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Click on the below categories to view helpful resources and tools:
General Curricula and Tools for Educators
- NEW! New Teacher Tools and Links
- NEW! Common Core
- ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development)
- Academic Vocabulary (for K-8 instruction)
- College Board Advanced Placement (AP) resources
- Ed Week
- K12 Lesson Plans
- Learning Disabilities Online - information about student learning disabilities, disorders, and differences
- NAEYC - National Association for the Education of Young Children
- National Association for Gifted Children
- PBS Teachers
- Research based strategies for improving student achievement
- Response to Intervention (RTI)
- Teaching Tolerance
- Identifying Best Practices
History and Social Studies
Interactive Whiteboards
- Polyvision - Video tutorials, webinars, train-the-trainer info
- Promethean - Online courses, workshops, webinars
- Atomic Learning - professional development for Promethean users
Math and Science
- Geogebra - A site that allows educators and students to visualize equations on a computer
- Khan Academy - YouTube becomes a K-12 teaching tool
- Math Instructional Strategies
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- National Lab Day - A site that connects scientists with middle and high school students
- New approaches to teaching Math - from Marisa Ferrarese-Asarisi
- PBS Math Resources for Cyberchase
- Science on the Go: Mobile Science Laboratory
Narratives and Storytelling
- Bitstrips for Schools - Comic strips as narrative
- Digital Storytelling Wiki - Web resource for K-12 teachers interested in digital storytelling platforms
- Global Health Narratives - Jumpstarts discussion and narrative-writing about global health issues
- Voice Thread
Reading and Language Arts
- International Reading Association (IRA)
- Illinois Reading Council (IRC)
- Lucy Caulkins Writing
- National Writing Project (NWP)
- Shakespeare Searched
Recreation, Art and Music
- National Association for Health & Fitness
- Illinois Art Education Association
- Music Teachers National Association
- Art Resources in Teaching
Technology and Multimedia
- Educational Technology Clearinghouse
- ESchool News - Technology news for today's K-20 educator
- KidRex - Produces search engine results of interest to kids
- Media College - featuring thousands of how-to instructional guides on multimedia tools and topics
- Project Explorer - free online videos and multimedia educational programming
- Taking IT Global - This site is a social-networking tool, collaborative-learning community, and news resource.
- Watch Know - A video directory of educational materials
NEW! Test Preparation Resources
ACT Practice Tests
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