A Media Specialist's Guide to the Internet: K-12 teachers

Friday, July 29, 2011

The Great List of Sites for Teachers

As I have mentioned before, I'm working on updating all my resources and it is taking longer than I thought. Sites move and change the URL or they just disappear off the face of the earth. Since things can change in a heartbeat, I can guarantee this list was current when I posted it. Here are 56 links to add to your bookmarks:

4Teachers- integrating technology into the curriculum

Adobe Education -free lessons, course guides, and projects

The Adventures of Cyberbee- good for K-8 teachers

Bella Online Education Resources

The Best on the Web For Teachers- 400 sites listed and rated

Bob's Place of Educational Links

Brain-Based Learning- really long list of sites from EmTech

Busy Teachers Cafe- for K-6 teachers

Classroom Connect Online

Digital Librarian -a librarian’s choice for the best on the web; maintained by Margaret Vail Anderson, a librarian in Cortland, New York

Discovery Education Free Teacher Resources- K-12

EdSitement -best of humanities on the web

Educate Me.net- teacher resource listing

Education.com

Education World

EDUhound -everything for Education K12

Edutopia- George Lucas' Foundation is an excellent resource!

EdWeb

EmTech Teaching Resources -over 15,000 links!

Free Educational Software & Guidance Notes

Google for Educators- tools, activities, posters

Holt McDougal -teacher resources

Homeroom Teacher.com - some $$, some free

Internet4Classrooms

The Journal- online educational magazine

Kathy Schrock's Guide For Educators

K-12 Education Online- USA Today

Literacy Through Photography

Media Literacy- long list of links

My Teacher Tools

Oracle Thinkquest -5,000 unique educational websites

PBS TeacherSource

RHL School -free learning resources

Scholastic

SchoolTube- videos for the classroom

SearchPlanIt- a lesson plan search engine for the web

Secondary School Educators Sites

Sites For Teachers- over 1,000 are listed

Smithsonian Education.org- 1,000 resources including free lesson plans, field trips and interactive learning labs, organized by subject and grade

Tapped In- community of education professionals

Teacher Created Resources- resource books and free samples; elementary grades

Teachers Network- highly recommended site connects teachers nationwide to "share creative works and knowledge".

Teachervision

Teacher Pathfinder -educational Internet village

Teacher Planet

Teacher Training Videos- helps you integrate technology into the classroom

TeacherTube- videos for the classroom

The Teacher's Corner- free printables and more

Teacher's Pet- free tools fro creative teachers

TeacherView Resources- search engine for educational sites

Teachers.net- lesson plans, chatboard and much more

Teaching Today- lesson plans, tips

TeAchnology

Tech and Learning- several blogs, newsletter, magazine, videos, tech forum

Terrific Sites for Teachers

United States Department of Education

Need professional development credits? Seems that today with all the budget cuts, the only way to get a salary increase is to move across guide as well as up a step. Some will give you graduate credit and some are actually FREE! At any rate, this list should give you more than enough resources to accomplish that task.

21st Century Schools- short list of online courses

360 Education Solutions- online professional development; huge listing links to many universities

Canter -development online; graduate credit

Capella University -online coursework

Colorado State University- online graduate courses

Computer/Technology Professional Development Resources

Education Week Teacher PD Sourcebook- four main areas include Practice & Pedagogy, (i.e. differentiated instruction) Content Area, (i.e. computer/technology) Leadership. (administration) and Specific Populations. (i.e. special education) They have 730 companies listed here.

Education Week Teacher PD Directory- extensive listing of professional development opportunities

Educational Impact

Enztein-free online courses

Fine Arts Teacher Professional Development

Foreign Languages Professional Development

Free Online Graduate Courses!!!- sponsored by the Annenberg Project

The Heritage Institute -continuing education for K-12 teachers

K12 Teacher Staff Development- small course listing

Knowledge Delivery Systems- list of 8 colleges offering online courses

Learner.org

Learning Port- over 700 resources from various organizations, including the Department of Education, NEA and Edutopia. Many are free; all list the format, duration, cost, access, certificate, (if available) video, assessment, 508 compliancy and when the course was created.

Library of Congress Professional Development

Loyola Marymount Enhancement Courses- graduate credit; one of the least expensive per credit

National Council of Teachers of English- on-demand webinars

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

National Science Teachers Association Professional Development

Online Course Providers- over 75 colleges listed here

PBS TeacherLine

Plato Learning

Professional Development Institute

SAS in School

SimpleK12

Social Studies/History Professional Development Resources

Tapped In -collaborative activities, school chat sessions

Teacher-Courses.com

Teacher Education Institute- mainly 3 credit graduate courses

Teacher Online Education- site created by teachers

Teacher's Learning Center- 1, 2, & 3 credit courses; accredited nation-wide

Teachers First -Professional Resources Matrix

Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)- online education programs