{"id":2,"date":"2011-02-09T18:10:37","date_gmt":"2011-02-09T18:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.vassar.edu\/vast\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2015-04-27T13:36:24","modified_gmt":"2015-04-27T17:36:24","slug":"related","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Resources for Student Writers and Bloggers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"For blogging\" href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/?p=1124\">All about\u00a0Blogging<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Check out\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/learning.blogs.nytimes.com\/\">The Learning Network<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>from the\u00a0<em>New York Times,<\/em> and join a community of students who are reading, thinking, and writing about the news. \u00a0Learn about current events, debate issues that matter to you, study powerful photographs, enter contests and engage with other students across the country (must be 13 years or older to comment online, but kids of all ages can read and discuss).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Done with homework? Check out these educational games:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.funbrain.com\" target=\"_blank\">Funbrain<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/educational\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nobel Prize Games for Students<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigsawdoku.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sudoku<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidzone.ws\/poetry\/haiku.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Write Haikus<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidsgeo.com\/geography-games\/\" target=\"_blank\">Geography Games<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Online resources for Math problems and worksheets:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Math-Drills\" href=\"http:\/\/www.math-drills.com\" target=\"_blank\">Math-Drills<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Skillswise - Math\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/skillswise\/maths\" target=\"_blank\">Skills-Wise Math<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Visual Fractions\" href=\"http:\/\/www.visualfractions.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Visual Fractions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>More Educational Resources and Ideas for Vassar Tutors and Fellows:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lesson Plan Ideas &#8211;<a title=\"Lesson Plans Page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lessonplanspage.com\" target=\"_blank\"> www.lessonplanspage.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This website provides\u00a0free lesson plans in the following academic areas: Math, Social\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Studies, Art, Language Arts, Music, PE, Reading, Writing, Geography,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Science projects, and Science lesson plans<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Classroom Activity Ideas \u2013 <a title=\"Teacher Scholastic\" href=\"http:\/\/www.teacher.scholastic.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.teacher.scholastic.com<\/a>. \u00a0This\u00a0website is a great resource for classroom leaders. \u00a0It contains lots\u00a0of different ideas, techniques, and strategies\u00a0for effective teaching.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The Bonner Foundation \u2013 <a title=\"Bonner Foundation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bonner.org\" target=\"_blank\">www.bonner.org<\/a> &#8211; \u201cThe Bonner\u00a0Foundation provides support and guidance for organizations that seek\u00a0to engage communities in efforts promoting education.&#8221; \u00a0This website\u00a0contains different mentoring handbooks and strategies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Resources for Student Writers and Bloggers: All about\u00a0Blogging &nbsp; Check out\u00a0The Learning Network,\u00a0from the\u00a0New York Times, and join a community of students who are reading, thinking, and writing about the news. \u00a0Learn about current events, debate issues that matter to you, study powerful photographs, enter contests and engage with other students across the country (must [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":677,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1590,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/1590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}