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Strategies for effective lesson planning.

ZisBoomBah helps educate kids and parents about food in an easy and fun way that all ages can understand. Featuring free food games, tools, recipes and information.

Today's tutoring programs are redefining learning by telling teachers what students need, when they need it. 

Abstract: One of the goals of teacher education is to develop each preservice teacher into a reflective educator. A reflective educator is a lifelong learner who perceives every experience as an opportunity for growth, change, and development of understanding. Written by one of my former professors at UCF, Dr. Kay Allen.

Here are eight free resources for your classroom-some for you, some for your students-that will help you increase students' understanding of proper grammar and sentence structure and aid in improving their vocabulary and writing skills.

BYOD in higher education

Individually curated reading recommendations for reader or classroom by experts who are educators, know books and understand readers.

The Common Core State Standards provide a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn, so teachers and parents know what they need to do to help them. The standards are designed to be robust and relevant to the real world, reflecting the knowledge and skills that our young people need for success in college and careers.

the website really enhanced my understanding of school grades, No child left behind and data relevant to improving the processes of teaching and learning. I was impressed with the transparency.

I have used this in the classroom before and think that it has some great information on historical events put in terms younger children will understand.

I know other people have posted Ben's Guide, but here's the K-2 section of the web site, which includes games and activities, as well as additional links and resources for the students. I particularly like the subtopic about "My Neighborhood," as it is relevant to what I will be teaching my students in my own classroom and I love supplemental material!

Ben's Guide to US Government, K-2.  Includes sub topics relevant to the grade I teach, including "Your Neighborhood."  Website also includes games and activities, lots of visuals and videos, and also additional resources and websites for the students to explore.

RTI is consistently changing and is always something that confuses a lot of people. This link is a great resource to help understand and use different strategies for struggling learners.

Physics made easy

This will help with the visual understanding of physics.

This tutorial is very useful in understanding the use of creative commons.

This is a site I have used last year and will start very soon using with my students. There are excellent online simulations for math and science students with comprehensive lesson pages for teachers and students. There is a 30-day free trial as well...

This has been in Beta for a while but they have a pretty good free version available. This allows for online question response and instant feedback like a set of classroom clickers some of us use. It works well and is free so check it out.

Like a Polleverywhere.com but better! Allows for quizzes, exit slips and more.

Socrative lets teachers engage and assess their students with educational activities on tablets, laptops and smartphones. Through the use of real time questioning, instant result aggregation and visualization, teachers can gauge the whole class' current level of understanding. Socrative saves teachers time so the class can further collaborate, discuss, extend and grow as a community of learners.

The Smithsonian website is an educational that provides links and activities for both educators and students. This site provides educational content for educators which they can easily access and use within their classrooms. It provides videos, interactive games and additional links for students to navigate their way through in order to gain a greater understanding of history and art. It is a great site that can truly help enhance to overall content of one's lesson.

Every time I introduce rubrics to a group of teachers the reaction is the same - instant appeal ("Yes, this is what I need!") followed closely by panic ("Good grief, how can I be expected to develop a rubric for everything?").

This is a great way to assess for different learning styles.

The site provides a Dewey Decimal Search for kids where they are able to click on an area and the find links related to the particular subject they are looking for. This could be helpful for a Media teacher to incorporate into his/her class.

HOME KidsClick! is a web search site designed for kids by librarians - with kid-friendly results! This site is easy to use for kids and teachers. It has a wealth of information for nearly every subject in easy to understand concepts and terms.

A web search site designed for kids by librarians

"The Common Core State Standards provide clear understanding of what students are expected to learn and ensure that all students are prepared for success. Assessment is a critical aspect."

Great site which breaks down the government into simple terms for all grade levels to understand.

Government information based on age range (k-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12) Simple, easy for students to navigate.

This is a great Social Studies website to help kids learn different Social Studies concept. It goes all the way to 12th grade.