The UTEP Master Teacher Academies Links Page

Texas State Board of Educator Certification / Texas Education Agency Links

• Texas Examinations for Master Teachers
  http://www.texes.ets.org/texmat/

• Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Educator Quality Home
  http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/index.cfm?objectid=B85D373F-A85B-E2A4-AA2A7E52F35BFF4B

• Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Master Teacher Academies Home
  http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/index.cfm?objectid=F7835531-9B63-D38E-8D11F5AF9277B877

• The Texas law that defines Master Teachers in Texas. Texas Administrative Code online: TAC Title 19, Part 7, Chapter 239, Subchapter E
  http://info.sos.state.tx.us/pls/pub/readtac$ext.ViewTAC?tac_view=5&ti=19&pt=7&ch=239&sch=E&rl=Y

• The New (2009) Texas Science Teaching Standards, the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). Texas Education Agency Science TEKS main page online:
  http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/teks/scienceTEKS.html

• The New (2009) K-5 Texas Science Teaching Standards, the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). Texas Education Agency PDF Format:
  http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/teks/science/ch112a_as_approved032709.pdf

• The New (2009) MS Texas Science Teaching Standards, the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). Texas Education Agency PDF Format:
  http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/teks/science/ch112b_as_approved032709.pdf

• The New (2009) HS Texas Science Teaching Standards, the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). Texas Education Agency PDF format:
  http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/teks/science/ch112c_as_approved032709.pdf

• The New proposed changes to the (2009) Texas Mathematics Teaching Standards, the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). Texas Education Agency Mathematics TEKS main page online:
  http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/teks/mathTEKS.html

• The (2009) Texas Technology Applications Teaching Standards, the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). Texas Education Agency Technology Applications TEKS main page online:
  http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/chapter126/index.html

• The (2009) Texas Technology Education and Career Industrial Education Teaching Standards, the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). Texas Education Agency Technology Education TEKS main page online:
  http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/chapter123/index.html

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Teacher Professional Development and Science Reform Sites

• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Project 2061
  http://www.project2061.org

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Teacher Lesson Resources

• Thinkfinity Lesson Resources (formerly MarcoPolo)
  http://www.thinkfinity.org

• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Illuminations Site (A Thinkfinity partner)
  http://illuminations.nctm.org

• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science NetLinks Teacher Resources (A Thinkfinity partner)
  http://www.sciencenetlinks.org

• The Digital Library for Earth Systems Education (DLESE)
  http://www.dlese.org/library/index.jsp

• The National Science Digital Library (NSDL)
  http://nsdl.org/

• The PBS Teachers Science & Tech Main Page
  http://www.pbs.org/teachers/sciencetech/

• The PBS Teachers 3-5 Science & Tech Page
  http://www.pbs.org/teachers/classroom/3-5/science-tech/

• The PBS Teachers 6-8 Science & Tech Page
  http://www.pbs.org/teachers/classroom/6-8/science-tech/

• The PBS Teachers 9-12 Science & Tech Page
  http://www.pbs.org/teachers/classroom/9-12/science-tech/

• The PBS Teachers 3-5 Mathematics Page
  http://www.pbs.org/teachers/classroom/3-5/math/

• The PBS Teachers 6-8 Mathematics Page
  http://www.pbs.org/teachers/classroom/6-8/math/

• The PBS Teachers 9-12 Mathematics Page
  http://www.pbs.org/teachers/classroom/9-12/math/

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Technology in Teaching Links

• Dr. Giza's EducationTechnology Website
  http://www.educationtechnologies.com

• The PortableApps.com Website (free and "portable" versions of technology that run on Windows from a USB drive)
  http://www.portableapps.com

• The Macintosh User's Portable Apps Website (free and "portable" versions of technology that run on Apple Macintosh from a USB drive).
  Caution: The more proprietary nature of Apple products often requires costly upgrades to use many "free" portable applications on a Mac.
  http://www.freesmug.org/portableapps/

• The highly-respected TuxPaint children's paint program (adults love it too!) Website (free and "portable" versions of TuxPaint run on Windows from a USB drive). You must have the latest OSX Macintosh versions to run TuxPaint on Macintosh.
  http://tuxpaint.org/

• The superb Gnu Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) download Website (free and "portable" versions of GIMP run on Windows from a USB drive and can be obtained from PortableApps.com). You must have the latest OSX Macintosh versions to run GIMP on Macintosh.
  http://www.gimp.org/downloads/

• The wonderful Audacity sound-editing Program download Website (free and "portable" versions of Audacity run on Windows from a USB drive and can be obtained from PortableApps.com).
  http://audacity.sourceforge.net

• The cross-platform OpenOffice (OO) productivity suite Website (free and "portable" versions of OpenOffice run on Windows from a USB drive and can be obtained from PortableApps.com). OpenOffice 3 and above will open, edit, or convert the proprietary MS Office 2009 docx, xlsx, pptx file-types and OO has a more traditional and easy-to-use menu system than the arcane new MS Office versions do.
  http://www.openoffice.org

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Free, public-domain, and open-source media files for classroom and educator use Links

• The Gutenberg.org Website (many free and public domain ebooks and audiobooks)
  http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

• The Archive.org Website (many free and public domain media files, including music and historical media)
  http://www.archive.org/index.php

• The Audiobooksforfree.com Website (many free and low-cost audio books, free for lower-quality MP3s). Requires registration for use, and pay for higher-quality versions of the audiobooks.
  http://www.audiobooksforfree.com

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