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Education Sites

American Memory
http://memory.loc.gov/
A gateway to primary source materials from the collections of the Library of Congress. There are millions of documents ranging from photographs, manuscripts, sheet music and sound files. Grades 5-Adult.

Crayola Creativity Central
http://www.crayola.com/index.cfm
A source of activities and art instruction tips and techniques. It also includes arts and crafts ideas for children from preschool through high school and a large gallery of student art. Grades K-12 and Teacher.

Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/
A collection of over 500,000 lesson plans, some professional, some by teachers. An excellent source of information for both technology and non-tech subjects. Teachers.

Empower
http://library.wichita.edu/empower/
A tutorial for information literacy skills. This introduces the concept of using online resources for research and then provides sources and strategies for carrying out searches. A good instructional tool, but parts refer specifically to Wichita State University. Grades 7 - Adult.

From Now On: Education, Technology, Planning, Information 
http://fromnowon.org  
The subtitle sums it up, education technology planning information. Contains documents and links to technology related topics. Updated monthly. Teacher. 

Iris
http://www.clark.edu/Library/iris/
Iris is an updated version of the old University of Texas TILT program. It provides a series of tutorials for information literacy skills. Grades 7-Adult.

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators 
http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/
Now part of Discovery Channel's teacher resources, this is a directory of a variety of educational sites and information on evaluating and citing Internet information. Teacher.

TeacherTube
http://www.teachertube.com
A collection of instructional videos that can be streamed into your classroom. Most are teacher produced and focus on a single or concept. Unlike YouTube there is some effort to keep the focus on education and not include the raunchy. Teacher.

Web Book Publications
http://www.web-books.com/
A variety of ebooks, some for sale and many for free. A variety of literature, mostly in the public domain, but some are more contemporary. Interesting assortment. Grades 6-Adult.

WebQuest Page
http://webquest.org/index.php
The source for information about WebQuests by the originator of the concept, Bernie Dodge. It includes examples of WebQuests as well as instructions for creating your own and links to papers about creating and using them in the curriculum. Teacher.

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