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• allmath.com
  Math Links to games, tutorials, lesson plans worksheets etc. Math games, flash cards, a math glossary, metric conversion tools, and biographies of notable math-related people are presented in a useful, interactive format designed primarily for children.
• Archimedes' Laboratory
  Inspired by the work methods of scientist Archimedes, this online companion to the print magazine of the same name provides a virtual lab of geometric puzzles to make and solve, games, mazes, and optical illusions. Appropriate for children and adults.
• Crosspoint Anti Racism
  Crosspoint Anti RacismAn international, searchable collection of briefly annotated links covering such topics as anti-racism/anti-fascism, migrants, anti-Semitism/Shoah, migrants/diversity, indigenous people, Jewish resources/Shoah, human rights/refugees, disability resources, Roma/Sinti/Travellers, gays & lesbians, and women's rights. Can be browsed by country or by topic.
• Games Kids Play
  Games Kids Play. Contributed by users, the rules for games include hide and seek, dodgeball, and hopscotch, as well as jump rope rhymes and variations of jacks and marbles.
• National 4-H Web
  National 4-H Web Begun in the early 1900s to provide educational clubs for rural children, 4-H (head, heart, hands, health) has expanded to urban areas and includes non-agricultural activities. On this site, 4-H clubs can be located by state and county.
• National Center for Learning Disabilities
  National Center for Learning DisabilitiesThe NCLD Web site provides facts, news, resources, and links for persons with learning disabilities and their families. Extensive information on issues such as LD evaluation, legislation, outreach and educational programs, public policy, and legal rights for the learning disabled.
• NewsCenter: Up to the Minute News Resources
  Links for major wire services, one-stop shops, search for news, U.S. news, business news, international news, technology, entertainment, and more.
• 3D Studio MAX R3 demo
  3D Studio MAX R3 demo:http://www.autodesk.com/dyf/coolstuff/maxdemo_1.htmlWant to find out how 3D computer animation works?Learn about Discreet's amazing animation software. Thisfeature explains and demonstrates 3D Studio MAX R3.Also, try the interactive demo!.
• A Jazz Improvisation Primer
  A Jazz Improvisation Primer "Here you can find information on almost any topic relating to jazz improvisation, from jazz history to music theory to practical advice on playing in a group." Includes annotated bibliography and discography. Online version of text written by Marc Sabatella.
• A Lifetime of Color
  This is an extraordinary art education site that includes hands-on activities and techniques; galleries of student and professional work; information about art elements, principles, concepts, media, styles, and artists; an interactive art timeline and glossary; online games; teacher resources; and lesson plans for grades K-8.This is a good place to learn some basic techniques. Site is sponsored by Sanford, a manufacturer of art supplies.Subjects: Art -- Study and teaching, Lesson planning, Teaching Aids and devices.
• Activeclassroom
  ActiveClassroom is a web-based classroom management and curriculum delivery system that closes the gap between school and home. It provides teachers with the ability to incorporate web-based resources affiliated with adopted textbooks, state testing guidelines or other educational sites directly to their individual classrooms.
• African Music and Dance Ensemble
  The Ensemble broadens access to knowledge about Africa's rich cultural heritage across the United States, Canada and Europe. The Ensemble has taught the skill, artistry and philosophy that inform the African music and dance traditions.
• All About Jazz
  A comprehensive site, All About Jazz contains interviews, a photo gallery, articles, a wonderful interactive timeline, and more.
• American Memory Project
  American Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. From the U.S.
• Ask Dr. Math
  Ask Dr. Math is a question and answer service for math students and their teachers.
• AskA+ Locator
  AskA+ LocatorThis directory of online question answering services (AskA) is "designed to link students, teachers, parents and other K-12 community members with experts on the Internet." Each service listing includes identification information (e.g., publisher, e-mail address, contact name, and links), scope, target audience, and a general description of the service. Searchable and browsable.
• Assessment Research by Roberta Furger
  Academic research points to the benefits -- and identifies ongoing challenges -- of implementing performance assessments in K-12 classrooms. Studies also identify the impact technology can have and is having on both classroom and large-scale assessments.
