Teacher Resources
Resources from Louisiana Department of Education
Classroom Teacher Support Toolbox to help you navigate LA's plan for student achievement.
COMPASS, the Louisiana teacher evaluation program
Archive of bi-monthly newsletters EdConnect and From the Desk of John White
Louisiana Board of Secondary and Elementary Education (BESE)
COMPASS, the Louisiana teacher evaluation program
Archive of bi-monthly newsletters EdConnect and From the Desk of John White
Louisiana Board of Secondary and Elementary Education (BESE)
Helpful Tools to Make your Job Easier
Open the PFTSTA Library Calendar to see if the library is available for your students.
Convert Word documents to PDF format. Use for sending recommendations to students.
More tools from Investintech.com to make conversions from one format to another.
Pete's PowerPoint Presentations: Free presentations in powerpoint format.
Need ideas for your 21st Century Classroom? Try this wiki.
AASL recommends top 25 websites for teaching and learning.
The Learning Network blog from The New York Times offers many useful teacher lessons, resources and activities.
At CoolTools.net you can create activities, games, quizzes and diagrams in seconds.
Convert Word documents to PDF format. Use for sending recommendations to students.
More tools from Investintech.com to make conversions from one format to another.
Pete's PowerPoint Presentations: Free presentations in powerpoint format.
Need ideas for your 21st Century Classroom? Try this wiki.
AASL recommends top 25 websites for teaching and learning.
The Learning Network blog from The New York Times offers many useful teacher lessons, resources and activities.
At CoolTools.net you can create activities, games, quizzes and diagrams in seconds.
Web 2.0 Tools and More Technology Aids for Teachers
Cool Tools for School is a wiki compiled by Lenva Shearing with 100's of web 2.0 tools organized efficiently.
The learning event generator from John Davitt.
Create an Animoto education account so you or your students can create videos with music.
Use Diigo to organize all your bookmarks, screenshots, etc; you can get an educator account without ads.
You can find links to many more web tools in Ms. Kahn's Delicious.
Amazing blog by teacher Richard Byrne with free resources and lessons to help you utilize technology.
Create a screencast to create on-demand mini-lessons for your students. Use Jing or Screencast-O-Matic.
Collaborize is a free site designed for teachers to extend the classroom walls within a private online community.
4Teachers offers online tools and resources to help you integrate technology into lessons.
Catpin will create a test with bubbles for answers, just like the standardized tests.
Find 12 examples of digital products that students can create with Wesley Fryer's "Mapping Media to CCSS."
The learning event generator from John Davitt.
Create an Animoto education account so you or your students can create videos with music.
Use Diigo to organize all your bookmarks, screenshots, etc; you can get an educator account without ads.
You can find links to many more web tools in Ms. Kahn's Delicious.
Amazing blog by teacher Richard Byrne with free resources and lessons to help you utilize technology.
Create a screencast to create on-demand mini-lessons for your students. Use Jing or Screencast-O-Matic.
Collaborize is a free site designed for teachers to extend the classroom walls within a private online community.
4Teachers offers online tools and resources to help you integrate technology into lessons.
Catpin will create a test with bubbles for answers, just like the standardized tests.
Find 12 examples of digital products that students can create with Wesley Fryer's "Mapping Media to CCSS."
Online Teacher Communities
Teacher Cast is a community of teachers for 21st Century learning with many resources created by teachers for teachers.
TES Connect is the largest teacher network in the world.
Share My Lesson is sponsored by AFT and allows all teachers to register for the free resources. Connect with other teachers on Classroom 2.0. The social network for teachers.
English Companion Ning is a site where English teachers can communicate virtually for sharing and learning.
AP English Ning is for all AP teachers in both literature and language.
The Literacy in Learning Exchange is an online community of educators committed to transforming literacy ed.
The Teaching Channel is a video showcase of inspiring and effective teaching practices in America's schools.
TES Connect is the largest teacher network in the world.
Share My Lesson is sponsored by AFT and allows all teachers to register for the free resources. Connect with other teachers on Classroom 2.0. The social network for teachers.
