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ASCD Resources

Smart Brief

InfoBrief

Classroom Leadership newsletters

Journal of Curriculum and Supervision

PD Online

ASCD Search Service

Health in Education

First Amendment Schools 

Lexicon of Learning

Idea Exchange

 

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Teacher Resources

AOL@School

Ask an Expert

Awesome Library

Blue Web'n Learning Sites Library

Busy Teachers' Website K-12

Children's Literature Data Base

Children's Software Revue (evaluates software field-tested by teachers, students, and parents)

Classroom Connect (support for schools creating text-based home pages on the Web)

Columbia Education Center Lesson Plans

Connections+

Computer Learning Foundation (funding information, lesson plans, resource guide)

DiscoverySchool.com (lots of resources plus a link to Kathy Schrock's Resources for Teachers)

Education World

AskERIC (articles, lesson plans, and books on the Internet)

Edutopia (no-cost subscription to newsletter helping teachers and students envision new uses of multimedia tools - George Lucas Education Foundation)

Electronic Ellis Island

Fairhaven Turn of the Century Museum, Bellingham, WA

From Now On (FNO) - Jamie McKenzie

Global Grocery

International Education and Resource Network (IEARN)

International Electronic Journal for Leadership in Learning (IEJLL)

Judi Harris Web site Electronic Emissary Project (matches K-12 classes with subject matter experts)

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators

Looking At Student Work

NOAA Research Office of Global Programs (OGP)

Oregon Trail

PBS Teacher Source

Project Based Learning

Project Bartleby

Scholastic Network (teaching ideas for integrated interdisciplinary studies)

Sites for Teachers (Another list of resources)

Teachers College Record

Teachers First

Teachers.Net

TeacherNet.com

TeacherVision

Technology and Information Educational Services (a consortium with tips for staff development and online project recommendations)

TIES - Connecting Education & Technology

Writer's Corner (National Endowment of the Arts)

Yahooligans - Teacher Resources

 

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Web-Building Projects

Global Schoolhouse (for schools without servers designing home pages with graphics)

Yahoo (education section)

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Curriculum Enhancement

Art

ArtsEdge (education on the arts and performing arts)

Getty Center (resources and lesson plans from the)

Civilized Explorer: Art on the Internet (awesome list of art-related web pages)

Cornell Theory Center Arts and Sciences Gateway (K-12 resources for arts and social sciences)

Louvre Web Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum

World Art Treasures (images from around the world)

Young Audiences of Massachusetts

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Foreign Language

ERIC Clearinghouse on Language and Linguistics

Language Links - Materials for teachers and learners of language

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

Massachusetts Foreign Language Association

Center for Applied Linguistics

Nanduti: Early Foreign Language Learning K-8 Resource

FL Teach Foreign Language Teaching Forum

National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center

Joint National Committee for Languages & the National Council for Languages & International Studies

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Journalism

CNN Education Page
(daily newscasts, lesson plans, quiz items, and though-provoking questions)

CRAYON (helps kids create their own newspapers using links to real information sites)
 

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Literature

Children's Poetry

Giggle Poetry

Internet School Library Media Center (ISLMC) Poetry for Children

Kristine George's Children's Poetry Corner

Pirates Don't Wear Pink

Poetry for Kids by Kenn Nesbitt

Poetry for the Elementary Classroom

Library of Congress (Books online, special collections, cultural exhibits)

Purdue Online Writing Lab

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Math

FunBrain

Los Alamos National Laboratory interactive site

Math Journal

PBS Teacher Source

A+ Math Interactive flashcards

Mathgoodies

Ask Dr. Math (Swarthmore College math students answer K-12 math questions)

StudyWorks for Math (puzzles, worksheets, discussions, etc.)

 

Secondary and Higher Education Math

Calculus

Finite math and applied calculus

Calculus Net

Calculus, linear algebra, engineering mathematics and more

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Music

Instrumental Music Teacher Resources

MENC: The National Association for Music Education

Music Teachers National Association Homepage

Music Is . . . (and the Value of Music in Education)

Music Education Online

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Physical Education

Fitness Jumpsite

Paleastra - Physical Education, Sports and Recreation for individuals with disabilities

Physical Education Web Ring

Human Kinetics - Journal of Teaching in Physical Education

Shape Up America

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Reference Material

Encyclopedia Britannica Online

Librarian's Ready Reference Guide to the Internet

Hints for Posting Your Projects Online from Houghton Mifflin

Education World

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence

50 States and Capitals

Knowledge Hound

Library in the Sky

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Science

American Chemical Society

NCSA Chem Viz

Paul's Chemistry Lab

Chem Tutor

Chemistry Pointers

The Apollo Mission to the Moon

Exploratorium (a San Francisco museum)

Hotlist (resource list of science sites for K-8)

Houghton Mifflin Interactive for Nature Lovers

The Mad Scientist Network (graduate and medical students at Washington University in St. Louis answer questions in many areas of science)

NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration

National Biological Information Infrastructure

National Health Science Career Path Model 

Science Teachers' Resource Center

Smithsonian Institution (links to exhibits from natural history museum, gem and mineral collections and the National Arboretum)

NASA (daily updates on NASA's space missions)

Virtual TeleGarden (users plant and tend to plants through telerobotics)

The Weather Unit

Wildlife Conservation Society (based at the Bronx Zoo)

Wilton (CT) High School chemistry site

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Social Studies, Politics & Geography

Geography World

National Geographic

News and other links in Geography

United Nations CyberSchool Bus

Satellite Images from Space by Microsoft

Gateway to Antarctica

The History Net

National Archives and Records Administration

Eyewitness History

The American Memory: Historical Collections from the National Digital Library

History/Social Studies Site for Teachers

The National Council for the Social Studies

CNN's All Politics Site

The Awesome Library

Thomas (named for Thomas Jefferson; links to government Web sites such as the House, Senate, Congressional Record and Library of Congress)

U.S. Census

The White House

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Theatre

Info about the Bard's Globe Theater

Association for the Advancement of Arts Education - The Theatre Education Literature Review

Children's Theatre/Creative Drama

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Multiple Subjects

Ask-An-Expert (more than 200 Web sites and e-mail addresses that link to information in a variety of content areas)
 

Lesson Plans

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Professional Development

WWW 4 Teachers (resources for integrating technology in the classroom)

Center for Children and Technology (examines the role that technology plays in teaching and learning)

Computer Learning Foundation™ (a clearinghouse of information on using technology effectively with children)

National Education Association

Online Classes (Antioch classes that teach teachers to guide students on the Internet)

Tammy's Technology Tips (Technology Tips for Teachers)

TECHNOS (a quarterly publication that provides a forum for the discussion of educational technology issues)

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Assessment and Standards-based Learning

Anne Davies - Classroom Connections

ASCD - Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

Understanding By Design - Jay McTighe & Grant Wiggins

Dimensions of Learning


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