• Assessments of Multimedia Technology in Education
  This is a Bibliography of a growing body of research devoted to assessing the effectiveness of multimedia in all levels of education, including corporate and military training.
• Bartelby.com
  Bartelby.com, which began as a research experiment in 1993 at Columbia University, has grown into a high-quality reference tool and an extensive repository of classic literature. It includes works by hundreds of authors: including over 10,000 poems and 86,000 quotations.
• Boopadoo: Music resources for educators and families of young children
  Music resources for young children. Contains activities, free mp3 and music software downloads, free printables, free sheet music, reviews, search engine, articles, awards, and more.
• Bridging the Home and School: A Case Study
  In today's society, there are many new technologies that educators have at their disposal to use both inside and outside of theclassroom. One such technology was the focus of the first stage of an on-going project on the "open school" model.
• Building a Digital Workforce
  Taking action to close the IT skills gap in the current and future workforce is a critical challenge for business, labor, education, government, and the nonprofit sector that requires urgent attention by all stakeholders. This report sets out NPA's Digital Economic Opportunity Committee's recommendations for increasing the number of U.S.
• Building Support for Comprehensive School Improvement Programs
  Building Support for Comprehensive School Improvement Programs Offers an array of publications on components of comprehensive school improvement, professional development, community engagement, selection of classroom instructional approaches, and resource allocations, among other topics.
• Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
  "This is a collection of reviews of great books for kids, ideas of ways to use them in the classroom and collections of books and activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and professional topics."For teachers, use the Curriculum Areas link for helpful hints in finding books in a variety of subject areas, plus lessons plans and display ideas. The site is focused on preK - 8th grade educator's needs.
• Center for Women and Information Technology
  This site provides links to online resources relating to women and information technology (IT) including news, learning the basics of computers, careers in IT, training and certification, and more. There is also a bibliography and a FAQ (with links to many outside resources).
• Children's Media Culture in the New Millennium
  : Mapping the Digital Landscape Kathryn C. Montgomery A description of the technological, demographic, and market forces shaping the new digital media culture, and the rich array of Web sites being created for children and teens.
• Children's Music Web
  Children's Music Web is an excellent site for parents, teachers, children, and professionals, promoting music for children with unbiased, free information. Focuses on music resources, not artists or companies.
• Classroom Support
  Classroom SupportThese resources help education professionals assess skill levels for both teachers and students, and set grade-appropriate goals for students. This section also includes links to education information, provides teachers with ideas for technology-based lesson plans, and includes the tools necessary for creating appropriate use policies for these new technologies.
• Computer Literacy Course Tutorial
  Computer Literacy Course TutorialHalifax Regional CAP Association 2001This is a course, on line, and also on a cd that takes teachers through the basics of the Internet.These materials have been developed by the Standardised Materials Training Team of the Halifax Regional CAP Association.
• Critical Evaluation of Information Resources
  You can begin evaluating a physical information source (a book or an article for instance) even before you have the physical item in hand. Appraise a source by first examining the bibliographic citation.
• Digital Photo Librarian Image Editor 4.0
  For persons hoping to catalog and modify extensive digitized photo collections, the Digital Photo Librarian application will be a welcome addition to their software library. The application allows users to manage large photo collections, along with providing the capability of supporting a variety of image formats.
• Discovery School.com
  DiscoverySchool.com is part of the Discovery Communication, Inc. The website provides teaching materials for teachers, resources for students, and advice for parents about how to help their kids enjoy learning and excel in school.
• Distance Education Clearinghouse
  Distance Education ClearinghouseComprehensive, annotated, searchable, up-to-date directory of resources.http://www.uwex.edu/disted/Subject: Distance educationCategory: Directories.
• Education World
  Education World is designed to help educators integrate the Internet into the classroom. It contains a wide range of resources for teachers including lesson plans created by teachers and articles written by professionals in the field.
• ETB Thesaurus
  The European Treasury Browser (ETB) Project has recently released amultilingual thesaurus available in eight languages: Danish, English,French, German, Greek, Italian, Spanish, and Swedish. The thesaurus is"aimed at indexing educational resources" and building an "interoperableinfrastructure to exchange and network metadata on educational resources forschools in Europe." The project seeks to add value to national resourcecollections by allowing teachers and students to locate Europe resources.The thesaurus gives users access to all resources, regardless of theindexing method used.
