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The processes, practices, or systems identified in public and private organizations that performed exceptionally well and are widely recognized as improving an organization's performance and efficiency in specific areas.


  • A Guide to Evaluation Primers
    Organization: Association for the Study and Development of Community (ASDC) / Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Abstract: An orientation guide to handbooks and basic primers (introductory pieces) on program evaluation. Primers are directed toward the non-expert, explaining some of the central issues in evaluation and why they are important.
  • AAUP: American Association of University Professors
    This organization's "purpose is to advance academic freedom and shared governance, to define fundamental professional values and standards for higher education, and to ensure higher education's contribution to the common good." In addition to information about the AAUP's activities (academic freedom, governance, legal, research, organizing, lobbying), this site includes numerous statements, reports, and publications about issues in higher education (such as affirmative action, ethics, and tenure).
  • An Educator's Guide to Evaluating The Use of Technology in Schools and Classrooms
    Developed by the American Institutes for Research for the U.S. Department of Education, this guide is intended as an informal introduction to various assessment techniques that schools, districts, and individuals might use to evaluate local technology initiatives.
  • Assessing the Impact of Technology on Teaching and Learning: Student Perspectives
    Assessment of Instructional Technology Tools Organization: Middle Tennessee State University • Focus: evaluates the effectiveness of instructional technology by its impact on the depth and breadth of content covered, student performance, and good teaching practices that were widely acknowledged as catalysts for improved learning. • Method: Survey.
  • Color�n Colorado. bilingual Web site ( Spanish)
    Color�n Colorado is a new bilingual Web site full of information, ideas and practical tips on how Spanish-speaking parents can help their children learn to read and succeed in school. The site features activities, advice and downloadable resources for teachers and librarians to reproduce and distribute to parents in their own communities.
  • Instructional Assessment and Evaluation
    9 Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning • Organization: American Association for Higher Education • Abstract: Outlines the relationship between instructional best practices, learning and assessment.
  • Mathforum.org (Math)
    The Math Forum is a leading center for mathematics and mathematics education on the Internet. The Math Forum's mission is to provide resources, materials, activities, person-to-person interactions, and educational products and services that enrich and support teaching and learning in an increasingly technological world.
  • NASA Astrobiology Resources for Kids
    Could there be life elsewhere in the universe? Explore this fascinating question with online adventures, getting your questions answered online in the "Ask a Biologist" section, and more! This site is by the NASA Astrobiology Institute. Various plug-ins are required.
  • National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)
    tion. One mark of a high-quality teacher preparation program is accreditation by NCATE.
  • National Geographic Society Resources for Teachers On line
    On line adventures, maps and geography, lesson plans, teacher community. special features : Xpeditions http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/ Xpedition Hall, activities, standards and lesson plans National Geographic Kids Magazine http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/index.html.
  • National Rural Health Association [pdf]
    The antiquated image of the "old-time" family doctor traveling hundreds of miles to see patients widely dispersed across the rural landscape may remain in the minds of some persons, but the truth of the matter is that many persons in rural America have relatively little access to adequate health care. Advocating on the behalf of rural Americans (and their health) is the National Rural Health Association (NRHA).
  • Orbital Space Settlements
    Target Audience Grades - 3-5 6-8 9-12 This page from NASA's Educational Resources is best used as a springboard to learn more about orbital space colonies. There are answers to a few general questions (e.g.
  • Seeing Space in a Whole New Light
    This is an interactive site which is a tool for understanding space exploration and the various ways in which people train for being in space. You get to meet astronauts, expore the galaxy, This site can be used for independent study or as a beginning learning project on space science education.
  • Selected Lessons from the STC Curriculum National Science Resource Center
    Sample lessons from the Life, Earth, and Physical Sciences and Technology curriculum developed by the National Science Resources Center.Use this list to access sample lessons from the STC curriculum. You can view and print these lessons using Adobe Acrobat Reader (download).
  • Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage [RealPlayer, pdf]
    Widely considered one of the most important centers of its kind, the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage is dedicated to "promoting the understanding and continuity of diverse, contemporary grassroots cultures in the United States and around the world". The Center is responsible for producing the annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival, coordinating the Folkways Recordings, and conducting ethnographic and cultural heritage policy-oriented research.
  • Technology Connections for School Improvement Planners' Handbook
    Technology Connections for School Improvement Planners' Handbook NCREL This handbook is designed for those who seek to: engage stakeholders in a technology planning process to enhance learning opportunities and school improvement efforts; learn from research findings and case scenarios about problem-solving technology practices implemented in schools today; identify technology needs and evaluate implementation progress.
  • The Transistor
    Target Audience Grades - 6-8 9-12 Lucent Technologies is the offspring of Bell Labs where the transistor was invented fifty years ago. This site provides pages containing information on the history of the transistor, uses of the transistor, the inventors, current information about these devices, what is a transistor, and an FAQ file.
  • Whyville
    ice A group of educators, scientists, artists and Internet experts have recently brought up a Web-based science education site intended to support both home and classroom-based learning by scientific inquiry. The site, www.whyville.net, was established to support a weekly science education article in the Los Angeles Times (see site for details).
  • Illuminating the Renaissance
    Featuring more than 130 works of art, this exhibition focuses on the finest and most ambitiously illuminated books produced in Flanders (parts of present day Belgium and France) between 1470 and 1560. - This site presents an interactive view of an epoch in Flemish illumination when some of the most stunning works of art of the Renaissance could be found within the pages of books.
  • Digital Photography Review
    Digital Photography Review is an independent resource dedicated to the provision of news, reviews and information about Digital Photography and Digital Imaging published at the Internet address www.dpreview.com.
  • The Forum Unified Education Technology Suite
    The Forum Unified Education Technology Suite presents a practical, comprehensive, and tested approach to assessing, acquiring, instituting, managing, securing, and using technology in education settings. It will also help individuals who lack extensive experience with technology to develop a better understanding of the terminology, concepts, and fundamental issues influencing technology acquisition and implementation decisions.
  • Financial Literacy Month
    Learn the basics about getting the most out of your money -- saving, investing, banking, and buying a home. Try an online retirement calculator.
  • The National Commission on Teaching and America's Future
    The National Commission on Teaching and America's Future is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing every child with competent, caring, qualified teachers in schools organized for success. In its latest report, No Dream Denied: A Pledge to America's Children, NCTAF finds that high teacher turnover and attrition have become a national crisis that is undermining teaching quality in too many of our schools.
  • A Brush with Wildlife
    How do you use balance, contrast, movement, and proportion to compose a powerful work of art? This marvelous website is both a tutorial with animated examples and an interactive tool. You can select a background, select subjects, position and resize them within your composition, create a final draft; then submit it for Critique.
  • Africa to Atlantic: Dust to Dust
    Article about sand and dust storms in which "the planet's deserts kick up literally millions of tons of dust, and winds send it flying to far-flung destinations where it clogs our lungs, changes soil chemistry, deposits minerals in bodies of water," and cause other environmental damage. Includes a link to images of recent storms, such as the storm in Iraq in August 2005, and links to related sites.
