Updated on March 1, 2017
These websites offer free online professional development for educators. Because they are free, they do not generally offer CEUs or graduate credits to teachers toward their certification.
Stannard’s TTV from the United Kingdom offers free video instructions on how to use a variety of technological tools in the classroom. The videos cover a diverse array of topics, such as the use of Smartboards, Survey Monkey, Edmodo, Jinga,…
This site provides guidelines for UDL Version 2. These guidelines provide teachers and curriculum developers with tools to create lessons that reduce barriers to meet the needs of the diverse learners in their classrooms. It discusses the primary principles guiding…
At Teacher Support Force you will find brain-appropriate techniques and strategies for teaching math and reading in the classroom. Ms. Jones provides suggestions for creating a helpful learning environment, memorization strategies, learn-to-read techniques, and math stratgies. She provides music, games…
Take EduBlog’s 30-day Teacher Challenge, and learn how to use blogs in your classroom. Each day, there are activities for beginning and advanced bloggers that guide you through the basics of setting up a blog, and ending with how to…
These resources for technology-rich professional development workshops and conferences are provided for K-12 teachers, librarians, technology coordinators, and administrators. Some of the latest topics include: Maps in Literature, Synergy Through Storytelling, Multimedia, Social Technology & Gaming, Google Tools for Learning,…
Elliot Aronson developed the jigsaw cooperative learning technique, and this site provides teachers guidance for implementing it in their classrooms. The guidance includes 10-step-process for using the technique, tips, potential problem areas and how to avoid them, and background information…
This site is a blog about educational pedagogy, educational tips, best practices, project based learning, and educational technology. It provides information, resources, tips and help, and more about educational practices and resources.
Teachley’s Amazing Talking Brain provides K-12 teachers with tips on how to use what scientists know about the brain and how it works to classroom strategies and techniques. Sawyer also has a set of “pop quizzes” teachers can use to…
This planning guide was designed by educators at High Tech High, a project-based learning high school in San Diego, CA. It incorporates the design principles of personalization, real life connection, and common intellectual mission. It is based on HTH projects…
This collection from the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in K-12 Education (CASTL K-12) presents 15 case studies of K-12 teachers who investigated their teaching using a scholarly method. The cases include multimedia projects from nine…
These online resource were developed for elementary teachers by the Ontario Ministry of Education, Canada, to improve their skills and knowledge. It’s e-learning modules on Literacy, Numeracy, and Daily Physical Activity include videos of teachers in action, activity sheets, lesson…
From site: We are a podcast network that encourages you to think about your profession and succeed in the world of education. Whether you are a first-year educator or a seasoned veteran there is podcast for you. All of our…
Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT) is a peer-reviewed online teaching and learning materials portal for the Teacher Education Community. Materials encompass the disciplines of Classroom Management, Diversity and Multicultural Ed, Educational Foundations, Educational Psychology, Educational Research,…
These tools are not just for storytelling. Levine provides links to more than 50 free websites and apps that are useful for presentations on any topic, as well as storytelling. He illustrates how to use the tools with 50 versions…
From site: InterMath is a professional development effort designed to support [middle school] teachers in becoming better mathematics educators. It focuses on building teachers’ mathematical content knowledge through mathematical investigations that are supported by technology. InterMath includes a workshop component…