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A to Z Teacher Stuff is a teacher-created site designed to help teachers find lesson plans, thematic units, teacher tips, discussion forums for teachers, downloadable teaching materials and eBooks, printable worksheets and blacklines, emergent reader books, themes, and more. | |
Teacher tested techniques that can be used immediately in the classroom to make a difference in the lives of students and inspire them to do their best for the rest of their lives. |
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This site provides comprehensive resources and practical suggestions on child development, psychology, parenting, learning, health and safety as well as childhood disorders such as attention deficit disorder, dyslexia and autism. Recommended by Psychology Today and the American Psychological Association. |
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CyberBee has been providing rich Internet resources to educators for over 12 years and has recently expanded to include online classes that are customized to meet your needs. |
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Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists' Index: Teachers' Guide |
The Teachers' Guide for Daryl Cagle's Pro Cartoonists Index contains lesson plans and step-by-step instructions on how to use cartoons in the classroom to foster learning about current events, politics, and symbolism. Available for primary, middle and secondary levels. |
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Discovery Education is dedicated to making teaching and learning an exciting rewarding adventure for students and teachers, providing innovative teaching materials for teachers, useful and enjoyable resources for students. The site is constantly reviewed for educational relevance by practicing classroom teachers in elementary, middle and high school. |
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Education World is a free resource for educators that includes a search engine for educational web sites, original content including lesson plans, practical information, daily features and columns and many additional resources for educators. |
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Educational Testing Service is the world's largest private educational testing and measurement organization and a leader in educational research. ETS' primary purpose has been the development of tests and other assessment tools to provide information, including test scores and interpretive data, to test takers, educational institutions and others. |
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Edutopia.org is designed to spread the word about ideal, interactive learning environments, and contains a deep archive of updated best practices from classroom tips to recommendations for district wide change. The innovative media resources from The George Lucas Educational Foundation which are designed to inspire positive change in all areas of education. |
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The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), produces the world's premier database of journal and non-journal education literature. The ERIC online system provides the public with a centralized ERIC Web site for searching the ERIC bibliographic database of more than 1.1 million citations. More than 107,000 full-text non-journal documents are now available for free and new materials are being added to the database. |
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The mission of the Family Education Network, is to be an online consumer network of the world's best learning and information resources, personalized to help parents, teachers, and students of all ages take control of their learning and make it part of their everyday lives. This site includes links for homeschoolers. |
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FREE makes it easier to find teaching and learning resources from the US federal government. More than 1,500 federally supported teaching and learning resources are included from dozens of federal agencies with new sites being added regularly. |
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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. |
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The Global Schoolhouse is the original virtual meeting place where educators, students, parents and community members can collaborate, interact, develop, publish and discover learning resources. Global SchoolNet combines smart teaching ideas with web publishing, video conferencing and other online tools that bridge geographic gaps, allowing young people around the world to learn together. |
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This website introduces new theories, principles, and practical techniques for making education more effective, through a new approach called Imaginative Education which engages students' imaginations in Learning and teachers' imaginations in teaching. |
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Inspiring Teachers is a teacher created organization dedicated to empowering and inspiring teachers, creating quality learner-centered classrooms and improving student success! Site includes a page specifically for Beginning Teachers as well as a Veteran Teachers page for experienced teachers and mentoring teachers. |
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The Institute conducts research and evaluations, provides information services, and assists schools, community-based organizations, and parent school leaders in program development and evaluation, professional development, and parent education. |
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The Internet Public Library is a public service organization and a learning/teaching environment at the University of Michigan School of Information. |
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Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated to include the best sites for teaching and learning. |
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Library and Archives Canada (LAC) has a collection strong in history, literature and music. The Learning Centre allows students to gain access to material that will enrich their learning experience |
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The Educators page of the National Geographic site includes lesson plans, maps, professional development resources, and links to additional websites. |
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| Online Learning Centre | The Saskatoon Public School Division, in partnership with Saskatchewan Education, has commited to the development of online resources to support the delivery of Core Curriculum in Saskatchewan schools. The link provides access to online activities for students, online resources for teachers,and professional development opportunities |
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OWL is a window to the world with challenging articles for older kids. |
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Provides tools for doing research, evaluating information, and includes an interactive citation maker to create a bibliography. |
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PBS TeacherSource materials are developed by trained and practicing educators to enhance the curriculum. |
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This page provides educators with resources for effective use of the handheld computer in support of teaching and learning. The site includes supporting Web sites, links to hardware and software sites, books, and training handouts. |
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The Royal BC Museum shares British Columbia's story through collected artifacts, documents and specimens of BC's natural and human history. Each exhibit and gallery tells important stories about British Columbia and provides an engaging and thought-provoking window on the province's past, present and future. Through research and education, the Royal BC Museum strives to broaden understanding about our province and inspire curiosity and wonder. |
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SmithsonianEducation.org was produced by the Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies, the central education department of the Smithsonian Institute. Specific sections for educators, families and students offer lesson plans, teaching tools and interactive displays on a variety of topics. |
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Teacher Created Resources publishes products to meet the diverse needs of students including products that help struggling learners catch up with the rest of the class, products that help English language learners meet academic goals and products that use technology to enhance learning. |
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Teachers can select from a variety of subject areas ranging from classroom management to special education. The site also features education resources and stress-reduction tips. A newer feature lets teachers "chat" with colleagues in real-time. The Guestbook allows for submission of questions and problems each day. Mandel turns some of those queries into a special topic of the week. But if the question is urgent in nature, Mandel will supply an answer within 48 hours. |
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Teachers Network is a professional community of teachers and educators working together to improve student achievement as well as supporting teachers in designing their own professional development. Major Features of this site are Daily Classroom Specials, Lesson Plans, Videos for Teachers, Online Courses, For New Teachers, Grants for Teachers, Talk with Teachers and Teacher Store. |
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Teaching Strategies provides curriculum resources to aid in planning and implementing a developmentally appropriate, content-rich program for a specific group of children. The assessment resources help you observe, and assess all aspects of the childrens development and learning, and the professional development resources support staff growth and development as ECE professionals. |
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TIME For Kids is a weekly classroom news magazine packed with stories about world and national events, scientific discoveries, sports, entertainment, kids in the news and much more. |
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Web Worksheet Wizard is one of the many 4Teachers.org online tools. This web-based utility will allow you to create a lesson, worksheet, or class page and publish it on the World Wide Web. |
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