General Education Links

Education-World http://www.education-world.com/ - At Education-World, a superb web site funded by American Fidelity Educational Services (a division of AF Assurance Company,) the websearchers grade the sites they find according to content, aesthetics, and organization. Once assessed, a decision is made whether or not to add the URL (Uniform Resource Locator - the address of the web site) to Education-World's homepage. This ongoing categorization of education web resources is nothing short of a blessing to educators, web users, and, in particular, those teachers for whom the Internet looms as a vast, unchartable sea in which they have been set adrift.

Education-World's home page itself adroitly and capably passes its own assessment criteria. It has significant, employable content; an aesthetically-pleasing, user-friendly interface; and is organized in a sensible, logical, helpful manner. Their tagline, "Where educators go to learn," is highly appropriate, offering as they do tutorials in Internet use, and both a search and advanced search engine for their database of over 50,000 sites which they have reviewed and categorized. Lesson plans, a revolving menu of features (July 1997, for example, "Multi-culturalism in the Classroom"), and resources not only for the classroom but also for administrators make this an excellent education metasite, worthy of your bookmark.

Blue Web'n http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/ - When you first arrive at the Blue Web'n site, it takes a moment for the pun on "blue ribbon" to sink in, but after assessing their education content, one quickly concludes that this site, sponsored by Pacific Bell, is correctly and deservedly named. According to the webmasters, "This webspace is our attempt to share the best of these [education] sites in an organized manner." The sites which they share include lesson plans, activities, projects, resources, references, and tools for students, educators, and librarians, presented according to curriculum areas ranging from Arts, Languages, Science, and Technology, to Health, Mathematics, and Vocational Education. A search engine to explore their registered sites is provided and all of them have been reviewed and categorized so you and I don't have to. Strategies for finding what you need include their search engine, or you can use an Applications Table, or, further, access their Content Categories page where you can quickly list content-specific applications. Of tremendous help is an offer from Blue Web'n to add your e-mail address to their list of users and provide weekly updates of new materials added to their site, thus relieving teachers of the need to find time to return to the site to see what's new. It is the second of the three very best education resource sites which I heartily recommend to you for bookmarking.

http://chico.rice.edu/armadillo/Rice/K12resources.html - This directory of K-12 WWW Educational Resources has been developed for teachers and students of the K-12 community. It is intended to be a list where teachers can quickly access resource materials for direct use in their lesson plans or as additional resources for students to explore.

http://www.classroom.net/resource/ - Welcome to Classroom Connect's home on the Internet! We have designed this site with the hope that it will become "homebase" to thousands of K-12 educators and students around the globe. The resources available here augment Classroom Connect's rapidly expanding line of product offerings which include our newsletters, videos, books, training systems , and conferences .

*http://www.ehhs.cmich.edu/ - EDUCATION CENTRAL is an electronic communication and resource center for professional educators. It is a vehicle by which all educators can exchange views and experience, questions and answers, broaden their collegial associations, discuss educational issues and policy, and easily find resources related to professional education.

http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~hixson/index/index2.html - Hundreds of curriculum specific resources are listed below. All of the recommended sites have been visited by the page author and many links tested, but not every link within each page has been followed and tested. The contents of each link can not be guaranteed. It is hoped that this index will enable educators to easily integrate Internet resources as they plan and implement units of study. Please explore for the perfect link to enhance your student learning.

http://www.etc.bc.ca/tdebhome/cln.html - Welcome to the Community Learning Network WWW home page. CLN is designed to help K-12 teachers integrate technology into their classrooms. We have over 180 menu pages with more than 3,500 links to educational WWW sites, as well as over 120 WWW resources of our own -- all organized within an intuitive structure.

*http://school.discovery.com/resourcefinder/index.html - Discovery Channel School has a lot to offer educators looking for creative and innovative tool for teaching. Using their site, you can find a range of lesson ideas from study questions and vocabulary that compliment television programs to online activities. The resources are categorized by subject and grade level. Enjoy!

http://www.win4edu.com/minds-eye/ - The Mind's Eye Monster Exchange - MindsEye Curriculum Projects - MindsEye curriculum projects are WinStar For Education's solution for integrating Internet technology into the current core classroom curriculum. Each project has been mapped to the New York State Standards for Learning and has proven to meet many areas in a way that is fun and exciting for the kids. MindsEye curriculum has quite a track record in the area of recognition for excellence. MindsEye has been published in various texts and magazines It has received prestigious recognition from President Clinton and NY State Commissioner Mills.