Clif's Notes for Future Teachers

100 Helpful Websites for New Teachers By Tara Miller You've been preparing for teaching for years, and now you finally get your chance to have a class of your own. With so much to learn as you get started, it can be overwhelming keeping it all straight. The following websites are loaded with helpful information that new teachers will appreciate.

List of year-round teacher discounts from national stores.

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Here are 5 great points for those just starting their teaching career.

"This classroom guide is intended to inspire and expand your thinking about effective assessment for project-based learning. The tips are organized to follow the arc of a project. First comes planning, then the launch into active learning, and then a culminating presentation. Reflection is the final stage."

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"This website has a collection of short, simple and fun video clips to correctly define and provide examples of around 800 words in context. The videos are entirely appropriate for middle and high school students. The students are encouraged to play with words,create their own vocabulary videos and upload their work to the website. Teachers may direct activities and assign word projects to the students. The Study Room allows personalized list creation and sharing. Visitors can also sign up to receive a word of the day in the email."

Great Gadgets, Strange Science & Technology with a Twist "Gajitz is as much an interactive archive of innovations past, present and futuristic as it is a collection of the latest and greatest gadget designs, sensational scientific discoveries and terrific new technologies … with a twist. The primary focus of this tech publication (read: blog) is on objects, finds anddesigns that defy particular typologies, wander away from convention and are more than merely consumable objects."

Download and print free posters for school, office or home.

Great use of video to explain why this particular pre-service student wants to become an educator.

Interesting information about exclusive teacher discounts.

Guidelines for safe and effective blogging in education.

Here is a great example of a teacher's personal and classroom philosophy.

Fun way to avoid throwing away those broken crayons.

Skype in the Classroom.

Providing world-class professional development opportunities for educators.