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Professional Resources

Cuma, 31 Mart 2006

-12 Educator page at About.com
Suggestions on motivation, assessment, and multiple intelligences, among other topics.

ABC Teaching Jobs
Searching for a new teaching job in the US or elsewhere? This resource might help you. Registration is required, but it's free.

Bulletin Board Ideas
Looking for some good bulletin board ideas? Try this page!

Cable in the Classroom
A partnership of U.S. cable companies, cable channels, and educators providing programming that is classroom-friendly and FREE!

Certificate Creator
Create and print certificates. Customize from a variety of templates.

Community Learning Network
This site helps K-12 teachers integrate technology into the classroom.

Concept to Classroom
This series of online professional development workshops is available free and may be available for credit. Workshops include Inquiry-Based Learning, Teaching to Academic Standards, WebQuests, and others.

Connecting with Story
This article advocates using read-alouds to introduce new concepts in different subjects. It includes a bibliography.

Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines for Teachers
This chart lists a variety of media and the limitations on copying them and using them legally.

The Copyright Website
You taped a movie from HBO and want to use a clip from it in your classroom. Is it legal? Check here!

The Creative Teaching Web Site
Suggestions on teaching style, educational simulations, handout banners, creative ways to motivate reluctant readers, even Windows wallpaper. "Resistance is futile. You will be inspired!"

Discover Novel Forum Lesson Plan
Tasmanian teacher Roslyn Teirney teaches teachers how to use online bulletin boards, also known as asynchronous discussion forums, as an effective teaching tool.

Discipline and Classroom Management
A collection of sites on this challenging aspect of teaching.

Ditto.com
Looking for a picture of Amy Tan? W. E. B DuBois? Garrison Keillor? Try this search engine, which specializes in pictures.

EdHelper.com
A wealth of lesson plans and Webquests, including drama, journalism, language, and literature.

EdSITEment brings together many outstanding sites related to the humanities.

Educating.net - Portal to the World of Knowledge
A wealth of resources, all grade levels, all subject areas.

Education America Network
Looking for a job in education? Looking for a teacher? Try this resource!

Education Cartoons for Teachers by Randy Glasbergen
Glasbergen's unique style and insights are always good for a grin, especially after a tough day in the chalkdust.

Education Coffeehouse
Follow the links at the top to a variety of resources for teachers, parents, and students.

Education Oasis
Tips, tools, reviews: a variety of useful resources.

Education World
Lesson plans, curriculum and technology tips, and a wide variety of other resources.

Educators' E-Source
This collection of links is broken down by grade level and subject. It's easy to navigate and loads quickly. Canadian teachers especially may find this site helpful.

The Educators Network
I'm happy to recommend a site with a kindred philosophy: "Our goal is to make life a little bit easier for ALL hard working educators."

The Electric Eclectic
A varied and wonderful assortment of links for "writers and lovers of words and language."

English Companion
Links, assignments, and "illuminating texts" for English teachers. Easy to navigate.

www.FetchBook.Info: New & Used Books
Looking for books? Find the lowest price - Scan 81 online book stores, 40,000 sellers, in a click.

Filamentality 2.0 from PacBell
"Newbies" and seasoned surfers alike can use this excellent tool to create useable online lessons in a reasonable amount of time. You don't need to know HTML code; Filamentality builds the Web site for you all. All you do is fill in the blanks! Registration required.

Flash Card Exchange
Create flash cards for quick review. You can also use the online cards from other teachers, download for later use, or print them.

The Folger Shakespeare Library
Lesson plans, primary sources, and Shakespeare for kids: a terrific resource!

Free Resources for English Teaching (FRET)
Providing free resources, lesson ideas and SoW for teachers of English Language and Literature at secondary level in the UK. This site covers Key Stage 3, GCSE and the Curriculum Cymreig (Welsh Curriculum) in English and is organised according to the National Curriculum Orders for English.

The Gateway to Educational Materials
Lesson plans, curriculum units and other education resources, pre-K to adult. A joint project of the U.S. Department of Education and ERIC.

Georgia Learning Connection
A very impressive, searchable database of K-12 lesson plans and classroom activities.

Grant Writing
Tips for writing successful grants and some organizations offering them.

Graphic Organizers
KWL charts, Venn diagrams, Webs, and a variety of language arts organizers.

Hot Potatoes Homepage
Six applications, enabling you to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for the World Wide Web. Available in both Mac and Windows versions. Read the licensing agreement carefully: it's free under certain circumstances (which most teachers will qualify for).

Instant WebQuest
Web-based software for creating WebQuests quickly. You don't need to know HTML code or a Web editor. InstantWebQuest creates all the necessary files and puts them into the server. Hosting is free, but you must create an account.

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
An outstanding Web resource for teachers!

Kidsites
Colorful and easy to navigate, this site offers links to a variety of resources for young children.

Language Arts Warm-ups for Every Day
Sometimes called "warm-ups," "do nows," or "bellwork," these exercises help a class focus on a task while the teacher takes attendance. This site offers 36 weeks' worth of activities.

Lesson Plan Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Suggestions from a professor of education.

Library Spot
You say you need a library? This site has almanacs, current events, public records, legal references, and many more, along with helpful articles and trivia of the day. If you can't find the right reference resource here, it's not online.

Literature Circles
Definitions of literature circles and student roles, as well as other resources.

Lit Plans.com
Lesson plans, teacher's guides, and study guides for Middle School and High School English Teachers.

[ Geri Dön ]