As part of their preparation for the new school year teachers try to
look for new web resources and materials they can use to help them with
their teaching.This is definitely not an easy task for one needs to live
online in order to be able to keep up with the new releases and sift
through the tsunami of web tools available online. In this regard,
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning has
recently started posting a series of articles featuring some of the
best free web resources for teachers across different educational
spectrum.
We have already published lists of free websites for teachers of ;
Math,
Science,
Language Arts,
Social Studies ,
Music Education ,
Economics, and
Physical Education and Health,
ESOL
and today we are going to provide you with another list of great
websites where teachers can find lesson plans, teaching tips and many
more.
Check out the list below and let us know what you think.
1- Teachers Network
Teachers Network provides lesson plans, classroom specials, teacher
designed activities for different subjects and many other resources.
2- Smithsonian Education
Smithsonian Education offers a wide variety of free resources for teachers, students and parents.
3- Education World
This is another great website for teachers. It provides teaching tips,
lesson plans, activities, academic articles, web resources and many
more.
4- Discovery Education
Discovery Education offers a broad range of free classroom resources that complement and extend learning beyond the bell
5- The Gateway
This is one of the oldest publically accessible U.S repositories of
education resources on the web. It contains a variety of educational
resource types from activities and lesson plans to online projects to
assessment items.
6- EdHelper
EdHelper provides teachers with free printables, graphic organizers, worksheets, lesson plans, games and many other activities.
7- Thinkfinity
Thinkfinity is a free online professional learning community that
provides access to over 50.000 educators and experts in curriculum
enhancement, along with thousands of award-winning digital resources for
k-12
8- PBS Teachers
This is a great website that can help teachers grow professionally. It
offers free teaching resources relevant to different grade category.
9- Teachers.net
Teachers.net is a platform where teachers can get to discover new
teaching ideas and tips, lesson plans, classroom projects and many more
10- 42explore
42explore is a web project that provides resources and teaching materials on different subject areas and disciplines.
11- A to Z Teacher Stuff
This is a teacher-created site designed to help teachers find online
resources more quickly and easily. It provides lesson plans, thematic
units, teacher tips, discussion forums for teachers, downloadable
teaching materials, printable worksheets and many more.
12- Teachers First
This is a rich collection of lessons, untis, and web resources designed
to save teachers time by delivering just what they need in a practical,
user-friendly, and ad-free format.
13- About Education
This is another awesome website for teachers. It includes free resources
on different sujbect matters as well as articles and tips on teaching
and learning.
14- Scholastic
Scholastic is a great website that provides a lot of different resources
for teachers, parents, kids, administrators, and librarians.
15- Teach Hub
Teach Hub provides k-12 news, lessons and share resources created by teachers and shared with teachers.
16- Edutopia
This is an excelent website that empowers and connects teachers,
administrators, and parents with innovative solutions and resources to
better education.
Article
25 Best Websites for Teachers
How did we teach without the Internet? Our favorite sites
simplify lesson planning, keep the classroom running smoothly, and
engage students.
- Grades:
PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12
At The Stacks, students can post book reviews, get reading recommendations, play games based on the latest series, watch "
Meet the Author" videos, and more. It's like Facebook for reading and it's safe for school, too.
Use Book Wizard to level your classroom library, find resources for
the books you teach, and create reading lists with the click of a
button. You can also plug a title into the BookAlike feature to find
books with an easier, similar, or more difficult reading level.
With hundreds of lessons for every grade level, you're guaranteed to find a colorful idea for your class, such as the "
Chinese Dragon Drum" for Chinese New Year or the "
What Do You Love?" project for Valentine's Day.
Establish a morning routine with Daily Starters — fun, fast math and language arts prompts and questions, including
Teachable Moments from history and Fun
Facts, such as "Before erasers, people used a piece of bread!" Sort by
grade (PreK-8), and project them onto your interactive whiteboard or
print copies for your students.
The creators of the 6+1 traits of writing offer a terrific overview
of the model on their site, with research to support the program, lesson
plans, writing prompts, and rubrics. You can also find writing samples
to practice scoring and see how other teachers scored the same piece.
6. Best Online Dictionary: wordsmyth.net
Add the beginner's version of the
Wordsmyth widget to your toolbar, and students can look up new vocabulary no matter where they are online.
At the National Library of Virtual Manipulatives, you'll find
activities for every area of math at every grade level. Need to teach
shapes to preschoolers, for example? Try the
Attribute Blocks, which challenge students to sort virtual objects. Working on functions with middle schoolers? Drop numbers into the
function machine to identify the pattern.
Zoom over the Sahara desert. Fly past the streets where your students
live. Take a tour of the Eiffel Tower. You can do it all with Google
Earth, the tool that makes the world feel a little bit smaller with its
map-generating capabilities. If you're new to Google Earth,
the tutorials offer a great introduction.
