Professional Development

Free Online Teaching Tools

The Web provides a wealth of information that you can use to advance your knowledge and your career. A wide variety of professional development opportunities are just a click away every time you go online. Glencoe offers several online professional development tools that you can access at no cost. You can find quick tips, lesson plans, videos, and articles on a wide variety of subjects, including computer technology education.

The Technology Turning Points e-Newsletter

By and for teachers like you, Technology Turning Points e-Newsletter offers practical, road-tested strategies for your classroom and your career. You'll find tools for engaging students, tips for integrating academics into the computer technology classroom curriculum, and ideas for fostering relationships and community; using technology; and navigating funding, legislative, testing, and other administrative issues. You can read the e-newsletter online or subscribe to receive each issue by e-mail.

Teaching Today

Find hundreds of free videos, classroom activities, how-to guides, teaching tips, and more on this Web site dedicated to excellence and innovation in teaching. Get lesson plans on dozens of topics, from addition to ways to integrate technology into the classroom, and access a large library of free downloads including graphic organizers, reading and writing strategies, and class management tools.

Glencoe's Online Professional Development for Integrating Academics

Online Professional Development for Integrating Academics is a new, fully web-based program dedicated to helping teachers integrate academics into their curriculum as required by the Perkins Act. Instructional strategies are shown, demonstrated and evaluated through online video instruction. Teachers then develop their own strategies to meet their unique classroom environments. Glencoe's Online Professional Development for Integrating Academics will be available later this fall and may be purchased using Perkins funds. For more information, contact your Glencoe sales representative.