American Fidelity's EDUCATION WORLD http://www.education-world.com/ This is the place to visit! Over 17,000 links for education. Checked out and highly recommended by Sam Ritchie!! Education World is a web site designed especially for educators, claiming to feature the Internet's largest education-specific search engine plus lesson plans, curriculum materials, employment listings, an online forum and monthly reviews of other education-related Web sites. Education World is sponsored by American Fidelity Assurance Company.
Ask Dr. Internet News http://promo.net/drnet/ Dr. Internet is a consortium of Internet veterans who volunteer effort and time to help others understand and use the Internet better
Educational Reference Home Page http://www.eduref.org The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) provides a variety of services and products for educators at all levels.
B.E.S.T. http://eyecatchers.com/eyecat/BEST/ Archive of the best educational sites on the WWW.
Busy Teachers Web Site http://www.gatech.edu Reviews of educational materials on the Web, lesson plans, and classroom projects.
C/NET http://www.cnet.com/ An all-purpose information site.
Calculators On-Line Center http://www.martindalecenter.com/Calculators.html Visitors will find an amazingly thorough collection of calculators including mortgage calculators; 12 different retirement and benefits calculators; plus calculators for figuring equations related to agriculture, automobiles, games of chance, calendars, cameras, clothing and shoe size, Morse code, telephone traffic, cooking and beverage, distance, finance (including college financial aid); and more.
Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/ From Census Bureau, USA Counties compiles useful demographic, economic and governmental information spanning several years.' Features both clickable map of USA or the ability to scroll by state. Great stuff you and your students will love to use in the classroom...
Classroom Connect http://www.classroom.net/ Provides information on Internet searching, educational conferences, school Web sites, and Web resources.
Connections + http://www.mcrel.org/connect/plus/ Connections+ consists of Internet resources--lesson plans, activities, curriculum resources--linked with corresponding subject-area content standards. Also included in these resource packages are other links to assist teachers, such as a direct link to the Lycos search engine. The web sites and other resources chosen have been created, maintained, and/or recommended by educators.
DEN (the Digital Education Network) http://www.actden.com DEN provides valuable content and activities in subject areas such as current events (News DEN), mathematics (Math DEN), graphic design (GraphicsDEN) and the Internet (Internet DEN).
The Education Place http://www.hmco.com/school/ A great place for educators! Many curricula areas such as Math Center; Reading / Language Arts Center; Social Studies Center are featured. Has Link Library; Project Center; Kid's Summer Clubhouse; and Parent's Place.
Encarta http://www.encarta.msn.com/schoolhouse/default.asp The Encarta site offers links to education and teacher resources as well as a searchable encyclopedia! Try your search from here!
Games of Riddler http://www.riddler.com A link of Kidnet with daily riddles, an internet search for prizes, three levels of crossword play for single and multiple players, a multi-player trivia game; and good critical thinking word games.
Hotlist of K-12 Internet Sites http://www.sendit.nodak.edu Index of United States elementary and secondary schools with Web sites.
InfoNation http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation3/menu/advanced.asp The UN CyberSchoolBus presents its newest service: InfoNation - providing you with the most official and up-to-date global statistics on the web. With an easy-to-use graphic interface, InfoNation puts you a few clicks away from the most important, basic data on countries of your choice. InfoNation has 30 fields of data, from energy consumption and average temperature to life expectancy and newspaper circulation. Find and compare data on all 185 member states of the United Nations! You pick the countries, then choose the data you need. Two clicks and you have a clean table on your screen. Another click and you can save it or print it out.
Instructional Technology Connections http://www.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itcon.html Excellent collection of LISTSERVs, e-journals, and K-12 links for teachers.
Instructor Magazine http://scholastic.com/Instructor/ For more than 100 years, Instructor has served elementary teachers nationwide. You'll find everything from strategies for integrating the curriculum and meeting the needs of the kids you teach to professional development opportunities and help with assessment. Plus, interact with your colleagues and Instructor editors, find out about freebies and contests, and try out their fun sponsored programs. "We're your complete teaching resource. Come to us for ideas and inspiration".
T.H.E. Journal's Road Map to the World Wide Web for Educators http://www.thejournal.com/ From the Technological Horizons in Education Journal - Over 350 links, organized by category.
Lesson Plans http://www.nwrel.org/cgi-all/search.cgi?q=Lesson+Plans&cmd=Search%21&wf=F00450DEF1&t=
Macintosh Educator's Site http://www.hampton-dumont.k12.ia.us/links/edlinks.html This is a super site for educational links for teachers! Also has a "Teacher's Chat" area for various topics and concerns.
Multiple Intelligences http://www.telis.org/telis/web/saarmst.htm The organization of educational resources on the internet is something that I deal with on a daily basis, and I'm always pleased to find a novel approach. For more information about MI, try the following web sites: EdWeb's page of Multiple Intelligence theory as it relates to educational change:
National Geographic Online! http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/index.html Sponsored by the famous magazine, this is a great site for youngsters! Students will find fascinating facts, meet interesting kids, and play cool games. All they need to bring is curiosity!
Online Schools of The Month http://www.fi.edu/qa96/caughtindex.html Consult this archive of pioneering schools to see the bright future of education online.
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry http://www.omsi.edu/ Just what it says! Possible research resource site.
Pathways to School Improvement http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/pathwayg.htm A very complete site for educators!
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators http://www.capecod.net/Wixon/wixon.htm Thorough list of resources arranged by discipline.
SchoolNotes.com http://www.schoolnotes.com SchoolNotes.com is a free community service designed to complement school websites by allowing teachers to post school information on the web without programming. Click this link to begin using the SchoolNotes website!
Teachers Edition Online http://www.teachnet.com/ Information on lesson plans, bulletin board ideas, and classroom themes and projects. A PC Magazine Top 100 Website for teachers, updated weekly.
Teachers Helping Teachers http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/ Provides ideas and tips in the form of lesson plans and classroom activities. The content has been submitted by teachers for teachers. Teacher Talk http://education.indiana.edu/cas/tt/tthmpg.html Teacher Talk is a home page to help high school teachers deal with the non-academic issues they confront daily, like discipline, student-teacher rapport, and cultural diversity.
World Lecture Hall Home Page http://www.utexas.edu/world/lecture Syllabi, assignments, lecture notes, exams, and calendars from many online courses.
"ZIA" http://www.zia.com/ Interesting site which covers a vast array of topics. Claims to screen links and information so that it's safe for kids to use.
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