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Educational Resource Links:
General Lists of K-12 Resources:
» Florida Information Resource Network
A Web site offering pointers to many Internet sites of value to educators.
» Global Campus
Curriculum materials.
» Institute for Learning Technologies (Columbia)
Excellent articles and many projects making good use of new technologies in schools.
» TENET
The Texas Educational Network provides resources for teaching and learning as well a national listing of all (known) WWW School sites.
Educational Reform:
» SEDL
» Pathways to School Improvement
Teaching:
» TeachNET
Arts Resources:
» The Thinker
Of all the large national museums, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco have been the most generous in sharing their collections. Instead of a few dozen pictures intended to lure you into their museum, this site offers 60,000 images which are word searchable. A great site!
» WebMuseum
An extensive collection with hundreds of excellent paintings along with quite interesting biographical and interpretive sketches.
Creativity Resources:
» Critical Thinking Resources
English:
» Children's Literature
» Electronic Poetry Center
» NCTE Homepage
» Shakespeare WEB
» Short Stories
Most of the Classics.
Foreign Language Resources:
» Yahoo on Languages
Libraries and Research:
» Internet Public Library
» Library of Congress Educator's Page
A page full of resources to help teachers and students learn about using the primary source materials available online.
» Library of Congress Learning Page
An online gateway to the digital collections of the Library of Congress.
» The Surfin' Librarian - CyberSchool Magazine
A thorough and substantial listing of information resources available on the Net.
Math and Science Resources:
» Math Forum
» Eight Planets Tour
A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System by Bill Arnett. "The pages describe each of the planets and major moons in our solar system in the light of that knowledge. Each page has text and images, some have sounds and movies, most provide references to additional related information."
» Science and Math Resources
The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (ENC). Lesson plans, data and information for math and science teachers.
» Volcano World
This NASA sponsored site "delivers high quality remote sensing images, other data, and interactive experiments that add depth, variety and currency to existing volcano information sources."
Social Studies and History Resources:
» History Net
Excellent articles about historical events.
» Library of Congress Educator's Page
A page full of resources to help teachers and students learn about using the primary source materials available online.
» Library of Congress Learning Page
An online gateway to the digital collections of the Library of Congress.
» NCSS Home Page
» NCSS for the Classroom
» WEB for HS Social Studies Teachers
This is a wonderful introduction to the World Wide Web's possibilities for social studies classes. You will find a series of pages which include many exciting articles and resources as well as an explanation of how to employ these resources in a student centered fashion It was created by two teachers at the International School in Amsterdam.
Special Education Resources:
» Yahoo's Special Education Listings
» LD Online: The Interactive Guide to Learning Disabilities
LD OnLine offers information and ideas about learning disabilities for parents, teachers, and children. Features include the ABCs of learning disabilities and attention deficit disorder, a national calendar, audio clips from experts, artwork and essays by children with learning differences, research findings, bullletin boards, a resource guide, and in-depth information on dyslexia, ADD, and more. It's the official site of the Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities.
Web Site Resources:
» HTML Primer
» World Wide Web Page Design
An excellent article from T.H.E. Journal.