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Common Lesson Plan Models
Learn the steps to writing a lesson plan using Madeline Hunter's guide, Bloom's Taxonomy, Multiple Intelligences, and others.
Concept to Classroom
The site features a series of FREE, self-paced workshops covering a wide variety of hot topics in education. Some of the workshops are based in theory, some are based in methodology - but all of the workshops include plenty of tips and strategies for making classrooms work.
Discipline by Design
Here are eleven techniques that you can use in your classroom that will help you achieve effective group management and control.
Educational Resources Information Center
The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) is a national information system designed to provide ready access to an extensive body of education-related literature.
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
Hundreds of free education resources supported by agencies across the U.S.
Going to a Museum? A Teacher's Guide
This guide is divided into three sections: Museum Field Trip Planning Guide, Sample Lesson Plans and Internet Resources.
Graphic Organizers from SCORE
Graphic Organizers from NCREL
Graphic Organizers Constructed from Inspirations
A graphic organizer is an instructional tool used to illustrate a student's or class's prior knowledge about a topic or section of text. They can also be used as a prewriting activity.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
This site is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Many online exhibits for literary resources can be found here.
Plagiarism and the Web
In June a message was emailed to fraternity and sorority chapters across the country advertising a new electronic repository for down-loadable college papers. The site was called schoolsucks.com, and featured the slogan "Download your Workload." This site gives you some suggestions on how to combat this.
Plagiarism in Colleges in the U.S.
This is a very thorough essay on the definition and legal ramifications of plagiarism.
Rubrics
Nine samples of rubrics can be found here. (from SCORE)
Six Common Mistakes in Writing Lesson Plans
Planning lessons is a fundamental skill all teachers must develop and hone, although implementation of this skill in actual teaching can, and usually does, take some time. By Dr. Bob Kizlik
Smithsonian Education on the Web
This is a beautiful site. Whether you are planning a trip to the Smithsonian or you want to check their educational resources, a visit to this site is worthwhile.
Student Plagiarism in an Online World
The proliferation of webpages and electronic publications makes plagiarism easier to accomplish and harder to recognize. Here are some tools to help you expose cybercheaters. By Julie J.C.H. Ryan
Works for Me Tips
This library contains more than 400 tips offering ideas and solutions that you can use in your classroom. Feel free to print these tips and share them. (NEA)
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