This page provides links to many sites that are gateways or portals to extensive and up-to-date educational resources. Email me with others that I should consider adding to this lest.
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Dr.
Alice Christie's Educational Web Portal
This ever-growing site is
a resource for K-12 educators who wish to integrate
technology across the curriculum, and change the way they
teach by using technology to enhance both the teaching and
learning occurring in their classroom. This site features
links to numerous educational topics including WebQuests,
Digital Media, Technology Integration, Constructivism, Grant
Writing, and much more.
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Apple Education K-12
This site continually
updates providing new ideas on how to use technology in K-12
classrooms. Great resources on digital media, digital tools,
curriculum ideas, profiles of innovative schools and
classrooms, and multiple examples of student work and
teacher lesson plans.
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Apple Learning Interchange
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Apple
Learning Interchange
The Apple Learning
Interchange is an online educational community that features
digital teaching and learning through Web-based lessons
across all content areas and grade levels. All units are
created by teachers, for teachers, and are shared through
the Internet. Lots of innovative teaching strategies,
virtual field trip, digital media, and much more.
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Arizona
Learning Interchange
The Arizona Learning
Interchange is designed to be a clearinghouse for educators
to learn about these projects. AZLI is designed to bring
groups together to share stories about what is working to
improve the educational experience of Arizona children. The
stories are shared through video rich exhibits that include
resources and links to the wide range of resources available
in Arizona.
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Bartleby.com:
Great Books Online
Site provides access to
fiction, nonfiction, reference, and verse - providing
students and teachers unlimited access to books and
information on the Web.
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Chicago
Public Library Reference Shelf
The Reference Shelf is a
one-stop source for links to a variety of sites that feature
basic reference information. These sites were chosen because
they provide answers to the types of questions that the
Chicago Public Library's Information Center librarians
handle on a daily basis.
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Community
Learning Network
Community Learning Network
is a site designed to help K-12 teachers integrate
technology into the classroom. There are over 5800 annotated
links to educational sites with free resources, all
organized by theme pages and keyword search.
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EdIndex
A Web Resource for
Teachers and Students including tutorials, presentations, and links to websites of interest in the K-12 curriculum.
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Education
World
A collection of resources
for educators: a home for educators on the Internet, a place
where teachers could gather and share ideas, a complete
online resource where educators could start each day to find
the lesson plans and research materials they were looking
for. Site includes: a search engine for educational Web
sites only, original content, including lesson plans,
practical information for educators, information on how to
integrate technology in the classroom, and articles written
by education experts, and more.
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EduHound:
Everything for K - 12 Education
EduHound.com is a highly
specialized educational directory with built-in resource
links offered free to educators, students and parents.
EduHound.com seeks to harness the vast information resources
of the Web, while enabling educators to use the Internet as
a classroom tool. Since its launch in January 2000, the site
boasts thousands of visitors per week.
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Enchanted
Learning
A collection of Web
resources for primary students and their teachers. A paid
subscription provides ad-free pages, but all information is
available free at this time. Use it as a resource for
finding great sites online.
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Fair
Use in the Digital K-12 Classroom
Professional Development
Online Tutorial on Educational Fair Use, from the Los
Angeles County Office of Education. Done effectively using
Flash.
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High
School Ace |
Quiz Hub | Teachers
Hub
The Hubs are free online
(often interactive) learning centers that features subject
guides across the content areas. They feature homework help,
puzzles, daily challenges and information, quizzes, spelling
activities, educational games, lesson plans, online K-12
curriculum resources, and much, much more.
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International
Children's Digital Library
A project of the
University of Maryland and the Internet Archive. It is a
searchable collection of books and videos of interest to
children around the world.
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The
Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is
building a digital library of Internet sites and other
cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, we
provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars,
and the general public.
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Internet
in the Curriculum
Ideas from Berrien County
Intermediate School District (BCISD), an educational service
agency serving 29,000 students in Berrien County,
Michigan.
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The
Internet Public Library
The Internet Public
Library is a public service organization and a
learning/teaching environment at the University of Michigan
School of Information. It has been continuously in operation
on the Internet since 1995.
IPL
KidSpace | IPL
Teen Space | The
IPL Youth Division
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Librarians'
Index to the Internet
Librarians' Index to the
Internet (LII) is a searchable, annotated subject directory
of more than 14,000 Internet resources selected and
evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to users of
public libraries. LII is used by both librarians and the
general public as a reliable and efficient guide to Internet
resources. The mission of Librarians' Index to the Internet
is to provide a well-organized point of access for reliable,
trustworthy, librarian-selected Internet resources, serving
California, the nation, and the world.
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Microsoft
Classroom Innovative Teacher
Microsoft's site to aid
educators as they use technology in their classrooms. Site
contains: tutorials, lesson plans, how-to articles,
classroom projects, and tips for teachers. Membership is
FREE. Site features information on all MicroSoft
products.
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National
Library of Virtual Manipulatives
This site showcases is a
three-year NSF supported project to develop a library of
uniquely interactive, web-based virtual manipulatives or
concept tutorials for K-12 mathematics instruction.
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PBS Teacher Source
PBS TeacherSource materials are developed by trained and practicing
educators including: resources by curricular subject, topic, grade level and standard; online professional development; tips on how to
effectively teach with technology; interdisciplinary
teaching suggestions; and free weekly electronic
newsletter. See the section on Technology and Teaching.
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TechLearning
A site serving educators
with ideas, tools, and resources for integrating technology
into the K-12 school, classroom and curriculum.
techlearning.com is produced by Technology & Learning
Magazine, the Well Connected Educator and SchoolTech Expo
& Conference, with contributions from hundreds of
teachers, administrators and other experts in the
field.
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Technology
Resources for Educators, Parents and Students
Mesa Public Schools Web
Portal for access to Web sites that reinforce best practices
in education and support standards.
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Verizon Thinkfinity
The Thinkfinity site, formerly MarcoPolo, provides no-cost, standards-based Internet content for the K-12 teacher and classroom, developed by the nation's content experts. Online resources include panel-reviewed links to top sites in many disciplines, professionally developed lesson plans, and classroom activities. Sites include materials to help with daily classroom planning, brief and extended lesson plans, reviewed and expert-approved links to related high-quality sites, and powerful search engines.
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The
Virtual Reference Desk
The Virtual Reference Desk
(VRD) is a project dedicated to the advancement of digital
reference and the successful creation and operation of
human-mediated, Internet-based information services. VRD is
sponsored by the United States Department of Education.
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Virtual
Reference Shelf
Selected Web resources
compiled by the Library of Congress. A major lists of links
to multitudes of Web sites.
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The
Visual Thesaurus: Launch. Explore. Learn.
The Visual Thesaurus takes
a unique, and remarkably beautiful, approach to presenting
the results of a word lookup. Discover and learn from nearly
140,000 words, meanings and relationships. VT is outstanding
for exploring relationships between words, and ideal for
brainstorming ideas in work and education. Try for free, but
subscription necessary for long-term use. |