Cheryl van Tilburg's List: Handy Websites for Teachers - General

Wondering what your students are talking about? Check out this searchable dictionary of slang, sayings, and idioms.

Learning to read can be one of the most difficult -- and misunderstood -- parts of growing up. Many children can't "break the code." This site is a collection of interviews by many of the greatest thinkers in education, cognitive science, linguistics and medicine, who each discuss an aspect of reading challenges.

Daniel Willingham ("Ask the Cognitive Scientist") explores the theory of multiple learning styles.

Rubrics sound good in theory, but they're often pretty terrible. Assigning numbers to categories of performance isn't enough -- you need to describe what a "5" actually looks like. Here's a good example of a rubric that would guide students and help them improve their performance. It was created by Darren Kuropatwa, a teacher in Winnipeg, Canada.

Temple University's new document that outlines "concepts and techniques to interpret the copyright doctrine of fair use" in educational settings. Very useful.