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U.S. Department of
Education
http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml?src=a
Education Week
http://www.edweek.org/ew/index.html
A resource offered on Education Week’s home page, this site
provides 200 links to major associations involved in education
policy or education reform. An alphabetical listing of sites
allows users to search known organizations, and a browsable
list is available as well. Also included are links to
government agencies involved in education and education
reform.
Yahoo! Education:
Organizations
http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/Organizations/
Like all Yahoo subject pages, this site offers a menu that
classifies organizations by subject first and then includes an
alphabetical list within each category. Categories include alumnai associations, arts,
business, early childhood education, financial aid, higher
education, K-12, languages, lesbian, gay and bisexual,
literacy, math, music, online teaching and learning, women,
and many others.
Association for Library
Service to Children
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/alscresources/booklists/booklists.htm
Author Studies Homepage
http://www2.scholastic.com/teachers/authorsandbooks/authorstudies/authorstudies.jhtml
Birth to 6 Booklists--Hennepin County
Library
http://www.hclib.org/BirthTo6/Booklists.cfm
Camel’s Hump Radio
http://www.vpr.net/camelshump/
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature
Site
http://www.carolhurst.com/index.html
The CCBC: Cooperative Children's Book Center
http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/
The CCBC supports teaching, learning and research related to
children’s and young adult literature.
Children's and Young
Adults' Books & Media Awards
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/awards2.htm
Children’s Authors & Illustrators on the Web
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html
Children's Books
http://www.slco.lib.ut.us/children.htm
Children's Books UK Info
http://www.cbuk.info/
Children's Literature Authors and
Illustrators
http://www.clau.org/authgen.htm
The Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children’s Book Award
http://homepage.mac.com/crowleyvt/dcfaward/dcf/pages/2005/2005winner.html
The Five Owls
http://www.fiveowls.com/
Green Mountain Book Award
http://dol.state.vt.us/gopher_root5/libraries/gmba/GMBA.HTM
The Horn Book
http://www.hbook.com/
Literature for Children
http://palmm.fcla.edu/juv/
A collection of the treasures of children's literature
published largely in the United States and Great Britain from
before 1850 to beyond 1950.
Oyate
http://www.oyate.org/
Picturing Books: Using Picture Books
http://picturingbooks.imaginarylands.org/using/using.html
Red Clover Award
http://www.mothergooseprograms.org/lit_red_clover_overview.php
SurLaLune Fariy Tales
http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/
A portal to the realm of fairy tale and folklore studies
featuring 45 annotated fairy tales, including their
histories, similar tales across cultures, and over 1,400
illustrations.
S.C.O.R.E. CyberGuides: Teacher Guides and Student
Activities
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html
Sponsored by Schools of California Online Resources for
Education, each guide has a student and teacher edition,
standards, an assignment and process by which it may be
completed, and teacher-selected websites. The site focuses
on literary titles; teaching activities and ideas are often
interdisciplinary in nature.
TeachingBooks
http://www.teachingbooks.net/booklists.cgi
Sharing the spirit of children's literature with
thematic booklists
Vermont Reads
http://www.vermonthumanities.org/
Web English Teacher
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/index.html
Education World
http://www.education-world.com/
This site is a comprehensive website with a K-12 focus. It
offers materials on curriculum, lesson planning, model
schools, employment listings, school and university
directories, international education organizations, and other
resources through a search engine database that indexes
115,000 educational sites.
Galaxy: Education
http://www.galaxy.com/cgi-bin/dirlist?node=23940
A guide to international education information and services.
Though more commercial than most comprehensive education
websites, this ones has a great deal of material to offer
those interested in getting an overview of education resources
on the Internet. Links to resources in various education
subcategories and other academic fields are provided as well.
The Literacy Web
http://www.literacy.uconn.edu
This site offers an extensive collection of online
literacy-related materials covering a full range of topics
from assessment to technology, along with curriculum links for
preschoolers through adults, including ESL.
