Welcome ! These links are the specific ones we discussed during the workshop we hope they are useful to you. Please feel free to contact us with any questions you may have: Nance Nassar, School Library Senior Consultant, Colorado State Library, CDE nassar_n@cde.state.co.us, & Karen Bolch, Teacher-Librarian karenbolch@aol.com Please Put CU education in the RE: section so we recognize that this has come from your classes.

School Library Media Specialist's Model Job description & Colorado Endorsements for Teacher Librarian
District Media Site, Douglas County - Jo Ann Patterson an excellent example of what your district may offer
Library of Congress Teacher's Page American Memory, Primary Source Sets (under community), Learning Page
Big 6 Research Skills & Super 3 for the k-2 explore the resources and lessons pages Kids Access Pages
Big 6 Handout.pdf as well as free big 6 items to share
Donald Davis, Storyteller teaching writing through the art of storytelling
Dr. Annette Lamb's Resource Eduscapes check out Teacher Tap, Literature ladders, 42 Explore
Denver Post's Education Page
Colorado Dept of Education Home Page

State Library Page
Children's Literacy Resources read and go to Free Resources Link mid page
Diversity Toolkit
Diversity /special populations resources
Colorado Virtual Library select teachers under CVL for resources
Colorado Digitization Project teacher toolbox
Educator Resources SDE page educator's links page
State Publications by subject and more !
Colorado State Standards for Information Literacy
Colorado State Standards for subjects/grade levels
CDE's collaborative Planning Sheet
CDE History Resources
Colorado Kid's Page Resources by grade level
Colorado State pages for Kids by Dept. hotsheet
National Standards for Subjects
Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (digital)

Steven Kalman's Understanding by Design Sheet backwards design - well worth keeping on your desk for every lesson plan you make
Essential Learning
Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning  McREL is based in Denver and continues to serve as the Regional Education Laboratory for the Central Region
NETS standards
AASL standards for 21st Century Learner
Bloom's Taxonomy and New Bloom's comparison
Jamie McKenzie inquiry/questions
Curriculum Guides

Douglas County
Jefferson County
Boulder Valley
Adams 12

Critical Thinking Rubric
Intel Teach Program for Educators
SOS Literacy Lesson Plans - critical thinking skills
Blue Web'n Resources
Partnership for 21st Century Skills
Conference Handouts from Council on 21st Century Learning -Stevan Kalmon
Copyright & Fair Use for Educators

See Elementary Teacher's Page sidebar for more resources & information on webquests, virtual tours, webcams, google earth, etc.

Explore when you have time:
BER Bureau of Educational Research go to conferences, select Co, select Denver to see what they offer - superb workshops
North West Regional Education Laboratory - great resources
International Reading Association
TPS -Teaching with Primary Sources summer institutes, workshops, free to educators in Colorado, CEUs exploring the Library of Congress Resources specifically for educators

Stanford School of Education Prof Dev Resource by Dr. Bonnie Tenenbaum

Bibliography of the Books We showed you in class soon to follow: