Spalding College of Education

The following standards are available on this page: KY Teacher Standards, Environmental Education Standards, Guidance Counseling Program Standards; IECE Standards (Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education); ISLLC Standards (Educational Leadership Policy Standards 2008); School Safety Standards; School Social Work Standards; TSSA Standards (Technology Standards for School Administrators)

The 33 Digital Skills Every 21st Century Teacher should Have 21st century teaching skills Med Every single teacher is concerned about his/ her teaching practices and the skills involved in this process. How many times have you wondered about a better way to teach the same lesson you have delivered to an eariler class?

Outline Your Classroom Floor Plan For students, the classroom environment is very important. The size of the classroom and interior areas, the colors of the walls, the type of furniture and flooring, the amount of light, and the room arrangement all influence how students learn.

Sample classroom Web sites Academically and intellectually sound, including meaningful information, activities, and links Thematically and artistically coordinated using common backgrounds and structures that link your site together graphically and thematically Interactive, including WebQuests, electronic communities, and other activities for students Attractive and appropriate material for your students, their parents, and your teaching colleagues Relevant and marketable: includes a portfolio of your professional work and accomplishments How do I create a classroom Web site?

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Some people call it financial literacy, personal finance or money management - but at the end of the day, it's all about making the most of your money. Are you ready to write a check? What's the starting salary of your dream job? Can you make a sample budget?

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e-Learning for Kids is a global nonprofit foundation dedicated to free and fun online learning for kids of all ages. (math, science, reading, health and life skills and computers, )

StoryJumper is an online tool that makes creative writing fun for kids. Using our interactive workbook and lesson plans, teachers spark students' interest in developing and writing complete stories. Kids can then put their creativity and project skills to work in crafting their very own professionally published hard-back books!

The backchannel is everything going on in the room that isn't coming from the instructor. The backchannel is where people ask each other questions, pass notes, get distracted, and give you the most immediate feedback you'll ever get. Instead of ignoring the backchannel, TodaysMeet helps you leverage its power by bringing in the backchannel through tweets from Twitter.

Create a teacher or school account to allow your students to explore vocabulary, create video definitions and publish them in this dictionary.

Open Education Resources (OER) are teaching and learning materials freely available online for everyone to use, whether you are an instructor, student, or self-learner. Examples of OER include: full courses, course modules, syllabi, lectures, homework assignments, quizzes, lab and classroom activities, pedagogical materials, games, simulations, and many more resources contained in digital media collections from around the world.