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International Society for
Technical Education Web site
ISTE promotes the use of technology to enhance teaching and learning.
The U.S. Department of Education
The Federal Government site has lots of information, including grant programs.
Alex: A Catalogue of Electronic Texts on the Internet
This site has links to free, public domain texts from Aesop to Shakespeare.
Education World
A searchable database of more than 100,000 sites, this educators' resource provides
information on regional resources, k-12 schools and colleges online, employment listings,
lesson planning, etc.
EdHelper.com
This site has many interesting resources for teachers, including lesson plans, webquests,
and links to resouirces in various subjects.
George
Lucas Educational Foundation
The mission of this foundation is education in general, but there is a strong emphasis on
the technology aspect, particularly on integrating it with teaching and learning.
The School Page
Recommended by The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse as a valuable math and science
content site.
Chronicle of Higher Education
Prospective teachers can read job postings and get basic statistics on the demographics of
collegiate America.
American Studies Web
Searchable site with links to sites concerning history, literature, philosophy, art
religion, ethnicity, sociology, current events, etc.
The
Human-Languages Page
This site offers resources for every language.
Web66 A K-12 WWW Project
This University of Minnesota project is designed to facilitate the introduction of
technology into K-12 schoolsby helping them set up Net servers, linking them to each other
and helping them find resources.
AskERIC
Searchable database of education related research.
Academic Cooperative
A resource for community college and university faculty who
teach computer science, engineering and information systems courses with news, curriculum,
grants info and a variety of other
resources.
Main Function
A resource for K to 12 faculty who teach computer science and information systems courses
with news, curriculum, grants info and a variety of other resources, run by the folks at
Academic Cooperative above.
Library of Congress Home Page
Search through the web by author, title, isbn number.
Co-NECT Schools
ED's Oasis
This K to 12 site helps teachers to find and use web sites for use in lessons.
Education Index
The Education Index is an annotated guide to education-related
sites on the Web sorted by subject and lifestage.
Eisenhower
Clearinghouse for Math and Science Education
This site provides access to ENC's catalog of instructional materials a large selection of
K-12 mathematics and science curriculum resources.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for
Educators
This is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional
growth, updated daily.
National Network of
Regional Educational Labs
The Regional Educational Laboratories are educational research
and development organizations supported by contracts with the
U.S. Education Department, Office of Educational Research and
Improvement (OERI).
The Library in the Sky
Containing over 15,000 links to some of the best educational resources on the Internet,
The Library in the Sky guides teachers, students, parents, librarians, and members of the
community on their journeys
through cyberspace.
Vose
Educational Resources
A list of educational resources created by a teacher in Beaverton, Oregon.
Curriculum
and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for
School Mathematics. Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 1989.
NickNacks
Telecollaborate
A site dedicated to encouraging educators and students from around the world to learn
together on the Internet.
K-12 Acceptable Use Policies
This site contains materials to assist school districts in the
development of effective Internet policies and practices.
WWW 4 Teachers
A site dedicated to helping teachers better utilize the Internet.
21st Century Teachers
The 21st Century Teachers Network (21CT) is a nationwide, non-profit initiative of the
McGuffey Project, dedicated to assisting k-12 teachers to learn, use and effectively
integrate technology in the curriculum for improved student learning. 21CT seeks to
empower teacher leaders by connecting them with people and resources that will assist in
the creation of teacher-driven professional development programs.
British Columbia Ministry of Education
A site containing vast resources for educators including many of the ministry's
publications and Better Learning an online magazine for primary and secondary schools.
Macintosh Educator's
Site
Mac resources for schools.
The NEA Web Site
The National Education Association Web site features a search facility, articles on
education, news on the union, resources and more.
TAPPED IN: Teacher Professional Development Institute
A professional development workplace patterned after a real-world conference center, this
site uses a multi-user virtual environment (MUVE) to link K-12 schools, teachers and
researchers.
Teachers Helping Teachers
This site provides teaching tips and other help written by teachers for other teachers.
Topics include new methodologies, special education programs, expertise, stress reduction,
etc.
TeachNet: The Teaching Network
A nonprofit organization which supports innovative teachers who exemplify professionalism,
independence and creativity in public schools. This site has shared curriculums,
opportunities for grants and a discussion section.
Urban Education Web (UEweb)
The site of the Columbia University project offers manuals, brief articles, annotated
bibliographies, reviews, and summaries of publications and conference announcements in
urban education.
