Here are some suggestions about ways you can use each element of the Psychology Applied to Teaching, Tenth Edition companion web site. Of course, there are multiple uses and ways you can adapt its content and functionality to meet your own needs as a student. These are but a few suggestions.

Course Resources

The content in this part of the Psychology Applied to Teaching, Tenth Edition companion web site can help you in planning and delivering your course.

• Chapter Themes - Use these themes to quickly and easily reference the main concepts of each chapter.
• PowerPoint Slides - Use these slides to help you review topics covered in Psychology Applied to Teaching.
• Suggestions for Teaching - Suggestions for Teaching can be used to help provide appropriate examples for students who plan to be teachers at different grade levels, K-12.
• Web Sources - Under Web Sources you will find links to general web resources, professional organizations, chapter topic information, and study strategies. You can use this material for further reading and exploration.
• Technology Content - Use the chart to see the various technologies discussed in every chapter of Psychology Applied to Teaching.
• ACE Self-Testing - Use these questions for self-testing and review.

Field Experiences

The content in this part of the Psychology Applied to Teaching, 10e, companion web site can help you make the connection between your class, Psychology Applied to Teaching and actual in-service teaching.

• Site Observation - These guidelines can be used to help you in field experiences in recording focused, practical observations of topics covered in class.
• Site-based Cases - Site-based cases are real-world examples of classroom situations. Cases present contextualized situations to inform you and challenge your thinking about educational theory and practices.
• Technology Demos - These links connect you to demonstration versions of popular classroom software programs and information about innovative technology-based projects - supporting current standards for teaching with, and about technology.

Class Applications

This section will help you develop lessons and projects particularly designed to foster higher order knowledge building.

• Activities - Classroom activities can be ice breaking, inspirational, motivational, and thought provoking. Use these activities as introductions to lectures to help link theory into practice.
• Debates - These debates can be done in class and relate to chapter-specific topics as well as those that cross over several chapters in Psychology Applied to Teaching.
• Lesson Plans - Use the model lesson plans to walk through the phases of planning a lesson. A print-and-do template is provided, as well as a few sample lessons to get you started.
• Thought Questions - Thought questions help you examine course content and instructional practices.
• Semester Projects - Semester projects support sustained inquiry on major topics or issues in educational psychology that extend over weeks or months.
• Reflective Journal Questions - Reflective journal questions can be used to help you get started on your own reflective journals about teaching practice.
• NetLabs - NetLabs are interactive activities that will help you develop a deeper understanding of course content.