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  Instructional Resources & Technology Services

November / December 2000 

NEWS:

IRTS Info/Hours/Staff
New IRTS Resources
Conferences
Archive of Newletters

Literature Units from 
Teacher Created Materials, Inc.

www.buyteachercreated.com

The units located at this web site are designed to assist effective use of the books in the classroom. They include author biographical information, vocabulary building ideas, and cross-curricular activities. The following titles are available for preview:
Primary Level: The Courage of Sarah Noble, Caps for Sale, Very Hungry Caterpillar, and Ira Sleeps Over.
Intermediate Level: Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Island of the Blue Dolphin, and My Brother Sam is Dead.
Secondary Level: The Odyssey, Hotels, The Gift of the Magi, and To Kill a Mockingbird. 

To New and Continuing Users

Instructional Resources and Technology Services consists of the Curriculum Lab, the Windows Lab, Macintosh Lab and Technology Methods Lab. The IRTS Newsletter is distributed bi-monthly and summarizes the new material at IRTS and provides dates for conferences and events. The mission of IRTS is to provide students, faculty, teachers, and administrators with laboratories in which to examine and evaluate new curriculum resources. The IRTS web page, www.uni.edu/coe/irtsweb/, offers connections to many educational resources, including a link to the online version of IRTS’s Newsletter. Anyone interested in previewing or obtaining copies of IRTS resources can stop in or call (319) 273-6066.
Reminder:
AEA educators have access to IRTS materials. Stop by or call to request items to be sent via AEA van delivery. Your initial use of our automated system requires that we gather information from you. We will ask for: Name / SS #/ Address / Phone / School District and Building. A visitor’s card allows you to use the IRTS materials. Circulation policies can be viewed at: www.uni.edu/coe/irts/circ.html

IRTS Online Catalog

Access our online catalog via the WWW at unistar.uni.edu IRTS is a member of the Cedar Valley Library Consortium. This web site allows you to search all consortium member catalogs, which include: UNI Rod Library, Cedar Falls and Waterloo Public Libraries and the Hawkeye Community College Library.

  University of Northern Iowa ~ College of Education

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