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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.
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.
The Artist's Toolkit: Visual elements and principles
The Artist's Toolkit: Visual elements and principlesMinneapolis Institute of Arts & Walker Art CenterArtists use visual elements and principles like line, color and shape as tools to build works of art. Learn about these concepts with animated movies, create-a-composition activites, videos of professional artists in action, and an in-depth encyclopedia.
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.
3D Studio MAX R3 demo
3D Studio MAX R3 demo:http://www.autodesk.com/dyf/coolstuff/maxdemo_1.htmlWant to find out how 3D computer animation works?Learn about Discreet's amazing animation software. Thisfeature explains and demonstrates 3D Studio MAX R3.Also, try the interactive demo!.
A Jazz Improvisation Primer
A Jazz Improvisation Primer "Here you can find information on almost any topic relating to jazz improvisation, from jazz history to music theory to practical advice on playing in a group." Includes annotated bibliography and discography. Online version of text written by Marc Sabatella.
A Lifetime of Color
This is an extraordinary art education site that includes hands-on activities and techniques; galleries of student and professional work; information about art elements, principles, concepts, media, styles, and artists; an interactive art timeline and glossary; online games; teacher resources; and lesson plans for grades K-8.This is a good place to learn some basic techniques. Site is sponsored by Sanford, a manufacturer of art supplies.Subjects: Art -- Study and teaching, Lesson planning, Teaching Aids and devices.
Active Learning with Technology
The first 6 modules of the Active Learning with Technology professional development portfolio set the stage for understanding how constructivist learning environments are created and implemented. The modules demonstrate learner-centered instructional and classroom management settings such as inquiry-based learning, project-based learning, small group learning, and using commonly available software to support a learner-centered environment.
African Music and Dance Ensemble
The Ensemble broadens access to knowledge about Africa's rich cultural heritage across the United States, Canada and Europe. The Ensemble has taught the skill, artistry and philosophy that inform the African music and dance traditions.
Amazing Space
has an excellent series of inquiry-based activities on their web site entitled Amazing Space; http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/amazing-space.html.
American Folklife Center
The American Folklife Center, which houses correspondence, artifacts, sound recordings, and photographs documenting folk arts, has showcased a number of its collections online.
American Memory Learning Page
American Memory Learning Page features dozens of teacher-designed lessons using the many online collections of images, songs, interviews, sheet music, maps, and documents of the Library of Congress. An online workshop by Paddy Bowman of CARTS introduces folklore with activities teachers can replicate with students.
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.
Anatomy of a URL
A great diagram for understanding a URLProtocolA protocol is a means of communication between computers. The most common protocol on the web is the hypertext transfer protocol (http).
Ancient World Web
This site presents annotated lists, gathered into broad categories, of Web sites that document medieval - and older - history, theory, and scholarship. With a few exceptions, coverage stops at 1000 A.D.
Animated Gifs, Backgrounds, Graphics, Icons, Sounds, Movies
Great collection backgrounds, animated GIFs, icons, and other small graphics for student Web page designers. Additionally there are more than 150 sound files in WAV and MIDI formats and a very few movies in QuickTime and AVI formats.
Archaeology Public Education
The Society for American Archaeology Public Education Committee has developed a variety of resources to help educators incorporate archaeology into classroom teaching. Many are now available free on the SAA web site.
Archives of African-American Music&Culture
Archives of African-American Music&CultureWeb site devoted to the collection, preservation, and dissemination of materials for the purpose of research and study of African-American music and culture.http://www.indiana.edu/~aaamc.
Art Studio Chalkboard
This site is a resource for artists and art students focusing on the fundamentals of perspective, shading, and color. Students are also given the opportunity to ask questions and receive answers that relate to techniques and principles of design.
Artful Learning: The Leonard Bernstein Center for Learning
Artful Learning was inspired by Leonard Bernstein's vision that music and the arts could be used to improve a child's academic achievement and instill a love of learning. Artful Learning uses powerful arts-infused curriculum units developed by teachers to engage and excite children.
Artsedge
ArtsEdge is an online resource center funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and the United States Department of Education and administered by the Kennedy Center Education Department. Its mission is to help artists, teachers, and students gain access to and share information, resources, and ideas that support the arts as a core subject in the K-12 curriculum.
