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CNN.com™                Education News
EdNews.org         News & Information
Education Center US News Education
Education Week       News and Issues
EduResources                         Weblog
I.S.T.E.        Technology in Education
National Teaching & Learning Forum
New York Times     Learning Network
PBS NewsHour     Teacher Resources
Technological Horizons  in Education
USA TODAY®:  K-12 Education Online
 

ADMINISTRATION, ASSOCIATIONS and PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION: Portal:Education

ASSOCIATIONS:
* The Association for Practical and Professional Ethics
* Education International
  World's largest educators' federation.
  - Canadian Teacher and School Administrator Organizations Worldwide
  - European Association of Teachers
  - UNITED STATES: Private and public organizations.
    - ACE®: American Council on Education
      Major coordinating body for all the nation's higher education institutions.
    - American Association of University Women and AAUW Local Branches
    - American Federation of Teachers
    - The Association of Teacher Educators
    - National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
    - National Education Association
    - National PTA®
    - U.S. Department of Education
      - Educational Associations and Organizations
      - Just for Teachers
* IFUW - International Federation of University Women
  - IFUW - National Federations and Affiliates
* Phi Delta Kappa
  International association of professional educators.

PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATIONS and TEACHER EDUCATION:
* Apple Learning Interchange
  Dynamic online community where educators share, learn and communicate.
* Becoming a Teacher in a Field-Based Setting: WWW Links
  Introduction to education, classrooms and instructional resources.
* Critical Links
  Professional development tool that supports teachers in refining their expertise.
* Education World® - The Educator's Best Friend
* Higher Education Academy
  Helps institutions, discipline groups and all staff to provide
  the best possible learning experience for their students.
  - Higher Education Academy - Subject Centres
    United Kingdom subject-specific support through
    a nation-wide network of twenty four subject centres.
* Internet Resources for Higher Education Outcomes Assessment
  Use the browser's Find (Ctrl-F) function to locate information about a particular topic.
* MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
  Online community where faculty, staff, and students from
  around the world share their learning materials and pedagogy.
* NEA: AOL at School for Educators
* PBS TeacherLine
  Professional development for PreK-12 educators.
* Teachers Helping Teachers
  Education site written by teachers for teachers.
* Teachers.Net
  Teacher chat, information, lesson plans and teaching careers.
* TEACHNET.ORG
  Teachers Network enables teachers to collaborate in order to grow professionally.
* ThinkFinity
  Improve student achievement in traditional classroom settings and beyond
  by providing high-quality content and extensive professional development training.
* UNESCO.org: Teacher Education
  United Nations educational, scientific and cultural organization.
* VoS - Voice of the Shuttle: Teaching Resources
* We The Teachers: A Teacher Community
* Yahoo!® Teachers
  Peer network designed by and for teachers.


EDUCATION: LESSON PLANS, TEACHER HELPS and HOMEWORK: WikiTeach
* Archive.Edu
  Storehouse of instructional materials on a variety of topics that educators can freely access.
* EDSITEment
  Teacher resource lesson plans and at-home activities.
* The Educator's Reference Desk: Lesson Plans
* thegateway.org: GEM
  Gateway to Educational Materials^SM is a Consortium effort to provide educators
  with quick and easy access to thousands of educational resources found on various
  federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites.
* Lesson Planet
  Search 150,000 teacher-reviewed lesson plans.
* The Lesson Plan Library
  Kindergarten, elementary, middle school and high school lesson plans.
* The Lesson Plans Page
  Over 3,500 free lesson plans.
* PBS Teachers
  Resources for the classroom.
* TeachersFirst
  Collection of lessons, units, and web resources designed to save teachers time,
  by delivering just what they need in a practical, user-friendly, and ad-free format.
* TeacherTube.com
  Online teacher made videos.
* TeacherVision®
  Teacher lesson plans, printables, and worksheets by grade or subject.
* Timesavers for Teachers
  Classroom forms, masters and worksheets.
  - Printable Teacher Worksheets, Elementary Worksheets
* VideoLectures
  Exchange ideas and share knowledge.
* World Lecture Hall
  Publishes links to pages created by faculty worldwide, who
  are using the Web to deliver course materials in any language.


