Online Resources for
Teachers
4Teachers.org http://4teachers.org/
4Teachers.org works to help you integrate
technology into your classroom by offering
FREE online tools and resources. This site helps teachers locate
and create ready-to-use Web lessons, quizzes, rubrics and classroom
calendars. There are also tools for student use. Discover valuable
professional development resources addressing issues such as equity, ELL,
technology planning, and at-risk or special-needs students. Includes Rubistar,
a valuable rubric creator for project-based learning activities.
The Apple Learning Interchange http://ali.apple.com/
The AIL is Apple's online educational environment
designed to support professional educators as they strive to improve the quality
of teaching and learning.
ARTEC-Mcrel Study Guides http://artec.magicvalley.org/mcrel_packets.htm
The
advanced regional Technical Education Coalition's
collection of PowerPoints and PDFs you can use to monitor and assess students'
progress.
The Big 6 – An Information
Problem-Solving Process
http://www.big6.com
The Big6 is an information literacy
model. Some people call it a metacognitive scaffold, or an information problem
solving strategy. Developed by Mike Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz, the Big6 is the
most widely-known and widely-used approach to teaching information and
technology skills in the world. When you apply the Big6 steps, you have an
essential framework to approach any information-based question.
Blue Web’n http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
Pacific Bell provides this library of
Blue Ribbon learning sites on the Internet. Blue
Web'n is an online library of 1942 outstanding Internet sites categorized by
subject, grade level, and format
(tools, references, lessons, hotlists, resources, tutorials, activities,
projects). Check out the Filimentality link to learn more about creating your
own Internet research project.
Character Education
http://www.goodcharacter.com/ Free
resources, materials and lessons for K-12
Columbia Education Center (CEC)
http://www.col-ed.org/ Educational
resources for teachers.
Discovery School.com
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/index.html
The Lesson Plan Library offers K-12
lesson plans. Find hundreds of original
lesson plans, all written by teachers for teachers.
Discovery’s Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
This guide is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and
professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching
and learning.
EDSITEment
http://edsitement.neh.gov/
EDSITEment-The Best of the Humanities on the Web
from the National Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the National
Trust for the Humanities, and the MarcoPolo Education Foundation. This
educational partnership brings online humanities resources from some of the
world's great museums, libraries, cultural institutions, and universities
directly to your classroom.
Education World
http://www.education-world.com/
Links to all things education oriented.
The
Educator’s Reference Desk http://www.eduref.org/
The
Educator's Reference Desk builds on over a quarter century of experience
providing high-quality resources and services to the education community. From
the people who created AskERIC, the Educator's Reference Desk brings you the
resources you have come to depend on. 2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to
online education information, and 200+ question archive responses.
eThemes Resources http://www.emints.org/ethemes/
eThemes is an extensive database of content-rich,
age-appropriate resources organized around specific themes. These resources are
created for educators to use in their classrooms. Over 900 eThemes are
available. eThemes is a service of the eMINTS National Center. eThemes resources
are created and maintained by University of Missouri-Columbia College of
Education staff and graduate students from the School of Information Science and
Learning Technologies. Search by grade level.
GEM
http://www.thegateway.org The Gateway to Educational Materials is a Consortium effort to provide educators
with quick and easy access to thousands of educational resources found on
various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites.
GEM is sponsored by ED.gov (U.S. Dept. of Ed)
Georgia Department of
Education Teacher Resource Center http://www.glc.k12.ga.us/trc/cluster.asp?mode=browse&intPathID=3388
Extensive web resource lists are
provided for K-12lesson plans for core subjects and more.
How to Create WebQuests
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec596/about_webquests.html
A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in
which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from
resources on the internet.
LessonPlansPage
by EdScope, LLC http://www.lessonplanspage.com/
2,500+
Free lesson plans for PreK-12- Making Teaching Easier! Includes special features
and links to publications on teaching issues.
The Library of Congress’ Resources
for Teachers http://memory.loc.gov/learn/
Jumpstart your use of primary sources
with dozens of teacher-created,
classroom- tested lesson plans on topics from U.S history to civics to literature
are here and ready to use.
MarcoPolo
http://www.marcopolo-education.org/
MarcoPolo provides the highest- quality,
standards-based Internet content and professional development to K-12 teachers
and students throughout the United States. Includes lesson plans, reviewed Web
sites, student materials, interactive activities, assessments and more.
National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA)
http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/index.html
Teaching history with primary documents.
New York Times on the Web - Lesson Plan
Archive http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/archive.html
Contains hundreds of free lesson plans
for grades 6-12.
PBS Teacher Source
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/
PBS has aligned all its lesson plans and student
activities to more
than 230 sets of state and national standards! Find
3,000+ free lesson plans. Includes links on teaching with technology .
P.E. Central
http://www.pecentral.org
Welcome to the premier Web site for health and
physical education teachers, parents, and students. Our goal is to provide the
latest information about developmentally appropriate physical education programs
for children and youth.
Purdue
University’s Online Writing Lab (OWL)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
An amazing resource of practical
ways to understand and teach writing.
Purdue University’s OWL - ESL
Resources for Teachers
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslteacher.html
Handouts and exercises for ESL students.
Scholastic http://www.scholastic.com
A hub of information promoting education.
The Science Spot: Biology Lesson Plan
Links http://sciencespot.net/Pages/classbiolsn.html
A wealth of lesson links available on
various science related topics.
S.C.O.R.E Cyberguides
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html
CyberGuides are supplementary,
standards-based, web-delivered units of instruction centered on core works of
literature. Each CyberGuide contains a student and teacher edition, standards, a
task and a process by which it may be completed, teacher-selected web sites and
a rubric, based on California
Language Arts Content Standards. Also available for math, science,
history and social science.
Smithsonian Education for Educators
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/
Online lesson plans and activities for
educator’s and students.
Teachable Moment.org
http://www.teachablemoment.org/
Teachable Moment.Org provides educators with
timely teaching ideas to encourage critical thinking on issues of the day and
foster a positive classroom environment. It is a project of Educators for Social Responsibility Metropolitan Area.
Topical activities are available for elementary school, middle school,
and high school levels. Topics
include: current domestic & international events, conflict resolution,
intercultural understanding.
Teachers.net http://www.teachers.net
The ultimate teacher resource.
Teacher’s Hub http://teachershub.com/teaching/teaching.cfm
K-12 Curriculum Resources for Classroom
Teachers and Home school Parents
Teacher’s
Pet http://www.teachers-pet.org
Free teacher software and resource center
Teach-nology – The Web Portal for
Educators
http://www.teach-nology.co Teach-nology.com offers teachers FREE
access to 27,300 lesson plans, 6,000+ printable worksheets, over 200,000
reviewed web sites, rubrics, educational games, teaching tips, advice from
expert teachers, current education news, teacher downloads, web quests, and
teacher tools for creating exciting classroom instruction.
Compiled by Sarah Bosler, Library Technician, West Covina High School, March 2005
Also Available at http://www.wcdhs.net/Department%20Pages/Media%20Center/