AskA+ Locator
AskA+ LocatorThis directory of online question answering services (AskA) is "designed to link students, teachers, parents and other K-12 community members with experts on the Internet." Each service listing includes identification information (e.g., publisher, e-mail address, contact name, and links), scope, target audience, and a general description of the service. Searchable and browsable.
Assessment 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 Help for Teachers
Teachers make judgments about students every day, based on such formal and informal appraisals of their work as classroom observation, homework assignments, and teacher-made quizzes. Soon, they'll have the first set o fprofessional standards to help guide them in making such decisions.The 220-page "Student Evaluation Standards" is on track to be approved this week by the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation, a nonprofit group whose members represent 18 national education organizations.
Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice
Recent decades have witnessed significant developments in the field of educational assessment. New approaches to the assessment of student achievement have been complemented by the increasing prominence of educational assessment as a policy issue.
Assessment of Learning
Assessmen is the systematic, on-going, iterative process of monitoring learning in order to determine what we are doing well and what we must improve. Assessment involves observing, describing, collecting, recording, scoring, and interpreting information.
Assessment Research by Roberta Furger
Academic research points to the benefits -- and identifies ongoing challenges -- of implementing performance assessments in K-12 classrooms. Studies also identify the impact technology can have and is having on both classroom and large-scale assessments.
Assessment Resources
This PowerPoint presentation introduces the assessment process. It discusses the importance of assessment, standardized testing, authentic assessment, and rubrics.
Assessments of Multimedia Technology in Education
This is a Bibliography of a growing body of research devoted to assessing the effectiveness of multimedia in all levels of education, including corporate and military training.
Asssessment and Technology
Assessment &Technology Project Sampler.
Be a Geography Detective
Be a Geography DetectiveOverview:At first glance, a landscape can be beautiful, boring, colorful, disturbing. Using the skills of a geography detective, however, students can learn more about the land and the relationships humans have with it.
Best of History Web Sites
This site provides categorized links to hundreds of "history-related web sites that have been reviewed for quality, accuracy and usefulness. Sites with engaging content and useful multimedia technologies are most likely to be included.
Biology Workbench
Biology Workbench Education Enhancement is a collection of tutorials, project links and a discussion group related to the use of the Biology Workbench protein and nucleic acid sequence multi-database research tool developed by the National Computational Science Alliance and hosted at the San Diego Supercomputer Center at the University of California at San Diego. This project invites educators to collaborate and contribute to the development and collection of tutorial.
Blank & Outline Maps
This collection includes printable outline maps of the world, continents, regions, countries, the states of the U.S., and the provinces of Canada. Maps are free "for educational or personal use at home or in the classroom." From About.com's geography page.
Bridging the Home and School: A Case Study
In today's society, there are many new technologies that educators have at their disposal to use both inside and outside of theclassroom. One such technology was the focus of the first stage of an on-going project on the "open school" model.
Building a Digital Workforce
Taking action to close the IT skills gap in the current and future workforce is a critical challenge for business, labor, education, government, and the nonprofit sector that requires urgent attention by all stakeholders. This report sets out NPA's Digital Economic Opportunity Committee's recommendations for increasing the number of U.S.
Building Support for Comprehensive School Improvement Programs
Building Support for Comprehensive School Improvement Programs Offers an array of publications on components of comprehensive school improvement, professional development, community engagement, selection of classroom instructional approaches, and resource allocations, among other topics.
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
"This is a collection of reviews of great books for kids, ideas of ways to use them in the classroom and collections of books and activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and professional topics."For teachers, use the Curriculum Areas link for helpful hints in finding books in a variety of subject areas, plus lessons plans and display ideas. The site is focused on preK - 8th grade educator's needs.
Casa de Joanna
Casa de Joanna is a portal to French and Spanish language resources on the Internet. The topics include art, French and Spanish, and teacher resources.
Castle Rock Pueblo:
Castle Rock Pueblo: A Trip Through Time. A resource for teaching about southwestern archaeology and culture.http://www.crowcanyon.org/castlerockstudyEducational field trips allow readers to "visit" an ancient Pueblo Indian (Anasazi) village in southwestern Colorado during the 1200s?when people lived at Castle Rock Pueblo, the 1800s?when the site was discovered by explorers, and the 1990's when the site was excavated by Crow Canyon archaeologists and program participants.
