ThinkQuest

http://library.thinkquest.org/11799/
I chose the site "Just Because We Have A DisAbility Doesn't Mean WE BYTE!" This one stood out to me because the whole goal of the website was to educate people about different disabilities. I think that a well educated person has less prejudices and holds less stereotypes because they know better. Its because of that belief that I think the website is very important. I would share it as a resource with students, and hopefully open their minds a little to the differences in all of us. Also, I think its important for people with a disability to know that they aren't alone. Because of the nature of many disabilities, they vary greatly from person to person. This means that disabilities can be somewhat isolating, and knowing about other people out there with a similar situation is very helpful. Also, some children have a disability, and for whatever reason, they don't know much about it other than their own experiences, and a resource like this website could be very important for them being able to learn how to self disclose and/or help other people who also don't understand them. This would connect to the state standards because you could use these to enrich your curriculum, and give the students the best education possible. Similarly, this would have a relationship with NETs because NETs is a protocol for teachers to better implement technology in your classroom, and using this website, as well as other websites from ThinkQuest, would make sure you are using technology, at least in a minimal way, in your classroom.