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Professional Development
- Adobe Education Exchange
The Adobe Education Exchange is the free learning platform and community, designed by educators for educators, to ignite creativity in the classroom.
Offers online courses, on-demand online workshops, lesson plans, teaching resources, and more, primarily on Adobe, math, and technology-related topics.- Annenberg Learner
Teacher professional development and teacher resources across the curriculum
from Annenberg Media.- BAM! Radio Network
- BAM! Radio offers dozens of podcasts for educators, with episodes usually ranging between 10-15 minutes long, sometimes a bit more.
- Cult of Pedagogy
- Website, blog, and articles about teaching methods, theories, and techniques, including classroom management and technology.
- Discovery Education
- Educational technology, classroom management, curriculum resources, and other tools are available under the Teachers tab.
- Education Week: Teaching & Learning
Education news, analysis, and opinion about teaching and teachers
- Education World
A complete online resource where educators could start each day to find the lesson plans and research materials they were looking for.
- 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.- EdWeb.net
- EdWeb hosts a number of social networks for educators, covering topics such as English, Science, Guidance, 21st Century Skills, Character Education, and more. Note: some communities are more active than others – check the recent discussion dates and numbers to see if a community might be overwhelmingly busy (or, contrarily, moribund).
- ERIC
ERIC is an online library of education research and information, sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education.
The ERIC database contains many thousands of journal articles relating to educational topics, all free and searchable on the web.- eSchoolNews
- This site has materials for professional development as well as education news articles and information on education and edtech conferences.
- Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Everything
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.
- MERLOT
- MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching)
is a leading edge, user-centered, searchable collection of peer reviewed and selected higher education, online learning materials, catalogued by registered members and a set of faculty development support services.
- P21 Frameworks for 21st Century Learning
P21âs Frameworks for 21st Century Learning were developed with input from teachers, education experts, and business leaders to define and illustrate the skills and knowledge students need to succeed in work and life, as well as the support systems necessary for 21st century learning outcomes.
- PBS Learning Media: Professional Development
- Professional development resources in Planning & Preparation, Effective Instruction, Assessment & Evaluation,
Learning Environment, Professional Practice, and specific Disciplines. - 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.
- Teach.com: Teaching Methods
- Chart and overview of various teaching methods, categorizing them as to whether they are teacher or student centered on one axis and high or low tech on the other.
- TED Talks : Education
How do we reinvent education? These TED Talks explore the latest thinking â from teachers, parents, kids â on how to build a better school.
Professional Organizations
Broome County
- Broome-Tioga BOCES
- Provides access to the various districts plus BOCES itself. Other nearby BOCES include: Greater Southern Tier, Delaware-Chemung-Madison-Otsego (DCMO), and Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga (TST).
- Teacher Center of Broome County
- Programs and materials for teachers, workshops, grants, links to other websites, more.
- WSKG – Education
- Educational materials and links from our local PBS station.
New York State
- NYSCATE
- The New York State Association for Computers and Technologies in Education is
an organization of dedicated technology using educators, committed to transforming teaching and learning, in order to provide our children with an education that prepares them to live satisfying and productive lives.
Annual conferences, grants, more. - NYSED
- Check this site for New York State Education Department offices, including Curriculum and Instruction and State Assessment, plus publications, regulations and guidance resources, education news, and further information.
- NYSED P-12
- This is the section of the NY State Education Department dealing with Primary through Grade 12 education.
- NYSUT (NY State Union of Teachers)
- News, resources, publications, and information relating to educators in New York State.
- NYSED: Office of Teaching Initiatives
- Information on teacher certification requirements and education news.
Other Organizations
- American Federation of Teachers
The American Federation of Teachers was founded in 1916 to represent the economic, social and professional interests of classroom teachers.
- ASCD
- The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development is
a community of educators, advocating sound policies and sharing best practices to achieve the success of each learner.
- ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education)
A nonprofit membership organization, ISTE provides leadership and service to improve teaching, learning, and school leadership by advancing the effective use of technology in PKâ12 and teacher education.
Publisher of the ISTE Standards and other edtech resources for teachers.- NBPTS: National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
An independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan and nongovernmental organization….formed in 1987 to advance the quality of teaching and learning by developing professional standards for accomplished teaching….
- NCEA
- Site of the National Catholic Education Association.
NCEA is the largest, private professional education association in the world. NCEA works with Catholic educators to support ongoing faith formation and the teaching mission of the Catholic Church.
- NEA
The National Education Association (NEA), the nation’s largest professional employee organization, is committed to advancing the cause of public education.
- Phi Delta Kappa International
The premier professional association for educators.
Teacher and Education Social Media
- A.J. Juliani
- Blog – A.J. Juliani / Facebook / Twitter
- Blake Harvard
- Facebook / Twitter
- Catlin Tucker
- Blog / Twitter
- ED.gov (U.S. Department of Education)
- Homeroom (blog)
- Doug Johnson
- Blue Skunk Blog / Facebook
- Free Technology for Teachers at TeacherMade
- Free Technology for Teachers (blog) / Facebook /
- George Couros
- My Learning (blog) / The Innovator’s Mindset (podcast) / YouTube
- John Spencer
- John Spencer blog / Twitter
- Jose Vilson
- JLV Blog / Facebook / Twitter
- Kathy Schrock
- Kathy Schrock’s Kaffeeklatsch (blog) / Twitter
- Miguel Guhlin
- Around the Corner (blog)
- Richard Byrne
- Twitter / YouTube
- Scott McLeod
- Dangerously Irrelevant blog / Twitter
- Teacher Toolkit
- Teacher Toolkit (blog) / Facebook / Twitter / YouTube
- Vicki Davis
- Cool Cat Teacher blog / Facebook / Twitter
- Wesley Fryer
- Moving at the Speed of Creativity blog / Facebook / Twitter / YouTube