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Current Awareness
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This database driven service provides a searchable archive of educational literature citations. Articles can be searched by keyword or selected from a list of over 200 education related topics. [200]
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NC Department of Public Instruction & The Landmark Project
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Kidz Online - Tech Training
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Nortel Networks Kidz Online (NNKOL) is a nonprofit educational organization whose mission, vision and values are dedicated to preparing K-12 students and teachers to live and work in the information age through innovative peer-to-peer technology training distributed using advanced digital technologies. To accomplish this, NNKOL provides hundreds of free streaming videos and lesson plans; free registration at the site allows users the ability to download these resources for use on their local computer systems and networks. [512]
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Nortel
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Align to Achieve
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Achieve was founded following the 1996 National Education Summit.
Participants at the 1996 Summit feared that the nation's
schoolchildren would be unprepared for postsecondary education and
the skilled jobs of the new economy and that they were falling behind
their international peers. Governors and corporate leaders committed
to a strong, common response: To ensure that our children receive a
better education, higher standards need to be set for all students —
not just the academic elite — and schools need to be held accountable
for their students meeting those standards. ...
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Achieve, Inc.
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Awesome Library
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The Awesome Library organizes the Web with 15,000 carefully reviewed resources, including the top 5 percent in education. This is a very deep and well thought-out list of links that is fast and easy to use. [250]
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EDI & Dr. R. Jerry Adams
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Curriculum Collaboration ToolKit: Noodle Tools
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Effective teaching with technology matches the teacher's goals and the learner's characteristics and needs, with tools that enhance understanding. [467]
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Debbie Abilock
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Doucette Index
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The Doucette Index provides access to books and websites that contain useful teaching suggestions related to books for children and young adults, and the creators of those books. The books indexed are those held by the Doucette Library of Teaching Resources, but many of these books will also be available in other libraries. [279]
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Faculty of Education, University of Calgary
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Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
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ENC’s mission is to identify effective curriculum resources, create high-quality professional development materials, and disseminate useful information and products to improve K-12 mathematics and science teaching and learning. [218]
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U.S. Department of Education
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EspanOle
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"THE on-line resource for students and teachers of Spanish" was created by Susan Seraphine-Kimel of Astronaut High School in Florida. This site contains what every Spanish teacher and student needs for the study, teaching, and/or appreciation of the Spanish language, including Spanish literature, arts, music, people, history, foods, and countries. A related French Site is in its infancy but contains numerous helpful links. [201]
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Suzy Seraphine-Kimel
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Idea Box
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An online database of ideas and activities for early childhood teachers. [234]
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Idea Box
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INTERNET MAILING LISTS
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A maling list is a collection of e-mail addresses belonging to people with a similar interest. When one member sends a message to the list, all members receive a copy. It is a powerful way of conducting discussions independent of time an space.
Teacher Mailrings
This is a list of mailing lists, also known as "listservs." They are email discussion groups dedicated to topics of interest to educators. Each "subscriber" may contribute to the ongoing discussion, and any contributions are automatically forwarded to everyone on the list.
Join an Educational Mailing List
A list of lists from the South Indiana Education Center
Education Listservs
A list of lists from Jerry Taylor, in Greece, New York.
K-12 Listservs for Earth Science Educators
A lists of related mailing lists from the DLESE Community Issues and Groups at Carleton College.
Educational Listservs...
From the Using Computers in the Classroom course at Arizona State University.
Listserv Page
Lots of lists from the Heartland Area Education Agency in Iowa. This page also has a very cool subscription tool.
