Teachers & nT – August 2011
Teacher Power! Plug in to Teacher Only Resources
To provide teachers with more power to use digital content from netTrekker, we have customized the resources and tools based on whether your username is set up as a teacher or a student. When is the last time a student needed a lesson plan or ideas about how to teach a topic? We offer access to educator resources and tools only to teachers!
Be sure that you’re registered as a teacher in netTrekker!
Additional Teacher Benefit – Access to the Global Portfolio Content
Check out some of the great resources our netTrekker experts have prepared for you in the Global Portfolio. Get study tips for students, lesson plans, quizzes, and more!
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Efficiency & nT – September 2011
I Don’t Have Time For That! – Spend Less Time Searching For Resources and More Time Teaching
So, school has likely started for you by now…are you still stuck in summer break mode and thinking to yourself, “How in the world am I going to have enough time to get this all accomplished?” As a teacher, you have access to hundreds of thousands of rich digital content pieces perfect for a wide range of classrooms that will help you with your last-minute planning needs. Find images, videos, and content relevant to your classroom objectives and your students in less time using netTrekker’s refinement options . If you need lesson plans, find them in context of your grade levels and subject areas. Organize all the fantastic resources you find in ways that will support your instruction using My Portfolio. Once you have your content gathered and organized, choose one of many netTrekker Portfolio options to share and deliver content you have selected more effectively.
Using My Portfolio To Plan for Instruction
The experts at netTrekker have worked with teachers to create great planning resources – quite a few of these are shared in the Global Portfolio. Check out the exciting example of a unit plan on Ancient Egypt and even some suggested folder structures to help you stay organized as you use the Portfolio to plan across a school or district!
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How have you changed planning for instruction in past years with the introduction of technology?
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