This fantastic site acts as a clearinghouse for all of the
educational materials developed by government organizations. You can
find primary sources, videos, and photos for just about any topic. For
example, listen to "
Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier" or find a
timeline of Ben Franklin's life. And it's all free!
10. Best for Science: nsta.org
The National Science Teachers Association site is a goldmine for
classroom teachers who may not feel as comfortable teaching geology and
astronomy as they do reading and arithmetic. You'll find journal
articles, experiment ideas, and a roundup of the latest science stories
in the news.
For topics too current for textbooks,
Scholastic News
classroom magazines offer engaging nonfiction reading online, drawn from
the latest headlines. Subscribe to receive news-related,
age-appropriate
Common Core lesson plans and skills sheets, and free access to the
app that comes with each issue.
12. Best for Middle School: figment.com
Figment allows young writers to post their work, receive criticism,
and read others' contributions. From fan fiction to poetry to
novels-in-progress, all types of writing are encouraged and shared. Be
aware that not all content is school appropriate.
The Smithsonian offers thousands of resources for educators,
including lesson plans, virtual tours of their latest exhibits, and the
opportunity to connect with experts in the field. In one lesson, "
Final Farewells,"
students can see a school yearbook from the Civil War era up close, and
discuss how the political climate may have affected the content.
Glogster bills itself as a tool for making "
digital posters," or glogs, containing pictures, text, video, links, and animation. A glog on
To Kill a Mockingbird
might contain a link to the Scottsboro trial, a clip from the Gregory
Peck movie, and a drawing of the tree where Boo Radley leaves gifts for
Scout. Fun!
Go to Smart Exchange before creating any lessons for your interactive
whiteboard from scratch. Chances are you'll find an existing lesson
ready to grab and go, or inspiration from other teachers who've taught
the same material. Plus, the customizable
Whack-A-Mole game is a must-have for test prep and review.
16. Best for Interactive Whiteboard Help: prometheanplanet.com
Even if you've deemed yourself an interactive whiteboard pro,
Promethean's teacher community offers a boatload of tips and practical
advice you'll find useful. Find help the next time your toolbox goes
missing, or if you want to punch up a lesson with cool graphics.
17. Best for Online Classroom Workspaces: wikispaces.com
Wikispaces Classroom walks you through process of creating an online
classroom workspace that's private and customizable. It works across
browers, tablets, and phones, and can be used for day-to-day classroom
management, tracking formative assessments in real-time, and connecting
with students and parents in and out of the classroom.
TeacherTube is the best source for instructional videos in a safe
environment. We especially love the clips of teachers showing off the
catchy rhymes they've made up to teach certain topics — check out the "
Mrs. Burk Perimeter Rap" and the "
Mr. Duey Fractions Rap."
19. Best for Moviemaking: powtoon.com
Moviemaking has never been easier than it is at PowToon. To
create a short animated clip, all
you have to do is write a script and choose characters and other
graphics using a simple drag-and-drop tool. The classroom possibilities
are endless
— challenge kids to
write an additional scene for a book you are reading in English class,
or have one character explain the water cycle to another for a science
project.
This site not only offers an overview of the new Common Core State
Standards, but provides a thoughtful framework for how the standards
were determined and what we can reasonably expect students at given
grade levels to achieve.
21. Best for Tough Topics: tolerance.org
Along with an excellent blog that tackles some of the more difficult aspects of education, Teaching Tolerance offers
activities and teaching kits on topics ranging from the civil rights movement to the separation of church and state.
22. Best Professional Development On the Go: learner.org
Many of the PD series from the Annenberg Foundation are available on
demand here, with videos on teaching measurement, writing workshop, and
more. You'll see master teachers at work and undoubtedly snag an idea or
two for your own classroom.
23. Best for Your Career: nea.org
In the hustle and bustle of the classroom, it can be easy to lose
track of the outside forces affecting education. The National Education
Association explains how to take action regarding the issues you care
about most — including merit pay, the No Child Left Behind Act, and
funding for education.
Reading the Top Teaching blog is like paging through a cooking
magazine. Just as you might be inspired to try a 12-course meal instead
of your usual mac and cheese, you'll leave wanting to push your teaching
to the next level. No matter what you're interested in —
Pinterest-worthy bulletin boards, savvy tech-integration tips, or how to
save money on classroom materials — these veteran teachers' wealth of
experience and knowledge will leave you satiated.
So we may be biased, but we think you'll find our page your most
useful one on Facebook by far. Each week, you'll find free printables,
lesson plan and craft ideas, frequent giveaways, and note-worthy news.
All you have to do is "like" us. And stand by for the fascinating
discussion that happens on our page, including the 10 O'Clock Teacher
Question, posed by
— and answered by — teachers like you.
Quick Tip: Ask your colleagues to share their
favorite websites, too. Group them by subject area and bookmark them on
your personal computer and in the school computer labs. Your colleagues
may have some real time-savers to share!
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