE JOURNALS
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Many professional journals for educators are available online. Some
electronic journals include all articles from the print edition of
the same journal; others exist only electronically; and still others
present only selected articles from the print publication of the same
name. Here are some:
AMERICAN SCHOOL BOARD JOURNAL
Published monthly by the National School Boards Association for
school board members, professional educators, and the educational
policy community.
http://www.asbj.com/
AMERICAN EDUCATOR
A journal of the American Federation of Teachers published quarterly
for classroom teachers and other educators from preschool through
university levels.
http://www.aft.org/american_educator/index.html
ASCD EDUCATION BULLETIN
A newsletter published twice a month by the Association for
Supervision and Curriculum Development for K-12 educators.
http://www.ascd.org/cms/index.cfm?TheViewID=1147
BJR ONLINE (BILINGUAL RESEARCH JOURNAL)
Published quarterly by the National Association for Bilingual
Education (NABE), and the Southwest Center for Equity and Language
Diversity, College of Education, Arizona State University, for NABE
members and for the academic community.
http://brj.asu.edu/
CALIFORNIA EDUCATOR
A publication by the California Teachers Association, published
electronically from September to June.
http://www.cta.org/CaliforniaEducator/CaliforniaEducator.htm
EDUCATION NEXT
A quarterly journal for K-12 educators focused on issues of school
reform.
http://www.educationnext.org/
EDUCATION WEEK
A weekly online newspaper for K-12 educators.
http://www.edweek.org/
EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Published eight months per year by the Association for Supervision
and Curriculum Development, Educational Leadership focuses on
curriculum and instruction issues.
http://www.ascd.org/frameedlead.html
EDUCATIONAL RESEARCHER (ER)
Published by the American Educational Research Association, this
journal contains scholarly articles for the educational research
community.
http://www.aera.net/pubs/er/
ELECTRONIC SCHOOL
Electronic School is a technology magazine for K-12 educators,
published quarterly by the National School Boards Association.
http://www.electronic-school.com/about.html
ENC FOCUS
An online magazine that includes articles for K-12 math and science
teachers.
http://www.enc.org/features/focus/
HARVARD EDUCATION LETTER
A bimonthly publication by the Harvard Graduate School of Education
for K-12 educators.
http://www.edletter.org/
HANDS ON!
Published semi-annually by TERC, a not-for-profit organization
dedicated to improving mathematics, science, and technology teaching
and learning.
http://www.terc.edu/TEMPLATE/handson/
LANGUAGE LEARNING AND TECHNOLOGY
A journal published three times per year for foreign and second
language educators on issues related to technology and language
education.
http://llt.msu.edu/
NASSP BULLETIN
A quarterly journal published by the National Association of
Secondary School Principals for middle and high schools.
http://www.principals.org/news/bulletin.html
NATIONAL STAFF DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (NSDC) PERIODICALS
The Journal of Staff Development (JSD), focuses on leadership and
learning; Tools for Schools, a bimonthly newsletter offers tools and
resources on school improvement; and Results presents information
from the field in short articles.
http://www.nsdc.org/educatorindex.htm
NEA TODAY
From the National Education Association, this electronic publication
is published from September to May, and explores teaching challenges
and solutions.
http://www.nea.org/neatoday/0305/cover.html
ON-MATH
This journal, published three times per year by the National Council
of Teachers of Mathematics, will be helpful to all teachers of
mathematics.
http://my.nctm.org/eresources/journal_home.asp?journal_id=6
PHI DELTA KAPPAN
Selected articles from the Phi Delta Kappan magazine are published
electronically from September to June, and addresses policy issues
for educators.
http://www.pdkintl.org/kappan/karticle.htm
PRINCIPAL ONLINE
A bimonthly magazine published by National Association of Elementary
School Principals for elementary and middle level principals.
http://www.naesp.org/comm/principl.htm
READING ONLINE
A journal of K-12 practice and research published by the
International Reading Association.
http://readingonline.org/
REL NETWORK NEWS
A service of the Regional Educational Laboratories (REL); the RELs
provide a network of support for research-based school reform.
http://www.relnetwork.org/
RETHINKING SCHOOLS ONLINE
Published quarterly, this periodical focuses on K-12 school reform,
with a particular focus on equity and social justice issues.
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/
SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL ONLINE
A monthly journal for librarians who work with young people in
school and public libraries.
http://slj.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?publication=slj
TALKING LEAVES
Published three times a year by the Center for Research on
Education, Diversity and Excellence (CREDE) this publication shares
information of interest to educators who work with English Learners.
http://www.cal.org/crede/pubs/#NEWS
TEACHER MAGAZINE
A monthly magazine for K-12 teachers.
http://www.teachermagazine.org/
TEACHING TO CHANGE L.A. (TCLA)
TCLA is an online journal that examines educational issues in
Los Angeles K-12 schools. It is published by UCLA/IDEA eight times
a year with weekly updates.
http://tcla.gseis.ucla.edu/about/index.html
TECHNOLOGY LEARNING
Published monthly, Technology Learning magazine is a technology
resource for teachers, technology coordinators, and administrator
http://www.techlearning.com/content/about/tl_current.html
TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND OR FOREIGN LANGUAGE ELECTRONIC JOURNAL
(TESL-EJ)
A source of ESL and EFL information for researchers to classroom
teachers.
http://www-writing.berkeley.edu/TESL-EJ/
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Published weekly, The Chronicle is a news source for college and
university faculty members and administrators, and those with an
interest in high education issues.
http://chronicle.com/
THE INTERNET TESL JOURNAL
This monthly Web journal for teachers of English as a Second Language
offers articles, research papers, lesson plans, classroom handouts,
teaching ideas and links.
http://iteslj.org/
T.H.E. JOURNAL (TECHNOLOGY HORIZONS IN EDUCATION)
A monthly technology publication serving K-12 educators.
http://www.thejournal.com/
THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR
A monthly magazine published by the American Association of
School Administrators for school system leaders.
http://www.AASA.ORG/publications/sa/
This electronic newsletter is sponsored by the Region 8 California Professional Development Consortium (CPDC) administered by the Kern County Superintendent of Schools Office.
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