Yahoo! Education Index
http://dir.yahoo.com/education/index.html
Listed in categories by level and subject with many links
available for each item. Always up-to-date and maintained and
providing quality websites.
A-to-Z Teacher Stuff
http://atozteacherstuff.com/
This site is
teacher-created and offers lesson plans, thematic units,
teacher tips, teacher discussion forums, downloadable teaching
materials & eBooks, printable worksheets, emergent reader
books, themes, and more.
Ask ERIC Lesson Plans
http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/index.shtml
The Lesson Plans contain
1,000 lesson plans written and submitted by teachers from all
over the US. By searching the archive, one can link to other
sources of Internet lesson plans.
CEC Lesson Plans
http://www.col-ed.org/cur/
This site includes more than 600 teacher-created lesson plans.
They are organized by major subject area, then by grade
levels.
Educational Software Preview Guide
http://www-ed.fnal.gov/espg/
ESPG
is
designed especially for educators seeking software for preview
and lists over 1,000 titles of favorably reviewed software for
PreK-12 classroom use. Information indicated for each title
includes platform, grade level, instructional mode, a brief
description of each product, and publisher contact
information.
The Gateway to Educational
Materials
http://www.thegateway.org
Sponsored by the US Department of Education, this site
provides thousands of selected links from various federal,
state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites.
i-Safe America
http://www.isafe.org/
The leader in Internet safety education
Lesson Plans Library
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/
A categorized list of
sites on the Internet found to be useful for enhancing
curriculum and teacher professional growth
The Lessons Plan Page
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/
Claiming to be ‘home of the largest collection of lesson plans
on the Internet', this teacher-centered site is very well
organized and easily searchable. Users who click on a subject
are offered subdivisions by grade-level. Lessons generally
focus on the elementary level.
NWREL’s Library in
the Sky
http://www.nwrel.org/sky/
Sponsored by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory,
this site pulls together 10,000 links to
educational resources for students, teachers,
parents, and librarians. Students can also search
under the "Fun" topic for educational games,
electronic penpals, discussion groups and virtual field trips.
Read, Write, Think
http://www.readwritethink.org
Provides educators and students with access to
the highest quality practices and resources in reading and
language arts instruction through free, Internet-based
content.
Smithsonian Education
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/
Smithsonian Education represents their ongoing support of
academic endeavors. The Educators section offers many fine
models of lesson plans in relation to discipline and
grade-level standards.
Teachable Moment
http://www.teachablemoment.org/
TeachableMoment.Org provides educators with timely
teaching ideas to encourage critical thinking on issues of the
day and foster a positive classroom environment. Topical
activities are available for elementary school, middle school,
and high school levels.
Teachers Helping
Teachers
http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/
This free, nonprofit site provides basic teaching tips to
inexperienced teachers, new ideas in methodologies for all
teachers, and a forum for teachers to share their ideas and
expertise with colleagues around the world.
Teachnet.Com
http://www.teachnet.com/
Started in August 1995 by an elementary school teacher and her
husband, this site includes lesson plans, curriculum-related
links to subjects, and a Teacher-2-Teacher discussion list.
Lesson plans, teaching tips, and classroom techniques are the
primary focus.
Teach-nology.com
http://www.teach-nology.com/
TeAch-nology.com offers teachers free access to 19,000 lesson
plans, 5,600 printable worksheets, over 200,000 reviewed web
sites, 50+ teaching articles, 60 teaching themes, rubrics,
educational games, teaching tips, advice from expert teachers,
current education news, teacher downloads, web quests, and
teacher tools for creating exciting classroom instruction.
The WebQuest Page
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/
A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity for students, which
includes information from the World Wide Web. Short term
quests lasting 1-3 class periods are focused on learners
acquiring a new body of knowledge and digesting it. Long-term
quests last from a week to a month and are designed to have
students learn and integrate knowledge. They will be able to
analyze content, transform it and demonstrate comprehension in
a public setting.
