Annenberg Learner

“Teacher Professional Development.” Annenberg Learner, Annenberg Foundation, www.learner.org/.
    Learner.org focuses on the teacher’s development as a professional by offering current news and learning for teachers within different subjects. It focuses on teachers as learners, which shows that this website recognizes the importance of lifelong learning. Not only does it offer professional support for teachers, it also offers lesson plans and videos that can be used in the classroom for grades K-12, as well as college. The lesson plans for literature and language arts are few, but can be adapted for use in different pieces of literature. There are also interactive lesson plan ideas that include images, videos, and creating/writing to show knowledge. These would be great for station work. There is a section called “Learner Express” where there are videos for enhancement of student knowledge or professional development. This website offers lesson plans and activities that encourage higher order thinking in students, as well as professional development such as workshops or classes available for teachers. The videos could be used for differentiated instruction or support for struggling readers and writers. The videos and different options within lessons can help keep students engaged in their work and can be used as activity-based projects.

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