EDUCATION: MEDIA and INSTRUCTION for SCHOOLS
* Annenberg CPB Channel 
  Free satellite channel for schools, colleges, libraries, public broadcasting stations,
  public access channels and other community agencies.
* Blackboard
  Enables institutions to embrace the full power of the Internet
  with access to any learning resource at any time from any place.
* Cable in the Classroom
  Cable in the Classroom (CIC) is the U.S. cable industry’s education foundation;
  to foster the use of cable content and technology to expand and enhance learning
  for children and youth nationwide.
* Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies
  Making sense of e-learning trends, technologies and tools.
  - Directory of over 2,200 E-Learning Tools - Free and Commercial
    - Top 100 Tools for Learning
* Connexions® - Sharing Knowledge and Building Communities
  Collection of free scholarly materials and a powerful set of free software tools to help.
* DIIA instructional technologies 
  Designed to enable faculty to easily incorporate online features
  in their classes, from the University of Texas at Austin.
* EDUCAUSE CONNECT
  Transforming education through information technologies.
* Education Podcast Network
  Wide range of podcast programming that may be helpful to teachers looking for content
  to teach with and about, and to explore issues of teaching and learning in the 21st century.
* Intel® Education Initiative
  Improving 21st century teaching and learning.
* MyGradeBook.com®
  Web based gradebook, enhancing communication between teachers, parents and students. 
* PowerPoint in the Classroom
* ProQuest K-12
  Digital teaching and learning resources for K-12 schools and libraries.
* Teach With Movies
  Use entertainment as a learning tool.
* UMUC-Verizon Virtual Resource Site for Teaching with Technology


EDUCATION: PUBLICATIONS: Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
GENERAL: education - Google™ Book Search
* ERIC - Education Resources Information Center
  Free access to bibliographic records of journal articles, other education-related
  materials and links to full text, if available.
* Research Society for American Periodicals
  Resources for research: periodicals.
* Serials in Cyberspace
  Selective listings of worldwide web sites and resources,
  having electronic journal collections and services.
* United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
  Education: Literacy Portal.
* Web Pages for Scholarly Societies
SPECIFIC: Google™ Scholar
* CITE Journal
  Online, peer-reviewed journal, established and jointly sponsored
  by five professional associations: AMTE, ASTE, NCSS-CUFA, CEE, and SITE.
* Education Magazines
* Remedia Publications
  Quality products created to develop basic skills for children and young adults.
* Teacher Ideas Press
  Award-winning books by teachers for teachers.
* WikiEducator
  Developing free and open educational content for the world.

