Resources which will enhance your teaching.
"A national network of teacher leaders helping themselves and their colleagues through educational technology."
"Concerned with improving the educational process by encouraging scholarly inquiry related to education and by promoting the dissemination and practical application of research results."
"Warning Signs" A guide on violence co-produced by the APA and MTV.
Just one small part of a very comprehensive site mounted by Apple Computers. Over 200 tips for teachers.
Excellent links and resources. A top site.
Part of a much larger educational site. Plenty of good resources here.
Subjects covered include drugs, sex, anger management and much more. Highly rated by your peers.
Computerized jigsaw puzzles from Spain.
"An independent software developer, producing strategy, trivia, and puzzle games, educational programs, clipart, wallpaper and screensavers, image processing, and multiplayer online games and consulting services." Check out their dinosaur puzzles!
"It's been on the 'Net since 1994, and now it has a new face. Check out one of the first portals for elementary and middle schools on the web, sponsored by Cisco."
"Co-NECT helps schools and districts use technology for whole-school change and improved academic results."
2000-2001 report from the National Center for Education Statistics.
"Award-Winning Instructional Videotapes in the fields of Wildlife, Art, Drawing, English Grammar, and Storytelling."
"The eCals Calendars for Kids Recycling Program has been established to assist pre-school through sixth grade teachers to acquire old calendars for children to use for arts and crafts activities."
1,400 pages of content intended to Eradicate Conflict by increasing cultural awareness.
Sponsored by American Fidelity Educational Services. Lots of neat links.
Education resources and teaching sites providing articles, research, ideas, and help with curriculum, lessons, assessment, learning styles, and special needs -- for elementary, middle school, and secondary teachers.
"Each summer on Experiment programs, motivated high school students engage in challenging cross- cultural experiences living as members of host families."
"An advocacy organization working to end the abuses, misuses and flaws of standardized testing and ensure that evaluation of students and workers is fair, open, and educationally sound."
"Quick access to hundreds of teaching & learning resources across the federal government."
Primary activities: creation of media materials--films, books, newsletters, and a Web site--which promote a vision of learning where students are challenged and engaged, learn by doing, have access to interactive technologies, and are supported by inspired teachers and involved parents and communities.
"Grade Machine is an award-winning electronic gradebook software designed by teachers, for teachers. Grade Machine gives teachers dozens of ways to manage student and classroom information."
"Save time, communicate, and manage your classroom with the #1 selling electronic gradebook and lesson planner."
A terrific electronic solution to the birthday/holiday greeting card problem.
"HomeworkNOW allows teachers to post their classroom assignments daily/weekly on the Internet and gives students and parents easy 24 hour access to those assignments through a Web browser."
"A powerful visual learning tool that inspires students to organize their thinking. Students use Inspiration's Diagram view to dynamically create and modify concept maps, webs and other graphical organizers."
Justwalk.com was created in the spring of 1999 as a service to walkers and fitness seekers everywhere.
Help with teaching keyboarding skills. Contains links to typing tutors.
"Kidspiration® helps students K-5 see, organize, and develop their great ideas. Using the proven principles of visual learning, young readers and writers build confidence in organizing information, understanding concepts, and expressing their thoughts."
Welcome to KISSTHISGUY.COM, the only domain named after the world's most commonly misheard lyric (or is it?) English teachers will know how to use this!
"The mission of the Klingenstein Center is to improve the quality of independent school education by developing and strengthening leadership among teachers and administrators who work in and with independent schools."
The Knowledge Loom is a place for educators worldwide to do the following: Review research that identifies best practices related to various themes. View stories about the practices in real schools/districts. Learn to replicate the success of these practices in your own organization. Add your own stories, knowledge, questions to the collections.
"The AASL Learning Through the Library web pages...identify and disseminate information in three areas: Best Practices, Research in a Nutshell, and Hot Links to Learning."
"A phoneme awareness program for early reading, is the first of many programs that will help children build early reading skills. The program is available for Pre-K and K-2 and is designed to help children take the exciting and challenging 'leap into learning.' It was adopted by the California Department of Education under AB 2519."
"Search from over 1,300 lesson plans...with more added weekly!"
Since 1992, the University of North Carolina's Web site has been a repository for anything and everything. Its latest incarnation is awesome!
Modern Sponsored Marketing Services provides in-service educators and community groups with videos and other materials for classrooms, seminars, and conferences.
"Mimio is a unique collaboration tool that captures everything you write or draw on a whiteboard, in color and real time -- and then transmits the information directly into your computer. You can then revise, print, share, export to HTML, or drag-and-drop your whiteboard notes into any Windows® application."
Everybody loves to make a Mr. Potato Head!
"Resources for educators to explore and discuss multicultural education; to facilitate opportunities for educators to work toward self-awareness and development; and to provide forums for educators to interact and collaborate toward a critical, transformative approach to multicultural education."
Summer institutes, seminars, grants for K-12 educators.
"Internet Resources for Parents and Those Who Work with Parents." From NPIN.
"The New Teacher Page is a resource site for education students, student teachers, first-year teachers, teacher certification candidates, and those who think maybe, just maybe, they'd like to be an educator someday."
A truly rich resource for teachers. Grades 6-12. Lesson plans, news, reviews and so much more. Excellent!
"Our intention through Project NoSpank is to equip readers with an effective weapon of defense against the pervasive, primitive myth that by making children feel worse we cause them to behave better."
"This resource is for educators, admission directors, college counselors, and public relations staff." From PIRI.
"Learning resources for thinking children and their parents." From my colleague, About's Contemporary Literature Guide, Mark Flanagan.
Schools Online offers a diverse group of K-12 activities. From the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
"Find the seminars best suited to help sharpen your professional skills and stay current with developments in your profession and in new technology."
"Skype is the next phenomenon from the people who brought you KaZaA. Just like KaZaA, Skype uses P2P (peer-to-peer) technology to connect you to other users – not to share files this time, but to talk for free with your friends."
"The Study Guides and Strategies web site is authored, developed and maintained by Joe Landsberger as an educational public service. These student guides are collaboratively maintained across institutional and national boundaries."
"Teachers with diverse interests, backgrounds, and skills can share experiences, engage in mentoring and collaborative work, or simply meet their colleagues."
What a find for the classroom teacher! All the categories you need.
"Education World's Principal Files principals share some pointers that will ensure a successful first year and a successful career."
"Go to one of 30 countries for an academic year, academic semester, or summer."
