A Match to the Heart

The Glencoe array of instructional materials is impressive. From their website to their list of software, they offer a teacher technology on the half-shell.

Learning to ultilize the available resources requires that you spend some time in evaluation and review. This page is designed to help introduce you to the large number of possibilites that this medium can bring to your instruction.

Let's begin with Glencoe's Teacher Resource pages. The Teaching Today page is a good place to visit on a daily basis. Maybe you should bookmark it under your favorites.

Student Resources have an Index page that lists all of the courses that Glencoe Literature offers. Your students have access to a bevy of enrichment and support materials that are advantagious to them. Click on American Literature and examine the excellent activites available 24/7.

Besides the excellent online materials, the Glencoe Company has supplied you with with a group of CDs that are a wealth of instructional resources. We will briefly review each of them.

Title	Format	Description	Application
Interactive Teacher Edition	CD (MAC-PC)	-Loads Acrobat Reader -Textbook is PDF file -Has search functions, page navigator, but not cut and paste	-Display on TV as a reading guide. -Zoom with presenter on graphics or pertinent lines of text
Interactive Lesson Planner with Teacher Resources	2 CDs (MAC-PC)	-Installs application to computer -Has excellent PDF HELP file -Takes only a few minutes to learn. Very powerful planning tool	-Set up calendar for each class displaying objectives and activities -Every teacher resource worksheet for each section can be printed -Flexible interface
Vocabulary Puzzlemaker	Floppy Disks (CD)	-Installs application to computer -Takes only a few minutes to learn. -Data base of vocabulary words for each chapter. -Data base can be edited Neat little puzzles!	-Make paper copies or run on computer. -Nice way to check on vocabulary understanding
Exam View Test Maker	CD	-Installs application to computer -Takes maybe a half-hour to learn. -Has great Tutorials included -Data base of questions words for each chapter. -Data base can be edited Powerful and well worth your time!	-Build tests with all types of formats Ex. Selected response, T/F, Essay, etc. -Add graphics to the test or videos if you wish. -Data base of questions for each chapter. -Data base can be edited and added to. Powerful!
Presentation Plus	CD	-Power Point Presentations and Videos -PPT can be removed from CD and loaded on your machine. -Cover every chapter in the text -Powerful presentations that you can adapt to your needs -Maybe the best teaching material in the software package. Powerful and well worth your time!	-Star HERE with your use of tech in the classroom. -Ready-made Power Point Presentations that can be added to or deleted from. -Coupled with United Streaming and the Internet the possibilities are endless. Powerful!
Audio Library	CDs	-Audio files that cover all of the stories in Course 5 -Cover every chapter in the text Powerful and well worth your time!	-For the classes where reading is an issue. -Audio presentations that can be edited with audio software and used as "audio clips" in your presentations