• Ethics in Computing
  Browse or search for information about the basics of ethics in computing or specific topics such as privacy, free speech, computer abuse, intellectual property, risks, commerce, and social justice in this tidily organized set of links.
• Evaluating Information Found on the Internet
  Time-tested, librarian-created guide to copyright, intellectual property, fair use, propaganda, misinformation, disinformation, bias and resource evaluation. Excellent.
• Filters and Filtering
  The Office of Intellectual Freedom of the American Library Association has pulled together a lot of information on their site that deals with the filtering issue as well as providing links to more information, including a summary and the full text of the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA), information on the Neighborhood Children___s Internet Protection Act (NCIPA), news articles, and more. This is a site to guide the individual teacher.
• Finding Information on the Internet
  The best introduction to Internet searching on the Web. Be sure to check out the section on how to choose search tools - there is an excellent chart comparing the features of the major Web search engines and directories.
• Five Commentaries: Looking to the Future
  Five Commentaries: A series of responses from experts representing various disciplines and backgrounds to the question: "How can we help ensure computer technology is used equitably, effectively, and ethically to promote positive child development?".
• Girl Power
  Girl Power! http://www.girlpower.gov/Supports the national public education campaign sponsored by the Department of the Health and Human Services "Girls at 8 or 9 typically have very strong attitudes about their health, so Girl Power! seeks to reinforce and sustain these positive values among girls ages 9-14 by targeting health messages to the unique needs, interests, and challenges of girls." Includes adult resource links and research and news about girls.
• GT World
  GT WorldThis is a site for those caring for talented and gifted children. It provides definitions of terms and emoticons to be encountered on site; information on testing; some articles; and recommended reading for children, teens, gifted adults, and parents.
• Idea Box: Early Childhood Education and Activity Resources
  Idea Box: Early Childhood Education and Activity Resources Find an Idea of the Day and other resources at this site. Activities lists things to do with young children; Seasonal holds activities, crafts, games, and songs about holidays, including Earth Day and Black History Month; Games includes musical chairs, cotton ball race, and many others; Music and Songs has finger plays and children's songs; and Craft Recipes contains "Playdough" and other craft materials.
• In Search of the Ways of Knowing Trail
  - Your jeep breaks down on your way to the remote village of Epulu in central Africa. You along with four youths from different local cultures are forced to walk through the Ituri Forest to get there.
• Information Technology and Disabilities
  This quarterly refereed journal is intended for educators, librarians, academic computing staff, job accommodations/human relations professionals, and others interested in new technology and its effective use by people with disabilities. From EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information).
• International Reading Association (IRA)
  This professional organization's site highlights the latest educational legislation. The organization seeks to promote "high levels of literacy for all by improving the quality of reading instruction, disseminating research and information about reading, and encouraging the lifetime reading habit." Find publications, program descriptions, professional standards, links, meeting notices, news, and membership information.
• iWASwondering.org
  The Web site iWASwondering.org is a project of the National Academy of Sciences intended to showcase the accomplishments of contemporary women in science and to highlight for young people the varied and intriguing careers of some of today's most prominent female scientists. The site draws from and accompanies the publication of a ten-volume series of biographies entitled Women's Adventures in Science, co-published by the Joseph Henry Press (an imprint of the National Academies Press) and Scholastic Library Publishing.
• Justice Learning
  CIVICS EDUCATION WEB SITE, NYTimes.com and NPR have launched (www.justicelearning.org), a free civics Web site designed for high school students and teachers. The Web site is organized around eight distinct civic issues that are updated twice yearly.
• KidsClick!
  A searchable, browsable directory of over 6,300 web resources for children and those who work with them. Grouped into fifteen major categories with many sub-categories, entries are briefly annotated and include the number of illustrations and reading level.
• LD Online
  LD Online has a special section on how technology can diminish barriersfor children.
