Curriculum hotspots: here is the latest DA guide to the best education sites on the Web.According to a recent survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, 66 percent of adult Internet users in the United States--about 97 million people--use Internet resources on an average day. Of these, approximately 5 million people post information through Weblogs or other content-creating applications, 4 million share files on peer-to-peer networks, and 3 million use the Web to rate a person, product or service. The Internet has reached into and reshaped just about every important realm of our lives, including how we teach and learn. But with numbers of Web pages now measured in the billions, the demand for information on the latest and best educational resources has never been greater, or more complicated. As a result, most educators rely on only a few familiar Web sites, if they aren't aware that superior models and applications exist. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION therefore presents this revised and fully verified guide to "curriculum hotspots"--also featured on our Web site (www.districtadministration.com)--with the latest search tools, lesson plan collections, research sites, sources for online projects, media resources, curriculum centers in every content area, and related professional materials. Distribute the guide to your staff, students and parents, and add the resources to your district Web site. Standards Resources * Developing Educational Standards edstandards.org/Standards.html * International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE ISTE International Society for Technology in Education ISTE Indian Society for Technical Education ISTE International Society for Tropical Ecology ISTE Integrated Services Terminal Equipment ): ISTE National Educational Technology Standards--NETS cnets.iste.org ISTE Technology Standards for School Administrators cnets.iste.org/tssa ISTE NETS for Students cnets.iste.org/students ISTE NETS for Teachers cnets.iste.org/teachers Lesson Plan Sources * A to Z Teacher Stuff atozteacherstuff.com * Columbia Education Center www.col-ed.org * EdHelper.com www.edhelper.com * Lesson Planet www.lessonplanet.com * LessonPlansPage.com www.lessonplanspage.com * McREL Lesson Plans www.mcrel.org/lesson-plans * Microsoft Education Lesson Plans www.microsoft.com/education Online Projects * ePALS www.epals.com * Generation YES www.genyes.org * Global SchoolNet Foundation www.globalschoolnet.org * iEARN--International Education and Resource Network www.iearn.org * The JASON Jason, in Greek mythology Jason, in Greek mythology, son of Aeson. When Pelias usurped the throne of Iolcus and killed (or imprisoned) Aeson and most of his descendants, Jason was smuggled off to the centaur Chiron, who reared him secretly on Mt. Pelion. Project www.jason.org * KIDLINK/KIDPROJ www.kid/ink.org/KIDPROJ * NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. Quest quest.arc.nasa.gov * SitesALIVE! www.sitesalive.com * Teaching.com www.teaching.com * ThinkQuest www.thinkquest.org * The WebQuest Page webquest.sdsu.edu Teaching Tools * ABCTeach www.abcteach.com * APTE APTE Automatic Programmed Test Equipment APTE Alternating-Projection Timing Estimator Puzzle Center puzzles.apte.com * Discovery School's PuzzleMaker www.puzzlernaker.com * Filamentality www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil * Quia quia.com * SchoolExpress www.schoolexpress.com * The Science Spot sciencespot.net * Thematic Units www.edhelper.com/cat301.htm * Trackstar trackstar.4teachefs.org * WWW4Teachers www.4teachers.org Libraries and Museums * American Memory Historical Collections memory.loc.gov * American Museum of Natural History American Museum of Natural History, incorporated in New York City in 1869 to promote the study of natural science and related subjects. Buildings on its present site were opened in 1877. www.amnh.org * The Archaeology Channel www.archaeologychannel.org * Exploratorium www.exploratorium.edu * The Franklin Institute Online www.fi.edu * Hands-on Science Centers Worldwide www.cs.cmu.edu/~mwm/sci.html * The Internet Public Library Internet Public Library - (IPL) A project at the University of Michigan School of Information and Library Studies to provide an on-line, 24 hour public library, chaired by an assemblage of librarians and information industry professionals. www.ipl.org * Librarians' Internet Index Iii.org * The Library of Congress lcweb.loc.gov * Library Spot www.libraryspot.com * The Museum of Broadcast Communications The Museum of Broadcast Communications (or MBC) is located in Chicago, Illinois. Its mission is "to collect, preserve, and present historic and contemporary radio and television content as well as educate, inform, and entertain through our archives, public programs, www.museum.tv * Museum Spot www.museumspot.com * MuseumStuff.com www.museumstuff.com * The Museum of Television & Radio www.mtr.org * National Air and Space Museum The National Air and Space Museum (NASM) of the Smithsonian Institution is a museum in Washington, D.C., United States, and is the most popular of the Smithsonian museums. It maintains the largest collection of aircraft and spacecraft in the world. www.nasm.si.edu * National Archives www.archives.gov * National Gallery of Art www.nga.gov * Smithsonian www.si.edu * Smithsonian Kids www.smithsonian.kids.us * United States