  • ArtsEdge
    Developed as a cooperative agreement between the National Endowment for the Arts, the United States Department of Education, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, ArtsEdge offers standards-based teaching materials, activities, and resources.
  • Biology Project
    Designed for high school and college biology students, this site has problem sets and tutorials in Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Chemicals and Human Health, Developmental Biology, Human Biology, Immunology, Mendelian Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Some modules are available in Spanish.
  • Cool Cosmos
    This site pulls together various materials for children and adults on the discovery and application of infrared technology. It includes information about infrared astronomy, multiwavelength astronomy, and the discovery of ultraviolet (UV) light.
  • Cool Cosmos
    This site pulls together various materials for children and adults on the discovery and application of infrared technology. It includes information about infrared astronomy, multiwavelength astronomy, and the discovery of ultraviolet (UV) light.
  • 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.
  • Digital Library for Earth System Education
    Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE) DLESE is a "geoscience community resource that supports teaching and learning about the Earth system." It is "being built by a community of educators, students, and scientists to support Earth system education at all levels and in both formal and informal settings." Resources include links to "lesson plans, scientific data, visualizations, interactive computer models, and virtual field trips," plus materials for educators. Searchable.
  • Exploratoirum, Journey to Mars
    Spirit and Opportunity, the twin Mars Exploration Rovers, are speeding toward their January rendezvous with the red planet. For the latest information about their progress, and to see what should be the greatest images of Mars ever taken, the Exploratorium is the place to be.
  • ICON: Innovation Curriculum Online Network
    A "digital library of information dealing with K-12 technological literacy." Resources include "lessons, activities, electronic files, technology references, articles, and professional organizations." Registration (free) required to access some materials and services. Searchable by grade level, resource type, technical requirements, and other factors.
  • Internet Blocking In Public Schools: A Study on Internet Access in Educational Institutions
    "The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the Online Policy Group (OPG) have cooperated to study and analyze the accessibility on the web of information related to state-mandated curriculum topics within public schools that operate Internet blocking software. This study measures the extent to which blocking software impedes the educational process by restricting access to web pages relevant to the required curriculum." Also includes a related animation.
  • Mega-Mathematics
    This is Mega-Mathematics! is filled with elementary school lesson plans that teach unusual concepts in higher math: knot theory, map coloring, infinity, formal logic, etc. Each lesson includes background information, vocabulary, lesson, and evaluation activities.
  • 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.
  • National Rural Education Association (NREA)
    The site for an "organization of rural school administrators, teachers, board members, regional service agency personnel, researchers, business and industry representatives and others interested in maintaining the vitality of rural school systems across the country." Includes information about events, membership, mini-grants, regional educational laboratories, related links, and more.
  • Pathways to School Improvement
    Pathways to School Improvement Designed to help educators apply the latest educational research to topics such as technology in education, math and science education, literacy, school leadership, parent involvement, school to work transition, and more. An excellent feature is the Amazing Picture Machine, an index to graphical resources on the Internet.
  • Teaching About Project-Based Learning
    Teaching About Project-Based Learning In this section you will find materials for use in teaching about project-based learning, whether you are conducting a two- or three-hour session or class, or can spend a day or two on the topic. We believe you will find materials from which you can build a set of experiences tailored to your students for the purpose of exploring a number of aspects of project-based learning.
  • The Astronomy Cafe
    An educational and professional resource in astronomy, calling itself "The web site for the astronomically disadvantaged." Includes descriptive articles, links, FAQs, an "Ask the Astronomer" archive of commonly asked astronomy questions, and more. Maintained by a research astronomer.
  • The Digital Michelangelo Project
    "Since 1992 [Stanford University] Professor Marc Levoy and his students have been investigating methods for digitizing the shape of three-dimensional objects using laser scanners." This site presents the efforts of "a team of 30 faculty, staff, and students" to scan and produce 3-D computer models of "the sculptures and architecture of Michelangelo." Includes an overview and timeline of the project, photographic essays, video clips, and related links. In English and Italian.
  • "Mathematics: Research Overview"
    looks at topics of major research in mathematics: image creation, statistics, inverse problems, CPU testing, materials and nanotechnology, proteins, random graphs, prime numbers, optimization, design, financial mathematics, weather and climate simulation, rare events, and high-dimensional data sets. (NSF) .
  • "Physics to Go"
    is a collection of reviewed resources for teaching and learning about astronomy, electricity and magnetism, fluids, light, modern physics, motion and energy, quantum physics, and waves and pendula. (NSF) .
  • "Teach the Earth"
    "Teach the Earth" offers hundreds of teaching activities, visualizations, and resources for teaching earth science. Categories include biosphere, climate change, energy/material cycles, geology and human health, geochemistry, hydrosphere and cryosphere, mineralogy, ocean systems, petrology, solar system, and earth history.
  • 4-H Virtual Farm
    Target Audience Grades three to 12 clustered in these groupings. Grades - 3-5 6-8 9-12 Review The 4-H Virtual Farm website gives an excellent insight into potential vocational directions in agriculture.
  • A Guide to Developing a Severe Weather Emergency Plan for Schools
    This guide has been designed for schools, but it can be used by people who work in businesses, shopping malls, depots, hotels and hospitals.
  • A Visit to Copyright Bay
    learn about copyright. These thorny, legal issues are presented in a fun tutorial that lets you navigate Fair Use Harbor, visit Murky Waters, and crash on Infringement Reef.
  • Adbusters' Culture Jammers Headquarters
    Adbusters is a group of very talented media professionals who want us to challenge what we see and subsequently think. Exploring this website is a good introduction to what makes the web valuable: users can look beyond mass media's filters.
  • Advisory Resources
    Links to over a dozen briefly described advisory resources http://www.schoolredesign.net/srn/server.php?idx=861.
  • Africans in America
    Presentation of Americans journey through slavery in 4 parts. For each section, you will find a historical narrative, a resource bank of images, documents, stories, biographies, commentaries, and a teacher's guide.
  • 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.
  • An Overview of Reading Comprehension Instruction, Past and Present
    This PowerPoint presentation on comprehension instruction is one of a series of presentations and workshops for teachers produced by Literacy Leaders as part of NREA coursework (Note: these workshops are copyrighted by NREA and the authors. You are welcome to use/adapt them to your school under two conditions: a) that you give credit to the author, and b) that you return a copy of improved/adapted versions of the workshop to the NREA in care of Joan Taylor ([email protected]).
  • AncientScripts.com
    According to the site creator, Lawrence K. Lo, "The aim of Ancient Scripts is not to replace texts books or instructional web sites.
  • AOL@School
    http://www.aolatschool.com/ Foe teachers this web site furnishes professional development, lesson plans, special needs and counseling, subjects and standards, education news, research and references, and classroom tips. For the school this web site furnishes http://www.aolatschool.com/order/index.adp Free AOL E-Mail Free e-mail, instant messaging and chat Exclusive Content from Your State Easy access to state curriculum standards, news and education initiatives Free Built-In Internet Filters Students connect only to age-appropriate content -- CIPA compliant .
