Power Media Plus
To log into the site, simply visit PowerMediaPlus.com and set up your account to access thousands of video clips, audio files, photographs & illustrations.
First time users must access PowerMediaPlus with our school code which is available at the library circulation desk.
Lesson Plans are available at these sites:
John Stossel in the Classroom (the DVDs are available in CHS Library)
click here to access Stossel in the Classroom lesson plans.
When History Happens <http://whenhistoryhappens.org/>
-offers workshop to learn more about primary sources.
Webquests
Civics Online - teacher resources and primary documents
Puzzlemaker
DiscoverySchool Lesson Plans accompany videos they produce.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
In the Mix video
Download and use the activity guides available free.
http://newsletter.tolerance.org/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eucL0IIXjB0NkY0EJGH0ET
New York Times website has lessons. Not only are there great topics, but there are related articles in the lessons.
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/archive.html
The archive has 16 subject areas.
Science lesson for Roy G. Biv Has Feelings Too are in the lesson archive.
PowerPoint tips & free stuff
www.presentersuniversity.com
Questioning Techniques the Socratic Method in classrooms.
http://wblrd.sk.ca/~bestpractice/socratic/index.html
AlMarcia Tate's Brain-Compatible Lesson plan template
http://www.bedfordk12tn.com/instst.html#Instructional%20Strategies%20from%20Classroom%20Instruction%20That%20Works:%20Research-Based%20Strategies%20for%20Increasing%20Student%20Achievement,%20Robert%20J.%20Marzano,%20Debra%20J.%20Pickering,%20and%20Jane%20E.%20Pollock,%202001,%20Association%20for%20Supervision%20and%20Curriculum%20Development
PROFESSIONAL GROWTH & LIFE
License
Teachers check on their license & endorsements & expiration date online - and so can parents & other educators.
Professional Educators
http://www.cde.state.co.us/index_license.htm
Check your teacher's license
https://forms.cde.state.co.us/pes/FirstLastSearch.jsp
Adam State Online Courses
http://redir.targetx.com/cgi-bin/email/redir.cgi?id=0000356897-35938983