Internet Resources on Autism Spectrum Disorders

Corey Seeman published an article on (ASD) Autism Spectrum Disorders internet resources in College and Research Libraries News. These sites will help the regular classroom teacher understand the complexity of ASD from many different perspectives. Here are a few of them.

Autism Fact Sheet from Child Development Institute
http://www.childdevelopmentinfo.com/disorders/autism_fact_sheet.shtml.

What is Autism? From Autism Society of America and some information on educational approaches.
http://www.autism-society.org/site/PageServer?pagename=WhatisAutism
http://www.autism-society.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Education.

Temple Grandin's Website
Personal narratives from adults with Autism.
Http://www.templegrandin.com/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a kid's page geared for teaching children about autism in the 4th-6th grade.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/dd/ddautism.htm

National Autistic Society
This webpage from the UK includes information for families and siblings. Includes personal narratives under the members of the family link.
http://www.nas.org.uk/

To read the rest of the article visit the periodical room in the Mabee Learning Center.

Corey Seeman, Autism Spectrum Disorders Source for ASD information on the Web. College & research libraries news. 66, no. 9, (2005): 646

ELED 437 Methods of Teaching Foreign Language Secondary Bulletin Boards

The ELED 437 Methods of Teaching Foreign Language class prepared 4 bulletin boards for use in a secondary Spanish class. Their themes included parts of the body, verb tenses, flags and verb families. The students involved in this class are Tiffany Daniel, Angela Newbert, Sarah Hale and Rebekah Edmonds. Dr. Litherland is the professor.

ELED 412 Social Studies Project

Mrs. Franklin talks with her 48 apprentices from

South Rock Creek 5th grade. They were commissioned

to go into the countryside and report the news.

Rachel Schooler demonstrating items in a colonial home.

Kelli Vallandingham and Mr. Schooler as candle makers.

The Schooler colonial family

Colonial home recreation

Paul Revere

The redcoats are coming! The redcoats are coming!

Red coat dude with a Dell?

To see all of the pictures from Janet Bailey's camera

visit the following website.

http://community.webshots.com/album/500515162CBUyTx

Social Studies Project cont.

The market place near Boston harbor.
Mistress Anne Malthauer and Mistress Shannon Martin

discuss why the colonists were dissatisfied with England.
Boston Harbor which saw no less that four tea parties on this day November 8, 2005.
Pictured above is the set of a loyalist household and a separatist household
Two ladies of the time (Kristen Gaddie and Pascha Whaley)

discuss the different perspectives between the loyalists and patriots.

John Adams(Emily Elmen) and John Hancock (Bekah Brock) meet with the colonial delegates

John Adams and John Hancock sign the Declaration of Independence

The cast and crew of the "Revolutionary War Era"

ELED 437 Methods of Teaching Foreign Language

The ELED 437 Methods of Teaching Foreign Language class prepared 4 colorful bulletin boards on the themes of the seasons, the rain forest, colors, and mascots for the elementary classroom. The students involved in this class are Tiffany Daniel, Angela Newbert, Sarah Hale and Rebekah Edmonds. Dr. Litherland is the professor.

New Books at the library

Helping Students Fix Problems and Avoid CrisesAn Easy-to-Use Intervention Resource for Grades 1-4
Authored by:
Lawrence J. Greene

"For every teacher who has been at a loss to help the student who seemed helpless, this is a resource that cannot be missed. "

This book is located in the New book shelf with the call number Q 302.07 G811HF

For more on this title see Corwin Book Publisher website http://www.corwinpress.com/book.aspx?pid=11322&sc=1

New Books in the library

Not Much Just Chillin' : The Hidden Lives of Middle Schoolers
by Linda Perlstein.

