Teen Literacy Tips

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I wrote this Dead Poets Society Teaching Unit quite a few years ago, and I thought there might be [...]

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Study Guides and Strategies is “an educational public service helping learners to succeed.” The study skills website is maintained by Joe Landsberger and is well worth exploring. Some of the topics you will find on the site include:

Exploring Your Own Learning Style
Active Listening
Taking Notes in Lectures
Emergency Test Preparation
Influencing Teachers (!)

There are some [...]

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If you live in the state of Washington, then you need 150 clock hours every five years, but trying to find out about workshops can be a real pain.  Your time is too valuable to spend hunting for clock hour classes.  That’s where TeacherClockHours.com can help.  Every workshop in your region is conveniently listed on [...]

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These are some of the sites I use over and over to help me in my teaching endeavors.  If you know of more online resources, leave a comment and I’ll add them to the list.
Lesson Plans and Other Teaching Resources
The Great Books Foundation - Essential website for learning Shared Inquiry Discussion, the best way to [...]

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has an open courseware site that makes college-level course materials available for free, with no registration necessary.  You can’t earn clock hours or credits through the site, but you can sharpen your skills and increase your expertise.  You can also get some teaching ideas for your own classes.
One area that [...]

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