NBC Video Archive Available
Teacher Magazine (10/23, Woods) reported that NBC news "has opened its video archives to teachers and students of all grades and subjects, to supplement textbook learning with primary source multimedia content." The online archive of "more than 5,000 video and print resources," including historical and current film footage used in NBC broadcasts, will be free to teachers. "Teachers can also create their classes online by posting related lesson plans, homework assignments, and quizzes" on a website hosted by the company. http://www.hotchalk.com/nbc.html
Teacher Evaluation Links
Bloom's Taxonomy - discussion and key word listDownloadable State Evaluation Forms
Lesson Plan Model - with downloadable forms live-linked to state standards
Praxis and Other Standardized Tests
Learning Express Library - a comprehensive, interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help patrons--students and adult learners--succeed on academic or licensing tests. Students and patrons get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of test results.
Doing What Works
The U.S. Department of Education has launched a new web site aimed at giving educators advice about effective teaching practices and examples of ways to implement these practices to improve student achievement. Called "Doing What Works," the new site offers a user-friendly interface to help users quickly locate teaching practices that have been found effective by the department´s research arm.
http://dww.ed.gov
Multi Subject Sites
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence - Divided by subject area, this site has something for almost everyone!
English & Grammar
Read Write Think - Great Site! These activities include various organizer and pre-writing tools as well as literature analysis tools. Lesson plans and other helpful things are also available through the tabs at the top of the page.
