Here at PENC we are always trying to find the best internet resources available for educators.  If you have a suggestion for a helpful link to add to the PENC website, please email us at admin@pencweb.org.


ABC Teach

ABC Teach is a wonderful website that offers ideas and activities for teachers and students, printable activity sheets, project helpers, flashcards, decorations, puzzles and more. 


American Teachers

American Teachers provides the tools and resources of The Tools for Schools program on this web site. They believe by improving the level of communication between Parents, Students, Teachers and Administrators;  students' grade scores and the overall level of education across America can improve.


AOL @ School

AOL @ School was built for primary, elementary, middle school and high school classes, presents K-12 education content. They work hard at providing a variety of age-appropriate educational content, to make the Internet more powerful for teachers and students. Search the online database of educator-reviewed classroom materials to quickly find teaching activities, lesson plans, learning games, tutorials, research and multimedia resources.

 

 


Art Educator Resources

Classroom Connect

Since 1994 Classroom Connect has been helping teachers use technology to improve learning. Classroom Connect's high quality professional development programs and online instructional materials meet the changing needs of K-12 school districts nationwide.  Classroom connect provides: K-12 educational resources, interactive databases and a newsletter, you can participate in online projects from around the world, and you can find pen-pals for your students.

 


Curriculum Resources






DiscoverySchool.Com

The DiscoverySchool.com provides innovative teaching materials for teachers, including vocabulary, questions and activities to help to enhance what you are already doing in the classroom.  The site is constantly reviewed for educational relevance by practicing classroom teachers in elementary school, middle school, and high school.


Education Week

Education Week is the American educator's newspaper of record.  Whose primary mission is to help raise the level of awareness and understanding among professionals and the public of important issues in American education. Education Week covers local, state, and national news and issues from preschool through the 12th grade.


Educator's Reference Desk

The Educator's Reference Desk provides 2,000+ lesson plans written and submitted to AskERIC by teachers from all over the United States, 3,000+ links to online education information, and 200+ question archive responses.


Edutopia: The George Lucas Educational Foundation
The George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF) was founded in 1991 as a nonprofit operating foundation to celebrate and encourage innovation in schools. Since that time, they have been documenting, disseminating, and advocating for exemplary programs in K-12 public schools to help these practices spread nationwide. They publish the stories of innovative teaching and learning through a variety of media -- a magazine, an e-newsletter, CD-ROMs, DVDs, books, and this Web site. Here, you'll find detailed articles, in-depth case studies, research summaries, instructional modules, short documentary segments, expert interviews, and links to hundreds of relevant resources. You'll also be able to participate as a member of an online community of people actively working to reinvent schools for the twenty-first century.

Federal Government Resources
A variety of links on educational resources provided by the federal government.

Foreign Language Resources

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
Learn about national board certification for teachers.

North Carolina Government Resources

North Carolina Resources (Non-Government)

PBS TeacherSource

PBS TeacherSource's provides a vast array of resources, including: resources by curricular subject, topic and grade level and standard; in-depth online professional development through PBS TeacherLine; details on PBS station outreach activities in your community; tips on how to effectively teach with technology; PBS television programs with extended taping rights for educators; access to convenient online shopping for your favorite PBS videos; convenient tools for teaching, such as recommended books and Web sites; interdisciplinary teaching suggestions; free weekly electronic newsletter highlighting new TV and online programming from PBS; and much more!

 


SALARY GUIDES
Here you can find: the State Salary Manual, State Salary Schedules, Local Salary Supplements, etc.

School Recycling Program Resources

TeAch-nology

TeAch-nology - The Art and Science of Teaching with Technology.  TeAch-nology's mission is to provide services designed to support educators' in effectively incorporating technology in teaching and learning. Their goal is two-fold: to provide a reservoir of online resources for educators to access at any time and to provide effective tools for designing instruction that are time and energy saving.

 


Teacher-to-Teacher

The U.S. Department of Education conducts free workshops for teachers across the country through it's Teacher-to-Teacher program.  On their website, you can learn more about these workshops and download all of the materials from the 2006 workshops.  You now have access to PowerPoint Presentations and handouts from more than 100 workshops!


Word Lingo

Word Lingo translates texts, websites or e-mail into and from different languages.  You can  send e-mail and have it translated to and from any of the following languages English, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.


Professional Educators of North Carolina
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