Professional Online Library
This is a collection of websites that I find useful for both teachers and students.
These sites will aid in the furthering of professional careers.
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This is a collection of websites that I find useful for both teachers and students.
These sites will aid in the furthering of professional careers.
Click on the icon to visit the page!
Teachers
Prezi: Allows you to create online
interactive presentations.
Prezi: Allows you to create online
interactive presentations.
Popplet: A great web tool for organizing
ideas in a visually appealing way.
ideas in a visually appealing way.
Linoit: Interactive sticky notes to
share and collaborate ideas.
share and collaborate ideas.
Common Core: A step-by-step guide to
the Common Core State Standards
Initiative.
the Common Core State Standards
Initiative.
Wikispaces: A free means of creating course
pages that everybody can participate in.
pages that everybody can participate in.
Twitter: A resource that can lead
to educational and worldwide news.
to educational and worldwide news.
ISBE: Includes the standards for the
Illinois State Board of Education.
Illinois State Board of Education.
Teachability: A site that allows you to join
teaching communities and share ideas,
advice, and strategies.
teaching communities and share ideas,
advice, and strategies.
Edutopia: An online help guide that
connects teachers with innovative solutions
and resources to better education.
connects teachers with innovative solutions
and resources to better education.
Huffington Post Education: A resource
that provides the latest news on
education.
that provides the latest news on
education.
Students
Thesaurus: An online thesaurus that
helps students broaden their
vocabulary.
helps students broaden their
vocabulary.
Shakespeare Lexicon: A complete
dictionary of all of the words and
phrases that Shakespeare included
in his writing.
dictionary of all of the words and
phrases that Shakespeare included
in his writing.
Keep Me Out: A tool that blocks or
sets a time limit for certain websites
(such as Facebook and other social
media) to prevent distractions.
sets a time limit for certain websites
(such as Facebook and other social
media) to prevent distractions.
Lit Genius: A site in which scholars
annotate poetry and literature
and provide a clearer translation for
readers.
annotate poetry and literature
and provide a clearer translation for
readers.
TED: A site that connects you with
instant thought-provoking TED talks
about any topic given around the world.
instant thought-provoking TED talks
about any topic given around the world.
Project Gutenberg: A site that provides free
access to texts whose copyright has expired.
access to texts whose copyright has expired.
Purdue OWL: A resource that demonstrates
proper MLA formatting.
proper MLA formatting.
Google Scholar: A web search engine that
locates scholarly articles.
locates scholarly articles.
CNN: An online news resource
that allows you to navigate breaking
news around the globe.
that allows you to navigate breaking
news around the globe.
Academic Earth: A resource that connects
students to free online college
couse videos.
students to free online college
couse videos.