The Well-Connected Educator
An online publishing center and forum for the K-12 community to read, write and talk about
educational technology. Articles provide models, strategies, and specific examples of how
to use technology for teaching and learning.
Academic Net
Academic Net directs teachers and administrators to publications and conferences exploring
the intersection of technology and education.
Center for Educational
Outreach and Innovation
The Teachers College at Columbia University site with a newsletter, links, and
information on distance learning and more.
Children, Stress
and Natural Disasters
Resources for teachers to help prepare them for working with children who have been
through a disaster. Check out the guide for teachers.
The Cornell Theory
Center Math and Science Gateway
The Internet can be a great teaching tool, and Cornell University wants to help young
people benefit from the Net's educational potential. The Math and Science Gateway offers
links to excellent educational sites for high school students.
Early Childhood Educators' and
Family Web Corner
This site has articles about controversial topics, news, teleconference schedules,
suggested fun activities, message boards, job listings and links to magazines, newspapers
and more education-related sites.
Education Chat: The
Progressive Educator
A forum intended to be a real-time discussion of education, teaching and schools among the
alternative and progressive education community.
The Educator's Toolkit
A directory of education and art links with links to special education sites as well as
more teaching resources and lesson plan ideas.
Instructor
First-graders and math,and dealing with problem children, are among the topics that this
site by Scholastic.com addresses. There are also articles about classroom management
and curriculum strategies, contests, more.
Intel in Education Home
Page
Intel nurtures the next generation of high-tech developers and its educators. Learn how to
get financial and technological support, including scholarships and funding, job training,
classroom equipment and software.
Media Awareness Network
This site provides parents and teachers with tools to teach media literacy and suggests
ways to convey abstract concepts to kids to help them understand what they see on
television and read in the news.
Mission: Critical
Designed to sharpen critical-thinking skills, this interactive learning tool pairs
instructional text with quizzes designed to demonstrate concepts such as conditional chain
arguments and fallacious appeals.
National Center to Improve Practice in Special Education Through
Technology, Media and Materials
This site introduces special education teachers to technologies that assist students. A
video and a guided tour of two classes illustrate how students use these aids.
National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education
Funded by the U.S. Department of Education and intended to improve language and cultural
education for individuals learning English as a second language, this site focuses on
providing materials, building a network of educators and deploying resources.
Odyssey of the Mind
This site provides methods to teach divergent thinking and problem-solving skills to kids
using challenging activities both inside and outside classroom environments.
PedagoNet Chat
This comprehensive site for teachers offers a forum for sharing course ideas, job
information and support.
The Regional Alliance for
Mathematics and Science Education
A model of how network resources can play a role in developing effective learning
programs, this site is devoted to reforming math, science and technology education in the
United States.
Resources for Kindergarten Teachers
Teacher resources include CD-ROM, book and movie reviews, tips, school reform articles,
and links to other educational sites.
Student and Teachers' Lounge: Web University
A discussion area for students and teachers.
Teachers.Net
A resource for teachers with a reference desk, chat, lesson exchange, news, language and
curriculum resources and information about people and places.
Behavior
This Florida State University site deals with behavior problems in the classroom and
possible solutions for them.
The Behavior
Home Page
This collaboration between the Kentucky Department of Education and the University of
Kentucky provides information about effective behavior-problem practices and the
challenges young people face in school.
Better Classroom
Discipline: 11 Techniques
A site based on A Primer on Classroom Discipline: Principles Old and New by Thomas
McDaniel, with techniques that can be used to achieve effective group management and
control in the classroom.
Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies
This site provides teachers with information on effective behavioral techniques for
educating children and adults.
Discipline By Design: Honor
Level System
A discipline program in use in a number of schools across the United States. Topics
include 11 Techniques for Better Classroom Discipline and Discipline Techniques That
Backfire.
Inappropriate
Behavior: Finding the Function
This site details how a school district's intervention teams zero in on the causes of
inappropriate behavior.
Managing Disruptive
Behavior in Inclusive Classrooms
Vera Daniels goes beyond the standard classroom discipline problems to focus on disruptive
behavior of students with disabilities, and the special approaches needed to correct it.
Positive
Classroom Management
Practical strategies to help teachers at all levels manage classrooms effectively, without
resorting to methods that rob students of their dignity. This site also includes a
step-by-step guide with checklists.
School-Wide Behavioral
Management Systems
An in-depth look at choosing and implementing behavioral systems meant for administrators
by Research Connections, sponsored by the U.S. Office of Special Education Programs.
