Links for Teachers

  • Funderstanding
    http://www.funderstanding.com
    Has many topics, brain based learning, constructivist learning, etc. It has simple definitions, and, more importantly, solid practical information. Such information includes "implications for teaching and curriculum development."
  • Tapped In
    http://tappedin.org/
    In addition to providing electronic resources, it also provides teachers with places to chat and post discussion items.
  • ERIC Elementary and Early Childhood Educational Resources
    http://www.ericeece.org/ed2link.html
    Has links to numerous resources for teachers of young children including links to professional organizations:
  • Reading Rockets
    http://www.readingrockets.org
    A national multimedia project that looks at how young kids learn to read, why so many struggle, and how caring adults can help them. It is funded through a grant by the Office of Special Education Programs. They publish a newsletter available by email to keep you up to date on available resources and new research findings.
  • FREE 
    http://www.ed.gov/free
    The one-stop website designed to help teachers, parents, & students find teaching & learning resources from more than 40 federal organizations & agencies:
  • LDOnline
    http://www.ldonline.org
    For information and resources when working with children with attention deficits and/or learning disabilities, visit ldonline. LDonline also offers a free e-newsletter:
  • National Council for the Social Studies
    http://www.ncss.org
    The NCSS is the nation's premier social studies organization providing innumerable teaching resources, national/regional conventions, and many related links.
  • Ohio Council for the Social Studies 
    http://www.ocss.org
    The OCSS is the NCSS affiliate providing teaching resources, state/local conferences, and regional links to the organization; 
  • Six Ts of Effective Elementary Literacy Instruction
    http://www.readingrockets.org/article.php?ID=413
    A new article from top reading researcher Richard Allington is now on Reading Rockets. "The Six Ts of Effective Elementary Literacy Instruction" provides a clear-eyed view of what he believes matters most in teaching kids to read -- effective and expert teachers.
  • Diary of a First Year Teacher
    http://www.readingrockets.org/firstyear.php
    What's it like to be a brand new teacher, responsible for teaching a class of first graders how to read? Find out by following Barbara Zielinski, a new teacher who's been sending us weekly diary entries that are inspiring, informative, and at times humorous. The diary marks the beginning of Reading Rockets' First Year Teacher program, a pilot project that provides new K-2 teachers with intensive training and mentoring on how to teach reading. What do you think of a teacher's first year? A couple of folks have already commented. Your thoughts are welcome as well!

  • Northwest Ohio Special Education Regional Resource Center
    http://www.nwoserrc.k12.oh.us
     Seeking employment in special education and other related field in Ohio

  • Pitsco's Ask An Expert:
    http://www.askanexpert.com/
     Find experts to answer your questions from the Amish lifestyle to facts about zookeeping. Ask an Expert is a directory of links to people who have volunteered their time to answer questions and webpages that provide information.

  • ThinkQuest
    http://www.thinkquest.org
     This is the homepage for the Think Quest organization, which holds an annual competition for Web Site creation by students age 12-19. The Web Sites must be created completely by students, they must be educational, and the students must work collaboratively in teams. Visitors to this site can explore the winning projects to see the best examples or search all projects by subject area.

  • ISTE National Standards for Technology in Teacher Preparation http://www.iste.org/Standards/NCATE/found.cfm
     Click on "Foundations" to see the "ISTE Recommended Foundations in Technology for All Teachers" by the International Society for Technology in Education that have been adopted as the NCATE Technology Accreditation Standards.
  • Science Activities Manual: K-8
    http://www.utm.edu/departments/ed/cece/SAMK8.shtml
    This resource for science teachers of grades K-8 provides a highly organized sequence of science subjects and concepts to be taught in the classrooms at different grade levels, incorporating and applying the national science benchmarks and standards. Each terminal/content objective has been organized into a classroom connector which begins with a Set and ends with a Closure. This site maps our the overall structure and sequence as well as individual lesson plans and hands-on activities, including the themes necessary to raise activities to a higher cognition level.