Teaching of Psychology Idea Exchange (ToPIX) Weekly Update for 4/26 to 5/2
This week's most popular webpage with 210 hits was: http://teachpsych.pbworks.com/Gestalt-Principles-of-Perception. New: http://teachpsych.pbworks.com/Sexuality-Video Adventures in Sex City is an interactive web game that tests students knowledge about sex and safer sex practices. The people who put that game together have also compiled a set of You-Tube-based condom and Plan-B commercials. http://teachpsych.pbworks.com; look for the heading: "Teaching of Psychology Blogs". This week I turn your attention to the main ToPIX page for the Teaching of Psychology blogs. The blog list can be found in the last column of the second row. Visit the Teaching High School Psychology blog. The bloggers here have their fingers on the pulse of the web! I encourage you to check out the Psychology Today blogs, particularly those by Dana Dunn (president of APA Div 2: Society for the Teaching of Psychology) and Mitch Handelsman (a long-time contributor to the teaching of psych listservs). If you don't use an RSS feed reader (e.g., Google Reader, even MS Outlook), now may be a good time to start. The essays from all of the Psychology Today bloggers produce an RSS feed. Identify your favorite bloggers, and have their essays sent to your reader as soon as they're published on the Psychology Today website. The editors have an 'essential reads' RSS feed if you also want what the editors have selected. For members of APS, you received news today that APS journals can now be directed to your RSS feed reader. When a new edition is published, the article titles and abstracts will be sent to your feed reader. Clicking the link in your reader will send you to the full-text PDF of the article. Check with your librarians for RSS feed possibilities from your library's databases, as well. For more information about RSS feed readers, visit my Technology for Educators blog: http://sfrantz.wordpress.com/2009/04/12/here-comes-the-news/. ToPIX is a product of the Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology, part of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP). If you find this resource or other STP resources of value and aren't currently a member of STP, consider joining to support the work of the society. Membership is only $25/year and you don't have to be a member of APA to join: http://teachpsych.org/members/registration/index.php. If you are a member of STP, thank you for your continued support! -- Sue Frantz <http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/> Highline Community College Psychology, Coordinator Des Moines, WA 206.878.3710 x3404 [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology, Associate Director Teaching of Psychology Idea Exchange (ToPIX) APA Division 2: Society for the Teaching of Psychology <http://teachpsych.org/otrp/syllabi/syllabi.php> APA's p...@cc Committee <http://www.apa.org/ed/pcue/ptatcchome.html> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=2421 or send a blank email to leave-2421-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
