Links & Education Resources

For Answers to Research Questions:

Blue Web'n
Colorado Department of Education
Educator's Reference Desk
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Math and Science
ERIC
Mid-Continent Regional Educational Laboratory
Teacher LINK
US Office of Education

Professional and Learned Societies:

American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
American Federation of Teachers
Association for Childhood Education International
Council for Exceptional Children
The Humane Society of the United States Youth
International Reading Association
International Society for Technology in Education
National Council for the Social Studies
National Council of Teachers of English
National Council of Teachers of Math
National Education Association
National Middle School Association
National Science Teachers Association
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages

Interesting Links:

 Colorado Department of Education
Field Trip Site - Make your own, or do the virtual field trip
George Lucas Educational Foundation (Edutopia)
Integrated Learning Garden
Knowledge Loom
MarcoPolo - The MarcoPolo program provides no-cost, standards-based Internet content for the K-12 teacher and classroom, developed by the nation's content experts.
Thinkfinity.org Free lesson plans, homework help and professional development for teachers, students and parents
Yale Style Manual for Web Documents

Case Study Method:

National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science
Boston College Mathematics Case Studies Project

Cooperative Learning:

U.S. Government Printing Office
California Department of Education
The Cooperative Learning Network
Jigsaw Classroom
National Institute for Science Education
Program for Complex Instruction at Stanford: Video streaming of CL classrooms

Lecture:

Active Learning on the Web

Problem-Based Learning:

Center for Problem-Based Learning
Illinois Math and Science Academy Center for Problem-Based Learning
Illinois Problem-Based Learning Network examples
A Key Factor in PBL
McMaster University: How to do it in science and with big classes
Problem-Based Learning and the Lively Classroom
University of California, Irvine: Problem Based Learning Faculty Institute
University of Delaware Problem-Based Learning site

Socratic Seminar:

Socratic Seminars Northwest
Workshop Syllabus for Teachers on Conducting Socratic SeminarsWebQuests:

Writing to Learn:

Writing Across the Curriculum

Teacher Reflection:

Teacher Reflection Checklist

History of Education Foundations:

The John Dewey Society at University of Chicago
Nineteenth Century Textbooks