Library Website : Education (Lesson Planning Resources): Websites

Online Teaching Resources

Multi-Disciplinary Sites

Awesome Library Organizes the Web with 37,000 carefully reviewed resources, including the top 5 percent in education.
Connexions A place to view and share educational material made of small knowledge chunks called modules that can be organized as courses, books, reports, etc.
e-learning for kids A global, nonprofit foundation dedicated to fun and free learning on the Internet for children ages 5 - 12.
Fun 4 The Brain A great website offering math, science, and English games.
PBS LearningMedia
Math and Science Resources
Scholastic Lesson Plans Thousands of free lesson plans, unit plans, discussion guides, and extension activities.
Share My Lesson
Built by educators across the country to provide high-quality and effective lesson plans—many of which are aligned to standards—and professional development resources.
The World Digital Library The World Digital Library of the U.S. Library of Congress makes it possible to discover, study, and enjoy cultural treasures and significant historical documents on one site, in a variety of ways. Content on the WDL includes books, manuscripts, maps, newspapers, journals, prints and photographs, sound recordings, and films.

Teaching with Technology Sites

Free Technology for Teachers
Free Resources and Lesson Plans for Teaching with Technology
The Super Book of Web Tools for Educators A comprehensive introduction to using technology in all K-12 classrooms.
TI Activities Find ready-to-use math and science activities aligned to select standards and textbooks for middle through college.

*For Subject Specific Online Resources visit the finding teaching materials by subject pages.

Digital Citizenship and Online Safety

Digital Passport
The purpose of the Digital Passport program is to provide students in grades three through five with lessons and games for learning responsible digital behavior
Seven Digital Deadly Sins
An interactive story containing seven chapters with short videos, essays, and polls. The videos and essays tell the stories of people suffering from digital sins like greed (illegally downloading media) and wrath (cyberbullying).
A Thin Line
MTV's A Thin Line campaign was developed to empower teens to identify, respond to, and stop the spread of digital abuse in their life and amongst their peers.

Professional Organizations for Educators

General Resources

NYS Teacher Certification
Our primary goal is to provide qualified and certified teachers for employment in the State's public schools. We issue certificates, develop teaching policy, and provide supportive services for teachers, schools, and the public.
Standards of Ethics and Business Conduct
NYSED
U.S. Department of Education
Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation
CAEP is the profession’s mechanism to help establish high quality teacher preparation.

Evalutating Websites

Get WARP'D!

Writing Style--citations, grammar, precise writing rather than generalizations, no personal attacks rather than answering an argument.

Author--what are the author's credentials? (e.g. Education, Background and Employer. What else have they published? *Check WorldCat, Google Scholar & Article Databases like ProQuest, PsychInfo, or Scopus).

Read--read the information and decide for yourself. Synthesis distinguishes research from reports.

Purpose--(look for "About us") Any bias? Is it for commerce, to advocate or inform?

Date--Publication or Last Revision Date