Web Sites and Resources
for Teachers
http://www.sitesforteachers.com/
Created by two elementary education professors at California
State University, Northridge, this site offers curriculum
resources for Language Arts, Social Studies, Math, Science,
Art, Music, Just for Kids, Languages, Physical Education, New
Sites, Our Books, and Awards. Under these categories one finds
lesson plans, instructional materials, online activities and
projects, and virtual trips to museums and countries around
the world.
WWW4teachers
http://www.4teachers.org
This site contains many tools for teachers. The Trackster
search engine allows teachers to organize and annotate online
resources, which become part of the database. Instructors can
find resources by keyword, subject and grade, themes and
standards. .
Yahooligans
http://www.yahooligans.com/
The Yahoo-type site for kids is a great place for educators to
find age-appropriate Internet materials to supplement their
lesson plans. Subject menus include Around the World, Arts &
Entertainment, Computers & Games, School Bell, Science &
Nature, and Sports & Recreation. T
American School
Directory
http://www.asd.com/asd/asdhome.htm
The American School Directory provides a searchable database
that allows users to locate Web sites for more than 70,000
schools. One can search by school name, state, or American
School Directory number. The site also offers county or
district comparisons of schools once users select a city and a
state. This is a good site, however, for
parents or student teachers looking for employment or
relocation information.
American Universities
http://www.clas.ufl.edu/CLAS/american-universities.html
Maintained by Mike Conlon at the University of Florida, this
site contains an alphabetical list of colleges and
universities in the United States. The site also links to a
list of international universities, Canadian universities, and
community colleges.
College and University
Home Pages-Alphabetical Listing
http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/cdemello/univ.html
This site links users to the Web sites of most colleges and
universities. The list now contains more than 3,000 entries.
Colleges and universities are organized alphabetically and
geographically. This Web site can be a valuable supplement to
college catalogs and print directories, allowing users to
locate admissions, departmental, and faculty information at
numerous academic institutions’ sites.
College &
University Rankings-University of Illinois
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/rankings.htm
This site pulls together and lists the better-known ranking
Web sites, classifying links by undergraduate and graduate
level programs. The Caution and Controversy page provides
links to authoritative, informed discussions about college and
university ranking online.
The Virtual Reference
Desk
http://www.webjunction.org/do/Navigation?category=11649
This site features AskA Services that offer assistance for
students or parents rather than educators. Users can send
questions to this service to find information and answers
about school subjects and research topics. Through the AskA
Locator service, one can find and contact qualified experts by
consulting a database and then filling out a form. This
service is meant to supplement local library and media
information resources for students and teachers.
The Educational CyberPlayGround
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com
This site provides a "webliography" of links to
educational resources on various subjects. A fun and easy way
to navigate the Web for students, teachers, and new Web users.
GED 556
http://academics.smcvt.edu/kschaw/sites.htm
A list of notable sites compiled by Kathy Schaw who teaches
GED556
Rubistar
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
RubiStar is a tool to help the teacher
who wants to use rubrics but does not have the time to develop
them from scratch.
Directory of State
Higher Education Agencies
http://www.sheeo.org
Sponsored by the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO),
a nonprofit, nationwide association of chief executive
officers serving on statewide coordinating boards and
governing boards of postsecondary education, this resource
provides addresses and contact information for state higher
education agencies.
Higher Education
Research Institute
http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/heri/heri.html
The Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) is based in the
Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA.
It serves as an interdisciplinary center for research,
evaluation, information, policy studies, and research training
in postsecondary education.
World
Lecture Hall
http://www.utexas.edu/world/lecture/index.html
Sponsored by the University of Texas, this site contains links
to pages created by faculty worldwide who are using the Web to
deliver class materials. An extensive list of academic
subjects is arranged alphabetically. The site also includes a
translation service for items in different languages. This
site allows users to examine syllabi in a variety of academic
courses, shows the type of Web-based instruction occurring at
various institutions, and provides access to ongoing
distance-education initiatives worldwide.