"Suddenly they go from striving for A’s to barely passing, from fretting about cooties to obsessing for hours about crushes. "



This book is currently located on our new book shelves in the library with the call number 305.234 P451NJ


For more on this title see the Random House publishers catalog http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780345475763

For editorial book reviews see http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0345475763/ref=dp_proddesc_0/002-0337457-3096025?%5Fencoding=UTF8&n=283155

ELED 416 Language Arts and Children's Literature

Students in ELED 416 Language Arts and Children's Literature learned about text sets. Text sets are collections of narrative text, expository text, maps, poetry, and websites all related to a theme. Some of the themes included ocean life, bears, transportation, mammals, Native Americans, and holidays. Students include Lacey Anderberg, Sheila Faulkner, Cheryel Graham, Rebecca Kunz, Amanda Pearson, Amanda Winn, Danielle Blount, Mendy Richardson, Jennifer Morris, Lauren Augustine, Serena Ward and Minda Reed.

NEW Titles in the Library

Creating and Sustaining the Constructivist Classroom
Second Edition

Authored by:
Bruce A. Marlowe Roger Williams University
Marilyn L. Page Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Taking students from passive spoon-fed knowledge to creation and acquisition of real learning: It sounds terrific. But how do you do it? This book shows you how.

For more information on this title look at the book description from Sage Publishing online catalog.
http://www.sagepub.com/book.aspx?pid=10648

Rosa Parks, 92, Founding Symbol of Civil Rights Movement, Dies

October 25, 2005
Rosa Parks, 92, Founding Symbol of Civil Rights Movement, Dies
By E. R. SHIPP
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/25/national/25parks.html

"Rosa Parks, a black seamstress whose refusal to relinquish her seat to a white man on a city bus in Montgomery, Ala., almost 50 years ago grew into a mythic event that helped touch off the civil rights movement of the 1950's and 1960's, died yesterday at her home in Detroit. She was 92 years old."

Click on the web address to see the full article.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/25/national/25parks.html

State Education Data Profiles

Search for statewide information in elementary/secondary education, postsecondary education, public libraries and selected demographics for all states in the U.S. Some of the demographics that you can find on this site are how many students are in each grade in the state, how many of those students are using IEPs, teacher totals and pupil to teacher ratios. You can select up to 4 states to compare at a time. The data used for this data tool comes from many NCES sources and has just been updated with 2003 public library information and 2004-05 postsecondary education information. To use this data tool, please visit: http://nces.ed.gov/programs/stateprofiles/

ELED 420 Science in the Elementary and Middle School

Elizabeth Rountree and Amanda Pearson from Oklahoma Baptist University helped Grove 4th graders explore macroinvertibrates in the wetland area. The students took water samples and examined and identified the various species.

ELED 420 Science in the Elementary and Middle School cont.

Anne Malthaner and Jackie Palmer taught the Water Cycle. Grove students learned about water absorbsion, evaporation and that plants and clouds complete the water cycle.

ELED 420 Science in the Elementary and Middle School cont.

Emily Elmen and Rachel Schooler took Grove students on a nature hike and searched for a variet of leaves. The children identified and labeled the leaves.

ELED 420 Science in the Elementary and Middle School cont.

Kristen Gaddie and Shannon Martin, students at Oklahoma Baptist University, taught Grove 4th grader how to use a compass. Kristen and Shannon designed their lesson to teach students to find predetermined locations.

Shawnee Conservation District

The Conservation Commission’s Conservation Education Program has been in existence since 1975. The main purpose of the Education Program is to educate Oklahomans of all ages about natural resources and the environment with an emphasis on soil and water.
http://www.okcc.state.ok.us/ED/ED_home.htm


Shawnee Conservation District127 N. ParkShawnee, OK 74801-6849Phone: 405/275-5220 Fax: 405/273-3606E-mail: shawneecd@okcc.state.ok.us

ELED 416 Language Arts and Children's Literature

ELED 416
Professor Belshe

As part of their class requirements for Language Arts and Children's
Literature, the bulletin boards in Shawnee Hall were created by Lauren Augustine, Lacey Anderberg, Danielle Blount, Sheila Faulkner, Cheryel
Graham, Rebecca Kunz, Jennifer Morris, Amanda Pearson, Minda Reed, Mendy Richardson, Serena Ward, and Amanda Winn. And what a superb job by all!