These sites have been selected from recommended lists, professional journals and other Internet librarians. Let us know if you discover a site that is helpful and not included here. Also, let us know if a link is not working.
There are lots of great resources available from the district home page.
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You can sign up to receive Cable in the Classroom program highlights that relate to the subject(s) you select -sent directly to your e-mail box twice a month. Visit the home page sign up for this free service. From here you can also link directly to each programmer's online support materials. Select Programming & Resources and then click on Support Materials. |
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Ask ERIC-personalized, Internet-based question answering service for k-12 educators |
History/SocStudies for Teachers - encourages use of Internet as a tool for learning and teaching; provides help in locating and using the Internet resources |
Online Resources-links to sites in World History, US History,Countries and general resources |
| BBC Education-there are 24 subject categories; in each catergory are sub-categories for sites appropriate for ages 11-16, 16-18 and lesson plans | HyperStudio Stacks-using a free plug-in tool from the Roger Wagner Web site students may publish their work on the school web site | Prentice-Hall School-offers curriculum resources such as Internet activities and curriculum support in foreign languages, math, science, health, social studies, and language arts |
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Best Web Sites for Teachers-a new release with improvements; original 750 sites were reviewed and additions made |
IBM K-12 Homepage-features a link each week |
Online Class-interested in integrating the Internet into your curriculum, but want something already organized and ready to go? |
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Big 6 Skills for Information Problem Solving-provides a system to help students make use of the information overload. The best available, created by Eisenberg and Berkowitz, a librarian-teacher team |
ICONnect-includes on-line courses and lists of relevant curriculum web sites; also listservs focused on integrating the Internet into the K-12 curriculum and technical support to navigate the Internet |
PBSTeacherSource-lesson plans, guides, activities; access to curriculum, professional development and community resources provided by PBS stations across the country |
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BlueWeb'N-offers a comprehensive collection of research projects organized into subject areas and grade levels |
IECC-Classroom Connections-helps teachers and classes link with partners in other countries and cultures for e-mail classroom pen-pal and project exchanges |
San Diego Zoo:Intern Quest-students or whole classroom of students can participate by becoming "Virtual Interns" linked with one of the interns at the Zoo |
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Brains-practical classroom applications of current brain research |
Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections- Link with partners in other countries and cultures for e-mail classroom pen-pal and project exchanges |
Scout Report-shows you the way to the best resources on the Internet. It's updated weekly by librarians and educators, looking for online resources most valuable to the education community |
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Busy Teachers-a rich resource of lesson plans and classroom activities arranged by subject |
Internet Projects Registry - The Internet Projects Registry is a clearinghouse for collaborative projects from across the globe; this tool helps you locate projects by Age Level, Project Start Date, or Curriculum Area(s), Technologies Used, and Project Levels. |
Smithsonian Institution-offers lesson plans in art, language arts, social studies and science; pictures and documents on-line can be downloaded and used with lesson plans and activities |
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Classroom Connect-bi-weekly listing of new and useful sites for K-12 educators. Move to the homepage to see other useful places at this site |
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators a classified list of Web sites "found to be useful for enhancing curriculum and teacher professional growth,: updated daily, user-friendly |
Study Web-useful if you want your students to do on-line research; offers many areas of academic research, a list of teacher mailing lists from classroom management to relieving stress |
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Discovering Computers-a high level web-enhance textbook, including audio, interactive chapter reviews, and lab exercises |
Key Curriculum Press-a great site for math educators who work with math software such as The geometer's Sketchpad. A Java Sketchpad attracts even reluctant students |
Teach-nology-many tools including one that generates 14 different types of rubrics and one that creates different graphic organizers |
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Education World-features an education-specific search engine with links to more than 100,000 sites |
Learning with Mystery-lesson plans and ideas for using mysteries in the classroom |
Teachers First-offers lesson plans and links to use for research; has a page with tips for first-year teachers |
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Educators' Oasis - an outstanding site for professional resources and support for teachers |
Lesson Plans/Resources for Social Studies-a professor of Secondary Ed at CSU gathered lesson plans and resources from the Internet for social studies teachers |
Teachers.Net-offers voluminous reference materials, a lesson plan exchange, and a chatroom for educators |
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EdWeb-an intelligent, detailed, informal and practical guide, both to education-related issues concerning the Internet, and to educational resources on the Web |
Library Media Center Standards-covers all aspects of the LM program; from Minnesota |
Today in History and Today in History Archives offers a presentation from the Library of Congress of historic facts highlighted by items from the American Memory:Historical Collections of the National Digital Library, a full-text collection of primary resources. |
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ERIC-lots of lesson plan ideas organized by curriculum area |
Literary Calendar-click on a day of the month of this calendar, and find out about an important literary event that occurred on that day in history |
Translation Service-connect to Babel Fish on Alta Vista and translate anything |
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Fast Facts-describes and explains results of research showing relationship between research skills use of libraries and student achievement |
MarcoPolo - Learn about and access the high-quality, standards-based lesson plans, student activities, reviewed Web sites |
UMUC-Bell Atlantic Virtual
Resource Site for Teaching with Technology-a good place to acquaint
yourself with the technologies needed for |
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4Teachers-great stuff on integrating technology, but the best is Rubistar (located under Tools) |
MarketingTeacher.com-Marketing links and free mini-lessons are available at this site. |
The Web as a Research Tool-covers setting goals, finding resources, focus for exploring and applying strategies |
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From Now On-a journal of educational technology |
Media Literacy-a support service for teachers concerned with the influence of media in the lives of children and youth |
WebQuest-requires students to work in teams to develop solutions to problems and responses to challenges |
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Gateway to Ed. Materials-access to valuable classroom and learning materials |
Mining Company-links to various teacher resources, as well as information on coop learning, block scheduling and job openings |
What's What on the Web-a site dedicated to helping people find new and useful Internet resources. |
| HistoryNet-a joint effort of America's largest publisher of history magazines and the National Historical Society |
NOVA-find ideas from fellow teachers for bringing NOVA into the classroom |
WorLD-Join on-line communities to expand distance learning, enhance understanding, support economic and social development, and train teachers. |