Education for Teachers

Teachers may sometimes feel overwhelmed by the multitude of
resources available online. It might take one a tremendous amount of time to
sift through and locate required materials to use in class, which is a taxing
task for the already overburdened teacher. To this end, and to help teachers
make better use of their time and resources we have curated for you some of the
best free websites that provide a treasure trove of educational content most of
which is created and shared by fellow teachers and educators. From ready-made
lesson plans and study guides to practice exercises and EdTech tools, the
websites below provide you with the resources you need to enhance your
teaching/learning and grow professionally.

Khan Academy

Khan Academy provides free educational content in the form of instructional
videos and practice exercises covering different subjects including math,
chemistry, physics, science, arts, humanities and many more.

ReadWriteThink

ReadWriteThink offers a wide variety of classroom and professional development
resources. These include student interactives, lesson plans, printouts, mobile
apps, strategy guides, etc.

Common Sense Media

This is a platform where you can access teacher-created reviews of educational
tools and mobile apps, read-made lesson plans, webinars, videos and many other
resources.

CK-12

CK-12 provides teacher-curated STEM content that include lessons, activities,
study guides, and practice exercises.

Smithsonian Learning Lab

Smithsonian Learning Lab empowers learners with materials and tools to hep them
personalize their learning, create new ideas, find resources and access
collections of educational content and build meaningful educational networks.

OER Commons

Open Educational Resources is a public digital library of open educational
content that allows you to ‘explore, create, and collaborate with educators
around the word to improve curriculum’.

Discovery Education

Discovery Education provides tons of standards-aligned resources, tools to
enhance students thinking skills, and opportunities for collaborative learning
experiences to help teachers grow their professional practice.

TED Ed

TED Ed is an education initiative from TED to help teachers, educators, and
students to access and create interactive video lessons.

Edshelf

This is a ‘socially-curated discovery engine of websites, mobile apps, desktop
programs, and electronic products for teaching and learning’

Symbaloo EDU

‘SymbalooEDU is the visual resource management tool that helps educators and
students organize and share the best of the web. Users save their resources in
the cloud and access them from anywhere with any device’

Sources:

 https://www.simplek12.com/ipads-mobile-learning/50-free-tech-tools-for-your-classroom/

https://www.refseek.com/directory/teacher_resources.html

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-steinberg/education-tools_b_2567342.html

http://www.ala.org/aasl/standards/best/websites/2015