The computer opens the door to a larger
world. But, it can open doors for more than just your students. There's
a wealth of information out there just waiting for you to tap! Want to do
something for English but don't have the time to dream up a completely new
lesson? Want to do something spectacular with your students, but the administration
won't fund your efforts? Check out the links below to find sources for both
you and your school.
The internet is a terrific place to trade information
from school to school and teacher to teacher. There are numerous sites
on the net, both commercial and private, which are ready to share information
with you. The ones I've provided below are all free, but be aware that
there are additional educational sources available to you if you're
willing to pay.
- AskERIC
Lesson Plans
- Blue
Web'n: a Library of Blue Ribbon Learning Sites on the Web
Totally indexed and searchable, this site is a dream for anyone looking
for specific online examples of a specific subject, grade level, or
topic! Whether you're looking for lesson plans, online resources,
web based activities, or just any old thing this is the place to look
first! It has a listing of the best of the best and I highly recommend
it as a starting point if you want to see what's out there and possible.
- Educational
Technology Resources: a number of links which again I've
not had enough time to go through. Links to both journals
and resources.
- Education
World: new lessons of the day and month. Focuses and themes change
often.
- Eisenhower National
Clearinghouse: Curricula for k-12 math/science.
- The GateWay
- a wide variety of subjects and age ranges. Make sure that you select
"full text" to get the actual lesson plan.
- K-12
Science Ed. Resources
- Lesson
Plans
- Microsoft's
Lessons Plans: honesty, I'm not too impressed with this source
of information, but I'm posting it in hope that it may appeal to someone
else.
- Pat Sine
- director of the Office of Educational Technology at the University
of Delaware has put together a collection of invaluable sites. I've
not had enough time to go completely through this site but
it seems to have a number of links especially good for teachers
- Teachnet's
Curriculum
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You've probably been hearing about all of these
internet sites that teachers are using to find educational information
for themselves. There are probably hundreds of sites devoted to linking
teachers to other teachers and to experts. Each site usually has local
and national education articles updated daily, weekly or monthly. Typically,
they all have their own articles, job listings, archived lesson plans
and resource links. Most importantly, these sites offer a forum for
teachers to discuss problems and questions with each other and experts
in the field. Further educational reading materials have been listed
under Journals and Resources. For
online interactive lessons you can use in your classrooms, see Online
and Interactive Resources.
Online Magazines and Resources just for Teachers:
- Creative
Classroom Online: Suggestions and articles for you in your regular
classrooms.
- Education
Week and Teacher
Magazine: This is a nice source of articles because
it gives you related articles from the same magazine as your reading
an article. Current and past issues are available in a searchable
format.
- Electronic-School:
Source of information for schools which are already linked to the
internet. Information and articles related to the integration of education
and technology and related issues.Archived and current issues available.
This source is less academically inclined and more application based
information.
- George Lucas Educational
Foundation: stories from the front. Their book of stories from
people in the field right now is terrific and its online in PDF form
so you don't even have to buy it! They also have sections dealing
with assistive technology (technology helping students with disabilities).
- Millennium
Project: a forum of discussion for the real purpose of technology
in education.
- National Education
Association: Great source for a number of different types of information
such as forums, lesson plans, current news and more.
- WWW4Teachers:
Articles and sources specifically focusing on integrating technology
into the curriculum and testimonials on how technology is affecting
student's learning.
- Teachnet
Job Sources:
- Education
World: good national listings but limited in number. Their database
is searchable for a specific job though.
- Educational
Opportunities specifically in educational technology.
- k-12Jobs:
national jobs database for k-12 as well as all supportive positions.
- Teacher
Job Links: This is an amazing site of lists of sources for local,
regional and international job listings. Very complete US
listing complete with price of living conversions. Recommended
for anyone searching for a job in the teaching field. You're bound
to find what you want here!
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Want to get more computers for your school? Or,
maybe you just want to be able to get a digital camera for a special
project for your students? Well you've come to the right place! Below
is a list of several funding areas. This is by no means a complete list
on the internet but they're some of the better information sources I've
located. Also listed are some good sources for learning how to write
proposals to obtain a grant.
How to get Funding: Applying for Grants
- A
Grant Getter's Guide to the Internet: Terrific site! Has both
an explanation about grants as well as a list of grant resources.
- GrantScape:
This fabulous site gives goes in-depth to explain how to get grants
the right way. Highly recommended for the beginner!
- Resources
for Educational Grant Seekers: Has good information
source for how to write for grants as well as links to source for
governmental, nonprofit and other grant links.
Grants and Funding Resources On the Net:
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One of the hardest things that schools are currently
facing is how to integrate technology into their curricula. But just
your luck! You're not the first to try to leap this wide gulf between
the computer and the school environment. So, those that have gone before
you, have been kind enough to leave some footprints to follow in! In
my section "What Do I Do With This Thing???", I give some
examples of what people are already doing. This section provides you
with some sites that can take you by the hand and show you the way!
- Filamentality:
Helping to create interactive webpages for you and your students to
use. This site will easily help step you through how to make "fill
in the blank" interactive websites which you can use with your
classes. Check it out for a test run!
- Learning
Space: this page has some good self tutorials for teachers. Mostly
deals with videoconferencing over the internet.
- West
Loogootee Elementary. This site is GREAT for schools just starting
out. It describes in depth various parts of integrating technology
into your school. It also has terrific subpages such as Tips
for Developing Webpages for Your Elementary. It goes into tons
of topics - be sure to check it out!
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Online interactive sites to liven up your classroom!
See what other educators are doing in their classrooms and read through
the
- Blue
Web'n: a Library of Blue Ribbon Learning Sites on the Web
Totally indexed and searchable, this site is a dream for anyone looking
for specific online examples of a specific subject, grade level, or
topic! Whether you're looking for lesson plans, online resources,
web based activities, or just any old thing this is the place to look
first! It has a listing of the best of the best and I highly recommend
it as a starting point if you want to see what's out there and possible.
- BioChemNet
- EEK!:
Environmental Education for Kids! Originally focused on students
4-8th grade, this site has a teacher's section that will help you
get students involved in the world around them.
- Frog
Dissection
- Geography
Place: difficult to read in some browsers, but a very interesting
interactive site for middle school students on geography.
- How Stuff
Works: interactive site for younger students on a variety of topics
surrounding (obviously) how things work.
- MathMol
K-12 Activity Page
- NASA's Quest:
online science with interactive Projects! A great resource for getting
your class involved in what's really happening
- New
York Times' Learning Network: Using current events and news for
grades 6-12. Lessons, puzzles, lesson plans and more all available.
- Nova Net: this
is unfortunately a fee site for schools. Currently, there's a free
demo for personal use. It focuses on interactive lessons for high
school to adult learners.
- Photosynthesis
- Physics
2000: an interactive multimedia site directed towards middle school
students. Fantastic way to stimulate your student's interest in physics.
Warning: this site takes a long time to load but its worth every
second.
- Project GeoSim:
simulated multimedia lessons for geography from Virginia Tech University.
- TeachNet
- Water On the
Web: high school and university level lessons dealing with online
real time data to learn limnology and other sciences.
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