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Links of Interest to Teachers
Access Excellence Network -National network which puts high school biology teachers in touch with each other, scientists, and critical sources of new information.Armadillo's K-12 WWW Resources -Curriculum resources grouped by subject area, as well as links to online museums, field trips, and periodicals.
Ask ERIC Virtual Library -Lesson plans, Ask ERIC's collections, search ERIC database, etc.
Chreods -An electronic journal exploring educational issues with a math education tendency.
Colleges and Universities -Alphabetical listing of Web pages from colleges and universities worldwide. Maintained at MIT.
Computer as Learning Partner -An ongoing educational research project at the Univ. of Calif. at Berkeley dedicated to informing and improving middle school science instruction.
Daily Report Card -Online newspaper published three times weekly concerning progress toward national education goals. Excellent resource!
DeweyWeb - The mission of DeweyWeb is to not only serve information to students, but also attempt to provide them a chance to contribute their own observations, findings, and reflections. DeweyWeb appears to be evolving into a sort of "clearinghouse" for experiments in electronic experiential education (or telecommunications-based education :-). Many projects using DeweyWeb share staff and resources. In this vein, this page consists of pointers to the real projects, where you can find out information about their staff, status, and participants.
ESP Publishers - Basic skills workbooks and world famous GOLDEN YEARBOOKS that contain the entire curriculum for basic skills.
EconEdLink provides teachers with a variety of online and classroom learning activities based on economic topics in the news, all designed to help integrate economic concepts across the curriculum as outlined in the Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics.
EDSITEment offers teachers and parents a guide to the top web sites in literature and language arts, foreign language, arts and culture, and history and social studies, as well as classroom-ready lesson plans that draw on Internet resources.
Education-related sites -Yahoo is the most popular search engine on the Web. They maintain a continually-updated list of sites related to all areas of education.
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse -Resources for K-12 math and science teachers.
Environmental Education Network -A clearinghouse for all environmental education information and materials.
From Now On -Written by veteran school Internet consultant Jamieson McKenzie, Ed.D., From Now On is an online publication educators will appreciate. Every month, McKenzie addresses a hot issue of interest to Internet-using K-12 educators.
How to Develop an Online Course - A step-by-step guide to developing online courses.
Illuminations is designed to 'illuminate' the updated NCTM Principles and Standards for School Mathematics through multi-media mathematics investigations, reflections on teaching, links to the best panel-reviewed mathematics web resources and Internet-based lesson plans.
Institute for the Transfer of Technology to Education -This is maintained by the National School Boards' Association as they attempt to bring education into the modern world.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators -Outstanding education location with links to curriculum resources in content areas including arts and literature, math, health, science and technology, history, and sports.
MCREL Lesson Plans -"Highly recommended, all subjects, links to many lesson plan sites." -Classroom Connect Infolist
MidLink Magazine -Electronic magazine for kids in middle school.
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards -Information on obtaining national teacher certification.
NYSCATE - New York State Association for Computers and Technologies in Education. This is the statewide organization which deals with computers and other learning technologies in the classroom.
NY State Education Department -New York State Education Department resources. A wealth of material, including up-to-the-minute state aid information for every district in the state and current SED news/reports. This site is a "must see" for all NY educators!
Pathways to School Improvement -Lots of information about school change presented by the North Central Regional Education Laboratory.
Peterson's Education Center - "Wow. It's not often that information resource companies give you full access to their material via the Web: There's still no effective way to make money off of it. Peterson's does, however, providing a huge stock of info about schools, summer programs, and business management. As with most pages, this site is under continual construction; you'll frequently be greeted by a "We're sorry..." message. But the areas that *are* fully implemented - such as those with Graduate School information - are gorgeous, complete, and easy-to-use. Peterson's Education Center is a gem that will only get better - until you have to pay for it." The Net
Reinventing Schools -National Science Foundation helps you understand the role of technology in the changing American school.
Scholastic Central -A variety of resources for teachers with links to helpful education resources.
Science NetLinks offers teachers a comprehensive guide to science, technology and mathematics web sites and a growing library of Internet-based learning activities that draw upon the AAAS Project 2061 Benchmarks for Science Literacy.
Teaching with The Internet -Thousands of K-12 schools worldwide make it a priority to offer Internet access to their students and staff. How can educators integrate this resource into their curriculum?
Technology & Learning Magazine -This Web site is not just a "rehash" of the paper version. It's worth a look!
The Hub - A growing collection of educational resources and services for Mathematics, Science, and Technology educators. Operated by TERC on behalf of the Regional Alliance, the Hub houses articles, curriculum, newsletters, projects, reports, and software.
US Department of Education -US Dept. of Ed. information and resources.
Utah Education Network Full of great resources for teachers everywhere.
Wentworth Educational Web -Wealth of all sorts of K-12 information and curriculum links maintained by the publishers of Classroom Connect newsletter.
World Lecture Hall -The World Lecture Hall, produced and actively maintained by the University of Texas at Austin, holds a large collection of university and college web pages used to deliver course content. Over 80 subject areas are covered, from accounting to zoology. Individual course pages include links to syllabi, assignments, lecture notes, exams, class calendars, multimedia textbooks, and other related materials. The Lecture Hall gives instructors a glimpse into the possibilities of delivering course material via the Internet.
Xpeditions features an interactive geography museum with exhibits keyed to the National Geography Standards, a collection of standards-based lesson plans, special interactive Family Xpeditions, Blue Ribbon Links to outstanding geography sites, resources for teachers and parents and a global atlas of outline maps specially designed for print out.
