General Resources

Critical Links
A professional development tool that supports teachers in refining their expertise.

Education World
A huge site offering information, resources, and links to assist K-College educators.

Encarta Encyclopedia
A popular online classroom reference tool from Microsoft.

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
U.S. government-sponsored site with tons of links to educational sites.

National Teacher Recruitment Clearinghouse
An online resource for prospective teachers seeking jobs and for school districts and states seeking qualified teachers.

Rethinking Schools Online
Rethinking Schools is a nonprofit, independent publisher of educational materials that advocate the reform of elementary and secondary education, with a strong emphasis on issues of equity and social justice.

Tapped In
An online conference center for the international education community.

Theory Into Practice (TIP)
TIP is a tool intended to make learning and instructional theory more accessible to educators. The TIP database contains brief summaries of 50 major theories of learning and instruction.

Teachers Talking About Learning
A website sponsored by UNICEF to support the professional development of "Majority World" teachers.

Articles and Tutorials

The Art of Questioning by Dennis Palmer Wolf (1987)
The author examines the nature of teacher questioning in the classroom.

Essential Questions
Guidelines for developing essential questions.

Essential Questions
Criteria for and examples of essential questions.

Phi Delta Kappan Articles Online
Selected articles, columns, or abstracts of articles published in past and current print issues of the Phi Delta Kappan.

Survival Guide for New Teachers
The U.S. Department of Education produced this informative guide to assist new teachers in the classroom.

Teaching for Understanding by David Perkins (1993)
The author explores the meaning of understanding and the importance of teaching for understanding.

Theory of Multiple Intelligences
A short explanation and links to various online resources covering Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences.

 

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