What's New!
Welcome to TeachREADY! Your source for information, learning resources & online tools to help you meet the Illinois Core Language Arts Standards.

Lots of good discussions are happening, and some links to Theory and Practice resources have been created.

Contact Jo (jwottow@siue.edu) if you have questions or need help with teachREADY.

Getting to know TechREADY!
TeachREADY is designed to help you meet and exceed the Core Language Arts Standards that are part of the Illinois Assessment of Professional Teaching. For each of the three standards, teachREADY provides learning resources that you can supplement with mini-project activities, online discussions, video examples of best practices, and online tools. TeachREADY is also the place for you to develop and share your online teaching portfolio.

  CORE TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS
You need to know how to use technology to help your students learn, as well as how to use technology to be a more productive professional. Use the Standards Self Assessment quiz to find out where you need to focus your efforts. Then, use techREADY to improve your knowledge and skills in the areas where the Self Assessment indicates you need to learn. You can proceed at your own pace as you access the information and learning activities that are available for each standard.

3 THINGS TO GET YOU STARTED!
The information and examples in techREADY are organized according to the three most important topics you need to learn about for each standard. To supplement your learning, examples of best practice, additional information about technology standards, and resources for creating your own learning technologies are available.

PORTFOLIO RESOURCES & MINI PROJECTS 
TechREADY contains an online web page editing tool that enables you to create your own teaching portfolio website. Once you’ve created your portfolio, you can selectively show your work-in-progress to other teacher candidates, faculty members, and potential employers. When you have completed your education at SIUE, you can download your portfolio and take it with you. TechREADY includes a number of Mini Projects that give you ideas for creating artifacts for your online portfolio.
ENGAGE & DISCUSS
Everyone in a teacher education program (including your professors) is part of techREADY, regardless of program area, field assignment, or year. There are many opportunities for online discussions that relate to the specific standard areas, and techREADY is also a great environment to test new teaching approaches or exchange practical information. Join in these discussions and share your teaching and learning experiences, or post your own questions to receive a variety of options and helpful hints from the learning community.

TeachREADY has been developed with funds made available through the U. S. Department of Education’s Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to Use Technology grant program. The system was designed and developed by Tarantula Learning Company in collaboration with SIUE faculty and staff. The online web page editor has been customized to teachREADY specifications, and is licensed from WebsiteASP.