Teacher online resources
LISD CEMaT Online Resources - Links to: CEMaT Catalog, Discovery United Streaming, MelCat, MEL, netTrekker, Michigan Newspapers, and Follett Shelf.
21 Things 4 Teachers - This site has been developed to help educators improve their technology proficiency skills and integrate technology with best practices in their educational practice. Includes tutorials and hands-on activities that make use of free web resources.
MeL Databases - Click on "MeL Databases Help" to learn how you can access the full text of magazine articles, journals, newspapers, digital books, tests, podcasts, maps, and much more. These are resources you will not find on general Internet search engines because there is a subscription cost.
NetTrekker - NetTrekker delivers the industry-leading digital learning resource library with more than 360,000 educator-curated resources — each one tagged, organized, and aligned to state and Common Core standards so that teachers, students, and parents can find just what they need, quickly and safely.
ERIC: Institute of Education Sciences - Educational Database
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Share My Lesson - A place where educators can come together to create and share their very best teaching resources. Developed by teachers for teachers, this free platform gives access to high-quality teaching resources and provides an online community where teachers can collaborate with, encourage and inspire each other.
Common Sense Media - Wondering what media is appropriate for your students? Common Sense Media provides age-based and educational ratings and reviews for movies, games, apps, TV shows, websites, books, and music. Also features Graphite, a platform created to make it easier for educators to find the best apps, games, and websites for the classroom.
Teaching Copyright - This website includes a free curriculum teachers can use for teaching copyright in the digital age. Structured into five lessons, the curriculum, "will require your students to think about their role in the online world and provide them with the legal framework they need to make informed choices about their online behavior."
The Library of Congress: Teachers - "The Library of Congress offers classroom materials and professional development to help teachers effectively use primary sources from the Library's vast digital collections in their teaching. Find Library of Congress lesson plans and more that meet Common Core standards, state content standards, and the standards of national organizations."
The Library of Congress: Poetry 180 - A poem a day for American high schools.
EDSITEment: The Best of the Humanities on the Web - Contains, "high-quality material on the Internet in the subject areas of literature and language arts, foreign languages, art and culture, and history and social studies." Lesson plan searches that can be customized and filtered in five different ways are especially valuable for teachers.
21 Things 4 Teachers - This site has been developed to help educators improve their technology proficiency skills and integrate technology with best practices in their educational practice. Includes tutorials and hands-on activities that make use of free web resources.
MeL Databases - Click on "MeL Databases Help" to learn how you can access the full text of magazine articles, journals, newspapers, digital books, tests, podcasts, maps, and much more. These are resources you will not find on general Internet search engines because there is a subscription cost.
NetTrekker - NetTrekker delivers the industry-leading digital learning resource library with more than 360,000 educator-curated resources — each one tagged, organized, and aligned to state and Common Core standards so that teachers, students, and parents can find just what they need, quickly and safely.
ERIC: Institute of Education Sciences - Educational Database
MORE - Michigan Online Resources for Educators
Share My Lesson - A place where educators can come together to create and share their very best teaching resources. Developed by teachers for teachers, this free platform gives access to high-quality teaching resources and provides an online community where teachers can collaborate with, encourage and inspire each other.
Common Sense Media - Wondering what media is appropriate for your students? Common Sense Media provides age-based and educational ratings and reviews for movies, games, apps, TV shows, websites, books, and music. Also features Graphite, a platform created to make it easier for educators to find the best apps, games, and websites for the classroom.
Teaching Copyright - This website includes a free curriculum teachers can use for teaching copyright in the digital age. Structured into five lessons, the curriculum, "will require your students to think about their role in the online world and provide them with the legal framework they need to make informed choices about their online behavior."
The Library of Congress: Teachers - "The Library of Congress offers classroom materials and professional development to help teachers effectively use primary sources from the Library's vast digital collections in their teaching. Find Library of Congress lesson plans and more that meet Common Core standards, state content standards, and the standards of national organizations."
The Library of Congress: Poetry 180 - A poem a day for American high schools.
EDSITEment: The Best of the Humanities on the Web - Contains, "high-quality material on the Internet in the subject areas of literature and language arts, foreign languages, art and culture, and history and social studies." Lesson plan searches that can be customized and filtered in five different ways are especially valuable for teachers.