Selected Sites on TAing
TA Development Web Sites
Teaching Listservs
- T-Assist Listserv
A national listserv for all teaching
assistants. There is no Web Site but to subscribe, send the message: "subscribe
T-Assist Your Name" (without the quotes) to: LISTSERV@UNMVMA.UNM.EDU
- Tomorrows
Professor Listserv (science
and engineering).
To subscribe write "subscribe
Tomorrows Profeessor Your Name" in the body of the message.
Richard Reis's Tomorrow's Professor Listserve sends postings twice a week,
(usually on Monday and Thursday) and encourages comments, reactions, ideas,
and suggestions (informal is just fine) that can be shared with the approximately
1,500 other members (mostly graduate students, postdocs, and beginning faculty
in science and engineering at colleges and universities around the world).
Titles of the first 80 postings by category can be found at: http://cis.stanford.edu/structure/tomprof/listserver.html.
Instructional Resources
- Putting
Class Materials on the Web Using Webster
Webster is a web-based tool that allows faculty members and TAs to
construct a simple 5 page course webspace that includes pages for a cover
sheet, syllabus, assignments list, grading Info, and resources. It is the
the first of four levels of web-based instruction supported by the College
of Letters and Science, Instructional Resources, Instructional Computing,
and the Office in Instructional Consultation.
- The
World Lecture Hall
Contains links to pages created by faculty worldwide who are using the Web
to deliver class materials. For example, you will find course syllabi, assignments,
lecture notes, exams, class calendars, multimedia textbooks, etc.
- ERIC
The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) database is the world's
largest source of education information, contains over 850,000 abstracts of
documents and journal articles on education research and practice. Established
in 1966, ERIC is supported by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of
Educational Research and Improvement.
- Critical Thinking
The Critical Thinking Consortium site provides educators, students, and the
public at large with access to information about critical thinking. You'll
find a wealth of information about both the theory and practice of critical
thinking, concepts and definitions, techniques for learning and teaching it,
and classroom exercises that implement critical thinking principles.
- Effective
Teaching
The author discusses the aspects
of teaching that both faculty and students agree constitute good teaching
including the following topics: Knowledge and Appreciation, Organization of
Individual Lessons, Clarity of Explanation, Quality of Presentation, Stimulation
of Interest, Participation and Openness to Ideas, Rapport and Concern, Communication
and Fairness.