Children's Media Culture in the New Millennium
: Mapping the Digital Landscape Kathryn C. Montgomery A description of the technological, demographic, and market forces shaping the new digital media culture, and the rich array of Web sites being created for children and teens.
Chinatown Banquet
Chinatown Banquet A community-based public art and education project based on the metaphor of a Chinese banquet raising awareness about the history, culture and conditions of Boston Chinatown, the city's most densely populated residential neighborhood.
Choose the Best Search for your Information Need
Choose the Best Engine for Your Purpose is a guide for choosing a search engine that will best fulfill your specific needs. Provides some great information for students on the different ways to use search engines.
Choosing a Classroom Digital Camera
For the new-to-technology educator, some considerations when buying a digital camera for school use. This page is designed specifically with the new-to-technology educator in mind.
Classroom Assessment
Classroom AssessmentTeachers share their strategies for assessing their student's work and their teaching.Assessing Student Learning--and My Teaching--Through Student JournalsThis physics teacher finds the challenges of using student journals as an embedded assessment strategy are amply repaid by the benefits.Assessing Student Understanding with Interactive-Collaborative-Electronic Learning Logsby Paul HickmanA Massachusetts science teacher describes how technology enhances communication between student research groups and their teacher.Implementing Portfolios and Student-Led Conferencesby Jennifer WilliamsThis middle school teacher in Minnesota devised an assessment strategy that caught on with teachers of all subject areas.Using Self Evaluation with Fourth Gradersby Leah PoynterElementary school is not too early to help students learn to assess their own achievement. A veteran teacher tells how.
Classroom Support
Classroom SupportThese resources help education professionals assess skill levels for both teachers and students, and set grade-appropriate goals for students. This section also includes links to education information, provides teachers with ideas for technology-based lesson plans, and includes the tools necessary for creating appropriate use policies for these new technologies.
Classroom Weather
This site was designed to help teachers introduce atmospheric processes and the science of meteorology through experimentation and hands-on activities in the classroom.
Climate Prediction Center
Climate Prediction Center - The Climate Prediction Center serves the public by assessing and forecasting the impacts of short-term climate variability and emphasizing enhanced risks of weather-related extreme events. Educational materials include information on the ENSO cycle, and fact sheets and monographs.
Code Talk
Code Talk is a federal inter-agency Native American website that provides information for Native American communities. Code Talk is hosted by the U.S.
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.
Computer Based Presentations
Provides tips for doing computer-based presentations using an LCD panel or data projector. Sections on: using your computer; the presentation equipment, general guidelines and guidelines for the presenter.
Computer Literacy Course Tutorial
Computer Literacy Course TutorialHalifax Regional CAP Association 2001This is a course, on line, and also on a cd that takes teachers through the basics of the Internet.These materials have been developed by the Standardised Materials Training Team of the Halifax Regional CAP Association.
Computer Virus Index
Computer Virus IndexThese are the complete virus-l and alt.comp.virus newsgroup FAQs. Considered to be the most complete, authoritative, and current information on computer viruses.
Connected Teacher
Connected TeacherConnected Teacher is a free community resource for educators for sharing insights, finding new lesson plans, or visiting the links to educational materials for educators. As a member, you can get expert advice, meet teachers from your area, or report on what's going on in your classroom.
Critical Evaluation of Information Resources
You can begin evaluating a physical information source (a book or an article for instance) even before you have the physical item in hand. Appraise a source by first examining the bibliographic citation.
Critical Issue: Providing Professional Development for Effective Technology Use
Whether technology should be used in schools is no longer the issue in education. Instead, the current emphasis is ensuring that technology is used effectively to create new opportunities for learning and to promote student achievement.
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection contains to date over 6,400 maps online and focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North and South America cartographic history materials. Historic maps of the World, Europe, Asia and Africa are also represented.
Developing WWW Research Lessons
This site helps teachers to develop and post a WWW integrated lesson, that creates opportunities for students to solve problems and create new answers, and gives teachers ways to use the WWW as a tool in their classrooms.
Digital Photos Online
Digital Photos OnlineWesley FryerThere used to be a considerable delay between capturing an event on film and sharing the resulting photos with others and it was also very costly. Digital photography, based on bits rather than atoms, is dramatically changing this process.