Special Class: Behavior
Disordered Students
How Taft Middle School of Cedar Falls, Iowa, handles behavior problems.
Stop Student Sexual
Harassment Now
An article from the NEA which gives advice on handling sexual harassment in schools
utilizing a Q&A format and employing examples to clarify the topic.
Consortium for School Networking (CoSN)
A nonprofit organization which promotes the use of telecommunications in K-12 education to
improve learning.
EdWeb
A site which helps teachers find online educational resources around the world, follow
trends in education policy, read computers-in-classroom success stories, etc.
From Now On: Educational Technology Journal
A professional journal for those engaged in the wired classroom, particularly
administrators. Topics include use policies, wired libraries, networks, staff development
and tech planning.
K-5 CyberTrail
Created by public broadcaster WHMT in Troy, N.Y., this site is for K-5 educators has
educational resources, class projects and a look at how innovative elementary schools are
using the Net.
Microsoft in Education
Microsoft's two education-oriented online magazines, The K-12 Connection and Higher
Education with lots of useful and classroom-applicable articles.
Multimedia Teaching
Strategies Project
A site for teachers introducing multimedia technology into the classroom, it offers
resources, concepts, models and a guidebook.
Online Internet Institute
This NSF-funded group helps teachers restructure curriculum to utilize technology in the
curriculum by providing them with a learning environment to support the integration
process.
Outreach: National Center
for Supercomputing Applications
Technical support, general information and financial assistance to schools around the
country from the folks with the really big computers. Offers partnerships with schools and
information kits designed for both administrators and educators.
Professional Development Forum
Hosted by the South Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium, this forum is
about technology in school, and getting feedback from fellow educators.
Responsible
Behavior on the Internet
Based on the work of Arlene Rinaldi of Florida Atlantic University, this Paideia School of
Atlanta site provides a handbook about proper online behavior in the wired classroom.
Sample Technology Plan
A template your school can use to develop a technology plan to meet the requirements of
the Universal Service Fund and the Technology Literacy Challenge with sections on needs
assessments, curriculum integration, etc.
The Scout Report
Info Scout and the InterNIC provides a weekly sampling of the best of newly announced
Internet resources of interest to teachers and administrators at this site.
Technology
Curriculum Integration Ideas
Puzzling over how you can use the resources available through the Net? Try this site, put
together by fellow teachers which covers everything from general principles to specific
courses.
WebTeacher Tutorial
This site provides online training about the basics of using the Web, e-mail, listservs
and newsgroups, creating Web sites, TCP/IP, ftp, Telnet, etc.
WWW Tools For Instructors
A site focusing on the infrastructure tools needed to support delivery of material and the
administration of learning tasks including FAQs, quizzes, grading and teacher/student
interaction.
B.E.N.: The Bilingual ESL Network
Their goal is to connect every bilingual and ESL school and teacher in the world to each
other. It has features for K-12 and university educators.
BiEN: Bilingual
Education Network
This California Department of Education site has information on education issues,
instructional resources, lesson plans, curriculum, and organizations and agencies.
CATESOL: California Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
This organization supports ESL teachers at all levels, from elementary to university, in
California and Nevadaand their site has sections on publications, teacher qualifications,
conferences and jobs.
Dave's ESL Café
A site for ESL teachers, featuring an ESL search engine, online help service, a bookstore
and an FAQ. Teachers might be especially interested in the Chat, Discussion and Ideas
sections.
An EFL
Teacher's Handbook
Brett Reynolds, an EFL teacher in Japan, shares his ideas on how best to teach English to
non-English speakers. He includes his syllabi for junior high students and his lesson
plans in different disciplines.
English as a Second Language
Page
A University of Illinois resource site for adult learners that includes listening and
speaking, reading and writing, ESL-related information, English language schools and an
ESL Teachers' Corner.
ESL
Teacher Connection
This interactive site provides an open forum for ESL teachers to share successful class
activities and lesson plans with other teachers.
The ESLoop
A Webring devoted to ESL, the participating sites feature English-language teaching and
learning, student projects and activities, scholarly papers, English for Science and
Technology, and job openings.
FLES Web
A good site for teachers using computers in teaching foreign languages to young students,
this site provides links to Computer Assisted Language Learning, government, K-12 training
resources etc.
A Grade Above's Helpful
Web Sites
A site with standard editing resources such as Elements of Style and general tips such as
editing and proofreading strategies.
The Internet TESL Journal
This monthly e-zine for teachers of English as a second language has a number of articles,
research papers, lesson plans, classroom handouts, teaching ideas and links to other
sites.