Vermont
Institutes
http://www.vermontinstitutes.org/
A partnership supporting teacher quality
and school leadership in Vermont.
VITA - LEARN
http://www.vita-learn.org/
VITA-Learn is a non-profit, charitable corporation whose
mission is to promote and encourage the use of information
technology to meet Vermont's educational goals and standards.
AERA-SIG: Education
Journals and News
http://aera-cr.ed.asu.edu/links.html
Sponsored by Arizona State University’s College of
Education, this Web page offers 24 direct links to selected
e-journals in education. The site administrators have included
only links to electronic journals that are scholarly,
peer-reviewed, full text and accessible without cost.
Australian Journals
Online-Education
http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/ausejour/educate.html
Sponsored by the National Library of Australia, a body similar
to the US Library of Congress, this site has more than 40
online Australian titles devoted to education issues. It
provides an alphabetical list that links to each title’s
URL, ISSN number, contact person and annotated descriptions.
The Education Trust
http://www.edtrust.org
Promotes high academics in schools and colleges serving
low-income minorities.
CEC Information Center on
Disabilities and Gifted Education
http://ericec.org
Information and Resources for students with disabilities and
gifted students.
International
Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement
http://www.iea.nl
Conducts comparative educational studies to aid in education
reformation.
Laboratory for Student
Success
http://www.temple.edu/LSS
Research for human development and education.
Learning First Alliance
http://www.learningfirst.org
"Dedicated to improving student learning in America’s
public schools."
Mid-continent Research
for Education and Learning
http://www.mcrel.org
McREL’s Mission Statement: Making a Difference in the
Quality of Education and Learning for All…
National Assessment
Governing Board
http://nagb.org
Created by Congress to evaluate schools and their progress
with links to "The Nation’s Report Card".
National Center for
Research and Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing
http://www.cse.ucla.edu
A site for parents, students, and teachers alike with a
library of resources, job postings, standardized testing
information, and links to related sites.
National Council for
the Social Studies
http://www.socialstudies.org/standards/
A site that highlights the standards for social studies
curriculums, as well as an online bookstore, conferences, a
discussion board, associated groups and the latest news.
National and
International Association for Supervision and Curriculum
Development
http://www.ascd.org
This official site of the ASCD includes the latest news from
the organization. Listings of featured resources and
publications, upcoming conferences, forums, and links to
related sites.
North Central Regional
Educational Laboratory
http://www.ncrel.org
Working toward improving the nation’s schools.
Northwest Regional
Educational Laboratory
http://www.nwrel.org
Working to improve education for people of all ages through
assessment and evaluation
RAND Education
http://www.rand.org/centers/education
Dedicated to research concerning reform in public schools.
Also, describes the assessments the RAND Organization
conducts.
Trends in
International Mathematics and Sciences Study
http://www.timss.org
Compares state math and science achievement scores with 40
other countries.
The Condition of
Education (Annual) http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/majorpub.asp
A link to the National Center for Education Statistics site,
this is the electronic version of an annual report submitted
to Congress. This comprehensive compendium describes the
current status and recent progress of education in the US,
summarizing major education statistics on the status and
progress at all levels of schooling, from preprimary to
graduate.
Grapevine
http://coe.ilstu.edu/grapevine/
Maintained by a professor of educational administration and
foundations at Illinois State University, this site offers a
national database of support for higher education. By clicking
on a particular state, one receives a statistical report for
appropriations of tax funds for operating expenses of higher
education, 1997-998 and 1998-99 for that state.
National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES)
http://nces.ed.gov/
Part of the US Department of Education, the NCES collects,
analyzes, and disseminates data and statistics about education
in the US. It contains an archive of government statistical
reports, most of which are available free of charge in .pdf
format.
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