Internet Mailing Lists Dealing with Education Topics
An extensive list maintained by Ted Panitz in Cape Cod. [489]
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The Landmark Project
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Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
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Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites on the Internet found to be useful for enhancing curriculum and teacher professional growth. It is updated daily to keep up with the tremendous number of new World Wide Web sites. [202]
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Kathy Schrock
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Lesson Plans Library
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As part of Discovery.com and DiscoverySchool.com, the Lesson Plans Library
gives educators a collection of "hundreds of original lesson plans, all
written by teachers for teachers". The plans can be searched by grade,
subject, or both and are presented in an easy and consistent format with
sections on lesson objectives, needed materials, procedures, etc. Printable
versions of each lesson plan are available as well as a teaching tools link
to create custom worksheets, puzzles and quizzes about each topic. [302]
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Discovery.com
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National Center for Education Statistics
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A wealth of information on student performance and performance of schools in the U.S. [225]
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Department of Education
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NetDayCompass
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A rich directory of resources that support the use of technology in Education. [252]
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NetDay
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PBS Teachersource
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To locate a specific resource among PBS TeacherSource's extensive inventory of more than 1,200 lesson plans, teachers simply identify a grade level and topic and are presented with a suggested list of relevant lesson plans and activities, many of which are designed for use with educator-preferred classroom television programs from PBS such as THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, NOVA, NATURE and SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN FRONTIERS.
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PBS
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Plagiarism Stoppers: A Teacher's Guide
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Places to go for help with student plagiarism, how to identify it, what to do when it happens, how to prevent it. [286]
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Jane Sharka
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Project Interactivate
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The goals of Project Interactivate are the creation, collection, evaluation, and dissemination of java-based courseware for middle school mathematics explorations. "Interactivated" lessons, discussions, and activities enable the teacher to extend hands-on activities and to teach new content areas with professional competence and confidence, incorporating technology in appropriate ways. [301]
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The Shodor Education Foundation, Inc.
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Radio Show Archive
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On GLEF's weekly, live radio show, GLEF Executive Director Milton Chen speaks with Andrew Vaughan (pictured right) about teacher recruitment and certification, teacher preparation, and professional development resources to improve teacher quality. [517]
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GLEF
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Rusk High School Library's Web Guide
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The focus of this site is primarily on 7-12 curriculum. No effort is made to be comprehensive. In order to be included on these pages a site must be maintained by a reliable source and must be useful to secondary educators and students. All sites are reviewed and annotated before inclusion.
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Rusk High School, Rusk TX
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Self-Serve Workshops
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Workshops created and used by the Library of Congress ...now available for YOUR use in local professional development activities [466]
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Library of Congress
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Teach ALL Students the Multiplication Facts - www.multiplication.com
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Krimsten Publishing [526]
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Krimsten Publishing
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Technology In Mathematics Explorations
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The purpose of this workshop series is to help you better understand how the Internet and Mathematics software can be useful in teaching and learning mathematics. Participants will get a hands-on opportunity to learn how to use a variety of software environments that will engage students in problem solving. Examples include: Geometer's Sketchpad, Spreadsheets (i.e. Excel or Appleworks), Microworlds and Green Globs. Extensive information on software, calculators, etc. will be provided. [468]
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CIESE
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Technology Tutorials found on the Web
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Here is an extensive list of online tutorials on the use of many technology tools, including: FrontPage, HyperStudio, iMovie, Networking, and PowerPoint. [258]
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Internet4Classrooms
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The Next Generation Foundation
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The NGf exists to promote a 'culture of creativity- by providing a platform for dialogue, debate and exchange of ideas around the themes of creativity, information learning and civil society on its website www.ngf.org.jk
- by initiating and/or supporting exemplary projects around the world
- by providing placements for exceptional educators working in marginalised communities in projects where they can learn new skills [507]
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Next Generation Foundation
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The Teacher's Corner
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A web site for teachers with many features, including: lesson plans, thematic units, seasonal items, teacher resources, daily factoids, educational news, and more. [255]
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theteacherscorner.net
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The WebQuest Design Process
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A very well thought out and executed description of the WebQuest planning process by one of the chief cooks of WebQuest, Tom March. [287]
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Ozline.com
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Webopedia: Online Computer Dictionary for Internet Terms and Technical Support.
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If you have a classroom Web site, this service can enable you to include a Term of the Day service on your site. Just copy the code from this page and insert it into the HTML of your page. [494]
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Jupitermedia Corporation
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World Education Database - About the World Education Database
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The World Education Database is a resource produced by the Kindersite Project Ltd*. http://www.kindersite.org . It is designed to enable institutions in education to disseminate ideas, projects, donations, research and requests to their peers.
The actual lists of schools and authorities are available for use by educators that satisfy the sites management as too the authenticity of the desired usage. We do not allow usage for purely commercial gain by business (see below) [543]
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Kindersite Project
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