Digital Toolbox
This well-designed site has tutorials for Microsoft's Front Page and PowerPoint applications. In addition you will find links to tutorials and help pages for learning HTML; Adobe Photoshop; and Macromedia's Flash and Shockwave.
Discovering Native Americans and Their Culture
Virtual Classroom Tour: Native American CultureStudents explore Native American culture in this innovative lesson plan.http://www.microsoft.com/education/?ID=VCTNativeAmericans.
E-Learning Guru
****This site is jam packed with "how to" articles, templates andcalculators in the tool box, dozens of white papers, time saving booksummaries and links to the best sites on the net. Looking at e-learningfor your schools; begin with the article e-Learning Alphabet Soup.
Education for All
Education for All (EFA)The major focus of this searchable site are the findings of basic education assessments of 180 countries. The reports for each country contain funding; issues and goals; statistics on enrollment; literacy; educational levels of teachers; academic and vocational education; evaluation of early childhood, primary, and secondary instruction; and more.
Education Week
Education Week is a national print and online magazine that focuses on current educational issues.
Educational Resources on Asia
Educational Resources on AsiaThis site provides resources and links to educational material relating to Asia. These include reference works, online periodicals, educational films and suppliers, K-12 curriculum materials and vendors, full-text of significant historical documents (primarily constitutional), as well as demographic, economic, educational, and political statistics.
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.
Educator's Reference Desk
Educator's Reference Desk is a Internet-based service providing education information to teachers and others interested in education.
EduHound.com
Extensive collection of briefly annotated links for teachers, administrators, and parents, organized into categories, or browse an alphabetical subject/keyword list. Includes specific subjects (animals, science, etc.) as well as specialized educational resources (home schooling, standards&assessment, etc.).
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.
emTech - Emerging Technologies
Below a comprehensive list of web sites useful for teachers, students, administrators, and other professional educators.
Encarta Schoolhouse
Encarta SchoolhouseThis MSN Encarta site offers resources for teachers, including lesson plans, educational sites, and educational technologies.
ETB Thesaurus
The European Treasury Browser (ETB) Project has recently released amultilingual thesaurus available in eight languages: Danish, English,French, German, Greek, Italian, Spanish, and Swedish. The thesaurus is"aimed at indexing educational resources" and building an "interoperableinfrastructure to exchange and network metadata on educational resources forschools in Europe." The project seeks to add value to national resourcecollections by allowing teachers and students to locate Europe resources.The thesaurus gives users access to all resources, regardless of theindexing method used.
Evaluating Information Found on the Internet
Time-tested, librarian-created guide to copyright, intellectual property, fair use, propaganda, misinformation, disinformation, bias and resource evaluation. Excellent.
Evaluating Web Pages, a Webquest
The information source your students use most frequently is likely to be the Web. They will have little trouble actually gathering information these days.
Evaluating 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 pagesThis is an example of learning to evaluate the resources on the web.
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.
Exploratorium Web Science Workshop
By clicking the links below, you will find a variety of on-line "Web Lessons.""Web Lessons" are activities intended to help science teachers integrate the Web into their science curriculum. Since a "Web Lessons" may use dynamic content or require communication via the Internet, "Web Lessons" are best done during an active Internet session.
EXPLORES! Using Satellite Data
Florida State University implements the NOAA Direct Readout Program from the polar orbiting satellites. To date the university has installed over 230 weather satellite ground stations designed to receive live imagery from NOAA 12, 14, and 15 satellites (as the constellation now stands), and also supports WEFAX in about 1/4 of these schools.
Exploring Ancient World Cultures (EAWC)
Developed as an on-line course supplement for students and teachers of the ancient Near East, India, Egypt, China, Greece, Rome, the early Islamic world, and medieval Europe with essays, chronologies and primary texts. Searchable indices for related essays, images, electronic texts, Internet sites and a space-time, cross-cultural chronology.
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.
Filters and Filtering
The Office of Intellectual Freedom of the American Library Association has pulled together a lot of information on their site that deals with the filtering issue as well as providing links to more information, including a summary and the full text of the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA), information on the Neighborhood Children___s Internet Protection Act (NCIPA), news articles, and more. This is a site to guide the individual teacher.
Finding Information on the Internet
The best introduction to Internet searching on the Web. Be sure to check out the section on how to choose search tools - there is an excellent chart comparing the features of the major Web search engines and directories.
