K-12 Educators

As a K-12 Educator, use this comprehensive collection of high-quality resources to create online course content and to help your students with postsecondary planning. Search for certified K-12, MnSCU, and U of M online courses and programs. Learn about student services, postsecondary enrollment options (PSEO), and online college in the high school (OCHS). Obtain college, career, and financial aid planning resources. Identify library data bases that your students can use to do homework, improve studies, and complete a quick review of subjects. Incorporate interactive tools and widgets, simulations, learning objects, video, audio and online textbooks in your curriculum. View professional development information. Use eFolioMinnesota to create and maintain your professional electronic portfolio.

Digital Campus - University of Minnesota
Your gateway for online learning: degrees, courses and professional development. The University of Minnesota Digital Campus brings together both the University's online educational opportunities and classroom-based non-credit classes offered throughout the state.

MentorNet
Minnesota MentorNet links undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and early career faculty in engineering, science, math, and technology, in the state of Minnesota with professionals in their fields for mentoring relationships.

Atomic Learning
Atomic Learning provides web-based software training for more than 110 applications students and educators use everyday.

Edutopia.org - What Works in Public Education
An in-depth and interactive resource, Edutopia.org offers practical, hands-on advice, real-world examples, lively contributions from practitioners, and invaluable tips and tools.

Digital Media Center
The Digital Media Center advances the thoughtful application of digital technologies by faculty, staff, and students through research, design, training, professional development, consultation, and evaluation services.

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities - ITeach Professional Development Center
The ITeach Center is a virtual guide to teaching and learning, including teaching resources, educational oppportunities, online teaching resources, and an interactive community.

CaseNEX
Founded at the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education, CaseNEX is a pioneering professional development organization that prepares educators and school leaders for the demands they face by delivering a case-based approach to professional development and teacher training.

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities - The Teacher Center
Resources for teacher education available through the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities.

University of Minnesota - Center for Teaching and Learning
The Center for Teaching and Learning enriches the professional growth of faculty, instructional staff, and teaching assistants through programs, services, and resources that promote significant learning experiences for students.

Learning4Content
Teachers receive free training in wiki skills through a series of online and face-to-face workshops. In return, they become WikiEducators by developing and donating one free content resource back to the WikiEducator community; for teachers and trainers who share vision of free teaching materials.

Professional Learning Board
Professional Learning Board offers online self study courses, online facilitated courses and graduate credit courses. The courses are included in the National Education Academy's list of approved online courses to be taken nationwide by teachers.

Webinars and Tutorials
More than 50 webinar sessions and self-paced tutorials on teaching and learning topics; each contains an index page with the recordings, content and resources. Sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. For help, contact: ctl@so.mnscu.edu

21st Century Skills
Serve as a catalyst to position 21st century skills at the center of US K-12 education by building collaborative partnerships among education, business, community and government leaders.

International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
ISTE provides leadership and service to improve teaching and learning by advancing the effective use of technology in education!

TIES
TIES, a joint powers cooperative owned by 38 Minnesota school districts, offers ongoing professional development workshops provide state-of-the-art training in multimedia, web development, classroom software, computer basics and more.