  • Applying Big6 Skills, Information Literacy Standards and ISTE Nets to Internet Research
    Applying Big6 Skills, Information Literacy Standardsand ISTE NETS to Internet Research. Correlate Mike Eisenberg's and Bob Berkowitz' Big6 Skills with the national Information Literacy Standards developed by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) and Association for Educational and Communications Technology (AECT) and the National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS) to organize an introduction to research on the Internet.
  • Ask Dr. Math
    Ask Dr. Math is a question and answer service for math students and their teachers.
  • Astronomy and Space Classroom Resources
    provides lessons and web resources from the National Science Digital Library. Learn about amateur telescope making, black holes, UFOs, astronomy research, myths and misconceptions about astronomy, space weather, the Hubble Space Telescope, and the structure and evolution of the universe.
  • Astronomy and Space Classroom Resources
    provides lessons and web resources from the National Science Digital Library. Learn about amateur telescope making, black holes, UFOs, astronomy research, myths and misconceptions about astronomy, space weather, the Hubble Space Telescope, and the structure and evolution of the universe.
  • Astrophysics Explorations:
    Stimulating understanding of computational science through collaboration, experiment, exploration, and discovery. Precollege workshop with curricula and case studies.
  • Awesome Library
    Multicultural Site This site organizes 14,000 resources. Find lesson plans, field trips, photos, maps, and online video.
  • Balanced Assessment
    From 1993 to 2003, the Balanced Assessment in Mathematics Program existed at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The project group developed a large collection of innovative mathematics assessment tasks for grades K to 12, and trained teachers to use these assessments in their classrooms.
  • Benjamin Franklin , in his Own Words
    "Benjamin Franklin: In His Own Words" shows the breadth of Franklin's accomplishments through key letters, broadsides, and other documents. This exhibit, marking the tercentenary of Franklin's birth (1706), focuses on his achievements as a politician and statesman, as well as a printer and writer, an inventor and scientist.
  • Bernie Dodge's Rubrics for Web Lessons
    Bernie Dodge, the creator of the WebQuest, has put together a good resources for teachers on rubrics. This page has information about using rubrics, links to articles, a few examples of rubrics, guidelines for creating a rubric, and a few good sites for further exploration.
  • Biocomplexity
    http://bioquest.org/biocomplexity/The Biocomplexity Project is an initiative of the BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium to develop strategies for integrating biocomplexity and its multidisciplinary approaches to problem solving in undergraduate education. Key goals of this project are to: 1.
  • Biology Classroom Resources
    provides lessons and resources from the National Science Digital Library. Learn about cells, slugs, whales and dolphins, lions and tigers, turtles, biotechnology, biodiversity, genomics, paleontology, and Tyrannosaurus rex.
  • Biology in Motion
    Having trouble finding illustrations, diagrams, and interactive activities to supplement biology lectures for your students? Want to provide a visual representation of the passage of blood through the human cardiovascular system--or have your students conduct an online experiment in cell division? "Biology in Motion" offers these and many other features. Based on the premise that the web provides an ideal vehicle for teaching biology, developers have assembled a collection of learning activities, animations, and cartoons designed to help explain difficult, but widely taught, biological concepts.
  • Biology Workbench
    The Biology Workbench is widely recognized as a significant bioinformatics resource that provides a suite of interactive tools which draw on a host of biology databases and allows people to compare molecular sequences using high performance computing facilities, visualize and manipulate molecular structures, and generate phylogenetic hypotheses. The Biology Student Workbench brings the advanced computational infrastructure used by today\'s scientists to any student desktop machine with a web browser to provide a rich environment for student inquiry.
  • Blogbib: An Annotated Bibliography on Weblogs and Blogging,
    Blogbib: An Annotated Bibliography on Weblogs and Blogging, With a Focus on Library/Librarian Blogs "This annotated bibliography includes definitions, articles about blogging and about library blogs, books, studies, links to samples of the myriad library blogs, tools for creating and using blogs, and links to presentations on blogging. ..
  • Blogs in Education
    Created by the Instructional Technology Center at the University of Houston at Clear Lake, this site is designed to provide you some resources if you want to get started using blogs for yourself or with your students. "Options for instructors using blogs: Content-related blog as professional practice, Networking and personal knowledge sharing, Instructional tips for students, Course announcements and readings, Annotated links Knowledge management.
  • Bluetooth
    Bluetooth: FAQ & Knowledge Base view detail comment email this Questions and answers about this wireless connection system for personal computers and other related handheld devices, which was named after a Viking and king of Denmark. Topics addressed include situations in which Bluetooth may be used and wireless technology issues.
  • 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 Effective Teacher Teams
    Middle grades teacher Bill Ferriter loves the group of teachers he's worked with to develop a high-functioning professional learning team. "Over the past year, we have worked hard together in a school founded on the principles of a learning community...(b)ut we've stumbled over the past month.
  • 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.
  • California Digital Library
    Harnessing technology and innovation, and leveraging the intellectual and cultural resources of the University of California, the California Digital Library supports the assembly and creative use of the world\'s scholarship and knowledge for the UC libraries and the communities they serve. Established in 1997 as a UC library, the CDL has become one of the largest digital libraries in the world.
  • CARET
    The Center for Applied Research in Educational Technology bridges education technology research to practice by offering research-based answers to critical questions. The site allows you to browse questions and answers, search for studies, and receive notification of new research related to your interests.
  • CARET: Center for Applied Research in Education Technology
    CARET bridges education technology research to practice by offering research-based answers to critical questions.
  • Center for Digital Storytelling
    The Center for Digital Storytelling is a California-based non-profit arts organization rooted in the art of personal storytelling. We assist young people and adults in using the tools of digital media to craft, record, share, and value the stories of individuals and communities, in ways that improve all our lives.
  • Center for Media Literacy
    All about teaching media literacy The components of inquiry-based media literacy using the Five Core Concepts and CML's Five Key Questions of Media Literacy.    I.
  • Centuries of Citizenship, A Constitutional Timeline
    is an interactive timeline of events marking more than 200 years of our constitutional history. These events tell the evolving story of our Constitution & the role it continues to play in our lives.
  • CforAT Center for Accessible Technology
    The Center for Accessible Technology (CforAT) began life in 1983 when a group of parents of children with disabilities came together to develop strategies for including their children into mainstream elementary school settings. With an initial focus on computer technology, these parents developed models whereby kids with disabilities could be fully included in the school curriculum.The Center has kept its inclusion focus, and over time has broadened its goals to include participation in higher education, employment and community.
  • Chemistry Coach
    Chemistry coach Grade(s): 10 - 12 Synopsis: You'll find an immense variety of online tutorials, which cover--among other things--how to write up data findings and how students will be evaluated in labs. Other tutorials cover chemistry concepts such as the Bohr theory, the Periodic table, and balancing equations.
  • Chronic Teacher Turnover in Urban Elementary Schools [pdf]
    The Education Policy Analysis Archives is well regarded for its peer- reviewed articles that deal with a broad range of topics related to education policy, ranging from articles on college graduation rates to developing culturally sensitive teaching materials. One of the most recent articles will be of great interest to those with an interest in the problem of teacher turnover and attrition in urban elementary schools.
