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An older article discussing the allocation of funds to further STEM in Indiana schools. I chose the article because it highlights what teachers will need to learn and will hopefully lead the way for more funding in STEM education.

This site has an article that contains strategies and techniques for teachers to use in their classroom. The website also has resources for lessons, WebQuests, games, and much more.

An article from the Washington Post discussing how to prepare teachers for the challenges of STEM. I feel the article touched on the importance of the teachers' preparation along with the need to help future students.

Use these strategies to improve your students' cooperative learning skills. Included are articles to teach you about each concept and lesson plans with which you can implement the strategies. These are great professional development resources and are an excellent resource to ensure that you are improving your professional skill set.

Several different articles about cooperative learning strategies.

* Join the largest creative community established exclusively for visual arts educators, university professors, researchers and scholars, teaching artists, administrators, and art museum educators. Collaborate. Learn. Engage in thoughtful dialogue. Engage with January's Mentor through the NAEA blog! Thom KnabI am the K-4 Arts Specialist for Dodge Elementary school in the Williamsville School District.Links to approximately 125 electronic journals, articles on issues in aesthetics, arts education, art theory, and visual arts, statistics, and assorted databases

"Links to approximately 125 electronic journals, articles on issues in aesthetics, arts education, art theory, and visual arts, statistics, and assorted databases"

This article explains cooperative learning in detail and has resources posted at the bottom of the article.

This website gives you a definition or description of what cooperative learning actually is. It also gives you different books, articles, and websites that could also be helpful.

This article has several ideas for small group activities that build skills and promote teamwork. It focuses on building learning strategies with diverse learners. I really like this website and will be using it it the future for teaching Reading and helping those that are struggling with this subject. ABCs of Teaching Reading classroom strategies helping struggling readers, reading topics from a-z Cooperative Learning has been proven to be effective for all types of students, including academically gifted, mainstream students and English language learners (ELLs) because it promotes learning and fosters respect and friendships among diverse groups of students. In fact, the more diversity in a team, the higher the benefits for each student. Peers learn to depend on each other in a positive way for a variety of learning tasks. Students typically work in teams of four. This way, they can break into pairs for some activities, and then get back together in teams very quickly for others. It is important, however, to establish classroom norms and protocols that guide students to: Contribute Stay on task Help each other Encourage each other Share Solve problems Give and accept feedback from peers

This site offers articles about behaviors with Autism, and other important information about Autism. This is a great Professional site from Indiana University in Bloomington. I have personally worked with an Autism Specialist from IU Bloomington. Great Site. IU also offers workshops for parents and teachers. A list to the workshops are posted on this site.

Site that offers articles written by teachers for teachers. Includes latest information about technology in the classroom. This website is in a news/blog form that I browsed around and found some great information!

This site gives a variety of online games and activities, printables, and a long list of premade WebQuest. These links are all about health and Nutrition for children. These links could be used during health class.

This is a great article! It explains several different types of cooperative learning

Reality 101: Changing her luddite ways Jessica's ready to become a 21st century learner and is making room in her classroom for technology. Registration and Housing Now Open for the CEC 2012 Convention & Expo CEC and the CEC 2012 Convention Program Chair, Dr. Douglas Cheney, invite you to join us for the premier professional development event dedicated to special and gifted education: the CEC 2012 Convention & Expo, April 11-14 in Denver. This site is great for those exceptional children in the classrooms. There are many links in this website for information materials, including books, blogs, and articles.

Community: a group of people interacting together on a consistent basis; communities are often organized around a common set of values or interests. " Engage: to draw into; to involve, attract and hold the attention of; to employ or keep busy.

several organizations with description for teachers.

This website offers information for new teachers, downloadable tools and templates that can be used in class, and has lots of information posted on education.

This site has professional development newsletters, web site reviews, problem solving articles, and professional development features.