Looking for a way to spice up your vocabulary lessons? Want a fun way to teach prediction skills? Discovery Education (formerly known as United Streaming) has complied a plethora of fun teaching strategies that use digital media. If your looking for some new activities and strategies this is a great place to start!
RTSD 26 staff has access to a Discovery Education account. DE is a video database which also also includes lesson plans and interactive teaching and learning tools. If you need to create an account, you can find the directions on the RTSD 26 Subscription Websites doc.
Wether your looking for an SIPD idea or you need some research and resources to support your learning, online webinars and courses are a perfect place to start!
EdWeb.net has over 1200 previously recorded, free, 1 hour webinars. The extensive list of topics include bullying, differentiated instruction, library media, school gardening...
The IEA's Online Learning Portal has a huge selection of free online, self-paced courses about Assessments, Class Culture, Technology in he Classroom, Teaching and Learning and other topics.
ASCD's free, on-demand webinars address timely and relevant topics like student engagement, classroom technology, and instructional strategies.
Education Week has free upcoming and on-demand webinars on Language Arts, Math, Assessments, Common Core, Technology and Special Education.
TeachersFirst OK2Ask Archives has almost 200 free, archived webinars focusing on a wide range of topics form technology integration to digital storytelling to tools to use in reading/writing instruction.
Intel Teach Elements offers free courses for teachers that focus specifically on technology in 21st century classroom topics.