Five Commentaries: Looking to the Future
Five Commentaries: A series of responses from experts representing various disciplines and backgrounds to the question: "How can we help ensure computer technology is used equitably, effectively, and ethically to promote positive child development?".
Function and Meaning in Classic Mayan Architecture
score: 1000Full text of an anthology discussing many facets of Mayan buildings including design, construction, ritual architecture, houses, iconography, and more. From a symposium in 1994 at Dumbarton Oaks Research Library.
Getsmarter.org
Getsmarter.org, an initiative of the Council on Competitiveness, gives students, parents and teachers a free and private way to compare science and math skills to students worldwide. It also provides warm-up practice quizzes in both math and science.
Google Labs
This experimental site from the Google search engine "showcases a few of our favorite ideas that aren't quite ready for prime time." Play with keyboard shortcuts, telephone searching, a glossary (thesaurus), and more.http://labs.google.com/.
Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body
Full text and pictures of the classic, Gray's "Anatomy of the Human Body".
Guggenheim.org
This site introduces you to the five Guggeheim Museums. Venice, Italy; New York; Berlin, GR; Bilbao, Spain; Las Vegas, NV.
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).
Handheld
HandheldComputer ActivitySuggestionsOrganizing and PlanningReferenceInformationData GatheringData Manipulation and DisplayIndividual LearningCommunicating and Collaboration.
Handheld Education.com
The purpose of this site is to help teachers and students improve teaching and learning through the use of handheld computers.
Handhelds Go to Class - New short film and story!
In one of the largest school implementations to date, District 230 in the Chicago suburb of Orland Park equipped its three high schools with 2,200 handheld computers in the fall of 2000. Interested teachers were given classroom sets or students could buy or lease the handheld computers.
Harnessing the Power of the Web
This guide will help you to understand collaborative, project-based learning on the Internet. We use the term NetPBL (Networked, Project-Based Learning) to describe this kind of learning.These resources will help you introduce your students to powerful educational experiences grounded in student-centered, project-based learning well-supported in the literature.
How the Weather Service Gets the Word Out
How the Weather Service Gets the Word Out - This document shows how the National Weather Service (NWS) strives to utilize the latest technologies available for the dissemination of climate, water, and weather data and information. Timely access to weather information is provided through NWS systems, including the - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Weather Radio (NWR) - NOAA Weather Wire Service (NWWS) - Emergency Managers Weather Information Network (EMWIN) - Interactive Weather Information Network (IWIN) Teachers will find information about resources from the American Meteorological Society and Project Atmosphere including the formation of the Atmospheric Education Resource Agent (AERA) network, DataStreme, AAAS, the American Geological Institute, and others, with information about audiovisual materials, computer software, and data sources.www.nssl.noaa.gov/resources.
International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
Internet 101
This site is dedicated to teaching students of all ages about using the Internet.
Isometric Drawing Tool
Isometric Drawing ToolUse this interactive mathlet to make dynamic drawings on isometric dot paper. You can draw figures using edges, faces, or cubes.
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.
K12 Handhelds
K12 HandheldsHandhelds is a company which focuses on handheld computing in education. It provides schools with integrated solutions for handheld use in education that include: planning, professional development, hardware, software and applications, educational bundles, implementation and support, and assessment.
Laptops for All
* Laptops For All - Includes online filmSince 1996, ROCKMAN ET AL, an independent research firm in San Francisco, has studied the impact of widespread use of laptop technology on teaching and learning. Through both observation and feedback from laptop-using teachers and students, researchers have documented a shift from lectures and other teacher-centered forms of delivery to lessons that are more collaborative and project-oriented.
Learning styles assessment
Learning Styles AssessmentRead the word(s) in the left column and pick the description that best expresses how you usually handle each situation.This site contains a matrix to help the user to assess his or her learning styles.
Learning to Adapt Lesson Plans to Different Teaching Styles and Computer Configurations
How do you adapt a lesson to different teaching styles and classroom computer configurations. This is an important resource because many teachers can access the lesson plans, but need to learn to tailor them for their own uses.
Math Across the Curriculum
Dartmouth College's multidisciplinary program integrates math into everything from music and Earth science to architecture and engineering.
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.
