Teacher Resources


The Home School Learning Network
provides you with this guide to teacher resources on the Internet to help you find the online resources you need to teach effectively.

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• Assessment
• Classroom Management
• Curriculum & Standards
• Education Issues & Trends
• Educational Technology
• Educational Psychology
• Lesson Planning
• Methods & Strategies
• Multicultural Education

• The Digital Portfolio: A Richer Picture of Student Performance
  This is an electronic report on the Digital Portfolio Project from the Coalition of Essential Schools. Here you'll find information on the project, case studies, and information and tips on implementing digital portfolio assessment programs.

• ERIC AE
  A clearinghouse for assessment, evaluation, and research resources.

• ERIC/AE Full Text Internet Library
  This is the place to go to do research on the subject of assessment. It's easy to navigate and covers a very broad spectrum on the subject.

• The Portfolio and Its Use: Developmentally Appropriate Assessment of Young Children
  An ERIC Digest

• Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)
  PALS is an on-line, standards-based, continually updated resource bank of science performance assessment tasks indexed via the National Science Education Standards (NSES). The tasks can also be indexed via other frameworks such as local, customized standards.

• Dr. Helen Barrett's favorite links on Alternative Assessment & Electronic Portfolios
  This is an excellent list of resources for delving into alternative assessment on the internet.

Classroom Management

• The Education Section of the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies
  This site is an excellent resource on the behaviour analysis and it application in creating a classroom that is a learning environment for all students.

• Dr. Mac's Amazing Behavior Management Advice Site
  Includes lots of tips, resources, and a message board.

• Assertive Discipline
  A short description and list of resources on assertive discipline.

• 11 Techniques for Better Classroom Discipline
  Here are eleven techniques that you can use in your classroom that will help you achieve effective group management and control. At the bottom of the page are links to other useful discipline resources.

• Teacher Talk, Volume 1, Issue 2
  This is a link to a volume of Teacher talk, a Secondary Education Teachers newsletter, that contains a good section on classroom management.

• Rules for Making Rules that Work for You
  This site is adapted from a book by Judith and Donald Smith entitled Child Management, published by Research Press in Champaign, Illinois.

Curriculum & Standards

• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
  Information on the national standards for mathematics.

• National Council for the Social Studies
  Information on the national standards for social studies.

• Center for Civic Education
  Information on the national standards for civic education.

• National Center for History in the Schools
  Information on the national standards for history.

• National Academies of Science
  Information on the national standards for science.

• Internet Teachers Use Guide
  This guide works with you, designing Internet-based lessons that are aligned with the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). Standards-Based Instruction is the primary focus of this website.

• The National Curriculum online
  Check curriculum standards in the United Kingdom.

Education Issues & Trends

• NCREL Pathways To School Improvement
  This section of the North Central Regional Education Laboratory covers a broad range of topics.

• National Commission on Teaching & America's Future
  This site features reports and recommendations for school reform in the United States.

Educational Technology

• From Now On - The Educational Technology Journal
  A monthly journal with a comprehensive index to past articles.

• Virtual Architecture: Designing and Directing Curriculum-Based Telecomputing
  This is an excellent and comprehensive guide to using the internet in the classroom for telecollaboration, optimal learning.

• eSchool News Online
  This site is dedicated to keeping educators up-to-date with the latest in K-12 Ed Tech news and information.

Educational Psychology

• Learning Theories
  Here you'll find information about ten different major learning theories such as Piaget's theory, social cognition, brain based learning, and several others.

• Internet Resources: Educational Psychology
  A comprehensive list of links from Miami University Library

• EducPsych Links
  From the U.C. Berkeley school of Psychology

• WWW School Psychology Home Page
  This site is very slow loading but includes a ton of resources on educational psychology!

• The Collaborative to Advance Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL)
  CASEL seeks to promote social and emotional learning (SEL) as an integral part of education in schools throughout the world. The site includes a variety of resources.

Lesson Planning

• Yahoo: Lesson Plans
  A great collection of sites with lesson plans from Yahoo.

• AskERIC Lesson Plans
  The AskERIC Lesson Plan Collection contains more than 1,000 unique lesson plans which have been written and submitted to AskERIC by teachers from all over the United States.

Methods & Strategies

• Direct Teaching
  A brief description and list of resources on the subject of direct teaching/direct instruction.

Multicultural Education

• The Clearinghouse for Multicultural/Bilingual Education
  The purpose of this website is to provide educators, from pre-kindergarten to higher education, with commercial and non-commercial sources for multicultural and bilingual/ESL information, materials, and resources.

• The Multicultural Book Reviews Homepage
  Find or submit multicultural books reviews.

• Multicultural Education (NCREL)
  A page from the North Central Regional Education Laboratory.