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Professional Journals on TEL - full text of over 300 professional journals for teachers/educators on various topics including: health and fitness, school law, drug and alcohol abuse, learning disabilities, sports, arts and humanities, social sciences, and psychology - Title List

4Teachers - The Online Space for Teacher Integrating Technology into the classroom. Includes free online tools for teachers including Equity Index, RubiStar, TrackStar, QuizStar, Assign-A Day, Casa Notes, and more

A&E Classroom - resources for English and language arts, history, personal development, science, social studies, and visual and performing arts

A to Z Teacher Stuff - Middle School Lesson Plans

Annenberg/CPB - professional development resources for teachers of grades 6-8, concerning teaching math, social studies, science, and general issues in education

AOK Teacher Stuff - free resources for teachers for reading, math, science, history, social studies, online reference books, information for teachers of children with special needs, and teacher freebies

AOL@School - resources on various subjects, brainteasers, research and reference information, news and current events, and more

Authentic Assessment Toolbox - information on creating authentic tasks, rubrics and standards for improving student learning

Awesome Library - K-12 Education Directory, resources for the arts, English, math, science, social studies, health and PE, technology, languages, and more, as well as links for principals, school nurses, counselors, parents, and students

Beginning Teacher's Tool Box - tips and tools for new teachers

Blue Web'n - a library of Blue Ribbon learning sites on the WWW, search by subject grade level, or format, includes tools, references, lesson plans, hotlists, information resources, tutorials, activities and projects

Busy Educator's Guide to the WWW - annotated lists of educational links, links for parents and studnets, and teacher products and services

ClassZone.com - resources for language arts, social studies, math, science, and world languages from McDougal Littell and Houghton Mifflin

Curriculum Standards - Tennessee curriculum standards divided by subject and grade

ECB Surf Report - features links to resources on a different topic each month, archives include lists for topics in arts, health and PE, language arts, math, science, social studies, world languages, vocational education, and general teacher resources

ED.gov - lesson ideas, professional development information, professional literature, and more

edHelper.com - resources on various subjects, a few may be appropriate for 6th and 7th grade teachers

Education Grants - links to funding institutions, grant writers' directory, lists of grants, and more

Educator's Reference Desk - resource guides, lesson plans, and question archives for various subjects, specific populations, general education, teaching and learning, assessment, and more, from the creators of ERIC, includes search interface for GEM and ERIC

Education Index - an annotated guide of recommended education-related websites, sites can be browsed by subject or by lifestage/grade level

Education World - lesson plans, information for administrators, school issues, professional development, technology integration, and resources for parents and students

edweek.org - Education Week and Teacher Magazine, current issues in education

eSchool News Online - educator's resources, conference information, professional development, grants and funding, and other current issues

Fido's Finds for Educators - from BHRS, links to general and subject specific resources

FREE - Federal Resources for Educational Excellence, from Ed.gov, resources for various subjects, as well as links for students

FunBrain.com - Teacher's index, search for educational games by grade level or curriculum connections

Gale Schools - resources for educators from Thompson Gale

GEM - Gateway to Educational Materials, a curriculum enhancement service sponsored by ed.gov

Grants for Nonprofits: Education - lists websites and books containing information about grants for educational programs and institutions

iLoveSchools.com - matches teachers to donors of equipment, supplies, and materials for education

ImaTeacher.com - a free community of teachers exchanging educational resources

Internet4Classrooms - designed to help teachers use the internet effectively, contains links for K-12 teachers, daily websites for different subject areas, grade level skills help, and online practice modules for applications commonly used in classrooms

Kathy Shrock's Guide for Educators - ideas to enhance curriculum, articles, bulletin board ideas, special ed resources, assessment, site of the day, sites of the month, theme of the month, content-rich sites, and more, from discoveryschool.com

Kids Online Resources - general education resources page, the site also contains links to resources across many subjects

KidsKonnect - subject index, lots of links selected by librarians and other educators

Lesson Plans Page - over 2,500 free lesson plans, by grade level and subject, educational links, and discussions of current issues in education

Library in the Sky - educational web resources, includes websites and lesson plans for art, music, ESL, health, language arts, math, PE, science, social studies, special ed, technology, and more, click a subject, then click lesson plans to search for plans for a specific grade level

Literacy Matters - literacy resources for teachers in all content areas, currently focusing on content literacy and adolescent literature, includes activities and lesson plans

Looking at Learning - information about theories and principles of learning, brainwaves, quality education, learning to learn, cooperative learning, multiple intelligences, higher order thinking, and classroom resources, by Barbara Braxton, media specialist at Palmerston District Primary School, Australia

MarcoPolo - lesson plans and resources aligned with state and national curriculum standards, search for plans by grade level from various sources

MiddleWeb - resources just for middle school educators

Mrs. Helimann's Internet Guide - links for students and teachers by grade level and subject, scroll to the end of the page for links just for teachers, the Super Sites link has lots of general education links

Ms. LeBeau's HomePage - links to teacher resources, technology ideas, search engines, reading resources, science, math, geography, social studies, resources for administrators, and links for parents and students

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards - standards for National Board Certification, candidate resource center, education reform, and more

NEA Works4Me - library of tips for classroom management, content, technology, relationships with parents and students, and more

PBS TeacherSource - find resources and lesson plans to correlate with PBS programming on arts and literature, health and fitness, math, science, and social studies, free membership allows for personalization of the site

ProTeacher Community Archive - search tens of thousands of ideas shared on this message board over the years from teachers across the US and around the world, no membership required, covers classroom management, lessons and activities, and current issues in education

Scholastic.com - free tools and resources for teachers from Scholastic publishers, includes online activities, lesson plans, teaching strategies, and tools for various subjects and grade levels

Schools Moving Up - ideas, tools, literature, and web resources for school improvement

Sheppard Software Quizzes - free web-based math, trivia, and vocabulary quizzes

Sites for Teachers - educational websites ranked by popularity

Smithsonian Education - field trips, professional development, lesson plans, and resources for art, science, technology, language arts, history, and culture from the Smithsonian Institution

Tapped In - the online workplace of an international community of educational professionals, discuss current issues in education, collaborate with other professionals, share ideas

Teacher Planet - lesson plans, theme units, teacher tools, and more

TeachersFirst Content Matrix - classroom resources by subject and grade level on a wide variety of topics, other areas of the site include featured sites, hot topics, brain twisters, and more

Teachers.Net - lesson plans, articles, professional literature, web tools, and more

Teaching and Support Staff - professional development, administration, cross curriculum resources, links across many subjects, from Shambles.net an international site for educators

Teaching Tolerance - resources for teachers to promote tolerance

TEL - Tennessee Electronic Library, Infotrac databases containing newspaper, periodical, and encyclopedia articles on many topics, and the Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture

TN Dept of Ed - resources for K-12 educators across Tennessee

Toy Theater - flash games for reading, math, art, & music

What Works Clearinghouse - source of scientific evidence of what works in education

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Last updated July 12, 2007.