Holocaust Memorial Museum The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is a national institution situated in a prominent location adjacent to The National Mall in Washington, D.C. (in between 14th and 15th streets SW); however, it is not a constituent institution of the Smithsonian Institution. www.ushmm.org Schools on the Web * American School Directory www.asd.com * EduRound Schools on the Web www.eduhoundschoo/sontheweb.com * GreatSchools.net www.greatschools.net * School Directory www.edu-cyberpg.com/Schools * Public Schools in the United States www.uspublicschools.com Student Research Resources * Ask for Kids www.askforkids.com * CyberSleuth Kids cybersleuth-kids.com * Fact Monster www.factmonster.com * HomeworkSpot www.homeworkspot.com * InfoPlease www.infoplease.com * iTouls www.itools.com * KidsClick! www.kidsclick.org * Library Spot www.libraryspot.com * MSN Encarta encarta.msn.com * The National Student Research Center youth.net/nsrc * NetTrekker www.nettrekker.com * Refdesk.com www.refdesk.com * Yahoo Kids kids.yahoo.com Company/Organization Curriculum Collections * AOL@Schuol school.aol.com * Apple Education www.apple.com/education * Classroom Connect www.classroom.com * Disney Online Edu-Station Disney.go.com/educational * FableVision www.fablevision.com * Family Education Network fen.com * Harcourt School Publishers www.hbschool.com * Houghton Mifflin www.eduplace.com * Kaboose Family Network www.kaboose.com * Macmillan/McGraw-Hill www.mmhschool.com * Pearson Education www.pearsoneducation.com * Pitsco www.pitsco.com * Plato Learning www.plato.com * ProQuest K-12 www.proquestkl2.com * Riverdeep www.riverdeep.com * Scholastic.com www.scholastic.com * Tom Snyder Productions www.tomsnyder.com Curriculum Resource Centers: General Curriculum * ABC-CLIO.com abc-clio.com * Awesome Library www.awesomelibrary.org * Beyond Books.com www.beyondbooks.com * B. J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck * Bonus.com www.bonus.com * BrainPOP www.brainpop.com * Funschool.com www.funschool.com * Grade Level Gold www.gradelevelgold.com * HowStuffWorks www.howstuffworks.com * iKnowthat.com www.iknowthat.com * Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators discoveryschool.com/schrockguide The Arts * ArtsAwards.org www.artsawards.org * ArtsConnectED www.artsconnected.org * ArtsEdge artsedge.kennedy-center.org * ArtSiteNet artsitenet.com * Artsonia www.artsonia.com * Art Teacher on the Net www.artmuseums.com * Crayola.com www.crayola.com * Music Education Online www.childrensmusicworkshop.com * Music Education Resource Links www.chapman.edu/soe/faculty/piper/cpiper/MERLmenu.htm * Puppetry Home Page www.sagecraft.com/puppetry * Sapphire Swan Dance Directory www.SapphireSwan.com/dance Language Arts and Literature * AskOxford.com www.askoxford.com * Bartleby.com www.bartleby.com * Bookadventure www.bookadventure.com * The Children's Book Council www.cbcbooks.org * The Children's Literature Web Guide www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown * Kidsreads.com www.kidsreads.com * The Online Books Page onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu * The Purple Crayon www.underdown.org * Spaghetti Book Club www.spaghettibookclub.org * TeachingBooks.net www. teachingbooks, net * Teenreads.com www.teenreads.com Mathematics * Calculators On-Line Center www.martindalecenter.com/Calculators.html * ExploreLearning.com www.explorelearning.com * GoENC.com goenc.com * Hotmath www.hotmath.com * Math.com www.math.com * MathDL convergence.mathdl.org * The Math Forum @ Drexel mathforum.org * Math Goodies www.mathgoodies.com * NCTM NCTM National Council of Teachers of Mathematics NCTM Nationally Certified Teacher of Music NCTM North Carolina Transportation Museum NCTM National Capital Trolley Museum NCTM Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Massage Illuminations illuminations.nctm.org Science * eNature.com www.enature.com * GoENC.com goenc.com * Math and Science Gateway www.tc.cornell.edu/Edu/MathSciGateway * NASA Education Program education.nasa.gov * Science NetLinks www.sciencenetlinks.com * Space.cem www.space.com * Space Educators' Handbook vesuvius.jsc.nasa.gov/er/seh * The Yuckiest Site on the Internet yucky.kids.discovery.com Social Studies * CNN.com Education www.cnn.com/education * CountryWatch www.countrywatch.com * EconEdLink www.econedlink.org * EyeWitness to History Eyewitness to History was a CBS Friday night public affairs program which was hosted by veteran broadcaster Charles Kuralt. It aired from September 30, 1960 through July 26, 1963. This show concentrated on the most significant news story or stories, reviewing the events. www.eyewitnesstohistory.com * Practical Money Skills for Life www.practicalmoneyskills.com * Social Studies School Service www.socialstudies.com * Social Studies Sources education.Indiana.edu/~socialst * Teaching with Documents www.edteck.com/dbq News Sources * ABC News abcnews.go.com * CNET (body) CNET - Centre national d'Etudes des Telecommunications. The French national telecommunications research centre at Lannion. News.com news.com.com * CNN.com www.cnn.com * Google News news.google.com * MSNBC MSNBC Microsoft/National Broadcasting Company News www.msnbc.msn.com * NBCi www.nbci.com * Newseum, The Interactive Museum of News www.newseum.org * NewsVoyager www.newsvoyager.com * Newsweek Education Program school.newsweek.com * The New York Times Learning Network www.nytimes.com/learning * Time for Kids.com www.timeforkids.com * USA Today Education Online www.usatoday.com/educate * USNewsclassroom.com usnewsclassroom.com * The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition wsjclassroom.com * WeeklyReader Online www.weeklyreader.com * Yahoo News news.yahoo.com Television/Radio Media * A&E Classroom www.aetv.com/class * Annenberg Media Learner.org www.learner.org/exhibits * Biography.com www.biography.com * Book TV www.booktv.org * Cable in the Classroom www.ciconline.org * Cablevision Power to Learn www.powertolearn.com * Discovery.com www.discovery.com * DiscoverySchool.com school.discovery.com * ESPN.com espn.go.com * HBO Family www.hbofamily.com * History.com www.history.com * Nationalgeographic.com Education www.nationalgeographic.com/education * National Public Radio Online www.npr.org Nickelodeon Nick Jr. www.nickjr.com * Nickelodeon Teachers.Nick.Com teachers.nick.com * PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, www.pbs.org * PBS Kids pbskids.org * PBS TeacherSource www.pbs.org/teachersource * Sesame Workshop/SesameStreet.com sesameworkshop.org * The Weather Channel weather.com Especially for Kids * 4kids.org www.4kids.org * Berit's Best Sites for Children www.beritsbest.com * Bonus.com bonus.com * Cyberkids www.cyberkids.com * Fun-Attic www.funattic.com * FunBrain www.funbrain.com * Funschool funschool.kaboose.com * KidsCom; KidsCom Jr. www.kidscom.com * MaMaMedia.com www.mamamedia.com * MSN Kids kids.msn.com Information Indexes * About.com www.about.com * Education Planet www.educationplanet.com * Education World www.educationworld.com * EduHound.com www.eduhound.com * Linkopedia www.linkopedia.com * StartSpot Network www.startspot.com * Yahoo! www.yahoo.com Search Tools * A9 Search www.a9.com * Alltheweb www.alltheweb.com * AltaVista www.altavista.com * Answers.com www.answers.com * Ask.com www.ask.com * Dogpile www.dogpile.com * Excite www.excite.com * Go.com go.com www.google.com * Hotbot www.hotbot.com * InfoSpace www.infospace.com * LookSmart www.looksmart.com * Lycos www.lycos.com * MetaCrawler www.metacrawler.com * Scirus www.scirus.com * Search.com www.search.com * SearchEdu www.searchedu.com * Search Engine Watch Search Engine Watch (SEW) is a website that provides news and information about search engines and search engine marketing. [1] Search Engine Watch was started by Danny Sullivan in 1996. www.searchenginewatch.com * WebCrawler www.webcrawler.com Professional Resources * Administrators.Net administrators.net * Blackboard www.blackboard.com * Center for Applied Research in Educational Technology caret.iste.org * Educational CyberPlayground www.edu-cyberpg.com * Educational Research Network www.ernweb.com * Educator's Reference Desk www.eduref.org * Federal Resources for Educational Excellence www.free.ed.gov * Library in the Sky www.nwrel.org/sky * MIT OpenCourseWare ocw.mit MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology .edu * National Center for Education Statistics The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), as part of the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES), collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States; conducts studies nces.ed.gov * National Center for Technology Planning www.nctp.com * National Education Technology Plan www.nationaledtechplan.org * Network of Regional Technology in Education Consortia www.rtec.org * OnlineLearning.net www.onlineleaming.net * SchoolGrants www.schoolgrants.org * Sites for Teachers www.sitesforteachers.com * SRA International Grants Web www.sraintemational.org/newweb/grantsweb * TeachersFirst.com www.teachersfirst.com * Teachers.Net www.teachers.net * TeacherVision www.teachervision.com * Teachnet.com www.teachnet.com * Theory into Practice tip.psychology.org * U.S. Department of Education www.ed.gov * W3 Schools www.w3schools.com Professional Organizations * AASA, American Association of School Administrators The American Association of School Administrators (AASA), founded in 1865, is the professional organization for more than 13,000 educational leaders across the United States. www.aasa.org * AASL, American Association of School Librarians www.ala.org/aas/ * ACEI, Association for Childhood Education International www.acei.org * ACTFL ACTFL American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages , American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) is the only national organization dedicated to the improvement and expansion of the teaching and learning of all languages at all levels of instruction. www.actfl.org * AECT, Association for Educational Communications and Technology The Association for Educational Communications and Technology is an academic and professional association dedicated to the effective use of technology in education. Members provide leadership in the field by promoting scholarship and best practices in instructional technology. aect.org * AERA, American Educational Research Association The American Educational Research Association, or AERA, was founded in 1916 as a professional organization representing educational researchers in the United States and around the world. www.aera.net * AESA, Association of Educational Service Agencies www.aesa.us * AFT, American Federation of Teachers American Federation of Teachers (AFT), an affiliate of the AFL-CIO. It