Paul Blankenship's Teaching Page
I include links for and about teachers, with an emphasis on Louisiana.
Top Ten Tech Tips for Teachers - A PowerPoint Presentation
NEW: GLEs in Plain or Rich Text Formats
Education MegaSites:
GEM - The Gateway to Educational Materials
Continuing Education and Professional Development:
AEP Workshops for Educators - Energy, economics, science, and the environment.
National Board Certification by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
National Board Certification for Teachers - Louisiana Grant - To help pay expenses.
NEED - National Energy Education Development
General Teaching Helps:
Harry Wong - if you don't know Harry Wong, are you sure you are on the right page?
Graphic Organizers:
Graphic.org - An extensive site for graphic organizers.
Graphic Organizer Index - a matrix of the types of graphic organizers.
NCREL's Graphic Organizer page
Teach-nology's Graphic Organizer Makers - create graphic organizers online!
TeacherVision.com's Graphic Organizers - downloadable blank graphic organizers.
WriteDesign On-Line - Graphic Organizers - another index.
Industry News:
Education Industry Association
LEAP and other Standardized Tests:
Charlie French - You have got to see this.
MaxSkill - Producers of LEAP 21 prep material.
Lesson Plans:
Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plans
Lincoln/Net's Teacher's Parlor - Thanks, Sheila!
Making Connections - The State of Louisiana provides this site. Lesson plans are connected to the Louisiana content standards.
Marco Polo - Marco Polo is incredible! I was introduced to Marco Polo through an inservice with Caddo Parish Schools.
Social Studies Lesson Plans from col-ed.org
Louisiana Education Links:
LDE's Division of Student Standards and Assessments on Curriculum - links to standards and benchmarks.
Louisiana PTA - includes an audio ad.
Louisiana School Boards Association
LaSIP - Louisiana Systematic Initiatives Program
Look up a Louisiana teacher's certificate
Middle School Teachers:
First Days of Middle School - a quick guide to getting started.
Grading: Selected Resources - for the middle school teacher.
Louisiana Middle School Association
Meridian: A Middle School Technologies Journal
Middle School Hub - free homework help
National Middle School Association
Software:
Easy Grade Pro - Bossier Parish uses EGP.
Easy Grade Pro - How to post grades online.
Easy Test Maker - Thanks, Sheila, for bringing this and other links to the attention of our gifted curriculum class!
Educational Software links
Gradekeeper - Caddo Parish uses Gradekeeper.
Gradekeeper instructions for Windows.
GradeQuick - Gradebook software.
Inspiration - Graphic organizer software.
Quizzler Pro - Multi-platform software for generating and taking quizzes. Teachers may generate quizzes that are automatically graded.
WISCO Computing - makers of a variety of educational software.
Strategies:
Integrating Technology into the Classroom - Article on about.com.
PrimarySource.org - history and humanities in the classroom.
Silver-Strong Associates - HTLC uses these strategies to reach students.
Using Primary Sources in the Classroom - from the Library of Congress.
Retirement:
LASERS - Louisiana's system.
Rubrics:
MakeWorksheets - a pay service.
Rural Education:
American Council on Rural Special Education
National Rural Education Association
The Rural School and Community Trust
Tax Issues:
IRS.gov - Educator Expense Deducation (Tax Topic 458)
IRS.gov - Educator Expense Deducation Tax Tip 2004-54
IRS.gov - "Teachers Should Save Receipts for Educators' Deductions"
IRS Teacher Homepage - Includes lesson plans on taxes; great for Free Enterprise.
Teacher Education and Certification:
NASDTEC - National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification
Education World's Links to Teacher Certification Requirements for the Fifty States
North Carolina - Information on licensure.
Teach4nc - North Carolina teacher recruitment.
Teacher Unions and Organizations:
American Federation of Teachers
Association of American Educators
Associated Professional Educators of Lousiana (A+PEL)
Caddo Association of Educators
Caddo Federation of Teachers - Local #4995.
Louisiana Association of Educators
Louisiana Assocation of Computer-Using Educators
Louisiana Association of Teachers of Mathematics
Louisiana Federation of Teachers
National Council for the Social Studies
National Education Association
Sabine Parish Schools: Index of Educational Organizations
Teaching Supply in Shreveport Metro:
Google Search of Educational Supply Near Shreveport
Education 2000
PaperShack
Paula's Educational Supply
Teaching Treasures - in Marshall, TX.
Under the Learning Tree
Well's Office Supplies
Teaching Supply Online:
Paper.com - School paper
TeacherSource.com - Science education supplies.
WebQuests
A Webquest About Webquests: Middle & High School Version
Disclaimer: I have no affiliation with the websites listed on this site. Any text trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
I have not done business with all of the stores mentioned and am not endorsing them. If I missed any links to teaching supply stores in Shreveport send me an e-mail.
Copyright 2004 by Paul Blankenship. All rights reserved.