AskERIC http://ericir.syr.edu This is THE place to go when researchingeducational topics. AskERIC is a comprehensive Internet-based service providing education information to educators, librarians,parents, and others. Through the Virtual Library you will find links to tools, classroom materials, facts, papers and experts.
Blue Web'N http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn A library of Blue Ribbon learning sites on the web.
Children's Literature Web Guide http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html Internet resources on books and literature for children and young adults.
Class 2 Class http://forum.swarthmore.edu/class2class/ a clearinghouse designed to facilitate student and class participation in Internet projects, including collaborative projects, data-collecting experiments, peer tutoring, and keypal exchanges designed to enhance the mathematics in your math, science and interdisciplinary curricula.
Classroom Connect http://www.classroom.net A great technology starter site for teachers.
Cyberguides http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html CyberGuides are supplementary, standards-based, web-delivered units of instruction centered on core works of literature. Each CyberGuide contains a student and teacher edition, standards, a task and a process by which it may be completed, teacher-selected web sites and a rubric. Listed by grade level, then title.
Early Childhood Ed & Family Web Corner http://users.sgi.net/~cokids Educational Index, Teacher & Parent Web Pages.
Early Childhood Education Online http://www.ume.maine.edu/ECEOL-L This site is a resource exchange area for early childhood education ideas such as observation and assessment, curriculum and environment, and professional development. There is also a listserve.
Education World http://www.education-world.com Links to many resources including administration and special education
Global Schoolhouse http://www.gsn.org High quality online projects for students... Linking Kids Around the World!
Houghton Mifflin's Education Place http://www.eduplace.com Resources for teachers. students and their parents.
Instructor Magazine http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor.htm Includes strategies for integrating the curriculum, professional development, and ready to use units for specific grade levels including K-1; text of selected articles
International Society for Technology in Education http://www.iste.org/resources Look under curriculum for ways to integrate technology into your class.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/ 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 include the best new sites to support teaching and learning.
Learn With PBS http://www.pbs.org/teachersource Explore the wealth of educational resources available from PBS Online in the Adult Learning Neighborhood, Teacher Source, and in Ready to Learn!
Learning Space http://www.learningspace.org For teachers, created by teachers, and about teachers. This site includes telecollaborative projects.
Marco Polo http://www.marcopolosearch.org/mpsearch/basic_search.asp The MarcoPolo Search Engine provides access to all of the educational resources created by the MarcoPolo Partners plus Partner reviewed materials.
Read, Write, Think http://www.readwritethink.org NCTE and IRA are working together to provide educators and students with access to the highest quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction through free, Internet-based content.
Rubrics, Rubrics and more Rubrics! http://www.uni.edu/profdev/rubrics.html
Teaching With Folklore http://www.qesn.meq.gouv.qc.ca/folklore/index.htm Cross curricular activities based on folklore genres.
Teachers'Corner http://www.theteacherscorner.net/ Many excellent resources including lesson plans, seasonal activities and experiments for both primary and intermediate teachers.
Teachers Helping Teachers http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/ This site is by teachers for teachers, to provide teaching tips to inexperienced teachers, to provide ideas that can be used immediately in the classroom, and to provide new methodology ideas for all teachers.
WebQuest Page http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html A WebQuest is defined, by Bernie Dodge at San Diego State University, as "an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the Internet." Excellent guidelines and examples.
Wired Learning http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/wired.html This organizations mission is to support teachers and librarians achieve meaningful, technology-infused learning environments.
updated 8/2003 ** skelly@carlisle.mec.edu :-)