Useful Links        SWOT Analysis  

                                               Free Resources Including Animations for Teaching 

                                           Books              Films to watch  

        At the following sites, you will find lot of stuff that can be adapted and used for your environment. 

Technology for teaching ^New!: The Teacher Tap is a free, professional development resource that helps educators and librarians address common questions about the use of technology in teaching and learning by providing easy access to practical, online resources and activities. "Thousands of teachers are sharing videos on Teacher Tube, started in March 2007 by Jason Smith, 39, the superintendent of Melissa ISD in rural Collin County, and his brother Adam, 29, an engineer." The website "now has about 220,000 regular users, more than 54,000 videos and is averaging about 800,000 visitors to the site every month." Adam Smith noted that "videos that incorporate songs, visual aids, and math and science tend to be popular on the site. Teachers from across the country are sharing instructional videos for kids, raps and jokes on the website often shown at teacher training sessions," and "many teachers use the videos in class. Teacher Tube is just one example of how technology, and particularly social networking websites, are changing education. Other sites include School Tube, which is aimed more at kids producing videos, and Curriki, where teachers share lesson plans." 

NEXT-Narratives Supporting EXcellent Teaching  ^New!: You teach engineering. You're confronted with a challenge connected to teaching, Through the narratives on this site, you can identify engineering faculty in situations similar to your own. Explore their challenges and learn how they are resolved with help from mentors, peers, or instructional consultants. These stories will guide you to relevant and straightforward teaching advice.

Useful Videos for teaching : Teachertube is an online community for sharing instructional videos. It is a site to provide professional development with teachers teaching teachers. It is also a site where teachers can post videos designed for students to view in order to learn a concept or skill.

and how we shape our own learning ability. Also gives you effective learning and teaching techniques, conditions that influence learning ability, and how to maximize your learning potential. Use it for yourself and your students.

Tools for Teaching: Dr. Jones has studied highly successful teachers - the "naturals" - to see how they make success look easy. His objective has been to perfect methods of classroom management that are both powerful and affordable for the teacher. Successful teaching is neither "magic" nor is it a collection of handy hints - the proverbial "bag of tricks." Rather, successful teaching is built around a handful of core competencies that are expressed in everything the teacher does. He has developed books, videos and other support media to ensure a consistent quality of training and follow-through by school site personnel. Explore this site.

Education World: By far the most useful site I found, specially the Professional Development section. I found these subsections informative - New Teacher Advisor, Responsive Classroom, Strategies That Work, Teacher Feature, Tools for Teaching and Voice of Experience. Check it out.

Learning Curve: A site about how people learn, what allows us to learn