Professional Resources

Immediate Aids for Educators

• EBSCO Professional Resources   Database of articles from professional journals
  
• RubiStar      Write a rubric quickly and easily that can be saved and printed
  
• TrackStar    Set up online lessons for relevant web sites for classes
  
• QuizStar      Set up online quizzes for students to take and review
  
• Turnitin    Have students submit papers for plagiarism check 
  
• Infomine - Collection of scholarly Internet/Web resources divided by subject area and searchable by keyword.
  
  
• Librarian's Internet Index Websites you can trust!
  
  
• The Internet Public Library - Annotated collection of quality information resources.  Collections include a reference department, links to online newspapers, books and magazines.
  
  
• THE ANNENBERG /CPB Projects - Learner onlineUses telecommunications and media to improve teaching and learning.  Resources, funding, and curriculum.

Communications and News Media (Print, Television, and Digital)

• CNN Interactive  CNN's education news and related resources
  
• Arizona Central    Arizona Republic's website; includes links to almost everything about Arizona
  
• KAET   Arizona's educational channel
  
• Discovery Channel    With links to other educational channels
  
• Travel Channel
  
• Los Angeles Times
  
• New York Times
  
• Washington Times

Teacher Tools and Lesson Plan Sources

• A&E Classroom     Teacher resources provided by A&E
  
• ASSET - Arizona School Services Through Educational Technology   ASU's portal for professional educators
  
• Cable in the Classroom Online   A multitude of educator ideas
  
• Education World   References, links and lesson resources
  
• Educator's Reference Desk    Lesson plans and resource guides
  
• International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)   Educational technology resources
  
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators  Links to sites for all curricular areas and a multitude of  tools for teachers
  
• ArtsEdge    The arts as a core subject area in grades K-12
  
  
• EconEdLink    Economics education, grades K-12
  
  
• EDSITEment    Links for literature, foreign language, social studies, and humanities
  
• Illuminations   Math and math standards, K-12
  
• Read, Write Think    Reading and language arts standards, lessons, and web links
  
• Virtual Schoolhouse
  
• Educators' Reference Desk
  
• EduHound
  
• Gale Schools
  
  
• McGraw Hill
  
• DiscoverySchool
  
• World Languages
  
• Tapped In Professional Development Programs
  
• First Grade Plus
  
• Cartoons