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Table of Contents
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- Instructions
on how to navigate this document
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- Teacher/Classroom
resources for connecting technology to
curriculum
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- Educational
resources by subject area
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- Teacher/classroom
resources
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- General
Resources
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- These are primarily resources to aid teachers in the tools
and possibilities of the Internet for educators, with examples
of possible Web activities and tools for the classroom.
Bernie
Dodge's WebQuests
- The technology educator extraordinaire's own home page;
his professional focus is on the design, implementation and
evaluation of computer-based learning environments. His page
links us to his courses and some of his creations, in
particular, about WebQuests,
as well as some examples
from Kathy Schrock's Guide.
- http://edweb.sdsu.edu/People/BDodge/BDodge.html
- ICONnect:
Home Page
- Librarians, teachers and students will find the tools to
navigate the Web here: courses, curriculum connections,
mini-grants, KidsConnect and Kids FAQ
- http://ala.org/ICONN/index.html
- Global
Connections
- This site contains examples and resources for
teachers of simple ways to utilize the Internet, a wide
range of tools and resources for the classroom, sample
lessons, an example of a on-line homework hotline and the
beginnings of "hold your hand" instruction sheets to
introduce new users to the Internet.
- http://www.sonic.net/bantam1/GC.html
- Classroom Connect on the
Net
- If their site is even only half as good as their
magazine, you may not want to start anyplace else on the
web. Links to classroom pages, teacher contacts, special
search engines, on-line materials, live-talks and more.
- http://www.classroom.net
- Kathy
Schrock's Guide for Educators
- That this site is recommended by Classroom Connect comes
as no surprise. It has a clear and comprehensive table of
contents that goes beyond just listings of links by
categories. It has articles,slide shows lessons and info on
how to conduct a search. Over 3,000 links.
- http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/
- Scavenger
Hunts
- A wide range of Internet scavenger hunts. A great way to
teach your students how to searches on the Internet. Many
different levels and subject areas.
- http://kidsnetgames.miningco.com/msub40.htm
- Discovery
Channel School
- Designed to assist you in getting the most out of the
Discovery Channel and the learning Channel, focus's on on
line info and support for many forms of technology,
including video, TV and on-line materials. Be sure to go to
'Puzzlemaker' and tryout the crossword puzzles section.
- http://school.discovery.com/
- The History
Channel
- An excellent resource for classroom support,
particularly by using the TV listings search feature by
topic. Its only limit is that you can only search for the
current month, making long term planning difficult.
- http://www.historychannel.com
- HiPMag
Online
- HiP Magazine is an award-winning non-profit publication
for today's deaf & hard of-hearing kids (and their
pals), ages 8 to 14 years old.
- http://www.hipmag.org/
- Deaf
World
- Established in 1995, this page provides a central net
point for information for and about the deaf world. It
contains three core tracks: youth, culture and references. I
found this page for my friend, Jill Kantor.
- http://deafworldweb.org/
- The
Franklin Institute's Educational Hotlists
- The envy of all teacher hotlists. Extensive range of
listings, both by subject area and special interest. This is
truly a one-stop shopping list.
- http://www.fix.edu/tfi/hotlists/
- Kid
Crosswords and Other Puzzles
- From AOL, this magazine is designed for teachers and
kids. It provides puzzles in History, Science, English,
Geography, Literature, Math and Foreign Languages.
- http://www.kidcrosswords.com/
- Teachers
helping teachers
- This free, non-profit service is designed to provide
teaching tips, lessons and a forum for teachers. Includes a
chat line. Includes: math, science, social studies, arts,
special education. & language arts. Also includes links
to other educational pages.
- http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/
- Resource
Starter List for Sonoma County Educational
Community
- The Sonoma County Office of Education's suggested
Internet links for educators. Nice starter list.
- http://www.sonoma.k12.ca.us/Resources/resources.html
- The
School page
- In their own words,"The teacher's resource page: help
for teachers and administrators. A place where we meet your
needs and no concern is ignored." In addition to a listing
of their services, some great education links.
- http://www.eyesoftime.com/teacher/index.htm
- The
Cyberspace Middle School
- CYBERSPACE MIDDLE SCHOOL is designed for students in the
6th, 7th, 8th and 9th grades who are using the World Wide
Web to help get an education. Tremendous resources and
links.
- http://www.scri.fsu.edu/~dennisl/CMS.html
- Web
66
- The Web66 project is designed to facilitate the
introduction and integration of the Internet into K-12
school curriculum.. This includes helping educators to set
up their servers, link schools and students to each other
& find net resources. [link courtesy of Rick
Massell]
- http://www.xs4all.nl/~swanson/history/links02.html
- NETLEARNING:
Online Resource Guide
- Melissa Koch's book, NetLearning, has its own set of
bookmarks (the same as Appendix B.) The section on Online
Projects will give you many leads to other schools, for
interesting ideas and for shared projects. [link
courtesy of Rick Massell]
- http://www.songline.com/teachers/online.html
- ARTSEDGE:
The National Arts and Education Information Network
- From the Kennedy Center, ARTSEDGE seeks to link the Arts
and Education through technology. Primarily a resource for
teachers, it includes K-12 curriculum materials, arts
education database, arts links and interactive opportunities
for teachers.