English Companion Ning is a site where English teachers can communicate virtually for sharing and learning.
AP English Ning is for all AP teachers in both literature and language.
The Literacy in Learning Exchange is an online community of educators committed to transforming literacy ed.
The Teaching Channel is a video showcase of inspiring and effective teaching practices in America's schools.
Tutorials and Videos for Teachers
Learn how to create a multiple choice test in Google Forms.
Learn how to use Flubaroo to grade a test you created in Google Forms.
Here is a user's guide for Flubaroo which is integrated into Google Docs.
Need help with Turnitin.com? Find videos to explain all you need to know.
Turnitin offers a series of webcasts to help you as you teach research skills, writing and citing.
Find out about the notebook feature in Easybib. Introduction to using Easybib.
Need help with ActivInspire? Find videos with easy instructions here.
Instructions for using Delicious.com to organize your bookmarks.
Use videos from Ted Ed that were created in all subject areas with your students.
Learn how to use Flubaroo to grade a test you created in Google Forms.
Here is a user's guide for Flubaroo which is integrated into Google Docs.
Need help with Turnitin.com? Find videos to explain all you need to know.
Turnitin offers a series of webcasts to help you as you teach research skills, writing and citing.
Find out about the notebook feature in Easybib. Introduction to using Easybib.
Need help with ActivInspire? Find videos with easy instructions here.
Instructions for using Delicious.com to organize your bookmarks.
Use videos from Ted Ed that were created in all subject areas with your students.
Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
Common Core Standards website.
Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC)
Edutopia has created a page with loads of resources about the Common Core standards.
Crosswalk of the Common Core Standards and the Standards for a 21st Century Learner from AASL.
P21 Common Core Toolkit:A Guide to Aligning the Common Core State Standards with the Framework for 21st Century Skills.
5 Things Every Teacher Should be Doing to Meet the Common Core Standards.
Common Core resources from Edutopia.
10 Must See Common Core Resources from SimpeK12.
The Textproject.org is a development series designed to address text complexity and CCSS.
Council of the Great City Schools has resources to support the CCSS.
Learn Zillion offers thousands of lessons all built from the CCSS.
MasteryConnect is an assessment tracker to help you monitor student's progress toward specific CCSS.
CommonCurriculum is designed to help teachers align lessons to the CCSS with plan book and blog option.
Glossary of CCSS terminology from Scholastic.
Turnitin.com has writing rubrics in Grademark available to help you aline your writing assignment with CCSS.
Literacy Implementation Guidelines for ELA CCSS from the International Reading Association (IRA).
Download the Common Core App for your smartphone:
Apple IOS App
Droid App
Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC)
Edutopia has created a page with loads of resources about the Common Core standards.
Crosswalk of the Common Core Standards and the Standards for a 21st Century Learner from AASL.
P21 Common Core Toolkit:A Guide to Aligning the Common Core State Standards with the Framework for 21st Century Skills.
5 Things Every Teacher Should be Doing to Meet the Common Core Standards.
Common Core resources from Edutopia.
10 Must See Common Core Resources from SimpeK12.
The Textproject.org is a development series designed to address text complexity and CCSS.
Council of the Great City Schools has resources to support the CCSS.
Learn Zillion offers thousands of lessons all built from the CCSS.
MasteryConnect is an assessment tracker to help you monitor student's progress toward specific CCSS.
CommonCurriculum is designed to help teachers align lessons to the CCSS with plan book and blog option.
Glossary of CCSS terminology from Scholastic.
Turnitin.com has writing rubrics in Grademark available to help you aline your writing assignment with CCSS.
Literacy Implementation Guidelines for ELA CCSS from the International Reading Association (IRA).
Download the Common Core App for your smartphone:
Apple IOS App
Droid App
Non-Fiction Narrative Texts to help teach CCSS
Find all these works online:
The Best Science and Nature Writing Series has been collated since 2000 from various magazines.
Here are 100 pieces of the best in journalism brought to you by The Atlantic magazine.
Longform.org posts new and classic non-fiction articles, curated from across the web.
