Teachers and Staff:  Second Language

See also: Class subject resources, Second Language; Online Subscription Databases

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

http://www.actfl.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence  Hundreds of education resources supported by agencies across the U.S. Federal government are now easier to find. Subjects include:  Arts, Educational Technology, Foreign Languages, Health and Safety, Language Arts, Mathematics, Physical Education, Science, Social Studies and Vocational Education
  http://www.ed.gov/free/

Global SchoolNet Foundation partners with schools, communities and businesses to provide collaborative educational, scientific and cultural learning activities that prepare students for the workforce and help them to become literate and responsible global citizens.  GSN is a not-for-profit 501©(3) organization, that has been linking classrooms around the world since 1984. Global SchoolNet's free membership program provides project-based learning support materials, resources, activities, lessons and special offers from Global SchoolNet partners.

http://www.globalschoolnet.org/index.html

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators provides an incredible variety of material for classroom use covering too many topics to list!  Presented in a straight-forward, easy to use format you will find categorized lists of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning. Sponsored by the Discovery Channel.

 http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/

McREL, is a private, nonprofit organization whose purpose is to improve education through applied research and development. Hot links feature lesson plans, links and resources in the areas of The Arts, Behavioral/Social Sciences, Civics, Economics, Foreign Language, Geography, Health/PE, History, Language Arts (including ESL/ELL), Math, Multi/Interdisciplinary, Science, and Technology.

   http://www.mcrel.org/resources/links/hotlinks.asp

New York State Department of Education

  http://www.nysed.gov/

The OOPS website is both a Classroom Use and Professional Development website. It offers K-12 educators with Just-In-Time resources for the chaotic or "OOPS" moments of teaching. Here you will also find activities for students, such as I'm Done, Now What, and an online scavenger hunt for early finishers. The site has search options, Bloom's Taxonomy, and curriculum materials in most core subjects.

  http://oops.bizland.com/

PBS TeacherSource includes more than 1,000 free teaching guides, as well as professional development resources like PBS MATHLINE and SCIENCELINE.  Resources are organized into subject areas (Arts & Literature, Health & Vocation, Math, Science, TechKnow), and can be searched by subject, grade level and keyword, and are correlated to 46 sets of national and state educational standards. The site compliments the resources that PBS provides and helps teachers to incorporate video and the Web in the classroom.

  http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/