EDUCATION: SPECIAL SUBJECTS and INTERESTS: Teacher
* Academic Disciplines - Wikipedia®
  - Glossary of Education-related Terms
    0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
  - List of Educators - Worldwide
* American Bar Association Division for Public Education
* AskAsia (K-12)
* Benchmarks for Math, Science and Technology
  What all students should know or be able to do by the end of grades 2, 5, 8, and 12.
  - Common Themes, Designed World, Habits of Mind, Historical Perspectives,
    Human Organism, Human Society, Living Environment, Mathematical World,
    Mathematics, Physical Setting, Science and Technology.
* Connections - A Global Education Initiative
  Promote students' understanding of world cultures and U.S. Olympic values.
* Disability Resources
  For people with disabilities, their families and friends.
* EconEdLink
  Economic lesson materials for K-12 teachers.
* Family Genealogy and History Internet Education Directory
  - 5th Grade Family History Sites
  - Family Tree Lesson Plans - Genealogy in the Classroom
  - Incorporating Genealogy into the Curriculum
  - Living History Project
  - Miss Szczepaniak's World : Genealogy Project
  - Where I Come From
    Take research heritage a step beyond the construction of a family tree.
    Travel through cyberspace to find out what's happening in ancestral
    homelands today and explore the sense of connection to these places.
* Holidays:
  - Earth Calendar - Celebrate Every Day
  - Festivals - Worldwide
  - Perpetual world-calendar.com
* Medical and Health: Genetics, Genealogy and History: Fitness
  - PE Central®
    For health and physical education teachers.
* Mineral Information Institute For Teachers Only
  Free download of lessons, activities, guides, student pages, backgrounders.  Information
  on minerals and other natural resources and their importance in our every day lives.
  - Common Minerals and Their Uses
  - Mineral Photographs
  - U. S. State Mineral Information
* Photography and Clipart Resources
* Regional Educational Laboratories
  Network of support for research-based school reform. (USA)
  - ARCC - Appalachia Regional Comprehensive Center at Edvantia
  - LAB - The Educational Alliance at Brown University
  - LSS - Laboratory for Student Success - Mid-Atlantic Region
  - McREL Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning
  - NCREL - North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
  - NWREL - Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
  - PREL - Pacific Resources for Education and Learning
  - SEDL - Sourthwest Educational Development Laboratory
  - SERVE - Southeast Regional Educational Laboratory
  - WestEd - Western Regional Educational Laboratory
* RETANET
  Resources for teaching about the Americas.
* Science, Technology and How Things Work
* Smithsonian Education
  Gateway to Smithsonian educational resources.
* A Teacher's Guide to Folklife
  Resources for K-12 classrooms.
* Teaching Guide to the Holocaust
  Education and legacy forum for teaching the holocaust.
* Teaching History and Geography
  Fundamental issues of teaching world history and geography.
  - History Lesson Plans and Resources
  - The Learning Page... especially for Teachers
    From the Library of Congress - American Memory primary sources.


EDUCATION: STUDENT DATABASES and PARENT RESOURCES: Student
* ALA | Great Web Sites for Kids
* Education Planet™
  Quality web resources for students and teachers.
* emTech Consulting
  Emerging Technologies resources organized by topics for teachers, students and parents.
* Family Education Network
  Source of educational content, resources, and shopping for parents, teachers and kids.
* Houghton Mifflin Pre-K-6 Education Place®
  Resources for elementary-school teachers, students and parents.
* KIDSNET®
  National (USA) resource for children's television, radio and multimedia sources.
* PBS Parents
* Reference and Homework Help
  Database and search sites for students, parents, educators and the general public.
* Schools, Colleges, Universities, Alumni and Genealogy Education
  Worldwide comprehensive resource of educational institutions, past and present students,
  alumni, associations, faculty, friends and military personnel.


EDUCATION: WEB SEARCHING and the INTERNET
* AT&T Knowledge Network Explorer: Blue Web'n
  Internet sites categorized by subject, grade level, and format
  (tools, references, lessons, hotlists, resources, tutorials, activities, projects).
* Awesome Library and Education Resources
  Topic-by-topic breakdown of the best sites on the Internet,
  including the top 5 percent in education.
* Busy Teachers' WebSite K-12
* The Educator's Reference Desk: Resource Guides
* FREE -- Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
  U. S. federal agency Internet resources for teaching and learning.
* Google™ For Educators
* Harvard Graduate School of Education
  Collection of professionally chosen Internet links,
  to freely available sites of interest to educators.
* iEARN - International Education and Resource Network
  World's largest non-profit global network that enables teachers and youth
  to use the Internet and other technologies to collaborate on projects that
  enhance learning and make a difference in the world.
* Landmarks for Schools: Words of Humankind
* Online Education and Resources
* Top Search Engines and Directories
* Web Exhibits
  Highest quality and most interesting exhibits in the Internet.

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