
Links
to Professional Resources
Great
internet links for lesson plans, resources, materials, etc.
NEA
Web Page
Contains
many sources of great information. www.nea.org.
NEA
Educator Resource Page
A website
designed to link teachers with the newest and best on-line resources
related to their profession. Also find information about educational
research, statistics, and helpful programs that exist for teachers.
www.nea.org/teaching/refs.html
AFT
Web Page
Lots of
resources on many topics for teachers. www.aft.org
United
States Department of Education Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM)
GEM is
a terrific Internet resource for finding lesson plans, strategies, and
materials that are instantly accessible and of high quality. Materials
searches can be done by grade level and curriculum area, making the
site highly user-friendly and efficient. www.thegateway.org
Global
Schoolhouse
Creative
lesson plans, cross-curricular themes, teacher networks, technology
integration ideas, instructional video games, and much, much, more are
offered at this Internet site, free of charge. If you're looking for
fun ideas and ways to improve student learning in your classroom, don't
miss this one. www.gsh.org
Montana
Teacher Network (MTN)
A Montana-developed
Internet site from MSU-Bozeman, the MTN provides shared lesson plans
and ideas, as well as a wonderful web resources directory for teachers.
The Web Resources page of the network is organized by curriculum area
and contains links to a wealth of professional information from throughout
the country. The MTN is a great place to start when looking for resources
for your classroom. However, be forewarned that several of the links
are outdated. www.metnet.state.mt.us/~mtn/index.htm
Teacher
Resource Center at UM-Missoula
www.umt.edu/education/trc/default.htm
A great
resource center that features Microsoft training, Eisenhower math and
science curriculum materials and ideas, as well as terrific links to
national resource sites organized by content areas.
Northwest
Regional Educational Laboratory
www.nwrel.org
An excellent
resource. MEA-MFT is part of this organization, and our own Dennis Haverlandt,
president of the Great Falls Education Association and MEA-MFT Board
member, is secretary/treasurer on the NREL Board.