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• Environmental Explorers' Club
  Environmental education for elementary school students, emphasizing games and activities about conservation, recycling, global warming, Superfund sites, and more. Also find resources for teachers.
• Education Policies of the 50 States
  The Milken Exchange on Education Technology "Education Policies of the 50 States" includes facts and figures showing states' budgets for education technology and the standards they are using to assess progress.
• The Digital Disconnect: The widening gap between Internet-savvy students and their schools
  The Digital Disconnect: The widening gap between Internet-savvy students and their schools (2002) http://www.pewinternet.org/reports/toc.asp?Report=67 Part of the Pew Internet & American Life project, this study compares students' interest and fluency in Internet usage to what is offered them in their schools.
• The Role of Online Communications in Schools: A National Study
  The Role of Online Communications in Schools: A National Study (1997) Sari Follansbee, Niki Gilsdorf, and Skip Stahl This study demonstrates that students with online access perform better. The study, conducted by CAST (Center for Applied Special Technology), an independent research and development organization, and sponsored by the Scholastic Network and Council of the Great City Schools, isolates the impact of online use and measures its effect on student learning in the classroom.
• 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).
• American Indians of the Pacific Northwest
  features 10 essays on the Nez Perce, Lushootseed, Chief Seattle, salmon, totem poles, and other topics and tribes. The essays provide context for the thousands of historical photos, texts, and primary sources in the collection.
• 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.
• All Kinds of Minds
  All Kinds of Minds This organization, founded by Dr. Mel Levine, aims "to help students who struggle with learning measurably improve their success in school and life by providing programs that integrate educational, scientific, and clinical expertise." Site includes information about the organization's theories and approach, research, and member services.
• 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.
• Developing Goal-Based Scenarios for Web Education
  Developing effective public education sites for the World Wide Web requires an understanding of both learning theories and what appeals to leisure learners. Research indicates that active learning modes are most effective, but leisure learners prefer passive entertainment experiences instead of more demanding interactive experiences.
• 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.
• Illustrated Shakespeare, 1826-1919
  "This online collection of selected electronic facsimiles seeks to share with a wider audience meetings of book art and Shakespearean text, and suggests the variety of responses of visual and book artists to the stimulus of Shakespeare's words. This online collection of 12 works ..
• 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.
• Measuring Up: The State-by-state Report Card for Higher Education
  "A series of biennial, state-by-state report cards" beginning in 2000. States are graded and can be compared on their performance in five categories: preparation, participation, affordability, completion, and benefits.
• Modeling and VisualizationAcross Learning Contexts
  Modeling and Visualization Across Learning Contextshttp://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/~chip/pubs/mvxcontexts.shtml the "impulses" of the learner are the real foundation of the curriculum is more relevant today than it was when he first formulated it nearly a century ago. As the objects of learning become more complex and the applications more demanding the notion that schooling is about the imparting of simple schemas for knowledge appears less and less tenable.
• 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.
• Technology Counts 2003, Pencils Down: Technology's Answer to Testing
  "Technology Counts 2003, Pencils Down: Technology's Answer to Testing," which reports on the growing use of computer-based testing. School districts and states are increasingly turning to computer-based testing to meet new demands, raising a host of new questions about assessment, according to Education Week's sixth annual report on school technology.
• The Worst Jobs in History
  This website takes you on a journey through 2,000 years of British history and the worst jobs of each era." Features humorous descriptions of jobs such as Roman gold miner, leech collector, fishwife, and child chimney sweep. Also includes information about current offbeat careers, and links to related sites.
• 21st Century Literacy
  Twenty-First Century LiteracyBertram C. Bruce (Chip)Library and Information Science501 East Daniel St., mc 493University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, IL 61820217-244-3576; 217-333-3280fax: [email protected]/~chip[A version of this paper appears (1998) under the title, "Current Issues and Future Directions" in J.
• America's Story (Library of Congress)
  America's Story from "America's Library" wants you to have fun with history while learning. Using a story-like format, you will be taken back in time and shown things you never heard or saw before.
• 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.
• 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 .
• Archaeology Exhibits
  A wide range of information about archaeology. General Archaeology contains a timeline of its development in the U.S.; an overview of the laws for the U.S., Minnesota, and the British Isles; dating techniques; the use of technology; and related links.