Kristina Pfaff-Harris' Linguistic
Funland
With links and resources for language teaching and learning, and linguistics study, this
site is a good starting point for finding information on teaching English and other
languages.
Language Policy
Web Site
Teachers can keep up with issues affecting their profession at this site. Among the topics
covered are the English Only movement, bilingual education, endangered languages, and
language rights in the U.S.
National Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education (NCLE)
This resource site funded by the U.S. Department of Education contains newsletters, FAQs,
ERIC Digests, books and an e-mail forum for the discussion of ESL topics.
NCBE: National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education
This site for educators from George Washington University and the U.S. Department of
Education has an extensive library, searchable database, lesson plans, success stories and
tech assistance.
NETEACH-L
Online forum where international EFL/ESL teachers can discuss issues related to using the
Internet as an educational tool.
On-Line English Grammar
A free resource for English as a Second Language usage, this database can be accessed
either through the search engine or through the table of contents.
Planet English
A site for learners and teachers of English features a search facility, chats, message
boards, job opportunities, tutoring situations, books, software and more.
Port-Edu
Teachers are welcome to add their own thoughts to the ongoing discussions at this
interactive Swiss site for ESL/EFL teachers. There is also a wealth of information and
practical ideas for teaching.
Resources
for Teachers
The University of Washington ESL Center maintains this collection of links featuring
resources for teachers of ESL/EFL.
Resources for Teachers of English
for Science and Technology (EST)
This site acts as a central resource for teachers specializing in this sub-area of EFL.
Schools on the Web
Find out what others are doing in ESL through this page which carries descriptions and
links for school Web sites that share information, ideas and resources related to
culturally and linguistically diverse students.
Spanish
and Bilingual Books Search
This California State University search engine lets the user find Spanish/English books by
title, subject, author, publisher and grade level.
TESL Canada
The home page of Canada's national federation of English as a Second Language teachers,
learners and learner advocates has a journal, job offerings, publication links and
learners pages.
TESOL Online
This international organization, Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages,
promotes scholarship, disseminates information, and advocates credentialed instruction,
quality programming and teaching standards.
Top Language
Groups for LEP Students
Links to resources relating to the most common language groups for limited English
proficient students in the U.S. Languages include Spanish, Vietnamese, Hmong, Chinese,
Cambodian and Korean
AERO: The Alternative Education
Resource Organization
This site is for people who want to change education to a more empowering and holistic
form, and for those who want to start new community schools or change existing schools.
ALE: The
Alternative Learning Exchange
This Netherlands group facilitates communication between adults and children of different
countries and cultures who are interested in alternatives to traditional systems of
education.
The Alternative Higher
Education Network
The network is a forum for the discussion of alternative education, a provider of tools
for assessment of existing programs within the schools and a resource for the creation of
new programs.
The Dalton School
Information on the Massachusetts school founded in 1919 by Helen Parkhurst after
experimentation in her own one-room school with Maria Montessori.
John Dewey
This site offers a brief overview of his life and works.
John Dewey : Links
This site provides links to information about John Dewey, his writings and examples of his
influence.
Paul Goodman
A site on one of the icons of the alternative education movement, it also includes an
extensive essay on Goodman.
Great Ideas in Education
Home of Holistic Education Press, Psychology Press and Resource Center for Redesigning
Education, and publishers of the Holistic Education Review and other books on educational
renewal and of educational tests.
The Informal Education Homepage
Based on the belief that learning is a lifelong process in which people learn from
everyday experience, IE works through, and is driven by, conversation, involves exploring
and enlarging experience and takes place in any setting.
Jonathan Kozol
One of the leading lights in contemporary education reform is given attention at this
archive of speeches, interviews and essays.
LeARN
California's professional organization for educational alternatives maintains this
communications network to keep people informed about resources, news items, legislation,
events of interest and calls to action.
National Service-Learning
Cooperative Clearinghouse
The NSLC assists K-12 Learn and Serve America-funded programs and other educators and
community agencies to develop and expand service-learning opportunities.
The New School Homepage
The Delaware alternative school operates on the belief that every person desires to learn,
and to become a responsible adult, children must have the liberty to practice being
responsible.
Odyssey of the Mind
A nonprofit program that teaches divergent thinking and problem-solving skills to kids
using challenging activities both inside and outside classroom environments.
The Progressive
Educator
A resource for those interested in progressive education. Alternative education,
negotiated curriculum, Montessori and home schooling are some of the discussion areas.
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