  • CIESE Online Classroom Resources
    The New Jersey Networking Infrastructure in Education Resource page lists some of the finest projects and lesson ideas created for K-12 science education. To participate in science projects that can only be done using Internet resources, take a look at "The Gulf Stream: A Global Investigation" or , "The Morgan Tutorial," which investigates the field of genetics.
  • Computational Chemistry
    Stimulating understanding of computational chemistry through collaboration, experiment, exploration and discovery.
  • Consumer Jungle: Promoting Consumer Literacy for Young Adults
    Consumer Jungle is a web-based program that helps turn high school students into savvy consumers. Site includes student activities, unit plans for teachers and information for parents.
  • Coping with a National Tragedy
    Includes coping with terrorism, promoting tolerance, recognizing severe trauma reaction, managing anger and other strong emotions, preventing suicide, school memorials, children and war, and helping children with special needs cope.
  • Copyright Kids
    Whenever you write a poem or story or even a paper for your class, or a drawing or other artwork, you automatically own the copyright to it. Copyright is a form of protection given to the authors or creators of �original works of authorship,� including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic and other intellectual works.
  • Critical Evaluation of a Web Page -- Lesson Plan
    Grades 6-8...from the master, Kathy Schrock Technology Research Tools * Students use technology to locate, evaluate and collect information from a variety of sources. * Research and evaluate the accuracy, relevance, appropriateness, comprehensiveness, and bias of electronic information sources concerning real world problems.
  • Design Your Own Robot
    Design Your Own Robot from Museum of Science, Boston Robots have long been part of the popular imagination. Most people have some vague ideas about robots from having read about them in science fiction stories or seeing them in movies, on television, and elsewhere.
  • Designing Accessible Web Sites
    Designing Accessible Web Sites - how to make your pages more accessible to users with disabilities.
  • Digital Information Fluency Project
    Digital Information Fluency (DIF) is the ability to find, evaluate and use digital information effectively, efficiently and ethically. DIF involves knowing how digital information is different from print information; having the skills to use specialized tools for finding digital information; and developing the dispositions needed in the digital information environment.
  • Digital Workshops
         offers online professional development for teachers in math      and science, language arts, and other areas.  Watch      presentations on vocabulary, phonemic awareness, reading and      writing in the content areas, algebra, measurement and      geometry, computation, linear equations, differentiated      instruction, history, inclusive classrooms, using data to      improve instruction, No Child Left Behind basics, and more.      Many states offer professional development credit for teachers      who participate.  (ED)      http://www.paec.org/teacher2teacher/.
  • Digitales The art of telling digital stories
    Digital Storytelling takes the ancient art of oral storytelling and engages a palette of technical tools to weave personal tales using images, graphics, music and sound mixed together with the author's own story voice. Digital storytelling is an emerging art form of personal, heartful expression that enables individuals and communities to reclaim their personal cultures while exploring their artistic creativity.
  • Dis Information
    With the slogan: "Information is Power" this is the search service of choice for individuals looking for information on current affairs, politics, new science and the 'hidden information,' that seldom appears in the corporate owned media conglomerates. A selected database, some accompanied with short reviews, from quality news sources and Web sites found interesting, provocative and essential.
  • Discover Our Earth
    Welcome to the Teacher's Guide to Cornell University's Discover Our Earth pages. The Discover Our Earth project provides a variety of resources designed to help you and your students explore Earth processes by accessing primary Earth science data.
  • e School News online
    A monthly newsletter published during the school year discussing K-12 educational technology, available in both print and electronic formats.
  • E-Defining Education
    State Policy E-Defining Education (2002) This special Education Week report examines the proliferation of virtual schools in the U.S., and the associated regulatory and pedagogical issues.
  • Earth and Environmental Science Research Overview
    examines questions that scientists are pursuing: What part do we play in earth's changing climate? What can rock layers tell us about earth's history? How can we understand the forces that lead to earthquakes and volcanoes? How can organisms live without sunlight? How do long-term changes affect earth's ecosystems? (NSF) .
  • Earth Observatory
    If you love earth science, or just thinking about the systems of the earth, this is the ultimate web site. This website uses maps, views from satellites and a lot of information that is databased or aggregated to explain, explore, and show data about the earth in scientific ways.
  • Earth Observing System (EOS) Education Project*
    The Earth Observing System (EOS) Education Project disseminates Earth system science imagery and supportive curriculum to the global kindergarten through undergraduate level (K-16) education community. The EOS Education Project provides Internet-based and on-site training for the K-16 education community in the interpretation, utilization and relevancy of EOS mission imagery.
  • Earthquake Activity World Map
    Click on a point to go to a particular region on the world map. There you can click again to find more detailed information on recent earthquakes.
  • Emerging Influences of Information Technology on School Curriculum
    Just as information technology has improved effectiveness in medicine, finance, manufacturing, and numerous other sectors of society, advanced computing and telecommunications have the potential to help students master complex 21st century skills. Research-based curriculum projects are developing technologies that enable online virtual communities of practice using advanced tools to solve real world problems.
  • Emotional Intelligence At a Glance
    Episodes of school violence have focused attention on "quick fix" solutions, but the answer doesn't lie in equipping schools with metal detectors. We must help students develop the skills to manage their emotions, resolve conflict nonviolently, and respect differences.
  • eNature
    Kudos to the National Audobon Society for this great site. Now, you have access to field guides for more than 4800 species of plants and animals.
  • ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment, Evaluation, Research Information
    The site claims to "provide balanced information concerning educational assessment, evaluation and research methodology." Maintains a popular full text library.
  • 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.
  • Evaluation Design and Tools
    Walker's evaluation design model is intended to help answer three basic questions:1. Why should you evaluate your project?2.
  • Evidence of understanding: an introduction to assessments in K-12 science curricula
    Evidence of understanding: an introduction to assessments in K-12 science curricula Grade(s): K - 12 http://cse.edc.org/products/assessment/assesshome.asp In this Web guide, educators can view examples of assessments from many different instructional materials. The guide is organized into three sections: Elementary Assessments (K�5), Middle School Assessments (6�8), and High School Assessments (9�12).
  • Exploring the Environment
    * Exploring the Environment features 25 online modules that put students in problem-based learning scenarios. In one module, students predict the impact of increased carbon dioxide on the wheat yield in Kansas.
  • Exploring the Environment
    Exploring the Environment (ETE) online series, which features an integrated approach to environmental earth science through modules and activities, is developed at the NASA Classroom of the Future; at Wheeling Jesuit University. Through a cooperative agreement with the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, the ETE online series is supported by NASA's Information Infrastructure Technology and Applications (IITA) Program, which facilitates public use of Earth and Space Science remote sensing databases over the Internet.
  • Extend
    This is a web conference site dedicated to discussion on mathematics education.Extend also includes NSF Comprehensive Curriculum Projects for Reform of Mathematics Education. The National Science Foundation has funded several large curriculum development projects for elementary, middle school, and secondary mathematics.
  • Eyes on the Sky, Feet on the Ground
    Welcome to a collection of children's online astronomy activities. In the following six chapters are hundreds of fun explorations into astronomy as a classroom tool for learning how to theorize, experiment, and analyze data.
