Professional Development Tools
| Ten Myths of Reading
Instruction |
| General Topic: Reading |
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| Scope: Research-based information about reading instruction |
| Cost for Access: None |
| Comments: An excellent jumping off
point for reading up on reading. |
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| Vicki Blackwell's
Internet Guide for Educators |
| General Topic: Resources and Skills Development |
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| Scope: An
essential collection of links and resources for teachers. Great web sites
are categorized into 70 different groups. There are multiple templates to
speed classroom practices and a variety of tips and tutorials for
Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Timeliner. |
| Cost for Access: None |
| Comments: This site is regularly updated. |
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| Canadian Association of
Second Language Teachers |
| General Topic: ESL/ELL |
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| Scope: This site
covers every aspect of second language instruction. Lesson plans are
organized by themes. |
| Cost for Access: None |
| Comments: This site is available in both French and English. |
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| Teacher Talks Forum |
| General Topic: Collaboration and Mentorship |
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| Scope: Over 80,000
registered users are waiting to chat about education. |
| Cost for Access: None |
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| WebQuest |
| General Topic: Project Based Learning |
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| Scope: Webquests
matter in education and these sites provide many of the tools you need to
understand a webquest and prepare one that help students scaffold through
the skills needed in a hypermedia realm. |
| Cost for Access: None |
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| Scholastic Write It! |
| General Topic: Written Language |
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| Scope: This site will take students through each step of the
writing process and vary for the type of writing: poetry, essay, short
fiction, memoir or humor. |
| Cost for Access: None |
| Comments: Student work
can also be published on the Scholastic site. |
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| NWREL |
| General Topic: Educational
Research |
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| Scope: Wide
variety of topics are addressed with white papers and current research,
including 6 Traits Writing. |
| Cost for Access: None |
| Comments: There are some paid resources available, but start with what
they offer for free. |
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| Google
Scholar |
| General Topic: Research |
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| Scope: Enter a
topic and Google will do a search through scholarly sources. This will
speed your quest for the latest information on an research
topic. |
| Cost for Access: None |
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| National Teacher Enhancement Network (MSU) |
| General Topic: Science Content Development for Teachers |
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| Scope: Teachers can study small chunks of science content online. |
| Cost for Access: None |
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| The Jason Foundation |
| General Topic: Science Content Development for Teachers |
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| Scope: Teachers can study science content online. |
| Cost for Access: None |
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