Helpful Websites for Teaching

A Look at Several Interactive Websites for Teachers and Students

Susan DeWolfCIS 223-70Spring 2015

EDSITEment: The Best of the Humanities on the Web

The url is: http://edsitement.neh.govOffers resources for teachers, students, and parents.Covers instructional material for art and culture,

history and social studies, literature and language arts, and foreign languages.

New York Public Library Digital Gallery

The url is: http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm

Provides access to over 800,000 digitized items from the library’s collections.

Among the materials featured are manuscripts, photographs, maps, and videos.

Khan AcademyThe url is: http://www.khanacademy.orgOffers instructional videos, exercises, and reviews for

students to learn at their own pace. Their motto is “You Can Learn Anything.”

Subjects such as math, science, economics, and the humanities, are covered extensively.

Book Consumptio

n Survey• The average

number of books an individual reads in a year has remained relatively steady.

• This survey depicts the value people place on reading in their everyday lives.

About ME!My BA is in English/History and my MA is in

Literature.I want to teach English in secondary

schools.I enjoy reading historical fiction as well as

the classics.One of my favorite authors/poets is

Shakespeare, and I can’t wait to teach him!