• Art of the Rain Forest Program
  Art and biology of the Costa Rican rain forest, in English and Spanish Art, Science, History, and Culture of the Rainforest with simulations to use from a base of knowledge which is on the site.
• Assessment Based on a Vision of Learning
  New Assessment for New Learning Guidebook I explores a new definition of learning which is based on cognitive, philosophical, and multicultural research perspectives. These perspectives suggest that meaningful learning occurs when a learner has a knowledge base that can be used with fluency to make sense of the world, solve problems, and make decisions.
• Assessment for Learning
  There is another way in which assessments can contribute to the development of effective schools, one that has been largely ignored.The evolution of assessment in this country over the past five decades has led to the strongly held view that school improvement requires the articulation of high achievement standards, transformation of those expectations into rigorous assessments, and expectation that educators will be held accountable for student achievement as reflected in student test scores.
• BellSouth's Digital Storyteller
  The BellSouth Digital Storyteller project is an opportunity for students to learn history first hand by interviewing veterans from WWII and Korea. After selecting a topic from the History Curriculum Standards, students identify veterans who have actually experienced the event(s) they are studying.
• 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.
• 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.
• Colonial House (PBS)
  Indentured servitude. No baths or showers.
• Communication as the Foundation of Distance Education
  Communication plays a vital role in learning, not only with respect to expository and discussion methods of instruction, but at a more consequential level in the development of higher mental processes through acquiring and learning to manipulate symbols.
• Cool Science for Curious Kids
  The Howard Hughes Medical Institute invites curious kids to explore biology on screen, off screen and in between. http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/index.htmlhttp://.
• Coral Reefs
  Access NOAA's Coral Reef online. Here you will find the latest news on coral reefs as well as links to the various NOAA web sites with additional information.
• Designing Your Own Program Evaluation
  This white paper discusses recent changes in evaluation theory and practices, and clarifies some definitions of evaluation, technology and student learning. Additionally, it highlights instances of promising practices and conclude with a list of recommendations concerning the evaluation of the effectiveness of technology in teaching and learning.
• Distance Education: Issues and Concerns
  http://www.uwex.edu/disted/desien/1995/1-4.htm A major concern among educators and educational administrators is the fear that distance education will replace traditional education. Comments on this site offer a broader perspective—one that views distance education as a means for opening up new possibilities to expand educational opportunities and to enhance education in the classroom.
• Drought Science for Educators -
  One of NOAA's partners in dealing with the causes and the effects of drought is the National Drought Mitigation Center. This site helps teachers of grades 5-12 incorporate drought into their lectures.
• 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.
• e-Mission: Operation Montserrat
  e-Mission: Operation Montserrat is based on a real historical event. The volcano on the normally tranquil island of Montserrat has come to life.
• 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.
• Educational Technology: Media for Inquiry, Communication, Construction, and Expression
  This is a way for teachers to understand, not just the Internet, but the use of technology as media. We describe a new way of classifying uses of educational technologies, based on a four-part division suggested years ago by John Dewey: inquiry, communication, construction, and expression.
• 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.
• Ensuring Equity with Alternative Assessment
  ISSUE: If American students are to be held responsible for achieving high educational standards, it is ethically imperative that educators develop assessment strategies that ensure equity in assessing and interpreting student performance. In order to protect students from unfair and damaging interpretations and to provide parents and communities with an accurate overall picture of student achievement, educators need to be aware of the promise and the challenges inherent in using alternative assessment practices for high-stakes decisions (such as student retention, promotion, graduation, and assignment to particular instructional groups), which have profound consequences for the students affected.
• 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.
• Exploring the Planets Cyber-Center
  Cyber-Center lets students compare their own planetary research with that of scientists. Fascinating photos are shared and the students can read the researchers notes.
• 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.
• Genetics Basics
  looks at how genes work, exceptions to Mendel's rules, how DNA gets replicated, genes and disease, current research and recent discoveries, and how applications of genetic research (biotechnology) are being used in agriculture, health, and medicine to change our world for the better. (NIH) .
• Handbook for Digital Projects: A Management Tool for Preservation and Access
  This handbook is the product of four years of developing and revising curricula for School for Scanning conferences presented throughout the U.S. by the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC).
