Teacher Tips

Find lots of useful tips, fulfill Act 48 credits, locate lesson plans, classroom management tools, or other ideas to lighten your workload or wake up a tired lesson.

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KidInfo - A web site for students and teachers. Contains links to information for just about every curriculum area. There is a teachers link that will take you to additional teacher web resources, student-teacher tutorials, and lesson plans.

PBS TeacherSource - Free lesson plans, teachers guides, and online student activities to compliment PBS programs.

TechLearning -Educator-tested school technology solutions. The online edition of Technology & Learning magazine.

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - One of the most popular teacher sites on the web.  Information is categorized by subject area and updated daily.

AskERIC - More than 1,000 lesson plans, searchable archives of education-related listservs, and links to television series guides.

MediaSeek's ExploraSource  - Locate standards-based resources. You can search by grade, subject, and topic.  Also find lists of resources that fit learning standards you specify.

Education.com - Contains over 700 lesson plans, a writing guide for students, over 1,900 encyclopedia articles, over 600 free clip art, professional development resources, Internet activities, teacher mentoring services, educational links, and lots of free stuff.

Classroom Connect - Provides online curriculum materials and adventure learning expeditions.  Also visit Connected University, where teachers can take online, accredited, instructor-led courses.

Education World - Links to over 115,000 education related sites, searchable by subject and/or grade level, as well as lesson plan activities, curriculum ideas, and education site reviews.

Online Act 48 Continuing Ed. Programs - Sponsored by the National Center for the Profession of Teaching, Inc.  Free Act 48 programs to help meet the state required professional development credits.

The WebQuest Page -Hosted by the Educational Technology Department of San Diego University. A Web site for creating online lessons called WebQuests. Includes examples and training manuals.

WebQuests in our Future - Kathy Schrock's WebQuest page. Provides links to WebQuest information and sample WebQuests to view.

The Concept Mapping Home Page -Help students structure their research through the use of concept maps. Includes examples, concept mapping links, and information on concept mapping software.

Graphics Organizer Index - A great source page for a variety of graphic organizers to use.

Changing the Questions - Design lessons to promote student's critical thinking skills. This site was created by Joyce Valenza, a school library media specialist who also writes an educational technology column for the Philadelphia Inquirer. This site provides links to information on essential questions, historical inquiry, problem-based learning, I-search, WebQuests, scaffolds/organizers, and question brainstormers. There are also links to examples of best practice.

Pennsylvania Department of Education Home Page - Check on changes in curriculum standards and assessment, get information on Act 48 requirements, certification requirements, school profiles, educational news, and lots more.

EduHound-Everything an educator needs PLUS MORE. Includes links to grants & funding; WebQuests; lesson plans; administration information; worksheets; standards and assessments, and much, much more. Their slogan is, "We tracked it down so you don't have to!" (A division of T.H.E. Journal)

Writing and Winning Grants: A Web Tour - Presented in TechLearning online journal, this site provides great hints and many links to grant resources and grant writing tips. There are also sample award-winning grants to view.