• Learning styles assessment
  Learning Styles AssessmentRead the word(s) in the left column and pick the description that best expresses how you usually handle each situation.This site contains a matrix to help the user to assess his or her learning styles.
• Library Spot
  Encyclopedias, maps, online libraries, quotations, reference desks, and other student help sites.
• Map Machine
  This is an online resource to show maps of many kinds from all over the world, and there are other resources on the site that are printable.
• Math-lets
  Math_lets are math applets you can use to explore math and create interactive lessons. See our i-Math Investigations for examples of lessons that use Math_lets.
• Mathematics Teacher Education Resource Place
  The Mathematics Teacher Education Resource Place is a website dedicated to supporting and improving the preparation of mathematics teachers (preK-16) by providing on-line resources, hot links, and a professional forum for those engaged in the teaching of mathematics content and methods courses, or in the field supervision of beginning teachers.
• Microsoft Office Clip Art and Media
  Extensive clipart, templates, and media for Microsoft Office.
• Museums Online
  Museums OnlineMuseumStuff.com is the one-stop shop for museum information, where Internetusers can discover and explore thousands of museums and related resourcesaround the country. This search engine, which features a "broad range ofmuseum 'stuff,'" offers links to various museums, virtual exhibitions,museum events, fun and game sites for secondary and post-secondary students,and educational links.The museum links are arranged in three separatecategories -- art, history, and science -- and can be accessed from the mainpage.
• My Majors
  Have you decided that you want to go to college, but don't know what you want to major in? If you aren't sure, MyMajors.com can provide useful advice on college and university majors that a high school senior or college freshman with your interests and achievements might do well in. MyMajors.com is designed as a free tool to help high school students select a major by engaging them in a brief interview about their achievements, values and interests.
• National Center for Educational Statistics
  (NCES): Search for Schools, Colleges, and LibrariesDatabase of public schools, private schools, colleges, universities, and public libraries in the United States and its territories.Searchable by name of institution, city, or zip code. Clicking on an institution's name in the search results brings up statistical and other information about the institution.
• National Geographic Teacher Community
  
• National Hurricane Center
  Get satellite imagery and radar maps of the latest storms at this informative and potentially life-saving resource.
• No Child Left Behind
  Signed into law on January 8, 2002, the No Child Left Behind Bill will significantly impact the terms and conditions of primary and secondary education in America, especially where it comes to how federal monies earmarked for education are allocated.
• Ology
  A cleaver, animated site with activities related to "ology", the study of something. Website includes activities about genetics, paleontology,astronomy and biodiversity.
• Online Content for Low-Income and Underserved Americans
  TCP___s groundbreaking briefing examines and makes recommendations about Internet content for underserved Americans (e.g., low-income, limited-literacy, non-English-speaking).
• Playspace: Learning in playful digital learning environments
  Playspace is an interdisciplinary and interinstitutional research effort, focused on exploring the educational value of playful digital learning environments. This project generated a rubric for designing and assessing educational games as well as several papers concerning commercial games and its use with educational purposes.
• Portfolios
  special focus area - portfolios and many websites for examination of the use of portfolios.Article: Student Portfolioshttp://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/ae/al_stufolio.htmlor(PDF 24 KB / 6 pgs)To read and print PDF files, get the Acrobat Reader.Portfolios for Assessment and Instruction, article by Judith Arter et. al.http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed388890.htmlScoring rubrics for portfolioshttp://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/libst/Portfolio/Scoring.htmlElectronic portfolios: Webfolioshttp://www.cgc.maricopa.edu/williams/block/assignments/portfolio.htmlSample use of portfolios for specific skills/disciplineshttp://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/libst/Portfolio/Dividers/Math.htmlhttp://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/libst/Portfolio/Dividers/Science.htmlUse of portfolio for assessment of student outcomeshttp://k2.kirtland.cc.mi.us/~assess/s04-02.htmSample use of portfolio for certificationhttp://www.snc.edu/educ/edpages/portfolio.htmlhttp://members.tripod.com/lepine/P-Assesm.htmlPortfolio assessment project at SIU at Edwardsvillehttp://www.siue.edu/~deder/assess/portwing.htmlA Guide to the Development of Professional Portfolioshttp://www.edu.uleth.ca/fe/ppd/contents.htmlOther resourceshttp://www-tep.ucsd.edu/portfolionews/PNResources.htmlhttp://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/ieo/bibs/portfoli.
