EdTech Resource: Education World

EdTech Resource: Education World 

This one is new to me. So I played around their webpage for a while to get the feeling for it - and it looks like  great place for Educational Content.

If you or a colleague use Education World - Please feel free to comment on how useful you find it. I would be glad to post a guest author's views of this resource.

Here is what Education World says about itself:

Education World is a complete online resource that teachers, administrators and school staff can visit each day to find high-quality and in-depth original content. We update the site daily, offering:

• Carefully curated news briefs on topics that matter to educators;
• Lesson plans, printables, worksheets and thousands of other classroom-ready resources;
• EdTech tips and ideas as well as reviews of apps, websites and tech products; and
• A huge library of professional development articles and columns.

- See more at: http://www.educationworld.com/help/about.shtml#sthash.gBdtJX7z.dpuf

This webpage does to require users to maintain an account, which is nice change of pace. No need to remember a username and password. 

While Education World offers information on lesson plans; where it is different is on how it connects Educators. 

On its main page, Education World has links to News, Blogs, Teachers, Lessons, and Tech. It even offers advice to Substitute Teachers. This is an added bonus. I am only a few years out of Substitute Work, still working on LTOs until I become Permanent, but additional Substitute Teaching lesson plans and ideas are great to have on hand; especially when the teacher instructions don't fill the entire period. 

As this blog is dedicated to Professional Development, I especially like the "PD Tips" that Education World has to offer. It has everything from: Strategies that work, Classroom Management, Student Motivation, and Bulletin Board Ideas. 

Education World seems to be a great resource for any teacher to have saved in their "Favorites" tool bar.