"This article/module explores the notion that to assist "problem readers" in Trinidad and Tobago, it is necessary for teachers to have a knowledge of how language is used in the community and how communication events occur there. These can be the basis for "patterns of interaction" with texts written in English where students or learners have difficulty in reading and writing English; and where both learners and teachers are speakers of Trinidadian Creole English. These "patterns" fall within t more...

The BBC's Schools Website contains excellent open learning materials for use inside and outside the classroom. Resources are truly developed for an educational use and most of them are interactive flash series - including audio and animation - or html pages offering learning activities for kids and notes for teachers. Quality of resources is excellent.

As stated on the site, "Special Education Resources on the Internet (SERI) is a collection of Internet accessible information resources of interest to those involved in the fields related to Special Education. This collection exists in order to make on-line Special Education resources more easily and readily available in one location." Examples of included topics are: general disabilities, products and commercial sites, associations & national organizations, parents & educator's resources, discu more...

From the website, "ISER is a nationwide directory of professionals, organizations, and schools that serve the learning disabilities and special education communities. We help parents and caregivers find local special education professionals to help with learning disabilities and attention deficit disorder assessment, therapy, advocacy, critical teen issues, and other special needs. We also offer a directory of professional resources and special needs software and assistive technology." Contains more...

The about.com site on special education. Sponsors articles and links, among other resources, on topics such as assitive technology, assessment, classroom management, disabilities, giftedness, IEP, IDEA, integration inclusion, teacher strategies, and organizations.

An online handbook with all sorts of suggestions on science fair projects. Covers topics like project ideas, setting up, research, and assessment. Organized into a teacher page, a parent page, and a student page to address the needs of the various participants in the project.

This course is devoted to the techniques of teaching and learning. In particular, the course focuses on thematic and cooperative learning, problem-solving, and other engaging activities that keep students focused and engaged, leading to greater student achievement. Course will provide a chance to develop lesson plans.