Museums Online
Museums OnlineMuseumStuff.com is the one-stop shop for museum information, where Internetusers can discover and explore thousands of museums and related resourcesaround the country. This search engine, which features a "broad range ofmuseum 'stuff,'" offers links to various museums, virtual exhibitions,museum events, fun and game sites for secondary and post-secondary students,and educational links.The museum links are arranged in three separatecategories -- art, history, and science -- and can be accessed from the mainpage.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Digital Library Technology Project
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Digital Library Technology Project - Core Technologies for the National Information Infrastructure."The Digital Library Technology (DLT) project and the Public Use of Remote Sensing Data (RSD) project, are two related elements of the Information Infrastructure Technology and Applications component of NASA's High Performance Computing and Communications Program.
National Center for Educational Statistics
(NCES): Search for Schools, Colleges, and LibrariesDatabase of public schools, private schools, colleges, universities, and public libraries in the United States and its territories.Searchable by name of institution, city, or zip code. Clicking on an institution's name in the search results brings up statistical and other information about the institution.
National Geographic Teacher Community
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.
NOAA - Especially for Teachers
WeatherYou can find information about tornadoes, hurricanes, flash floods, tsunamis and all kinds of hazardous weather.Climate Change and Our PlanetYou can find information about climate change, earth science and sciences as it relates to our planet.Oceans and CoastsThis category includes information about fish, marine mammals, our coasts, navigation and the many facets of the waters that surround our nation.Satellites and SpaceThis category includes information about satellites and space.Training, Other Opportunities&External LinksThis category includes information about Operation Pathfinder, the GLOBE Program, NOAA's Teacher at Sea Program, as well as external links to other websites.
NOAA Education Resources
A page with many links, including experiments and science fair projects.www.nws.noaa.gov/er/box/education.html.
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).
People Like Me "It's About Time!"
World Arts West: People Like Me Activities - This site is a good resource for teachers who want to incorporate performing arts and cultural appreciation into their curriculum.
Portals of the World
Portals to the World contain selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world. They are arranged by country or area with the links for each sorted into a wide range of broad categories.
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.
PowerPoint in the Classroom
Written for K-12 students, this tutorial covers all the basics and more of using the Microsoft PowerPoint presentation software. This Microsoft-related site also includes tutorials on other Microsoft programs such as the e-mail software program Outlook Express, the Web browser Internet Explorer 4, and the Web site editor Front Page.
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.
Research It!
- dictionary, thesaurus, famous quotes, maps, translation .
Resource Listing for Weather and Climate
*Instruction - This document is intended to assist those who teach weather and climate at any level from pre-school through introductory college level courses, by listing some of the available instructional resources. Teachers will find information about resources from the American Meteorological Society and Project Atmosphere including the formation of the Atmospheric Education Resource Agent (AERA) network, DataStreme, AAAS, the American Geological Institute, and others, with information about audiovisual materials, computer software, and data sources.
Resources for Teachers at the Folger Shakespeare Library
The Folger Shakespeare Library, a private research institution, is the world's most significant repository of Shakespearean material. Its holdings, which include the largest collection of English Renaissance books outside of the U.K., attract scholars and educators of international repute.
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.
Saudi Aramco World
Online version of a magazine published by the Saudi Aramco oil company offers a wide range of articles intended to "broaden knowledge of the cultures, history and geography of the Arab and Muslim worlds and their connections with the West." Issues from 1966 to the present are indexed by subject, author, and title. Except for the current issue, illustrations are maintained separately.
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.
Secondary Assessment tools
On this site are many types of assessment tools for secondar teachers. Demonstrate mastery of content knowledge and process skills byknowing in advance the criteria for assessment.
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).
Teacher Preparation Star Chart
Teacher Preparation STaR ChartA Self-Assessment Tool for Colleges of EducationJanuary 2000.
Teacher Professional Development
WestEd projects support teachers___ career-long growth and development, beginning with preservice education and continuing with induction, inservice, and mentoring programs. Professional development efforts also address the learning needs of child-care professionals and professional developers themselves.Which programs are involved with Teacher Professional Development?Assessment and Standards Development Services (ASDS)Center for Child and Family Studies (CCFS)Center for Prevention and Early Intervention (CPEI)Learning InnovationsNational Center for Improving Science Education (NCISE)Policy ProgramProfessional and Organizational Learning (POL)Science and Mathematics ProgramTeacher Professional Development Program (TPD)Western Regional Educational Laboratory (WREL).