- http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/ae-ug.html
- Scholastic Place
- An introduction to both free and subscription materials
from Scholastic Books
- http://scholastic.com/
- ILC
Glossary of Internet Terms
- From Internet Literacy Consultants, a very comprehensive
Internet glossary, with alphabetical links
- http://www.matisse.net/files/glossary.html
- Lycos
Roadmaps
- Here you can find those hard to find [and easy to
find] locations you always wanted to visit.
- http://www.lycos.com/roadmap.html
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- Learning to
do Research on the Internet
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- Library
of Congress/American Memory Learning Page
- This is the Learning Page for the National Digital
Library Program "American Memory' historical collections.
Includes info on primary sources, lesson plans, finding
historical info, plus many links to education sites. You can
also email their reference librarian. Be sure to click on
the orientation link for simple instructions on how
to best use the site.
- http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/
- The Spider's
Apprentice--Tips on Searching the Web
- This page is designed to help you search the Web more
efficiently. How to get the most from *search engines like
AltaVista, Infoseek, Excite, Webcrawler, Lycos, HotBot, Open
Text and the Yahoo Directory. This is a section well worth
printing out.
- http://www.monash.com/spidap.html
- From Now On - The Education
Technology Journal
- Produced by Jamie McKenzie, Birmingham Schools Ed Tech
coordinator, the prolific author's articles on Internet
student research strategies, use policies, libraries of the
future and more are a must for reading and planning long
range visions for technology and and classroom education.
His articles have appeared in leading publications, such as
Educational Leadership.
- http://www.fno.org/
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- Virtual Field
Trips
- Here a few places to start looking at some of the virtual
field trips available. One of the nicest and simplest to
navigate has been put together by Dr.
Thomas Ott of the University of Mannheim the Seaborg
Center's collection. Some others include the New
Mexico MESA begins with a nice listing,.
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- Yosemite
National Park
- Doing a report on Yosemite [or taking a
vacation]? In particular, for that report, check the
section labeled Park wildlife. Very detailed info regarding
the park's mammals and birds and their locations within the
park [listings, not narrative].
- http://www.compugraph.com/yosemite/
- Monterey
Bay-Long Marine Lab Virtual Field Trip
- An excellent example of how students can develop a
project that allows visitors from afar to gain knowledge
of a local environment. While you are here, be sure to
visit the Monterey Bay Aquarium's E-Quarium.
In addition, you may also want to view this simple
elementary
school lesson to introduce watersheds into your
curriculum.
- http://www.santacruz.k12.ca.us/vft/vft.html
- Mayan
Adventure
- The Science Museum of Minnesota presents Maya Adventure,
a World-Wide Web site that highlights science activities and
information related to ancient and modern Maya culture. Maya
Adventure includes images from the Science Museum's
anthropological collections and activities developed by the
Science Museum's education division. Featured in the project
is information from two exhibits about the Maya developed by
the Science Museum of Minnesota, Cenote of Sacrifice and
Flowers, Saints and Toads.
http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/ma/
- Henrietta
Leavitt Flat Screen Space Theater
- The World Wide Web's First Online Virtual Planetarium
Facility. Be sure to scroll to the very bottom of the page
to "Space Theater Offerings: the adventure begins here" for
the text, pictures and Hubble telescope photos
- http://www.voicenet.com/~peterscc/index.html
- The
Nine Planets
- This is a multimedia tour of the Solar System; an
overview of the history, mythology and current scientific
knowledge of each of the planes and moons in our solar
system. Each page has text & images, some with movies
& sound; additional linked references.
- http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/billa/tnp/nineplanets.html
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- Ask an
Expert
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- Ask
Dr. Math
- Students from Swarthmore College have a revived a 1994
program where K-12 students could send in questions to
"experts" and get personal answers. Today the Web and email
maintain that immediate and long term contact by
Swarthmore's SWAT team.
- http://forum.swarthmore.edu/dr.math/dr-math.html
- Ask
Mr. Solar
- Interesting series of articles (although not linked; you
must scroll. Best feature is at the very end. His pages are
also available in both Spanish and French. There are
commercial aspects to this site, but still well worth the
visit. You can email Mr. Solar with questions and concerns
at<CharlieCollins@mrsolar.com >.
- http://www.mrsolar.com/
- The
Electronic Emissary
- Looking for an expert to collaborate with your students?
Have an expertise that you can offer? This site links
experts and classrooms for email investigations and
correspondence. [courtesy of Classroom Connect]
- http://emissary.ots.utexas.edu/emissary/index.html
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- Projects for
teachers
Looking for a collaborator for a classroom project or some good
examples by other classrooms. Begin your search here!-
- Project Learning
Tree
- Project Learning Tree is an award-winning environmental
education program designed for teachers and other educators
working with students in pre-K through grade 12. PLT uses
the forest as a "window" into natural and built
environments, helping people gain an awareness and knowledge
of the world around them, as well as their place within it.
