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Some of the links no longer work, but I found many useful videos that I can incorporate into my lessons. There are numerous videos on classroom management, teaching tips, and how to use humor in your teaching.

Harley School Receives Educational Leadership Grant from the Recognized as national leader in teaching empathy and emotional literacy (Rochester, NY-May 27, 2011)-The Harley School, a preK-12 independent school located in Brighton, NY, has been awarded a 2011 Edward E. Ford Foundation Education Leadership Grant to further its work in teaching empathy and emotional literacy.

This is a publication of The Council of Europe, " The Council of Europe has a long and well established tradition of developing consensus on the aims and guiding principles of language teaching. Through its programmes of activities and publications it continues to pursue the development of language teaching to meet the needs of the contemporary world. Among its most recent initiatives in this tradition are the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages providing guidelines for teaching, learning and assessment, and the European Language Portfolio which allows learners to plan and reflect upon their learning, and to chart and describe their proficiency. There has also always been a concern to help teachers develop their theory and practice, for example by organising seminars and interaction networks and by publishing compendia which offer examples of good practice." This guide direct teachers to use language as a means to intercultural understanding.

Explore Jeannette Bunda's hand-picked collection of Pins about Teaching - Spanish Videos for the Classroom on Pinterest. | See more about learn spanish, spanish lessons and spanish alphabet.

Are you interested in using Twitter or other social media as a teaching tool? Our culture has transformed significantly where online distribution of ideas has become commonplace. Our students' needs have shifted and they require digital citizenship skills.

"How can video clips embedded in multimedia presentations be used to improve learning in college courses? To answer this question, a review of the theoretical and research evidence on videos and the brain is presented first. That is followed by a description of the theory of multimedia learning as it relates to videos and a review of studies using videos over the past four decades in college courses. The results of these studies and the verbal and visual components of a video potentially provide a best fit to the characteristics of this Net Generation of students and a valid approach to tap their multiple intelligences and learning styles. Concrete guidelines are given for using available video technology in the classroom, selecting appropriate video clips for any class, and applying those clips as a systematic teaching tool. The use of clips can also attain 20 specific learning outcomes. Toward that end, 12 generic techniques with examples to integrate video clips into teaching across the college curriculum are described."

Great article about using YouTube in the classroom, directed at college level, but has valuable information for any lecture class.  

Create, with your child, a set of Rules of the Online Road that clearly establish your household's expectations relating to both ethics and safety.

Gets you excited for using Youtube in the classroom.

One teacher's description of how he incorporates You Tube into his teaching.

This one is cool because it's categorized so could help you find what you are looking for based on content or need.

Terri - I found this exact lesson plans and can't wait to use it next year!!!

I'm planning on teaching a version of this assignment for a comparison/contrast essay for 10th grade.

Free teaching resources for philanthropy education.

Updates are needed to the school's policy by July 1, 2012 to indicate that they are teaching internet safety.

Free materials.

Links to some great resources.