Teaching, Learning & Technology
A Report on 10 years of ACOT Research. (1995).
Technology and Learning on Line
Abstract:This World Wide Web (WWW) site presents an online version of TECHNOLOGY&LEARNING, a magazine created for K to 12 school administrators, teachers, and technology coordinators. An article in the issue reviewed, What does research say about technology's impact on education? From the editor of the print publication is included along with interviews from research experts and links to sources of information about related educational research.
Technology in the Classroom: Asking the Right Questions
Lynn Schrum of the International Society for Technology in Education believes that teachers must take the lead to find the best ways to use technology to enhance teaching and learning.She goes on to explain the uses of technology.She says"Technology lends itself to exploration. But before we can use it effectively, we need to value exploration as real teaching and real learning.
Technology Integration Proficiency Rubric
Technology Integration Proficiency Rubric Rubric for assessing teacher integration of technology.
Technology Resources for Teachers
Resources to help teachers make the best use of technology in teaching their day-to-day curriculum.Please note that this section is based on abstracts found in ENC's database of K-12 materials. All ENC abstracts are descriptions rather than evaluative reviews.Source www.enc.org.
TERC
Founded in 1965, TERC is a not-for-profit education research and development organization in Cambridge, Massachusetts.TERC's mission is to improve mathematics, science, and technology teaching and learning. TERC works at the edges of current theory and practice to:*contribute to understanding of learning and teaching*foster professional development*develop applications of new technologies*create curricula and other products*support school reformThey imagine a future in which learners from diverse communities engage in creative, rigorous, and reflective inquiry as an integral part of their lives.
Terrorism, Teaching, and Technology
READING FOR RHETORIC IN SEPTEMBER 11TH DOCUMENTS ON THE INTERNET. Elizabeth Losh University of California, Irvine.
The ABC's of Web Site Evaluation by Kathy Schrock
The author states this as the ABC's or beginning evaluation of web sites for teacher use in quality instruction.
The Anacostia Museum and Center for African-American History and Culture
Focuses on modern African-American history and culture.
The Archaeology Channel
The Archaeology Channel is a public-education project of our nonprofit, tax-exempt organization, Archaeological Legacy Institute (ALI). We created this streaming-media website as a way of sharing with people everywhere the important messages of archaeology and indigenous peoples.
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 Braille Bug
The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) created the Braille Bug web site to teach sighted children about braille, and to encourage literacy among all children. AFB--a national nonprofit founded in 1921 and the organization to which Helen Keller devoted more than 40 years of her life--addresses the critical issues, such as literacy, that are facing America's ten million blind or visually impaired children and adults.
The Center for Informal Learning and Schools
The Center for Informal Learning and Schools (CILS) supports research and scholarship in the improvement of K-12 science education through the study of informal science learning and institutions, and their relationships to schools. Informal science institutions are content-rich resources found in most urban areas throughout the U.S.
The Center for the Study of Testing, Evaluation, and Educational Policy
WHAT IS CSTEEP?The Center for the Study of Testing, Evaluation, and Educational Policy (CSTEEP) is an educational research organization located at Boston College in the School of Education. Since its inception in 1980, CSTEEP has conducted research on:*testing, evaluation, and public policy*studies to improve school assessment practices*and international comparative research.CSTEEP conducts its work on both small and large scales, working with individual schools, districts, states, as well as countries to advance educational testing practices and policy, and to improve the quality and fairness of education.
The Digital Classroom
Primary Sources, Activities, and Training for Educators and StudentsThe Digital Classroom! To encourage teachers of students at all levels to use archival documents in the classroom, the Digital Classroom provides materials from the National Archives and methods for teaching with primary sources. offerings.Primary Sources and ActivitiesReproducible primary documents, educational units correlated to national academic standards, and cross-curricular connectionsGeneral and National History Day ResearchActivities for learning to do research at the NARA Web sitePublications.
The Dirksen Congressional Center's Web Suite
The Dirksen Congressional Center conducts programming in four areas: historical collections, research, education, and community service. Select from the list on the left to learn more about specific programs.
The Gateway
http://www.thegateway.org/This is a great searching site for K-12 lessons and other teacher's materials.
The Global Schoolhouse
Offers programs that help teachers integrate use of the Internet into their teaching. Intended for all levels of Internet use, and includes activities for students at all age levels.
