Clif's Notes for Future Teachers

21 Things for the 21st Century

On this site you'll find links to more than 350 lesson plans and activities on energy efficiency and renewable energy for grades K-12.

Free education videos created by students for students on a variety of mathematical concepts.

If America wants to continue to be a world-leader, we can do it with a technology advantage - but only if we actually know how to leverage that technology to continue to be more productive. So, I began to write out a list of the tech skills that I think students should learn before they leave college. Ideally, these are skills that would be integrated throughout K-12 and college curricula.

Comic production site that allows users to create and publish their own comics. Some content is free, but advanced features require payment. School licenses are available for teachers. Teachers can set limits and controls for student use.

An Animated Educational Site for English Language Students of all ages. Games, Lesson Plans, Teaching Tools, Activities, Animated Movies, for TESOL, TOEFL, ELL and EFL learners

An initiative to build local communities of support that will foster ongoing collaborations among volunteers, students and educators. Volunteers, university students, scientists, engineers, other STEM professionals and, more broadly, members of the community are working together with educators and students to bring discovery-based science experiences to students in grades K-12. When an educator posts a project, our system will help them get the resources needed to bring that project to fruition.

Project Based Learning "Dedicated to improving 21st Century teaching and learning throughout the world by creating and disseminating products, practices and knowledge for effective Project Based Learning."

"AlternativeTo is a new approach to finding good software. Tell us what application you want to replace and we give you great alternatives, based on user recommendations." Software And Apps for Windows, Linux, Mac, iPhone, Android, Web Apps/Online And Other Platforms

In the spirit of learning from others' mistakes, blogger Todd Finley outlines his biggest teaching blunders, and invites others to share theirs as well.  In honor of Edutopia's 20th anniversary, we're producing a series of Top 20 lists, from the practical to the sublime.

Here is a website providing some great resources for Character Education and teaching tolerance.

The Purdue OWL website offers over writing 200 free resources.

Research-based Reading Resources for Differentiated Instruction.

U.S. Government guide for educators and students.

Online homework support community.

Education World provides "Techtorials Archive".

Powerpoint templates for use in the classroom.

Overview guide to Web 2.0 directory.