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Classroom menu |
find resources to use WITH students in class or in assignments |
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Professional menu |
Find resources to help you be a better teacher and advance your knowledge as a professional |
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What's Current menu |
find content that changes frequently, such as weekly updates or daily Dates That Matter |
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What's Hot menu |
Find information on topics that are "hot" in the press, of timely importance for educators, or popular with your fellow teachers |
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My TF menu |
Find information about becoming a TeachersFirst member ( for free) or manage your membership--log in, out, view/edit Favorites, etc. |
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Search menu |
A quick way to access both keyword and subject/grade seach tools, as well as FAQ |
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Sitemap |
A link that is always there in the footer so you can see an outline-type display of what is on the site |
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Puzzle piece logo |
Always there in the top left as a link to the TeachersFirst home page |
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Subject/Grade search page |
The best way to browse for resources to "check out" what TF has-- available from Search or Classroom menus |
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Keyword search |
The best way to do a refined, time-saving search on a specific topic (READ the hints!) |
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Membership |
A free way to save even more time and be able to mark Favorites, make and share comments on resources, collaborate with other teachers, even make a teacher HOME page that students can access |
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Free?? |
Because our not-for-profit parent company believes in providing this service to teachers |
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TeachersFirst Writers and Reviewers |
All professional, experienced educators! |
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TeachersFirst Edge |
The area where we review web 2.0 tools and tell teachers how and why to use them SAFELY in the classroom |
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Wiki Walk-Through |
Find it under What's Hot: A How-to and Why-to on wikis in the classroom, starting from the basics and giving ANY teacher good ideas |
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Blogging Basics for the Classroom |
Find it under What's Hot: A how-to and why to on classroom blogging. Includes the very basics and loads of blogging ideas |
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Dates That Matter |
Find it under What's Current and learn about today in histry, but with meaningful CONTEXT |