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 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 National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities
The National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities tracks key K-12 school facilities issues.Resource Lists are annotated bibliographies that include links to full text publications and related Web sites, descriptions of books, studies, reports and journal articles. A Mediation Model For Dynamic Literacy Instruction - Lisbeth Dixon-Krauss"Jerome Bruner remarked that Vygotsky's conception of development is at the same time a theory of education (Bruner, 1987).
The Nineteenth Century in Print
Take a virtual trip into literary history with "The 19th Century in Print" "The Nineteenth Century in Print: The Making of America in Books and Periodicals" is a great resource for students to explore 19th-century American history through the words and pictures of the authors and illustrators of the period. This fully online collection is a part of the Making America project, a collaboration between Cornell University and the University of Michigan to preserve deteriorating texts, including 23 popular magazines and more than 1,500 books that illuminate themes central to American life in the mid- to late-19th century.
The Tomb of Tutankhamon
This is a site that puts you in the discovery of the tomb of King Tutankhamon. You have the actual tour of the ways in which the tomb was originally explored after its discovery.
The WebQuest Page
A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the information used by learners is drawn from the Web. WebQuests are designed to use learners' time well, to focus on using information rather than looking for it, and to support learners' thinking at the levels of analysis, synthesis and evaluation.
The WWW Virtual Library
The WWW Virtual LibraryAgricultureAgriculture, Gardening, Forestry, Irrigation...Business and EconomicsEconomics, Finance, Marketing, Transportation...ComputingComputing, E-Commerce, Languages, Web...Communications and MediaCommunications, Telecommunications, Journalism...EducationEducation, Applied Linguistics, Linguistics...EngineeringCivil, Chemical, Electrical...HumanitiesAnthropology, History, Museums, Philosophy...Information&LibrariesGeneral Reference, Information Quality, Libraries...International AffairsInternational Security, Sustainable Development, UN...LawArbitration, Law, Legal History...RecreationRecreation and Games, Gardening, Sport...Regional StudiesAfrican, Asian, Latin American, West European...ScienceBiosciences, Health, Earth Science, Physics, Chemistry...SocietyPolitical Science, Religion, Social Sciences...
U.S. Education Standards
Education World presents the objectives of the voluntary National Education Standards for the major subject areas. This site allows educators to stay abreast of the current efforts being made in the area of National Standards.
USGS Learning Web
K-12 students, can come get what they need to do homework. Put creativity into your project.
Using Handheld Technologies in School
This website has handheld technology, the basics , an overview of wireless networking, considerations when buying handhelds. The educational advantages of handhelds, educational concerns and much much more.
VORTEX: Unraveling the Secrets - A Storybook This project, Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment
VORTEX: Unraveling the Secrets - A Storybook This project, Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment, helps teachers and students understand facts about tornadoes and shows how the scientific method of making observations, collecting data, and developing and testing hypotheses to reach an informed conclusion is used.
Was the United States Ready for Pearl Harbor?
(9-12)This lesson asks students to consider the United States___ level of preparedness for Pearl Harbor and to think about what the U.S. could have done to be better prepared.
Windows to the Universe
This site represents interdisciplinary lessons in astronomy, global change, weather, mythology on three levels advance, medium and beginner. There are specialized teacher pages and workpages for students.Lesson Plans and Activities for the ClassroomToolsTeacher WorkbookClassroom ActivitiesEducational LinksTeachers___ Share-A__"ThonEducational Standards SearchClimate and Global ChangeWorkshop for Educators.
Witness & Response: September 11 Acquisitions
Witness & Response: September 11 Acquisitions presents photos, prints, eye-witness accounts, headlines,books, magazines, songs, maps, & videotapes related to September 11, 2001. Photos of ground zero taken during & after the attacks by news photographers in New York City are included, as are press reactions from around the world.
World Treasures of the Library of Congress: Beginnings
The international collections of the Library of Congress started with the arrival of the Thomas Jefferson library in 1815. Today the Library's international collections are unparalleled; they are comprehensive in scope and include research materials in more than 460 languages and in many media.
Xpeditions Greeting Friends from Other Places (K-2)
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/01/gk2/friends.htmlStudents will be introduced to map reading by examining the___Afghanistan, Land in Crisis___ map (available in print or online). Students will practice different types of greetings and learn how children in Afghanistan might greet one another.