Teacher Resources

TeacherLINK's Treasures for Teachers

The TeacherLINK Blog: Now Nathan posts these resources daily to the TeacherLINK blog - A companion blog for TeacherLINK. This blog focuses on resources related to the College's departments/units, on educational technologies and resources, NASA & STEM resources/opportunities for educators, and more! Blog submissions can be emailed to usu.yetc@gmail.com

The TeacherLINK Newsletter for May 2013 (PDF 1.2 MB)

Contents:

1. Ken Robinson - How to Escape Education’sDeath Valley - TED Talk - April 2013
2. Free App for iOS Devices - AlphaTot
3. Open Education Resources (OER)
4. The OER Commons
5. Creative Commons
6. The OpenCourseWare Consortium
7. MERLOT
8. Connexions
9. M.I.T. OpenCourseWare
10. Tufts OpenCourseWare
11. YouTube Education
12. Open High School OpenCourseWare
13. TED Talks Education
14. Technology in Education -Some Big Ideas…
15. TeacherLINK & the TeacherLINK Blog

The Newsletters for the Utah Coalition for Educational Technology: Hundreds of pages of GREAT resources for educators! Nathan Smith, Director of Technology for the College of Education & Human Services at Utah State University, wrote a monthly newsletter filled with tutorials, grant opportunities, contest offerings, free or inexpensive applications and websites that have educational value, educational opportunities, and much more. Here are compilations for each year he wrote the newsletter...

• 2005 (PDF 2.2 MB)
• 2006 (PDF 7.6 MB)
• 2007 (PDF 28.5 MB)
• 2008 (PDF 34.3 MB)
• 2009 (PDF 73.8 MB)
• 2010 (PDF 122.1 MB)
• 2011 (PDF 67.1 MB)

Units and Lesson Plans

Lesson plans submitted by Utah State University students in the teacher education program. Projects include:

• AFRICA: It's Not a Country
• Celebrations
• Champions of Resistance
• ESL Assessment of English Language Learners
• ESOL Instructional Strategies Lesson Plans
• Famous People - Mini-Curriculum Units
• Genre-based Writing Units
• Globalization
• Opening Doors to Social Studies With Children's Literature
• Social Studies Curriculum - Mini-Units
• Social Studies Lesson Plans Grades K-5
• Social Studies Lesson Plans & Unit Summaries
• Social Studies Units - Fall 2000
• Social Studies Units: Fall 2003
• Social Studies Units: Fall 2004
• Social Studies Mini-Units - Spring 2002
• Social Studies Webquests - Spring 2005
• Social Studies Webquests - Fall 2005
• Teaching About Human Rights

Printable Teacher Aids

A varied assortment of worksheets, tests, etc.

Reference and Library Resources

This is a mix of different resources that have educational value. In this section you'll find the CIA World FactBook, important documents such as the United States Consitution and Bill of Rights, Champions of Resistance, maps, information about Utah, survival guide for new teachers, Newbery and Caldecott award lists, early childhood resources, and more. Even though it's a random assortment, it's worth looking through.

NASA educational materials

(lesson plans, pictures, opportunities, and much more!) As NASA explores frontiers of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), it seeks to assist teachers and students to explore them as well. NASA also encourages youth to explore STEM careers. Through its dissemination network, NASA provides educational materials, information, services, and other resources to our nation's classrooms. NASA Educator Resource Centers and NASA Regional Educator Resource Centers are part of this network that serve both formal educators (public school teachers) and informal educators (homeschool parents, etc.) for the state in which they reside.

Application Helps, How-To's, and Training Materials

Need help using an application? We have written several hundred tutorials on how to use various applications. Some of these may help you. Feel free to have a look.