  • 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?".
  • Four Nets for Better Searching
    Four NETS for Better Searching The perfect page is out there somewhere. It's the page that has exactly the information you're looking for and to you it's beautiful and unattainable like a faraway star.
  • From the Physical to the Virtual: Bringing Free-Choice Science Education Online
    Steven Allison-Bunnell and David T. Schaller, Educational Web Adventures (Eduweb) In E-Learning and Virtual Science Centers, edited by Leo Tan and R.
  • Geography Action
    Geography Action! is an annual conservation and awareness program designed to educate and excite people about natural, cultural, and historic treasures. Each year, they will present a different topic related to conservation and the environment.
  • Google Scholar
    Currently in beta testing, Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web.
  • Handheld Education.com
    The purpose of this site is to help teachers and students improve teaching and learning through the use of handheld computers.
  • Healing Story Alliance
    Healing Story Alliance This beautifully designed Web site showcases the resources available from this National Storytelling Network special interest group whose purpose is "to explore and promote the use of storytelling in healing." The site features a story database searchable by author, title, format, and category. Includes storytelling guidelines, articles, book reviews, resources, a bibliography, "Stories for Children in Crisis" archive, newsletters, a journal, a story discussion list, and membership information.
  • HistoricalVoices.org
    Historical Voices is creating "a significant...online database of spoken word collections spanning the 20th century." Galleries lists their eclectic collection of databases and links. Following another goal of the project, there is also research on "sound digitization, system architecture, federated searching, metadata implementations, online delivery, and multimedia education.
  • How Does Project-Based Learning Work?
    "We've got to know the curriculum. We've got to know the standards inside and out.
  • Humbul Humanities Hub
    Funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee and hosted by the University of Oxford, the Humbul Humanities Hub is a service of the Resource Discovery Network. The site is geared towards meeting the needs of the humanities community and includes information in areas ranging from language and literature, to American studies, to archaeology, to philosophy.
  • Illuminations
    Designed to improve the teaching and learning of mathematics. Offers interactive lessons for students, lesson plans for teachers, and math applets, all arranged by grade level.
  • Information Power
    The American Association of School Librarians has developed awidely-accepted set of standards called Information Power. They also publish a guide showing what the benchmarks look like at eachgrade level.
  • Instructional Design for Integrating Technologies
    This interactive, online tutorial develops skill in designing instruction that integrates instructional technology. Somewhat unsettling because homepage opens up with a login screen and no additional info; however, registration is free.When completed, the user produces a professional instructional design.
  • 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.
  • InTime: integrating new technologies into the methods of education
    InTime: Integrating new technologies into the methods of education. Date: 2003 Grade(s): K - 12 This Internet site offers a collection of online video vignettes that demonstrate how preK-12 teachers are integrating technology into their classroom lessons.
  • ISTE National Educational Technology Standards and Performance Indicators
    Today's teacher preparation programs provide a variety of alternative paths to initial licensure. They address economic conditions, needs of prospective teachers, and the demands of employing school districts.
  • 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.
  • Java Cog Kit
    From Java CoG Kit Jump to: navigation, search Commodity Grid (CoG) Kits allow Grid users, Grid application developers, and Grid administrators to use, program, and administer Grids from a higher-level framework. The Java and Python CoG Kits are good examples.
  • Jazz in the Schools
    "Jazz in the Schools" is a new web-based, multimedia curriculum from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) that explores jazz as an indigenous American art form and as a means to understand American history. The five-unit, web-based curriculum and DVD toolkit are available free of charge to high school teachers of social studies, U.S.
  • K-12 GEOMETRY
    K-12 Geometry The Math Forum has created a section on its Web site devoted to geometry resources. It includes lists of classroom materials, software, interactive resources, and Internet projects.
  • Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
    A categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It includes links to lesson plans, clip art, puzzlemaker, science fair ideas, brainboosters and more.
  • KITE - 1000 cases on how to integrate technology in K-12 classrooms
    KITE is a case-based reasoning system that is designed to help K-12 teachers to integrate technology in their classroom. The system has a 1000 cases (July 2003) and has multiple options to search to the context of the teacher.
  • Knowitall.org
    Created by South Carolina ETV for K–12 students and teachers, Knowitall.org is a free, online collection of resources designed for classroom use. This educational portal contains image collections, videos, virtual tours, narratives, documents, and interactive games and stories to support and provide quality learning experiences for students using the Internet as an information tool.
  • Learning with Laptop Tech Resources Page
    Technology Coordinator Resources Laurie and Fred Bartels run the laptop program at Rye Country Day School in New York. They put together this website with resources to help you both plan for and use laptops in schools.
  • listible! Quick Way to Get Resources
    http://www.listible.com/ Listible is a new way to get relevant resources quickly. By using Web 2.0 features such as AJAX, folksonomy (tagging), social elements such as voting/commenting and the listible's listonomy (listing), resources can be sorted in a way that will be digestible.
  • Literacy Link
    LiteracyLink This site contains "basic education and GED preparation tools" designed for "underserved and hard-to-reach adults and their teachers." Contains online lessons with a teacher, video clips, and programs to help adult learners improve reading, math, writing, GED, and basic workplace skills. Also includes professional development and training resources for educators.
  • Managing Students with Computers
    Managing students as they perform various independent and group activities is one of the most important and challenging aspects of teaching. But what happens when you introduce computers into the classroom? What do you do when you have students with different levels of computer knowledge? And how do you make sure your students get the most out of your computer resources? This workshop will help you make the most of your students' technology-based learning experiences.
  • Mars Project
    Some of the children in today's schools will grow up to be be the first people to set foot on Mars. Preparing them for this experience is the objective of the Mars Project.
  • Master Tools
    Modeling and Simulation Tools for Education Reform MasterTools, developd by the Shodor Education Foundation, Inc. are the resulrts of on-going collaborations with the Education, Oreach and Training Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure ( EOT-Paci) National Center for SuperComputing Applications ( NCSA) George Mason University and other education organizations.
  • Mathematics Across the Curriculum
    Mathematics Across the Curriculum features an "electronic bookshelf" of materials for teaching math in art, history, literature, & music, as well as science, engineering, & other disciplines traditionally associated with math. Topics include misleading averages, bar codes, crime statistics, DNA, data analysis, expert systems, gasoline, information theory, medical testing, music & computers, nutrition, polls, population growth, probability, remote sensing, SIDS, & vaccines.
  • Mathematics and Science for Students with Special Needs
    More than 13 percent of all students have disabilities, and they are spending more time in regular education classrooms. This issue shares the successes of teachers who have taught in inclusive classrooms, as well as insights from teachers with disabilities.
  • MIT Media Lab
    If you've heard of the exploits of this famed lab and wondered what they are currently up to, this site is for you. The lab, founded in 1980, has been involved in a wide range of innovative and visionary technology projects.
  • MIT's Open Courseware
    - MIT for free, for you, for me? Yes! This site features lecture notes, reading lists, and problems sets for hundreds of courses in many academic disciplines at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. a free and open educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners around the world.