was formed (1916) out of the belief that the organizing of teachers should follow the model of a labor union, rather than that of a professional association. www.aft.org * ALA, American Library Association American Library Association, founded 1876, organization whose purpose is to increase the usefulness of books through the improvement and extension of library services. www.ala.org * ASCA, American School Counselor Association www.schoolcounselor.org * ASCD, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, or ASCD, is a membership-based nonprofit organization founded in 1943. It has more than 175,000 members in 135 countries, including superintendents, supervisors, principals, teachers, professors of education, and www.ascd.org * CEC (Central Electronic Complex) The set of hardware that defines a mainframe, which includes the CPU(s), memory, channels, controllers and power supplies included in the box. Some CECs, such as IBM's Multiprise 2000 and 3000, include data storage devices as well. , Council for Exceptional Children www.cec.sped.org * CoSN, Consortium for School Networking www.cosn.org * CUE, Computer-Using Educators www.cue.org * IRA Ira, in the Bible Ira (ī`rə), in the Bible. 1 Chief officer of David. 2, 3 Two of David's guard. IRA, abbreviation IRA. , International Reading Association www.reading.org * ISTE, International Society for Technology in Education www.iste.org * ITEA, International Technology Education Association www.iteaconnect.org * MENC, The National Association for Music Education MENC: The National Association for Music Education, formerly called Music Educators National Conference, is an organization based out of Reston, Virginia which is focused on the advancement of music education, both as a profession and the assurance of music education as www.menc.org * NAEA, National Art Education Association www.naea-reston.org * NAESP NAESP National Association of Elementary School Principals , National Association of Elementary School Principals www.naesp.org * NAEYC NAEYC National Association for the Education of Young Children (Washington, DC) , National Association for the Education of Young Children The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is the largest nonprofit association in the United States representing early childhood education teachers, experts, and advocates in center-based and family day care. www.naeyc.org * NAGC, National Association for Gifted Children The National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) is an association in the United Kingdom for gifted and talented children, and their parents. They offer training and courses, and publish academic research in relevant areas of education. www.nagc.org * NASPE NASPE National Association for Sport and Physical Education NASPE North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology NASPE National Association of State Personnel Executives , National Association for Sport and Physical Education www.aahperd.org/naspe * NASSP NASSP National Association of Secondary School Principals NASSP North American Society of Social Philosophy , National Association of Secondary School Principals The National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) is a United States educational advocacy organization consisting of secondary school principals. To promote excellence among middle school and high school students, NASSP founded and still sponsors the National Honor www.nassp.org * NBEA, National Business Education Association www.nbea.org * NCSS, National Council for the Social Studies National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) is a US-based association devoted to supporting social studies education. History Founded in 1921, NCSS engages and supports educators in strengthening and advocating social studies. www.ncss.org * NCTE, National Council of Teachers of English Mission As stated on their official website, the NCTE ( National Council of Teachers of English) is a professional organization dedicated to "improving the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all levels of education. www.ncte.org * NCTM, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) was founded in 1920. It has grown to be the world's largest organization concerned with mathematics education, having close to 100,000 members across the USA and Canada, and internationally. www.nctm.org * NEA, National Education Association www.nea.org * NMSA, National Middle School Association www.nmsa.org * NSBA, National School Boards Association www.nsba.org * NSTA, National Science Teachers Association www.nsta.org * PTA PTA or parent-teacher association: see parent education. , National Parent Teacher Association www.pta.org * USDLA USDLA United States Distance Learning Association USDLA United States Defense Logistics Agency , United States Distance Learning Association www.usdla.org Photo Illustration by Eddie Lopez Odvard Egil Dyrli, gdyrli@edmediagroup.com, is editor-in-chief of District Administration, and emeritus professor of education at the University of Connecticut The University of Connecticut is the State of Connecticut's land-grant university. It was founded in 1881 and serves more than 27,000 students on its six campuses, including more than 9,000 graduate students in multiple programs. UConn's main campus is in Storrs, Connecticut. . |
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