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This particular site is for English teachers and gives 101 excellent other sites that English teachers can use in the classroom. Also, students can take part in fun and engaging activities that have to do with English. goedonline.com is a great resource in general because it provides useful sites for all content areas. I used it to select 10 or so sites for each content area to give to my classmates when they are creating their custom search engine.

This website lists several ways to improve communication with non English speaking parents. This is a great thing to remember going into a classroom. It can also be a cause for discussion in an education class.

EEBO is a digital archive of scanned-in images of nearly every English/British work written between 1473 and 1700. It is a good example of an archival/primary source website.

This website was by far the most interactive. The Khan Academy shows YouTube videos that explain certain areas of: math, science, and English. The course work is dependent on what you need to know. It has everything from basic arithmetic, to differential equations, from basic biology, to organic chemistry. While this is all true, for subjects such as math and chemistry, when there are more than one way to solve a problem, it only shows one way.

This article shows a study done with English learning students using multimedia education. It emphasizes the importance of multimedia in the context of learning language.

TeachWithMovies.org offers a collection of lesson plans and curriculum materials using movies to inspire, inform and motivate your students. There are subject-specific sections for English, Social Studies, Sciences, and Other Subjects (which include Math, Health, Music, and numerous other subjects). These subject areas are often broken down into sub-categories (for example, Social Sciences is broke down into US History, World History, and Civics).

Video about how to search topics on the web using certain tools and words. Chapter 6: Finding & Evaluating Resources

Great book for current and future English teachers!

English teacher and instructional technology coach Brianna Crowley offers practical advice on creating professional learning networks built on intersecting layers of relationships. I chose this article because it showed step by step what we need to do to build those connections.

This site provides information on how to create your own Professional Learning Network including how to get started, how to find other professionals, and how to use it to communicate effectively. It is great to join PLNs but it's great to learn how to create one!

I chose this resource because it gives a brief explanation of what a PLN is. Then it give three specific steps on how to build your PLN and goes into detail about each step.

This website is for pre k through 5th grade focusing on phonics, spelling, and basic english skills for students.

This URL links to a video that explains how to support English Language Learners in project based learning which can be very beneficial.

Apps to demystify Shakespeare!

Writing games that provide a virtual internship

This is an infographic displaying the benefits of using a chromebook in classrooms.

These OWL resources helps to see if a source is credible or not.

Using research 

Evaluating sources of information is an important step in any research activity. This section provides information on evaluating bibliographic citations, aspects of evaluation, reading evaluation, print vs. Internet sources, and evaluating Internet sources.

Evaluating sources of information is an important step in any research activity. This section provides information on evaluating bibliographic citations, aspects of evaluation, reading evaluation, print vs. Internet sources, and evaluating Internet sources.

Site that accurately describes how to evaluate potential resources from the internet.