General Professional Development Resources 
  and general portals for teachers

see also: Social Networks for Teachers -- Technology for Teachers

• 25 Incredible TED Talks for Educators
  "A non-profit dedicated to bringing 'Ideas Worth Sharing' to the world, TED offers some of the best and brightest sharing their perspectives on technology, entertainment, and design. Many of those who speak at TED discuss topics relevant to education."
• 100 Free Online Lectures that Will Make You a Better Teacher
  A nice list, divided by topic and with short descriptions, from the Best Universities blog.
• Baptism by Fire: 100 Essential Tips and Resources for Student Teachers
  "Tips, shared experiences of other teachers, advice from the pros, and helpful information ..." Though aimed at student teachers, this list includes great links and resources for experienced teachers as well.
• Best Professional Development Meeting in Years!
  Teacher Richard Bryne links to four videos that were part of a professional development day with brief descriptions of the contexts to which they were applied.
• Bloom's Digital Taxonomy
  "This is an update to Bloom's Revised Taxonomy which attempts to account for the new behaviours and actions emerging as technology advances and becomes more ubiquitous. ... Bloom's Digital Taxonomy isn't about the tools or technologies rather it is about using these to facilitate learning."
• Bloom's Digital Taxonomy (image)
  A chart showing Bloom's Taxonomy applied to computer/technology skills.
• Classroom Management Resource Site
  A number of good resources, made available from a professor at the California State University College of Education.
• Doing What Works
  "Doing What Works is a website dedicated to helping educators identify and make use of effective teaching practices. Doing What Works relies primarily on the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education to evaluate and recommend practices that are supported by rigorous research."
• Download Learning
  Various titles normally sold on CD-ROM are made available for download for educators for 99 cents.
• ED Pubs
  "Identify and order U.S. Department of Education products. All publications are provided at no cost to the general public by the U.S. Department of Education."
• EDSITEment
  EDSITE "brings online humanities resources from some of the world's great museums, libraries, cultural institutions, and universities directly to your classroom."
• Education Index
  "An annotated guide to the best education-related sites on the Web" organized by topic.
• Education Internet Sites
  Long set of links for educators from the NY State Library.
• Education Week Teacher Professional Development Sourcebook
  "Teacher PD Sourcebook Directory is the most complete interactive, online professional development resource for K-12 educators." It includes articles and resource links from the publishers of Education Week and Teacher magazines, with a free bi-annual ebook focusing on technology integration and 21st Century Learning skills.
• Education World
  "A complete online resource where educators could start each day to find the lesson plans and research materials they were looking for."
• Educational Cyber Playground
  Information for teachers and administrators on curriculum, the law, technology, and school subject areas, including lesson plan links.
• Educators Professional Development
  "Online database of professional development conferences and workshops for educators and teachers from Early Learning to Grade 12."
• Eduhound
  Articles, lesson plans, weekly newsletter, a very nice set of links to sites for teachers and school subjects, and more.
• eduTeacher.net
  "eduTecher offers links to hundreds of web tools and sites and provides concise information on how the tools may be useful in the classroom setting."
• Edutopia
  "Improving the K-12 learning process by using digital media to document, disseminate, and advocate for innovative, replicable strategies that prepare students to thrive in their future education, careers, and adult lives." Includes articles, videos, blogs, forums, weekly newsletter, and more.
• Eduwonk.com
  Award-winning K-12 education blog. Front page includes tons of helpful links to other blogs, resources, and organizations.
• EngageNY
  "EngageNY is an evolving, collaborative platform for educators. As the Regents Reform Agenda moves forward across the state, we want you to be able to access and share resources that work for you." Includes resources on "Common Core standards, The Data-Driven Instruction cycle (DDI) and School-Based Inquiry (SBI), Teacher/Leader effectiveness (performance management systems)" and more.
• EROD: Education Resource Organizations Directory
  This extensive "directory is intended to help you identify and contact organizations that provide information and assistance on a broad range of education-related topics."
• eSchoolNews
  This site has materials for professional development as well as education news articles, including videos and information on education and edtech conferences.
• FactCheckEd.org
  "FactCheckEd.org is an educational resource for high school teachers and students. It’s designed to help students learn to cut through the fog of misinformation and deception that surrounds the many messages they’re bombarded with every day."
• Great Quotes About Learning and Change
  A Flickr group showing inspirational posters made by teachers.
• Help4Teachers.com
  A site on differentiated instruction for secondary as well as elementary teachers.
• HotChalk
  "A collaborative online resource ... [with] a media-rich library of teacher-contributed lesson plans and digital content, including audio, video, textbook, and assessment content, a collaborative education portal with articles and blogs, as well as online professional development for teachers."
• Ideas to Inspire
  "A collection of collaborative presentations, which offer a large number of ideas for engaging lesson activities. They are the result of the collaboration of teachers from all around the world."
• Interesting Ways
  A series of presentations on ways to use various tools in the classroom.
• K12 Online Conference
  Annual online videocast event with professional development talks and demonstrations for educators. Resources include a Wiki of accompanying materials and discussions, archives, Facebook page, Twitter page, and more. Well worth checking out!
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
  "A categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning."
• Landmarks for Schools
  "This web site is dedicated to the idea that Information will be the raw material that drives the 21st century, and that todays students should be learning to BUILD with information." From author and technology consultant David Warlick.
• Larry Ferlazzo: Teacher's Page
  Links for teachers, organized by subject.
• Learner.org
  "Teacher professional development and teacher resources across the curriculum" from Annenberg Media.
• New Teacher Survival Guide
  Educational technology, classroom management, curriculum resources, and other tools for teachers from Discovery Education.
• Partnership for 21st Century Skills
  "P21 and its members provide tools and resources to help the U.S. education system keep up by fusing the three Rs and four Cs (critical thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration, and creativity and innovation)."
• PBS TeacherLine
  "Our collection of more than 130 top-quality, graduate-level courses for educators spans the entire curriculum: Reading/Language Arts, Mathematics, Instructional Technology, Instructional Strategies, and Science." (Price per course varies from $100-$600.)
• PD 360
  Professional development videos for teachers. (Seton Teachers: Check with Mrs. Simpson for password.)
• Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation
  A free online journal for educators, designed "to provide access to refereed articles that can have a positive impact on assessment, research, evaluation, and teaching practice."
• SchooNoodle
  "SchooNoodle is an online social bookmarking community made exclusively for K-12 educators. All your favorite online resources kept in one place…from elementary vocabulary activities to high school science projects. All your best web resources organized and linked to US state standards."
• State Education Data Profiles
  Information about education across the country. From the U.S. Department of Education.
• TeacherServe
  "TeacherServe®, is an interactive curriculum enrichment service offering teachers practical help in planning courses and presenting rigorous subject matter to students.".
• Thinkfinity NY
  "Thinkfinity is the merger of two highly acclaimed Verizon Foundation programs: MarcoPolo and the Verizon Literacy Network. ... Its objective is to provide the highest quality content and professional development" [resources].
• UEN: Utah Education Network
  "Free web tools and services, such as lesson plans, videos, curriculum resources, student interactives and professional development..."
• Videos for PD
  A fine selection of videos for professional development from Wesley Freyer's Moving at the Speed of Creativity blog.

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