Awesome resource I found on FLDOE. PBS Teachers provides PreK-12 educational resources and activities for educators tied to PBS programming and correlated to local and national standards and professional development opportunities delivered online. It has free webinars, free professional development training modules, videos, and much more.
PBS TeacherLine is the premier online professional development resource delivering free courses online for PreK-12 teachers. Found as a link from the FDOE website.
Let your early elementary students explore this website to learn about a variety of different topics! PBS children's shows each have their own website with games, learning activties, vidoes and more!
PBS Learning Media Home Page has a number of multimedia activities and ideas for lessons. There are some great, short videos explaining definitions as well. The site can be searched by standard, subject or as a whole.
Speaking of Online Presence/Identity as a Teacher... an interesting article about collaboration through Twitter within the Educational Field. Includes groups that may be of interest for you to join, a list of Twitter hashtags in Education, and profiles of Educators you might want to follow.
Inspiring and enlightening narrative about a high school teacher's experience integrating digital tools and storytelling into his classes (including lots of lessons learned!) and a "how to" guide for aspiring technology integrators.
This site is based on the popular PBS series Between the Lions. It offers games, video clips, stories, and a resource section for parents and teachers. This series teaches a number of reading and phonics strategies.
An article by NEA President Dennis Van Roekel covering areas including:
"How Are They Developed?"
"What do the Common Core State Standards Cover?"
"What Is Special About These Standards?"
"What Can The Standards Accomplish?"
"What Happens After the Standards Are Adopted in States?"
"What Else is Needed to Improve Education?"
Be creative, help people and make dreams come true with engineering. Play games, watch full episodes and video clips, design new inventions and share them in this social community. Try engineering and science activities or compete in contests on DESIGN SQUAD NATION's educational website for kids. Read a blog from real engineers.
Be creative, help people and make dreams come true with engineering. Play games, watch full episodes and video clips, design new inventions and share them in this social community. Try engineering and science activities or compete in contests on DESIGN SQUAD NATION's educational website for kids. Read a blog from real engineers.
Be creative, help people and make dreams come true with engineering. Play games, watch full episodes and video clips, design new inventions and share them in this social community. Try engineering and science activities or compete in contests on DESIGN SQUAD NATION's educational website for kids. Read a blog from real engineers.