  • Mongabay.com
    Mongabay.com, a leading environmental science Web site, recently expanded and updated its rainforest site, which has been a major resource for teachers, students, and researchers. The revised site includes environmental profiles and deforestation statistics for more than 60 countries.
  • Mozart 2006: 250th Anniversary
    Mozart 2006: 250th Anniversary This site accompanies the festivities surrounding the 250-year celebration of the birth of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on January 27, 2006. Includes biographical information, information about visiting sites associated with Mozart, descriptions of his works (orchestral, chamber, sacred, and for the state), and a calendar of events in Austria.
  • Multicultural Pavilion
    A myriad of conceptualizations exist to describe multicultural education, its purposes, how it is implemented, why it is important.
  • My Slave Ancestors
    A site operated by Johni Cerny, who was the primary researcher into the ancestries of Henry Louis Gates and his guests during the production of AFRICAN AMERICAN LIVES. Cerny offers resources for those interested in beginning their own research projects into their African American ancestry, ranging from sample pages of important records to a useful set of downloadable forms.
  • National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information
    A national resource for professionals seeking information on the prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect and related child welfare issues.
  • National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
    National Council of Teachers of Mathematics • NCTM is a public voice of mathematics education, providing vision, leadership, and professional development to support teachers in ensuring mathematics learning of the highest quality for all students. • Founded in 1920, NCTM is the world’s largest mathematics education organization, with 100,000 members and 250 Affiliates throughout the United States and Canada.
  • National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (Math
    ) The NCTM Illuminations Web site is designed to illuminate the new vision for school mathematics presented in NCTM's Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. Provide Internet resources that will help improve the teaching and learning of mathematics for all students.
  • National Marine Sanctuary Program
    At the National Marine Sanctuaries, you'll find information about our nation's marine sanctuaries -- their history and current management, their scientific and educational programs, and their continuing efforts to conserve our nation's ocean and coastal treasures. The National Marine Sanctuary Program web site.
  • National Science Foundation User-Friendly Handbook for Project Evaluation
    • National Science Foundation • Abstract: An excellent overview of the project/program evaluation process with a comparison of the various research methods used in evaluation. Also includes a bibliography of additional resources and a glossary.
  • New Science PPT
    Overview of 21st century science and tools ( for teachers and /teacher educators.
  • 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.
  • North Carolina State University: Introduction to Videoconferencing
    North Carolina State University: Introduction to Videoconferencing An introduction to videoconferencing. This site includes information about creating and implementing classroom projects using videoconferencing.
  • Ocean Explorer
    ScientificAmerican.com has selected the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration�s (NOAA) Ocean Explorer Web site as a winner of its 2003 Sci/Tech Web Awards, one of only five sites in the Earth and Environment category, The NOAA Ocean Exploration program strives to engage broad audiences to enhance America�s environmental literacy through the excitement of ocean discovery. Increasing this literacy requires high-quality, effective collaborations between ocean explorers and America�s teachers.
  • 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).
  • Origins, Arecibo, Astrobiology
    What are the limits of life? Explore surprising environments on Earth and elsewhere where life is or may be found.
  • Pathways to School Improvement, Critical Issues
    From the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL), "Pathways to School Improvement" is an online library of reports and educational research intended to put schools on the path to meeting their educational and improvement goals. Report topics include assessment; how to deal with at-risk students; fostering greater family and community involvement; improving instruction; effective school leadership; literacy; math and science; professional development; and more.
  • Performance Assessment Links in Mathematics
    (PALM) is an on-line, standards-based, resource bank of mathematics performance assessment tasks indexed via the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM).
  • Performance Assessment Links in Science
    (PALS) is an on-line, standards-based, continually updated resource bank of science performance assessment tasks indexed via the National Science Education Standards (NSES) and various other standards frameworks. http://pals.sri.com/ Performance Assessment Links in Mathematics (PALM) is an on-line, standards-based, resource bank of mathematics performance assessment tasks indexed via the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM).
  • Physics Education Technology ( PHET)
    produces fun, interactive simulations of physical phenomena. More than 35 simulations let students experiment with circuits, string tension, kinetic & potential energy, radios waves & electromagnetic fields, balloons & static electricity, ideal gas & buoyancy, velocity & acceleration, sound waves & the Doppler effect, & more.
  • Physics Education Technology ( PHET)
    produces fun, interactive simulations of physical phenomena. More than 35 simulations let students experiment with circuits, string tension, kinetic and potential energy, radio waves and electromagnetic fields, balloons and static electricity, ideal gas and buoyancy, velocity and acceleration, sound waves and the Doppler effect, and more.
  • Podcasting for K-12 Librarians
    Description: This 2006 article provides an introduction to podcasting, and looks at its applications in school libraries. Includes definitions, reasons to use podcasts, steps to creating your own podcasts, further reading, and podcasting resources (podcast content, directories, and recording software).
  • 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.
  • Preparing Young People to Excel in Computer Science
    Although computer science is an established discipline at the collegiate and post-graduate levels, its integration into the K-12 curriculum has not kept pace in the U.S. As a result, a serious shortage of information technologists exists at all levels.
  • Primary Research
    Primary Research is the Internet presence of a number of projects involving high school students and local history. Central to all of these projects is collaboration among research institutions such as historical societies, libraries, archives, and museums.
  • Project Based Learning
    Part One, Guided Process, is designed to give participants a brief introduction to project-based learning. It answers the questions "Why is Project-Based Learning Important?"; "What is Project-Based Learning?"; and "How Does Project-Based Learning Work?" The Guided Process includes the Teaching About PBL section and a PowerPoint presentation, including presenter notes.
  • Project Interactivate
    Project Interactivate is mathmatics courseware developed by the Shodor Education Foundation in collaboration with classroom teachers, content experts, curriculum designers and educational technologists. The project contains more than ninety classroom tested interactive activities.
  • Project Links
    provides 7 web-based modules for teaching advanced math methods, probability & statistics, differential equations, discrete mathematics, linear systems, & calculus. (NSF) .
  • Race and Place , an African American Community in the Jim Crow South
    Race and Place: An African American Community in the Jim Crow South is a collaborative work with the Woodson Institute for Afro-American and African Studies at UVA. The project examines the era of segregation in one community and explores African American politics, families, schools, businesses, churches, and other institutions to gain perspective on African American history and the culture of the segregated South.http://.
  • Ready to Teach Program
    - National telecommunications based programs to improve teaching in core curriculum areas and the development, production, and distribution of digital educational programming .
  • Real Time Data Sets
    Many of our classroom projects use realtime data sites that are difficult to find. This page contains links to some of the most compelling Internet web sites for educational use.
  • Recent World Activity
    Find webpages that provide resources for teachers on the topics of earth structure, earthquakes, plate tectonics, and earthquake preparedness. Features: Lesson ideas Graphics/Multimedia Inquiry materials.
  • Results Oriented Professional Development
    Never before in the history of education has there been greater recognition of the importance of professional development. Every modern proposal to reform, restructure, or transform schools emphasizes professional development as a primary vehicle in efforts to bring about needed change.
