The Year-Long Project

The Year-Long Project is an innovative elementary student teaching program in the College of Education at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Content

• Description of the YLP
• YLP 1995-1996 pages
• YLP 1994-1995 pages
• 1996-1997 Syllabus: [Technology Component] [Curriculum and Instruction Block Syllabus] [Language and Literacy] [Social Studies] [Science Education]
• Technology Competencies Matrix
  • NCATE Technology Standards for Teachers (handout)
• YLP at 1997 Cyberfest

People

• Instructional Team Members
• 1996-1997 Assistant Teachers
• Chat with current YLPers
• Mail To: YLP-Alumni List

Teaching of Technology

• Technology & Ethics in the Classroom
• Results of the initial survey on computer use
• Results of Interest-Survey
• Results of End-of-Semester (Fall 1996) Survey
• Creating Personal Web Page
  • A How-To Page in creating web pages
  • The "Beginner's Guide to HTML" is a good introduction to the common HTML tags
  • The best personal web pages found by members of the EdPsy 387 class.
  • Personal Web Pages of 96-97 YLPers: [B. Anderson] [B. Batten] [F. Hackmann] [M. Mcnulty]
  • A former YLPer's Web Page: Meredith Brooks
  • Personal web pages of former YLPers
• Multimedia Preview Section
• HyperStudio
• Network Projects
  • Educational Network Project Planning Guide
  • The Creation and the Use of Network Projects in Classrooms - Georgette Moore and Jim Peterson
  • The Prairie Project - Jill Shoda and her 2nd Graders
• Digitizing/Scanning

Resources

Professional Development

• Exemplary Mini-Units and Integrated Curriculum Units from 1996-1997
• Exemplary Integrated Curriculum Units from 1995-1996
• Exemplary Integrated Curriculum Mini-Units from the 1994-1995 YLP group
• On-Line Resources for Classroom Teachers (Check this out!!!)
• Urbana & Champaign District web pages
• Champaign District Curriculum Guide
• Urbana District Curriculum Guide
• Sites related to the new voluntary guidelines recommended by the Better Business Bureau's Children's Advertising Review Unit:
  • Center for Media Education: Online Advertising Targeting Children
  • BBB's Children's Advertising Review Unit
• THE TEACHERS.NET LESSON EXCHANGE provides teachers a medium to exchange lesson plans and curriculum development ideas.

Career Help

• 50 States' Teacher Certification Requirements
• Career Service Center at UIUC
  • Student Resumes (You can submit the URL to list your resume here.)
• Educational Placement & Career Services at University of Wisconsin-Madison
• The Riley Guide: Resume Databases on the Internet (places to post or search for resumes on the Internet)
  • Letters, Resumes, Vitas: guidelines, samples
• UIUC Educational Placement Office: Information about creating resumes and two sample resumes:
  1. a single-page resume in Microsoft Works (Sorry, this is no longer available for downloading)
  2. a multiple-page resume in Microsoft Works (Sorry, this is no longer available for downloading)
• Resumes and Cover Letters from 1995-96 YLPers
  1. Cover Letters: [Anne Paulson] [Rebecca Kresin]
  2. Resumes: [Anne Paulson] [Kara Pieper] [Rebecca Kresin] [Tiffany Clark]
• Things Losers Do on Their Resumes
• JobSmart: Resume Help (A terrific resource of resume help for all users.)
• Selected articles on Resume Writing and Cover Letters
• JobHunt (A magnificent meta-list of job listing sites provided by Stanford University, including international job listing and resume posting sites.)
• Preparing the Ideal Scannable Resume
• Guides to Employment Resources on the Internet (Including a link to International Employment Resources)
• Internet Career Resources - Sites to Post Resume
• Yahoo's List of Resume Sites
• Salary Relocation Calculator (Tell you how much you would need to make in a new city, based on cost-of-living differences.)