Teachers’ Domain site provides supported learning modules and resources for the K-12 classroom.
The Teachers Domain Web site provides teachers and students with a selection of online learning modules for different content areas that incorporate various forms of multimedia such as electronic text, video, and audio. Designed to enhance the classroom learning experience, these modules offer teachers an online repository of learning resources such as complete lesson plans, interactive and comprehensive student activities, videos, flash images, readings, discussion topics, audio recordings, and Flash interactives, organized by content area and grade level, accessible for online viewing or download. Resources on the Teachers’ Domain Web site included different supportive features, depending on the type of module. For example, student activity modules have an e-textbook interface with pop-up definitions, a place to take notes, and links to supplemental information and readings. Lesson plans, in contrast, provide teachers with a comprehensive plan for instruction on a particular topic area, outline activities, and contain links to relevant readings, discussion topics, suggested videos, and other supportive media to be used in combination with each other. According to the Teachers’ Domain Web site “Teachers’ Domain strives to strengthen teacher knowledge by providing innovative teaching methods that incorporate technology in the classroom and inspire students to learn”. In addition, each resource available at Teachers’ Domain is tied to particular National standards and this information is located within each module.
Looking at Teachers’ Domain as it relates to the NCSeT typology, the resources available on this Web site incorporate the following supports:
Presentational resources allow readers to change the text size, font and color.
Navigational resources allow readers to search, and otherwise navigate through text
Translational resources provides readers with definitions and descriptions for relevant vocabulary
Explanatory resources provide additional information about particular topics
Illustrative resources such as supplemental videos and images
Enrichment resources such as links to supplemental information and references
Instructional resources offer prompts, questions and instruction to the reader
Notational resources provides a note taking field for readers to take notes while reading
Evaluative resources such as elements that assess the student’s learning embedded within the assignment/activity
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