  • Robotics Alliance Program
    Calling all student inventors and aspiring mechanical engineers: The scientists at NASA are looking for a few good minds to participate in the Robotics Alliance Project, a nationwide competition that awards students for designing and building robots. With a fresh look and feel, this longtime NASA web site provides information for teachers and students seeking sponsorships and entry into the 2005-06 FIRST Robotics Competition, an international sporting event that pits student-made robots against one another in a race for mechanical superiority.
  • Rural Information Center
    The Rural Information Center provides information services for rural communities, officials, organizations and citizens. The Rural Information Center is USDA's national information service providing funding sources and information to rural and tribal officials, communities, organizations, and citizens throughout the United States, 1-800-633-7701, [email protected].
  • 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.
  • Science Learning Network
    Science Learning Network Target Audiences Grades - with lessons in groupings of K-2 3-5 6-8 9-12 Review The Science Learning Network (SLN) is a gateway to some of the most exciting inquiry-based science resources on the Internet. The site is the product of a partnership among six science museums and is funded by Unisys and the National Science Foundation.
  • Sciencenetlinks.com (Science)
    Science NetLinks provides a wealth of resources for K-12 science educators, Science NetLinks is your guide to meaningful standards-based Internet experiences for students.
  • Silk Road, Trade, Travel, War and Faith
    Silk Road: Trade, Travel, War and Faith [Macromedia Shockwave] Pathways of travel have led to some of the most compelling and creative cultural exchanges in human history, and the Silk Road was one such pathway. Stretching from China to the Mediterranean, the Silk Road was actually a complex network of interconnected pathways that were influenced by a diverse set of civilizations, including those in China, India, and Turkey.
  • SIMBAD Astronomical Database [Java]
    SIMBAD Astronomical Database [Java] "The SIMBAD astronomical database provides basic data, cross- identifications, and bibliography for astronomical objects outside the solar system." Created by the Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS) in France, the website contains over three million objects, eight and a half million identifiers, one hundred thousand bibliographical references, and four million citations of objects in papers. The data can be searched by object name, coordinates, filters, and by a list of objects.
  • SimScience
    SimScience This site uses computer simulations to explain fluid flows, surfaces and membranes, why a dam cracks, and what is crackling noise. Included are WAV sound files and QuickTime movies.
  • Smithsonian Folklife and Oral History Interviewing Guide
    is now online at http://www.folklife.si.edu It presents guidelines that Smithsonian folklorists have developed over the years for collecting folklife and oral history from family and community members and features a concise, easy-to-use guide to conducting an interview, as well as sample questions that may be adapted to each interviewer's needs and circumstances. The Guide concludes with a few examples of ways to preserve and present findings, further readings, glossary, and sample information and release forms.
  • Soy Unica! Soy Latina!
    This site is designed to help Hispanic girls ages 9-14 "build and enhance their own self-esteem, mental health, decision-making and assertiveness skills, and to prevent the harmful consequences of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs." Find information about family history, planning for the future, and Latina role models. Includes homework tips.
  • Star Schools Program
    - Use of mobile, handheld, and other emerging technologies in reading and math achievement in addition to supporting SES activities .
  • Storyline Online
    The Screen Actors Guild Foundation has created Storyline Online, an online streaming video program featuring SAG members reading children’s books aloud. Hand-picked by Book Pals National Program Director Ellen Nathan, a former teacher and librarian, each of the books on this site offers an accompanying lesson plan and activity guide.
  • T4 - A Technology Innovation Challenge Grant Program
    T4 is a 1999 program of the Technology Innovation Challenge Grant. Our website provides a resource for teachers, providing a searchable database of webquests developed by classroom teachers.
  • Teacher Preparation Star Chart
    Teacher Preparation STaR ChartA Self-Assessment Tool for Colleges of EducationJanuary 2000.
  • Teaching and Learning on the WWW
    http://www.scu.edu.au/sponsored/ausweb/ausweb95/papers/education2/alexander/ "Why do exciting new applications of information technology .. seem to begin with a roar and...then stall and fade? " This paper puts forward one explanation for this phenomenon: that adopters of new technologies such as the WWW have as their primary focus the features of the new technology.
  • Teaching Best Practices
    Organization: The Office of Technology for Education at Carnegie Mellon • Abstract: A comprehensive website devoted to the enhancement of teaching through the use of instructional best practices, technology and assessment. Includes information about course design, common teaching problems, using technology, understanding student audiences, and the ongoing assessment of teaching.
  • Teaching Critical Evaluation Skills for World Wide Web Resources
    Teaching Critical Evaluation Skills for World Wide Web Resources This site, created by two librarians at the Wolfgram Memorial Library of Widener University, provides a set of checklists to help users analyze the quality of the information at various websites. Types of pages include advocacy, business/marketing, informational, news, and personal web pages.
  • Teachology
    Teachology is a series of staff development segments available for teachers and administrators to utilize on the web. The first three segments spotlight teachers implementing effective and motivational strategies in their classrooms.
  • TeraGrid Related Education Resources & Opportunites
    The Resource Providers of TeraGrid offer a variety of workshops, institutes, seminars and on-line learning resources to engage the community in making effective use of TeraGrid resources. A list of these learning opportunities across all of the Resource Provider sites is posted on the Education, Outreach and Training web pages at .
  • The Anthropology of Mythology
    The Anthropology of Mythology is focused on providing scholastic direction and tools for researching world mythology through art, poetry, sacred literature, cultural anthropology, Jungian or Depth Psychology, and global religions. Each of these areas is demonstrative of humankind's eternal font of creative expression and participation in the transcendent mystery.
  • The Assessment Program at NWREL
    The Assessment Program at NWREL is dedicated to providing the highest quality research, services and products for teachers and schools across the nation and world.http://www.nwrel.org/assessment/Oral CommunicationOur unique approach to oral communication assessment and instruction reinforces both academic and career-related communication competencies.Listed below you will find the NWREL Oral Communication Scoring Guidelines (Rubrics).Scoring GuidesCustomer Service Communication RubricsThe CSR (customer service representative) rubric is a modified version of the EAR model and can be used for instruction and assessment of work-related communication behaviors. Applications include school-to-work and business settings.EAR Related to SCANS Comparison ChartThe E.A.R.
  • The Bioluminescence Web Page
    A collection of beautiful photos and a few movies along with the science behind and current research about bioluminescence. By researchers at the University of California Santa Barbara.
  • The Captioned Media Program
    offers over 4,000 free-loan, educational and general-interest open-captioned videos. Educational videos are accompanied by lesson guides and include topics in school subject areas, preschool through college.
  • The Career Key
    Online career planning assessment, with interpretation The career testing is quite interesting, for career pathway thinking. http://www.careerkey.org/ .
  • The Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education
    Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education provides inquiry-based activities and collaborative projects in science and math. Topics include real-time weather and climate data, air pollution, remote sensing data, the Gulf Stream, water use and testing around the world, boiling water, plants and animals in your schoolyard, measuring the circumference of earth, population growth, and tracking a real airplane in flight to see how vectors and trigonometry are used for navigation.