The Daily Beast publishes a weekly list of great long reads from many news and magazine sources.
The Best Science and Nature Writing Series has been collated since 2000 from various magazines.
Here are 100 pieces of the best in journalism brought to you by The Atlantic magazine.
Longform.org posts new and classic non-fiction articles, curated from across the web.
The Daily Beast publishes a weekly list of great long reads from many news and magazine sources.
Grant Sources
Get Ed Funding is brought to you by CDW-G. Register for the site so you can save grants of interest.
The Foundation Center helps you find grants in all subjects.
School Grants offers tips for grant writing and grant opportunities.
Stem Grants offers news, info about STEM and lots of grant opportunities.
Donors Choose, an online charity that connects donors to classrooms in need.
Best Buy has several programs that awards grants to teachers and schools to improve technology.
Use this tool from Perma-Bound to seek out specialized grants for your program.
Digital Wish is a program set up to get classrooms needed technology.
Gale Cengage Learning compiles a list of grants available for schools.
Collection of links to grants from 4teachers.
The Grant Wrangler has lists of grants for K-12 education.
The Foundation Center helps you find grants in all subjects.
School Grants offers tips for grant writing and grant opportunities.
Stem Grants offers news, info about STEM and lots of grant opportunities.
Donors Choose, an online charity that connects donors to classrooms in need.
Best Buy has several programs that awards grants to teachers and schools to improve technology.
Use this tool from Perma-Bound to seek out specialized grants for your program.
Digital Wish is a program set up to get classrooms needed technology.
Gale Cengage Learning compiles a list of grants available for schools.
Collection of links to grants from 4teachers.
The Grant Wrangler has lists of grants for K-12 education.
Online Educational Journals and Blogs Promoting 21st Century Learning
the Journal offers resources to help teachers transform education through technology.
Edudemic is a journal with a focus on the ever changing educational technology available to schools.
Edutopia is dedicated to transforming the learning process by helping educators implement 21st century strategies.
EducationWorld provides online teacher resources, community and professional development.
Find a list of over two dozen educational journals with free content online.
TeachThought is a blog that explores the best in learning innovation that connects K-20 educators with resources, ideas, models, frameworks and curricula.
Edudemic is a journal with a focus on the ever changing educational technology available to schools.
Edutopia is dedicated to transforming the learning process by helping educators implement 21st century strategies.
EducationWorld provides online teacher resources, community and professional development.
Find a list of over two dozen educational journals with free content online.
TeachThought is a blog that explores the best in learning innovation that connects K-20 educators with resources, ideas, models, frameworks and curricula.
General Resources
The Mindset List was created at Beloit College in 1998 to reflect the world view of entering first year students. It started with the members of the class of 2002, born in 1980.
The 40 Developmental Assets of Teenagers from the Search Institute
Literacy across the curriculum wiki from Angela Maiers.
Help students with the research process here.
Resource from Discovery Education called Curiosity in the Classroom.
The Futures Channel offers videos from the scientists, engineers, explorers and visionaries who are shaping the future for today’s learners who will one day succeed them.
PBS has created a new learning portal for educators.
Register for the Louisiana Public Broadcasting (LPB) service with links to educational videos.
Easybib has created an educator's portal with lesson plans to help teach about plagiarism and citations.
The 40 Developmental Assets of Teenagers from the Search Institute
Literacy across the curriculum wiki from Angela Maiers.
Help students with the research process here.
Resource from Discovery Education called Curiosity in the Classroom.
The Futures Channel offers videos from the scientists, engineers, explorers and visionaries who are shaping the future for today’s learners who will one day succeed them.
PBS has created a new learning portal for educators.
Register for the Louisiana Public Broadcasting (LPB) service with links to educational videos.
Easybib has created an educator's portal with lesson plans to help teach about plagiarism and citations.
Need an Assessment or Rubric?
Here is a link to dozens of samples from Kathy Schrock.
RESOURCES by Subject Area:
English Resources
English Companion Ning is a site where English teachers can communicate virtually for sharing and learning.AP English Ning is for all AP teachers in both literature and language.