• In Depth: Israel and the Palestinians
  Compilation of articles and opinion pieces that look at "the struggle between the Israelis and the Palestinians .. [which has been] one of the most enduring and explosive of all the world's conflicts." Includes a timeline, maps, background about leaders and key documents, and details about the Hamas victory in the January 2006 election.
• International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
  
• JASON Project home page
  Grades: Kindergarten - 12 Synopsis: Don't worry, this is not another scary movie installment! This JASON is an educational program that lets students and teachers perform exciting scientific fieldwork from their classrooms, exploring regions from the polar ice caps to the steamy rain forests.
• 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.
• Learning Styles and On-line Interactives
  Learning Styles and On-line Interactives David T. Schaller and Steven Allison-Bunnell, Eduweb Minda Borun, Franklin Institute Science Museum Learning styles may give us insight into the diverse ways that people view and interact with on-line learning interactives.
• 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.
• Microcomputer-based Laboratories
  The microcomputer-based laboratory (MBL) is a tool for collecting, analyzing, and displaying data from science experiments. It is commonly used in instructional laboratories, and less used in interactive demonstrations.
• Molecular Logic Database
  The models are primarily of interactions of atoms and molecules, or rule-based genetics. interactions of atoms & molecules, & rule-based genetics.
• 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 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.
• New Horizons; NASA's Pluto-Kuiper Belt Mission
  The NASA New Horizons mission, scheduled to be launched in early 2006 and to reach Pluto in 2015, "is the first mission to the last planet -- the initial reconnaissance of Pluto-Charon and the Kuiper Belt." Find a mission overview, a FAQ, and facts about mission spacecraft and science. The section "P-K Bits" includes amusing facts.
• New State Fact Sheets on the Technology Gap
  New State Fact Sheets on the Technology Gap-Updated data available for all 50 states on how each state is fairing in addressing the Digital Divide.
• 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.
• Operation DeepScope
  Bring the excitement of current ocean science discoveries to your students using this new Ocean Exploration curriculum Learning Ocean Science through Ocean Exploration: A Curriculum for Grades 6-12 From bioluminescent corals to deep-vent worms, from tropical underwater volcanoes to the Arctic Ocean floor, we know less about the landscape of our ocean than we do about the moon's. Bring the excitement of current ocean science discoveries to your students using this Ocean Exploration curriculum and a CD-ROM of the Ocean Explorer Web site from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
• 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.
• 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.
• Riverweb
  RiverwebThrough harnessing advanced computing and communications technologies, RiverWeb seeks to construct interdisciplinary, digital knowledge networks for the Mississippi River Basin, and other major river systems, with the goal of empowering citizenry to participate more actively in managing the watershed resources during the next century.
• 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.
• Searching for Digital Libraries in Education:
  Why computers cannot tell the story. Library Trends, 45 (4), Special issue: "Children and the digital library", 746-770.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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).
• Star Schools Program
  - Use of mobile, handheld, and other emerging technologies in reading and math achievement in addition to supporting SES activities .
• Teacher Preparation Star Chart
  Teacher Preparation STaR ChartA Self-Assessment Tool for Colleges of EducationJanuary 2000.
• 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 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 Encyclopedia of World History
  The good people at Bartleby.com have long prided themselves on providing a host of important works online for the benefit of those seeking online edification. One of the more recent volumes they have placed on their site is The Encyclopedia of World History, edited by Peter N.
• 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 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 National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST)
  The National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) is a partnership of UCLA, the University of Colorado, Stanford University, RAND, the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Southern California, Educational Testing Service, and the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. The CRESST mission focuses on the assessment of educational quality, addressing persistent problems in the design and use of assessment systems to serve multiple purposes.
• The Underground Railroad
  During the 1800s, over one hundred thousand enslaved fugitives sought freedom through the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad is the symbolic term given to the routes enslaved Black Americans took to gain their freedom as they traveled, often as far as Canada and Mexico.
• Understanding Prejudice
  An overview of research on prejudice has been translated into multiple languages as part of an American Psychological Association initiative known as "Prejudice in Any Language: The Prejudice Translation Project." .
• ‘Lost World’ of wildlife found in Indonesia
  Describing it as the discovery of a “Lost World,” conservation groups and Indonesia on Tuesday said an expedition to one of Asia’s most isolated jungles had found several dozen new species of frogs, butterflies, flowers and birds. * Life Science o Biological evolution + Species is the most fundamental unit of classification.