  • The Coastal Ocean Observatory Laboratory room (aka COOLroom)
    The Rutgers Marine and Coastal Sciences (RMCS), in conjunction with the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve (JCNERR) has addressed the need for innovative materials that provide educators with the knowledge and skills they need to develop scientific literacy in their students The COOL Classroom is a series of Internet-based instructional modules that link middle and high school classrooms with active research investigations at the Rutgers Marine & Coastal Sciences (RMCS) COOLroom, a collaboration of oceanographers studying the coastal ocean off the coast of New Jersey. Here you will find information about how to use the COOL projects and printable teachers guides.
  • The Encyclopedia of Educational Technology
    Bob Hoffman, Bob Hoffman, email Bob.Hoffman@_NO_SPAM_sdsu.edu (delete "_NO_SPAM_" from this address before using.), General Editor A publication of San Diego State University Department of Educational Technology This document is best seen with the latest browsers. The following plug-ins are required to fully interact with this document: Download Shockwave | Download QuickTime The Encyclopedia of Educational Technology (EET) is a collection of short multimedia articles on a variety of topics related to the fields of instructional design and education and training.
  • The Evaluation Center: Evaluation Support Services
    Created by The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University, the Evaluation Support Services Web site is intended to increase the use and improve the quality of program evaluations. Resources available include evaluation checklists, a glossary of evaluation terminology, a directory of evaluators, a directory of professional development opportunities related to evaluation, and a collection of user-submitted evaluation instruments.
  • The GEEE in Genome
    - "With more than 200 richly illustrated and interactive pages, The Geee! In Genome Web site invites visitors to learn about genes, stem cells, GMOs, cloning and the diversity of life. Primarily targeted at high school students and teachers, there are curriculum-based educational resources, ethical debates, interactive games and opinion polls." You'll need the free Flash player for some of the site.
  • The GLOBE Program
    GLOBE -- Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment is a worldwide network of students, teachers, and scientists working together to study and understand the global environment. Students and teachers from more than 9,500 schools in over 90 countries collect data that are then used by scientists and other researchers.
  • The Globe Program
    This is a time tested environmental program that is truly international. What is The GLOBE Program? GLOBE is a worldwide hands-on, primary and secondary school-based education and science program.
  • The Globus Alliance
    The Globus Alliance is an international collaboration that conducts research and development to create fundamental Grid technologies. The Grid lets people share computing power, databases, and other on-line tools securely across corporate, institutional, and geographic boundaries without sacrificing local autonomy.
  • The Intellectual Property and Technology Forum
    Designed and edited by students at the Boston College Law School, the Intellectual Property and Technology Forum is a legal publication "dedicated to providing readers with rigorous, innovative scholarship, timely reporting, and ongoing discussion from the legal community concerning technology law and intellectual property." The site is divided into several key sections, including news headlines, articles, commentary, and resources. The commentary section includes transcripts of recent speeches on intellectual property and telecommunications law, along with pieces on biotechnology and the Internet.
  • The K-12 Aeronautics Internet Textbook
    The principles of aeronautics for elementary and middle school children, presented in three levels in English and Spanish for beginning, intermediate, and advanced students. Curriculum Bridges provides activities that show the relationships between aeronautics and math, language arts, social studies, visual/performing arts, and literature.
  • The LOC.gov Wise Guide
    This Wise Guide portal was designed to introduce you to the many fascinating, educational and useful resources available from the nation's library and one of the most popular Web sites of the federal government. The federal government and the Library of Congress, in particular, maintain and develop hundreds of Web sites.
  • The Math Forum
    For mathematicians, math teachers, math students, and parents. Resources are broken down by grade level and type of math.
  • The NEA Foundation for the Improvement of Education
    The NEA Foundation for the Improvement of Education [pdf] The National Education Association (NEA) has a number of laudable public outreach programs, but the NEA Foundation for the Improvement of Education may be one that is of special interest to teachers in particular. The primary function of the Foundation is to make grants that will improve public education across the nation, including those grants to honor teaching excellence and to create the necessary conditions to attract and retain accomplished teachers in high-need schools.
  • The Particle Adventure
    - Find answers to the eternal, fundamental questions of physics: "What is the world made of?" and "What holds it together?" The information on this site is clearly presented and well organized, with fabulous resources for teachers, including student activity sheets and links to particle physics education sites. (This site uses Flash and Shockwave.) This website requires cookies, Javascript, and Macromedia Flash.
  • The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt [QuickTime, RealPlayer]
    The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt. This new online exhibit from the National Gallery of Art will be a real treat for those with a passion for the ancient civilization of Egypt.
  • The TEACH Toolkit
    An Online Resource for Understanding Copyright and Distance Education. The Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization Act (TEACH Act) "updates copyright law pertaining to transmissions of performances and displays of copyrighted materials.
  • Virtual Computer Library
    This searchable directory for online information about computers and computing includes links to academic computing, documentation, book reviews, Internet information, conferences, journals, user groups, vendors, and more. From the University of Texas at Austin.
  • Virtual Earthquake
    How can you determine the epicenter and magnitude of an earthquake? This interactive site teaches you how to determine the magnitude and epicenter of a virtual earthquake.
  • Visible Proofs-Forensic Views of the Body
    Companion to a 2006-2008 exhibition that teaches about the history of forensic medicine, items in a forensic laboratory, and recent developments in forensic science. Features galleries of significant cases (such as the autopsy of President Lincoln), technologies, biographies of prominent scientists, and artifacts.
  • Visual Quantum Mechanics
    Designed to "introduce quantum physics to high school and college students who do not have a background in modern physics or higher level math." Utilizing the Shockwave plug-in, these "interactive computer visualizations and animations provide graphical descriptions of quantum effects." Site explores "properties of light emitting diodes, tunneling diodes, solar cells and even glow-in-the-dark toothbrushes are explored." From the Physics Education Research Group, Kansas State University.
  • Web-and-Flow
    Web-and-Flow is a fee-based site that helps teachers develop quality Web-based activities without having to know all about the Internet or the technology underlying it. It encourages teachers to focus on the learning and not the technology.
  • WebQuest Rubric Template and Rubric Collection
    WebQuest Rubric Template and Rubric Collection can be found at this site produced by Education Service Center Region 20 (San AntonioTX) and teachers in that region.The site features rubrics to evaluate student products created as a result of webquests. Some are based on the excellent rubric template found at the Rubric Collection web site, while the majority are based on the ingenuity and creativity of teachers.http://www.esc20.net/etprojects/rubrics/Default.htm.
  • Welcome to Earthquakes For Teachers!
    Find webpages that provide resources for teachers on the topics of earth structure, earthquakes, plate tectonics, and earthquake preparedness. Features: Lesson ideas Graphics/Multimedia Inquiry materials.
  • Welcome to Environmental Inquiry!
    Environmental Inquiry (EI) is a website and curriculum series developed at Cornell University to help students conduct environmental science research and participate in communities of fellow student scientists. In 2003, EI won an Environmental Quality Award from EPA for Excellence in Environmental Education.
  • WestEd Technology Planning Toolkit
    The toolkit provides rubrics, checklists, and other guides for planning technology implementation. Where appropriate, links are provided to other sites that offer models of best practice, example plans, and additional tools and resources to support a more informed technology planning program.
  • World Wind
    World Wind lets you zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth. ..

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