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.
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.
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.
Texas Information Literacy Tutorial
http://tilt.lib.utsystem.edu/
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 it
is being left behind by new technologies. Grades 6 -
Adult.
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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