• Practical Money Skills for Life
  Created by the folks at Visa, this website checks out as a good learning center for all ages. Lessons (look under For Teachers) include Spending Plans (for younger children) up to Living on your Own (for college age students).
• Research It!
  - dictionary, thesaurus, famous quotes, maps, translation .
• Resources for Teachers at the Folger Shakespeare Library
  The Folger Shakespeare Library, a private research institution, is the world's most significant repository of Shakespearean material. Its holdings, which include the largest collection of English Renaissance books outside of the U.K., attract scholars and educators of international repute.
• School Technology and Readiness
  This CEO forum chart(a focus on digital learning)Year 3 Report (PDF version is 742k- please allow several minutes for download)Year 3 STaR Chart (PDF version) a focus on digital learning.
• SOHO: Exploring the Sun
  The International Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) is a cooperative project of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
• The ABC's of Web Site Evaluation by Kathy Schrock
  The author states this as the ABC's or beginning evaluation of web sites for teacher use in quality instruction.
• The Braille Bug
  The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) created the Braille Bug web site to teach sighted children about braille, and to encourage literacy among all children. AFB--a national nonprofit founded in 1921 and the organization to which Helen Keller devoted more than 40 years of her life--addresses the critical issues, such as literacy, that are facing America's ten million blind or visually impaired children and adults.
• The Education Gap: Vouchers and Urban Schools
  The Education Gap: Vouchers and Urban SchoolsResults Obtained from Three-Year New York City Evaluation;Randomized Field Trials ConductedThis is a resource to help teachers, parents and the learning community have a perspective from a research base on the use of vouchers in education.
• The Exploratorium
  This is a very rich web site which is from a learning place that has a variety of resources for teachers, students, and parents. There are the ten cool sites, and there are webcasts, and all kinds of learning involving sports , physics and lots of science and math.
• The Gateway
  http://www.thegateway.org/This is a great searching site for K-12 lessons and other teacher's materials.
• The WWW Virtual Library
  The WWW Virtual LibraryAgricultureAgriculture, Gardening, Forestry, Irrigation...Business and EconomicsEconomics, Finance, Marketing, Transportation...ComputingComputing, E-Commerce, Languages, Web...Communications and MediaCommunications, Telecommunications, Journalism...EducationEducation, Applied Linguistics, Linguistics...EngineeringCivil, Chemical, Electrical...HumanitiesAnthropology, History, Museums, Philosophy...Information&LibrariesGeneral Reference, Information Quality, Libraries...International AffairsInternational Security, Sustainable Development, UN...LawArbitration, Law, Legal History...RecreationRecreation and Games, Gardening, Sport...Regional StudiesAfrican, Asian, Latin American, West European...ScienceBiosciences, Health, Earth Science, Physics, Chemistry...SocietyPolitical Science, Religion, Social Sciences...
• TryScience
  TryScience.org wants you to experience the excitement of contemporary science and technology through online and offline interactivity with science and technology centers worldwide. Science is exciting, and it's for everyone! That's why TryScience and over 400 science centers worldwide invite you to investigate, discover, and try science yourself.
• U.S. Education Standards
  Education World presents the objectives of the voluntary National Education Standards for the major subject areas. This site allows educators to stay abreast of the current efforts being made in the area of National Standards.
• USGS Learning Web
  K-12 students, can come get what they need to do homework. Put creativity into your project.
• What's that stuff?
  Grades: 4 - 12. Synopsis: Warning: After reading this web site, you might not ever be able to enjoy Cheez Whiz on your broccoli again.
• With an Even Hand: Brown v. Board at Fifty
  Presents more than 80 photos, letters and newspapers manuscripts, maps, music, & films related to the Supreme Court's 1954 decision that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." The online exhibit is organized in three parts: previous court cases that laid the ground work for the decision, the argument underpinning the ruling & the public's initial response, & the aftermath. (LOC) .