Melody Velasco's List: Educational Resources

These links are for educators based in grades ranging from 6-12 and on to college.

www.diigo.com/...secondary-sites - Preview

middle school high secondary education online resources on 2009-09-04

Helpful site made by middle school teacher for middle school teachers. Provides lesson plan ideas and experience articles.

www.middleschool.net - Preview

middle school teacher resources lessonplans Education teaching on 2009-09-05 and saved by 31 people

Education.com provides expert advice, features, columns, thousands of reference articles, and a community for parents of pre-school to high school students. Find parenting and educational resources, advice and tips right here at Education.com!

www.education.com - Preview

education parents resources socialnetworking community web2.0 education.com parenting on 2009-09-05 and saved by 150 people

Website brought to English teachers from the National Council of Teachers of English.

www.readwritethink.org - Preview

reading writing literacy resources education english teaching languagearts on 2009-09-05 and saved by 748 people

mashable.com/...web-apps-students - Preview

on 2009-09-05 and saved by 170 people

www.teachersdesk.org/writing_plans.html - Preview

writing prompts journal on 2009-09-27 and saved by 13 people

This web site contains units for teaching facets of creative writing and the complete lesson plans for a creative writing course. Further units will be added. All of these units have been used in the classroom. They have been used with students ranging from 9th grade to college. Teachers should choose the units which they feel are most suitable for the classes they are teaching. Materials on this site may be used for classroom teaching. For other commercial purposes please write.

teacher2b.com/...createwr.htm - Preview

writing creative teaching on 2009-09-27 and saved by 6 people

Interesting and informative articles on various topics regarding California education.

www.ppic.org/...policyarea.asp - Preview

california education public policy on 2009-09-06

www.wordsift.com - Preview

on 2009-09-06 and saved by 329 people

www.nwp.org/...teaching_writing - Preview

web2.0 teachers tools slideshow teaching resources writing english education on 2009-09-27 and saved by 18 people

Speakers discussing various topics for viewing online. Each speaker speaks for about 20 minutes, and if you a speaker says something interesting, why not share this with your class?

www.ted.com/ - Preview

on 2009-09-07 and saved by 1464 people

mscofino.edublogs.org/...student-blogging-guidelines - Preview

on 2009-09-07 and saved by 57 people

Great materials for the science classroom! Its website translates to Spanish as well!

www.spaceplace.nasa.gov/kids - Preview

on 2009-09-07 and saved by 2 people

Website supporting prevention of teen and unplanned pregnancy. Links for parents, teens, and data information.

www.thenationalcampaign.org - Preview

teen parenting pregnancy prevention on 2009-09-07 and saved by 2 people

Advocating healthy foods and healthy families. Has a Spanish translated site as well. Great resource for families. Recipes, information, additional resources.

cachampionsforchange.net/...index.php - Preview

on 2009-09-07 and saved by 3 people

Primarily focused on after school, this site provides free resources and ideas that can be used for after school programs or in the classroom.

www.afterschooled.org - Preview

afterschool secondary on 2009-09-07

Resources to use in any classroom subject.

www.free.ed.gov/index.cfm - Preview

free teaching resources lessonplans on 2009-09-10 and saved by 115 people

www.nifl.gov - Preview

on 2009-09-10 and saved by 44 people

www.neok12.com - Preview

on 2009-09-13 and saved by 448 people

isu.indstate.edu/...handouts.html - Preview

Secondary Education Writing on 2009-09-13 and saved by 6 people