It’s not often that public schools are built by famous architects or house artwork by known artists, but author and art historian Michele Cohen has found more than 1,500 works of art in New York City schools and documents them in Public Art for Public Schools (Random, 2009). All the art in the book is compiled in a database, and some of it is available online and includes lesson plans.
[Via The Big Deal Book]
Free Resources for Educational Excellence (or FREE, for short) is an
extensive compilation of free resources from federal agencies. Browse the
Subject Map to review topics, type in a keyword to search the entire
database or click on the featured links for current topics of interest. Sign up
for the FREE RSS to get notification several times a week of new resources
being added to the more than 1,500 existing resources on the site.
Web: http://www.free.ed.gov/
[Via Joanne Jacobs]
The high unemployment rate has provided an unexpected boon for the nation’s public schools: legions of career-switchers eager to become teachers. … read the whole article
Television, film and multimedia have an important role in learning across curriculum areas and topics.
The ACTF has quality Australian resources to support educators in primary to tertiary and community roles.
There are free lesson ideas, learning resources and classroom activity sheets to help your students learn. ”
more than 20 classroom-ready lesson plans across at the Google Apps Education Resource Center:
www.google.com/apps/eduresources
http://k12onlineconference.org/
The K-12 online conference invites participation from educators around the world interested in innovative ways Web 2.0 tools and technologies can be used to improve learning. This free conference is run by volunteers and open to everyone.
http://www.acer.edu.au/proflearn/SpecialNeeds.html
This one day workshop will provide research findings related to the characteristics of ADHD and the most effective strategies to support the learning and social needs of students with ADHD.
In celebration of the upcoming release of Robert Swan’s new book, Antarctica 2041: My Quest to Save the Earth’s Last Wilderness, with Native Energy and Broadway Books, is proud to offer one teacher a once-in-a-lifetime free trip to Antarctica, aboard Robert Swan’s International Antarctic Treaty Expedition (IATE), November 16-30, 2009.
From July 1 through September 4, 2009, teachers or professors can visit the contest website and submit a compelling essay, 500 words-or-less, titled: “Why I want to visit Antarctica this November, and how I plan to bring the skills I learn back to my classroom.”
Free templates and tutorials for teachers and students in the classroom environment
