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The professional and educational links

This page is being reworked July 21, 2008

Educational Links:

• Anchorage School District
• Ableza--see "tips for teachers" for information on appropriately teaching about Native Americans
• Alaskool--site for information about Alaska Native culture, education, languages and history
• Alaska Native Knowledge Network--good information on Native education and ways of knowing
• Education Week--keep on top of education issues. For RSS feed you must have a subscription
• Teacher's Corner-- a place for teachers to hang out, post to the boards, get ideas...
• KidsKonnect--great source for kids and teachers, homework help and lesson ideas
• Joy 2 Learn--want to know a little more about tap, theatre, paintings? This site has e-presentations about these subjects by well-known practitioners of the arts
• Northwest Regional Education Laboratory-- great research site and home of the Six Traits! (plus one...)
• ReadWriteThink--a site from the IRA and the NCTE. They've got some great lesson plans and ideas for literacy in the classroom
• Waldorf World--the site for all things Waldorfian. Check out the cute dolls and wooden toys!
• Really Good Stuff--fun stuff for the classroom. You have to buy it, of course, but it is so much fun and so...teachery!
• Project Learning Tree--a fun way to learn to teach kids about the environment and much more. Good strategies for teaching that work beyond sciences
• KaganOnline--love them or hate them, the kids enjoy doing the activities most adults detest. Great resources for cooperative learning and community building

Professional Links:

• National Education Association--a must for all teachers! As Billy Bragg sings, there is power in a union...
• International Reading Association--get those kids reading! The journal Reading Teacher is always full of good stuff
• Organization of American Historians--my second love is history and these folks put out one of the best publications, Journal of American History. Their less daunting publication, Magazine of History, is great for teachers
• Western History Association--The history of the American West is large, diverse and fascinating. There isn't much on the site, but the Western Historical Quarterly is great for people who love the West
• National Council for the Social Studies--a bit pricey to join, even the student membership, but so much information do they provide!
• National Teachers of Science Association--I've not joined 'cause science isn't my thing, but it is a good site for info