ReadWriteThink is sponsored by NCTE, IRA and ThinkFinity.
Shmoop has literature learning guides for you or your students.
Internet4Classrooms offers ideas for teaching English language arts in middle and high school.
A writer's handbook from the Writing Center at the University of Wisconson.
Help with writing thesis statements from the Writing Center at the University of North Carolina.
Ad Lit is a resource for teachers and parents dealing with reading and writing. Sponsored by WETA and funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Grammar Girl: Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing.
Scholastic created this site for authors to teach the art of writing for middle school.
Sign up for Figment's bimonthly newsletter to hear about author chats, writing contests and lesson plans.
ReadWriteThink is sponsored by NCTE, IRA and ThinkFinity.
Shmoop has literature learning guides for you or your students.
Internet4Classrooms offers ideas for teaching English language arts in middle and high school.
A writer's handbook from the Writing Center at the University of Wisconson.
Help with writing thesis statements from the Writing Center at the University of North Carolina.
Ad Lit is a resource for teachers and parents dealing with reading and writing. Sponsored by WETA and funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Grammar Girl: Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing.
Scholastic created this site for authors to teach the art of writing for middle school.
Sign up for Figment's bimonthly newsletter to hear about author chats, writing contests and lesson plans.
Math Resources
Mathalicious lessons teach standards-based math through real-world topics that students care about.
Watch, practice and learn almost anything math related and more at Khan Academy.
Calculation Nation is a collection of math games for various grade levels from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
The Math Forum is an online community of educators, students and parents who have an interest in math and math education.
Follow this link to 20 Google Doc templates that you can use in science or math.
This is a link to the Common Core Standards for math in PDFformat.
The National Library of Virtual Manipulatives allows you to engage in hands on math online.
Mathway is a tool teachers and students can use to set up and solve problems.
Wayang is a machine-based math tutoring program with a coaching panel for you to monitor your students. The US Census Bureau has lesson plans and teacher resources.
Knowmania offers videos and lessons to help make math inviting.
Watch, practice and learn almost anything math related and more at Khan Academy.
Calculation Nation is a collection of math games for various grade levels from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
The Math Forum is an online community of educators, students and parents who have an interest in math and math education.
Follow this link to 20 Google Doc templates that you can use in science or math.
This is a link to the Common Core Standards for math in PDFformat.
The National Library of Virtual Manipulatives allows you to engage in hands on math online.
Mathway is a tool teachers and students can use to set up and solve problems.
Wayang is a machine-based math tutoring program with a coaching panel for you to monitor your students. The US Census Bureau has lesson plans and teacher resources.
Knowmania offers videos and lessons to help make math inviting.
Social Studies Resources
Teaching history with technology from EdTechTeacher.org.
Do you need maps? Try the National Atlas.
World history at your fingertips from HyperHistory Online.
Learn all about the countries of the world in Lerner's visual geogrpahy series.
Everything you want to know about the US government here through C-SPAN.
Are you teaching the 1st amendment? Try this site for lesson ideas.
TeachingHistory is a National History Education Clearinghouse.
Ideas for teaching social studies to gifted students from Laura Compton Circe Bridges.
Teacher resources from the National WWII Museum in New Orleans.
The Science and Technology of WWII presented in an interactive website with lots of resources.
American history resources and lessons from the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.
Smithsonian's History Explorer with lessons, interactives, museum artifacts, etc.The Newseum Digital Classroom is a national news literacy website that provides high-quality digital media content.
Do you need maps? Try the National Atlas.
World history at your fingertips from HyperHistory Online.
Learn all about the countries of the world in Lerner's visual geogrpahy series.
Everything you want to know about the US government here through C-SPAN.
Are you teaching the 1st amendment? Try this site for lesson ideas.
TeachingHistory is a National History Education Clearinghouse.
Ideas for teaching social studies to gifted students from Laura Compton Circe Bridges.
Teacher resources from the National WWII Museum in New Orleans.
The Science and Technology of WWII presented in an interactive website with lots of resources.
American history resources and lessons from the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.
