Selected Sites on TAing

• Teaching Development Web Sites
• Teaching Listservs
• Instructional Resources

TA Development Web Sites

• TA Training Programs and Workshops
• Departmental and Discipline-Specific TA Training Web Pages at UCSB
• TA Handbooks and Training Manuals at UCSB and other Universities
• Preparing Future Faculty Website (Council of Graduate Schools)

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.