Archived Professional Development Links
Lesson Planning Assessment Rubrics
	Handbook for instructors on the use of electronic class discussion -- Prepared by Nancy Chism, Director, Office of Faculty and TA Development, Ohio State University. Funded by the Ameritech Faculty Fellows Program
	Professional Development Programs -- Links to national resources from the Eisenhower Consortium.
	Virtual Mathematics Academy is TeacherLine's self-directed, self-paced professional development resource. Through interactive activities and readings, you investigate NCTM's Mathematics Principles and Algebra Standard. Then, you make personal reflections as to how you will apply what you've learned to your practice.
Lesson / Unit Planning
	MathStar Exploration 1 -- A Professional Development course on standards-based instruction
	Unit Planning Tool -- A tool to assist you in writing unit/lesson plans. See also the Unit Planning Map - Based on Kentucky's Unit planning Map.
Assessment
	Self-Assessment of Technology Use Survey - based on the Mankato survey. Evaluate your use of computer-based technology.
	Critical Issues in Assessment -- a good disscussion of assessment issues, with links to resources, including: Ensuring Equity with Alternative Assessments Rethinking Assessment and Its Role in Supporting Educational Reform Integrating Assessment and Instruction in Ways That Support Learning Reporting Assessment Results Assessing Young Children's Progress Appropriately
	Score Math Assessment Resources
	Select or Design Assessments That Elicit Established Outcomes
	Providing Hands-On, Minds-On, and Authentic Learning Experiences in Mathematics
	Dept of Education - Performance Assessment
	Assessing Student Work with Project-Based Learning
	Dr. Helen Barrett's Portfolio Assessment site, Using Technology to Support Alternative Assessment and Electronic Portfolios, -- describes and discusses the use of technology to support alternative assessment from a number of perspectives. It also includes her favorite links on Alternative Assessment & Electronic Portfolios.
	What is s Teacher Portfolio? -- a good description of Teacher portfolios and their uses
	Student Portfolios: Administrative Uses -- a good description of Student portfolios and their uses
	Digital Portfolio Lesson Plan -- lesson plans for use with a general audience and another for creating digital portfolios with elementary students.
Rubrics
	New Measure -- Models and tools to support your standards-based education efforts from.
	Challenge 200 Multimedia Project - Defining 'Rubric' Challenge 200 Multimedia Project - Designing a Rubric
	Assessment Rubrics Course Assessment Rubric Assessement Rubric for Class Participation Sample Rubric for Research Papers Sample Assessment Rubric for Group Presentation Sample Rubric for Instructional Unit Sample Rubric for Lesson Plan
	Assessing WebQuests a WebQuest rubric
	Rubric for Publishable Quality Engaged Learning Web Sites -- a rubric developed for publishable quality teacher created projects from the Fermilab LInC course.
	Rubric Generators from Teach-nology.
	Rubric for evaluation of Webpages from the Sandiego city Schools Educational Technology Department

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