PLT is a source of interdisciplinary activities and provides
workshops and in-service programs for teachers, foresters,
park and nature center staff, and youth group leaders. PLT
is people! It is an international network of students,
teachers, parents, community leaders, educational
administrators, and representatives from the forest and
paper industry, resource agencies, and conservation groups.
PLT works in the city and the country, whether there is a
forest or a single tree. PLT helps prepare students to make
wise decisions about conservation practices and resource
use.
http://www.plt.org/
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- Econet
- Institute for Global Communications
- Econet, one of five networks operated through the IGC
Network, provides support for ecological sustainability and
environmental justice Internet sites. The Econet site offers
information resources and weblinks to numerous environmental
related home pages and conferences. In particular, Their
"Youth and Education" page lists many links to web sites in
the areas of children's rights, environmental education and
youth empowerment.
- http://www.igc.apc.org/econet/index.html
- PBS
MATHLINE
- A collaboration between PBS and the NCTM designed to
form "online learning communities" of groups of teachers,
led by a trained facilitator. The Middle School Math Project
begun in 1994 is now being followed by a similar Elementary
School Project. Teacher
- http://www.pbs.org/mathline/
- Thinkquest
- This national competition to encourage curriculum
related student home pages has just posted its results and
links. This site is well worth the visit, with its many
examples of exemplary class telecommunications projects, as
well as instructions on how to participate.
- http://www.advanced.org/ThinkQuest/index.html
- The
Electronic Emissary
- Looking for an expert to collaborate with your students?
Have an expertise that you can offer? This site links
experts and classrooms for email investigations and
correspondence. [courtesy of Classroom Connect]
- http://emissary.ots.utexas.edu/emissary/index.html
- The
Press Democrat Library
- Sonoma County's finest. This site includes lead stories,
classifieds, letters to the editor, and an excellent links
page. Some materials are archived for long term access, such
as the "Sonoma Outlook" series. In particular, this portion
of their page provides an exceptional set of both reference
materials and educational links.
- http://www.pressdemo.com/library/research
- Currency
Convertor
- Just as it says, currency conversions for 180 exchanges.
Great for math practice or comparing shopping lists between
international classrooms.
- http://www.davis-company.com/currconv.html
Examples of
School Web Sites
This set of links provides access to many examples of projects
and pages created by students and schools.-
- International
WWW Schools Registry
- Probably the largest source of school web sites. They
will list any school that registers with them.[link
courtesy of Rick Massell]
- http://web66.coled.umn.edu/Schools.html
- The
Grand List of School Virtual Museums
- An interesting concept: schools which have created
on-line museums of all kinds, from tropical rain forests to
coal mining to birds in the schoolyard to immigration. A
stimulating place to visit for project ideas. [link
courtesy of Rick Massell]
- http://fromnowon.org/museum/list.html
- Global
Connections
- This site contains examples and resources for teachers
of simple ways to utilize the Internet, a wide range of
tools and resources for the classroom, sample lessons, an
example of a on-line homework hotline and the beginnings of
"hold your hand" instruction sheets to introduce new users
to the Internet.
http://www.sonic.net/bantam1/GC.html
- Student
Projects (Pasco HS)
- From Pasco High School in the Pacific North. this web
site gives examples of richly detailed projects that
students carried out related to history, such as "Great Aunt
Myrtle", "Graffiti", "Coffee House...s", "Children of
Migrant Workers", etc. [link courtesy of Rick
Massell]
- http://www.owt.com/phs/classrooms/peto/stu.html
Education
listservs
Liszt: Searchable Directory of
e-Mail Discussion Groups
- Looking for an e-mail discussion group? Enter any word
or phrase to search the directory of mailing lists - 55,060
listserv, listproc, majordomo and independently managed
lists from 1809 sites. Once your search produces a site or
sites, Liszt will then assist you in evaluating it, often
including samples from their archives. [courtesy of
Classroom Connect]
- http://www.liszt.com/
There are many useful listservs that will constantly email you
lists of educational links, projects, contests and resources on
the net, for your perusal and selection.
InClass Digest - From Canada, If you would like to subscribe to inclass,
it is now available on <listproc@schoolnet.ca>
by typing in the body of the message
- <subscribe inclass YOUR FULL NAME> ; you can
receive information by using the same address and inserting
this line in your message <info inclass>.
- White House Summary
- Will automatically send you a daily summary of the
White House Press releases. mail to: <majordomo@reeusda.gov>;
type <subscribe wh-summary> in the body of the
message.
- Global SchoolNet Foundation
- Messages sent from this list will keep you informed of
projects, events, and opportunities supported by the Global
SchoolNet Foundation; it is available on <majordomo@gsn.org>
by typing in the body of the message <subscribe
global-watch>.
If you should have additions to these links, that you have used in
your classrooms, please forward your contribution to Barry
Sovel.
[last updated: 4 December, 2001 ]
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