Smithsonian's History Explorer with lessons, interactives, museum artifacts, etc.The Newseum Digital Classroom is a national news literacy website that provides high-quality digital media content.
Science Resources
Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) will lay out the core ideas and practices in science that students should master in preparation for college and careers.
Virtual frog dissection right here.
Track animal migrations right here.
Find out how rain forests contribute to our collective well-being.
The National Science Digital Library is a national online portal for education and research on learning in STEM.
Project Noah is a tool to explore and document wildlife and a platform to harness the power of citizen scientists everywhere.
The Encyclopedia of Life has a resource just for teachers.
The KQED Mindshift Blog has a strand for STEM news and info.
Secrets of the Sequence, video series on the life sciences, created at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Nature Works Everywhere presented by The Nature Conservancy and Discovery Education.
Teach Thought offers 50 awesome chemistry videos.
Virtual frog dissection right here.
Track animal migrations right here.
Find out how rain forests contribute to our collective well-being.
The National Science Digital Library is a national online portal for education and research on learning in STEM.
Project Noah is a tool to explore and document wildlife and a platform to harness the power of citizen scientists everywhere.
The Encyclopedia of Life has a resource just for teachers.
The KQED Mindshift Blog has a strand for STEM news and info.
Secrets of the Sequence, video series on the life sciences, created at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Nature Works Everywhere presented by The Nature Conservancy and Discovery Education.
Teach Thought offers 50 awesome chemistry videos.
The Arts Resources
Discovery Education created Adobe Youth Voices to help teachers inspire students to delve into multimedia.
The National Gallery of Art Learning Resources offers online teaching packets for teaching visual art.
ArtsEdge is the Kennedy Center"sand offers free digital resources for teaching through and about the arts.
The National Gallery of Art Learning Resources offers online teaching packets for teaching visual art.
ArtsEdge is the Kennedy Center"sand offers free digital resources for teaching through and about the arts.
Project Based Learning Resources
PBL-online is designed as a one stop shop to help you plan your lessons.
The Buck Institute is a non-profit educational organization that focuses on PBL.
Edutopia offers various resources, but this link will help you with PBL.
Try the PBL tools and plan links from the West Virginia Department of Education.
Here is a short video from Common Craft explaining PBL.
The Buck Institute is a non-profit educational organization that focuses on PBL.
Edutopia offers various resources, but this link will help you with PBL.
Try the PBL tools and plan links from the West Virginia Department of Education.
Here is a short video from Common Craft explaining PBL.
Online Professional Development
HP Catalyst Academy is a new professional development tool that will accelerate professional learning among STEMx educators.
Simple K12 is a teacher learning community.
The Center for Learning offers free webinars and lessons and courses for a fee.
CILC or Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration offers PD and opportunities to connect with other classrooms.
November Learning offers many types of resources for teachers.
Edweb is a professional social network for the education community. Edweb hosts great free webinars.
The Utah Education Network has free online professional development for teachers.
ISTE Learning is a free online community designed as professional development for teachers.
PBS TeacherLine offers professional development with college credit for teachers pre-k-12.
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FYI: You can use twitter to build your Professional Learning Network. Search these hastags for PD: #edchat, #edtech, #engchat, #mathchat, #scichat, #sschat, #gtchat, etc.
Dictionary of Twitter hashtags from Edudemic.
Simple K12 is a teacher learning community.
The Center for Learning offers free webinars and lessons and courses for a fee.
CILC or Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration offers PD and opportunities to connect with other classrooms.
November Learning offers many types of resources for teachers.
Edweb is a professional social network for the education community. Edweb hosts great free webinars.
The Utah Education Network has free online professional development for teachers.
ISTE Learning is a free online community designed as professional development for teachers.
PBS TeacherLine offers professional development with college credit for teachers pre-k-12.
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FYI: You can use twitter to build your Professional Learning Network. Search these hastags for PD: #edchat, #edtech, #engchat, #mathchat, #scichat, #sschat, #gtchat, etc.
Dictionary of Twitter hashtags from Edudemic.
