Resources for NEW/Future Teachers

[Cyndi Danner-Kuhn]

Volunteer Teacher from the Trenches,
Could you suggest at least one valuable web link that a new/future teacher needs to know about and bookmark. And could you tell us briefly why. thanks

TECS 290 students:
Please tell us about the resources you found. Make sure you your read through all the posts before adding yous. If the site has already been suggested, find another!!

[Cyndi Danner-Kuhn]

Love the Jim Moulton site. This one was new to me and WOW!!! thanks for sharing with us.

[Lyndi Wolf]

I searched Google to locate two internet websites for first year teachers and actually found three websites that I thought were very informative.

TeacherFirst.com
www.teachersfirst.com/newbie.cfm
This website allows teachers to speak about issues and ideas on blogs with other
teachers. There are also several links for professional organizations for teachers
to get involved with and great ideas for the classrooms that are grade and subject
specific.

U.S. Department of Education
www.ed.gov/teachers/become/about/survivalguide/index.html
This website gives messages and ideas to new teachers regarding how to control
the classroom, help with working with veteran teachers, how to cope with parents
and principals. This site also gives ideas on how to improve student performance
and professional development.

ProTeacher Directory
www.proteacher.com/010007.shtml
This website has a discussion board for new teachers and veteran teachers to
discuss about their what is happening in their classrooms and share ideas. There
are also several links that give help on classroom management and top teaching
strategies.

[Heather Burleson]

From the Trenches:
As you are researching and joining all these cool sites, you need to have user names and passwords. I know you're wise enough not to keep using the same username/password, which means you have a ton of info to keep up with.
There are many password keeper programs out there, but I like Password Corral. It's free, easy to use, and even lets you categorize your passwords!

[Cyndi Danner-Kuhn]

Cool resource, thanks for sharing. The Password and Username thing seems to be huge challenge for most folks. I have a little "magic" spiral notebook where I also write them down, print out email confirmation and tape in there. Kinda silly but provides a great back-up

[Tana]

THANK YOU!!!!!!

[Veronica Deines]

Site Name: Scholastic
Site Address: http://www.scholastic.com
Description: Excellent site with ideas for lesson plans, and instructions for creating games and activities. Includes all grade levels and subject areas.

Site Name: Sites for Teachers
Site Address: http://www.sitesforteachers.com
Description: A HUGE list of useful websites for teachers arranged by popularity.

[Sheri Fraser]

One of the best websites is in kan-ed and Net treker on that site can help narrow searches and search for information.

[Kara Gerstenkorn]

http://www.coreknowledge.org/CK/index.htm

this is a great website that divides different lesson plans by grade level. It also has helpful information for parents who homeschool. There are TONS of interesting articles about new teaching methods and activities.

[Kara Gerstenkorn]

Name: Discovery School.com (Discovery Education)
Address: http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/edref.html
Description: This website gives excellent ideas for first year teachers. It gives tips on how to make worksheets and puzzles and gives ideas on how to make boring subjects more fun. The site also cites many websites and online databases that teachers can use to find information they are looking for faster.

Name: Education World
Address: http://www.education-world.com/
Description: This website claims it is an educator’s best friend, and I believe it. This website features stories on technology, lesson planning, professional development, and school issues. It has its own search engine for its website and even features a special page for first time teachers. This is a great website with amazing ideas, and I plan on using it in the future.

[Darla Schroeder]

I wanted to add a couple of web-sites that I haven't seen mentioned here.
The Genetic Science Learning Center
gslc.genetics.utah.edu

This is the neatest web-site on genetics, genetic disorders, virtual lab DNA extractions, has info on cloning, stem cell research, etc. A great resourse that explains how genetics relate to our lives and society. This site has interactive learning opportunities and virtual tours from basic cell functions to how genes determine body patterns. Good stuff

Super Science fair Projects, Ideas, Topics & Experiments
www.super-science-fair-projects.com
For those of you that help with science fair projects, this web-site gives complete step-by-step guide for experiments & ideas for kids K-college.

[kristie gillespie]

teAchnology online teacher resource
http://www.teach-nology.com/newsletters/


A to Z Teacher Stuff
http://atozteacherstuff.com/

These two were very user friendly and offered a wide variety of subjects and lesson plans for the classroom teacher. It also offered many other resources which are helpful in the classroom like rubrics and worksheets. I never thought that there were this many resources available and the greatest thing is that it comes to your email on a monthly basis so you don’t have to remember where to go to find it and you will be reminded to try new ideas and get more inspiration throughout the year.

[Deidra Chestnut]

The Google Earth site that we learned about with the Google Lesson Plan assignment was awesome!! I was so surprised with how easily it all came together & how helpful it was. My husband & I were looking through Google Earth & put in where we stayed on our honeymoon in Jamaica & could see the beach...see where we stayed...see where we ate, etc. It was unreal!!!