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"Teaching Channel is a video showcase -- on the Internet and TV -- of inspiring and effective teaching practices in America's schools."

Great short videos on a wide variety of teaching topics...searchable by grade, subject and topic.

"Using books teachers know and kids love, learn how to include economics while teaching students reading comprehension, and writing and math skills. Teacher guide provides basic concepts with ready-to-use lesson plans for each book. "

"It is imperative to teach our students beginning with their first experience online to "read" the web discriminately. Students need to understand that just because something is posted on the Internet, it isn't necessarily true. Teachers should practice the skill of web site evaluation before instructing students. The Yahooligans Teacher's Guide: Evaluating Web Sites gives a good overall synopsis of web evaluation while the Cyber Bee's WWW.CyberGuides rubrics clarify the issues of both content and design. Tammy Barcalow has somegreat suggestions to consider when first introducing website evaluation. Check them out! There are also many alternatives for teaching students how to critically evaluate websites and several links are included below. Kathy Shrock's Criteria Evaluation Survey: Elementary Level is an excellent choice to use with upper primary students. The Schrock criteria are simply stated and appropriate for students starting in about fourth grade. However, the form is bit long and may overwhelm some kids. Since we need to consider the reading level of lower primary students, I have created two checklists specifically for younger children. These alternatives require minimum reading and writing while introducing website evaluation. There is one version for kindergarten and first graders and another for second and third graders . Another good option for our students is this Web Evaluation for Primary Grades. Regardless of the specific tool you use, site evaluation should include judgement about the following areas: navigation and usability, authorship and content validity."

blog about first five years of teaching

Teaching Channel- videos to watch, lessons to observe, etc.

Teaching Vocabulary in English to K-5 Learners!

Children's literature and lesson ideas for teaching economic concepts

Reading Bear is a fun way to learn to read. We teach over 1,200 vocabulary items. Our 50 presentations cover all the main phonics rules. All free and nonprofit! [more]

examples of science investigations for teaching variables, question,

"Gooru is a free platform for 21st century teachers and students. We offer a powerful tool for discovering complete lesson plans and curating content. Our comprehensive lesson plans made from interactive web materials bring the classroom to life. By offering these standards-aligned classplans and helping teachers find the best materials, assembling lesson plans is no longer a burden. This lets the teachers do what they do best. Teach"

"The Visual Understanding Environment (VUE) is an Open Source project based at Tufts University. The VUE project is focused on creating flexible tools for managing and integrating digital resources in support of teaching, learning and research. VUE provides a flexible visual environment for structuring, presenting, and sharing digital information. "

This is a cool concept.

teaching materials for history topics

"Want to ...Explore the past? ...Create a digital project? ...Showcase your ideas? ...Teach history? SIGN UP NOW »"

"The Stella problems are not typical textbook exercises. They are considered "non-routine" problems because the methods of attacking them are not immediately obvious. Because these problems can supplement and enliven traditional mathematics courses in a variety of ways, we have included materials to assist in using Stella problems in your teaching: "

Beyond the Bubble unlocks the vast digital archive of the Library of Congress to create a new generation of history assessments. Developed by the Stanford History Education Group (http://sheg.stanford.edu), Beyond the Bubble is the cornerstone of SHEG's membership in the Library of Congress's Teaching with Primary Sources Educational Consortium. We "go beyond the bubble" by offering easy-to-use assessments that capture students' knowledge in action - rather than their recall of discrete facts.

Mathster Vakkas is a math specialist that has been teaching elementary school mathematics for 15 years. He creates research-based, student-centered, "real-life", math video-clips, tutorials, interactive video read alouds, and lessons that promote constructivism, cognitive development, and 21st Century Skills. His lessons are differentiated for all learners and will help children become better problem solvers.

Within our kids cooking lessons are easy and fun kid recipes to teach your kids cooking. We've divided our basic cooking lesson plans into 5 age groups.

Resources for students and teachers for teaching digital citizenship.