Teaching
and Learning: The Teaching and Learning section of TeacherNet
is a gateway to the very best educational resources currently available
on the internet. From this page you can access more than twelve hundred
lesson plans, tap into the support services of museums, libraries
and charities and ensure that you are making the most of the educational
activities that your local community has to offer. You will also find
comprehensive directories for Community Learning Grids, teaching unions
and other affiliated bodies.
Education
World: In 1996 a group of people with a background in education
in the United States decided to produce a website that would make
the Internet easier for educators to use. The result is Education
World, a resource that includes a search engine for educational websites,
a place where educators can find information without searching the
entire Internet; original content, including lesson plans, practical
information for educators, information on how to integrate technology
in the classroom, and articles written by education experts; website
reviews; daily features and columns; teacher and principal profiles.
Tooter4kids:
This website is for primary school teachers who would like to use
the Internet for lots of information. This site was produced and maintained
by Mrs. Susan Stein. You can use the Teacher Resource Page for 100's
of links to poetry, language, science, social studies, writing, etc.
Themes On Line offers many themes that you could use in the classroom.
It is unique because it offers graphics, introductions, vocabulary
explanations, poetry, quizzes, and word searches. Writing4Kids is
a page where kids can submit their writing and have it published online
for all to see. The kids also have a Kids Literacy Page, Homework
Helpers, Kids Friendly LInks, and Favorite Links, along with Math,
and Language links that are a safe surf. Teachers can also enjoy the
use of the Back to School Page and Enjoying Literacy.
Timesavers
for Teachers is a Consortium Member of the GEM project sponsored
by the United States Education Department which accepts only quality
education sites. Timesavers for Teachers specializes in offering teachers
teacher resources and tools that save time. The website provides practical,
visually appealing often-used forms, checklists, units, timesaving
ideas, and other reproducible worksheets for busy classroom teachers..
Association
of Teacher Websites (ATW): How often have you visited an "educational"
web site, only to find an apparently random jumble of pages that bear
no relation to your subject, teaching or learning? The ATW is an association
of websites created by the real experts - teachers. The ATW helps
its members share ideas and work together. It provides a single portal,
which is a guarantee of quality for pupils, teachers and parents.
It does not charge its members for any services, and contributors
share any organizational tasks. The ATW currently has 88 approved
sites covering all curriculum areas and key stages.
First
School features fun preschool lesson plans, educational early
childhood activities, printable crafts, printable activities, calendar
of events, and other resources for children of preschool age. The
preschool lesson plans and activities are appropriate and adaptable
for toddlers, preschoolers and kindergarten level (ages 2 to 6). First-School's
content is ideal for home schooling, preschool and kindergarten teachers,
child care providers and babysitters.
Education
Resource Center:
This website is dedicated to helping professional educators, student
teachers, parents, mentors and tutors educate students by providing
access to education resources of the highest quality. The Education
Resource Center provides: (1) Education news published by the most
creditable news sources. (2) Assistance writing lesson plans. (3)
Links to thousands of Lesson Plans. (4) Internet search assistance
that provides access to all available education resources.
In2Edu:
Free educational
resources, lesson plans, integrated themes and thematic units, free
downloads and software, teaching ideas, ICT units, and education links.
All links in a unique downloadable educational database. World wide
education use with a New Zealand sites feature. Unique certificates
and banners for classroom display.
ASandA2:
Launched in October 2001, ASandA2 intends to become a lively and exciting
community for students and teachers of the AS and A2 curriculums in
the UK. At our core is an interactive portal of subject links, to
which visitors can add resources, plus rate and review the current
links. There are also hi-tech forums for discussions under any topic
of the curriculum and an opportunity for teachers to build their own
website, for which they can receive money according to how many page
impressions they receive.
Do you
want to have your website listed in our web directory? If so, send
a brief description (about 150 words) and the URL to spartacus@pavilion.co.uk.
