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CURRENT INFORMATION
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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
NYTimes      Learning Network (Blog)
PBS NewsHour     Teacher Resources
Technological Horizons in Education
USA TODAY®: K-12 Education Online

ADMINISTRATION: Portal:Education

ASSOCIATIONS:
* Association for Practical and Professional Ethics
* Education International
  World's largest educators' federation.
- Canadian Teacher and School Administrator Organizations Worldwide
- European Association of Teachers: AEDE: Teachers Resources
- Teachers Community in India
    Includes directory of educational
    resource agencies throughout India.
    - Centre for Learning Resources
  - 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
      - AAUW - International Corner
      - AAUW - Related Organizations
        Sites contain content consistent with
        the mission, goals, and policies of the
        American Association of University Women.
    - American Federation of Teachers
    - 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
      - Teachers - ED.gov
* IFUW - International Federation of University Women
Empowering women and girls through lifelong education.
- IFUW - National Federations and Affiliates
* Phi Delta Kappa
  International association
of professional educators.

PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATIONS and TEACHER EDUCATION:
Professor: List of Academic Ranks
* 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.
* Connexions® - Sharing Knowledge and Building Communities
  Collection of free scholarly materials and
a powerful set of free software tools to help.
View and share educational material made
of small knowledge chunks called modules
that can be organized as courses, books,
reports, etc. Anyone may view or contribute:
authors create and collaborate; instructors
rapidly build and share custom collections;
learners find and explore content.
* Critical Links
Professional development tool that
supports teachers in refining their expertise.
* 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.
* KU: Center for Teaching Excellence
Worldwide information about teaching
and learning centers in higher education.
* MERLOT
Multimedia Educational Resource
for Learning and Online Teaching:
Online Communities where faculty, staff,
and students from around the world share
their learning materials and pedagogy.
* National Communication Association (USA)
Communication studies in higher education.
* National Education Association (USA) - Teacher Quality
- NEA - Reference Center
* PBS TeacherLine®
Professional development
for PreK-12 educators.
* Teacher Training Resource Bank
Access to the research & evidence base
informing teacher education. All materials
are quality assured through a rigorous process
of academic scrutiny and monitoring undertaken
by a team of expert teacher educators.
* Teachers Helping Teachers
Education site written
by teachers for teachers.
* Teachers.Net
Teacher chat, information,
lesson plans and teaching careers.
* 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.
- EFA International Coordination
    UNESCO leads the global Education for All
    movement, aiming to meet the learning needs
    of all children, youth and adults by 2015.
* VoS - Voice of the Shuttle
Teaching resources.
* We The Teachers
Teacher community.

LESSON PLANS, TEACHER HELPS and HOMEWORK: WikiTeach
* ALA | AASL Best Web Sites for Teaching and Learning Award
* 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.
* Education World®
The Educator's best friend™
* Educator's Reference Desk
Lesson plans.
* For Teachers (Library of Congress)
Bringing the power of primary
sources into the classroom.
- Internet Resources: Lesson Plans and Other Teaching Aids
* Gateway to 21st Century Skills
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.
- all - arts
- educational technology
- foreign languages
- health
- language arts
- mathematics
- philosophy
- physical education
- religion
- science
- social studies
- vocational education
* HotChalk® Global Learning Management System
Connecting teachers, students and parents.
- Lesson Plans Page
    Over 4,000 free lesson plans.
* Lesson Planet
Search over 150,000 teacher
reviewed lesson plans, etc.
* Lesson Plan Library
Kindergarten, elementary, middle school
and high school lesson plans.
* Lesson Plans on the Web
Information from Peabody Library,
Peabody College of Vanderbilt University.
* PBS Teachers
Resources for the classroom.
* Reach Every Child
Complete lesson plans and teaching kits to
primary source materials for student research.
* 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.

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.
- Learning Tools Directory 2010
    - Blogging, Web & Wiki Tools
    - Browsers, Players & Readers
    - Communication Tools
    - Document & Presentation Tools
    - Image, Audio & Video Tools
    - Instructional Tools
    - Live Tools
    - Micro-Blogging Tools
    - Mobile Tools
    - Personal Productivity Tools
    - Social Networking & Collaboration Spaces
      - More Collaboration Tools
* DIIA instructional Technologies
  Designed to enable faculty to easily
incorporate online features in their
classes, from University of Texas - Austin.
* 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.
* EDUCAUSE
Advance higher education by promoting
the intelligent use of information technology.
- Community
    - Wiki: Wiki Index
- Resource Center
    International repository for information
    concerning use and management of
    information technology in higher education.
    - Additional Resources
* Intel® Education Initiative
Improving 21st century
teaching and learning.
* MediaStudies
Helps advance research and education
in media analysis and critical thinking.
- Media Awareness Network (MNet)
* MyGradeBook.com®
Web based gradebook, enhancing communication
between teachers, parents and students.
* PowerPoint in the Classroom
Tutorial is provided free of charge.
* ProQuest K-12 - Educator Tools & Lesson Plans
  Digital teaching and learning resources
for K-12 schools and libraries.
* Teach With Movies
  Use entertainment as a learning tool.
* UMUC-Verizon Virtual Resource
Teaching with technology.
* Videoconferencing for Learning
Technology, instructional applications and resources for
finding and collaborating with other videoconferencing
teachers, librarians, and content providers.

PUBLICATIONS RESOURCE: 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
Education magazines and journals online.
* 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.

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
* American Bar Association Division for Public Education
* Asia Society
Education and learning.
* Benchmarks Online ~ Project 2061 ~ AAAS
  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 - 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 (Fifth) Grade Family History Sites
- Family History in the Classroom
- Family Tree Lesson Plans - Genealogy in the Classroom
  - Incorporating Genealogy into the Curriculum
- Living History Project
- Teaching Family History
   An Annotated Bibliography:
    Steven Mintz (OAH Magazine of History).
- 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: Calendars and Clocks
  - Earth Calendar - Celebrate Every Day
  - Festivals - Worldwide
  - Perpetual world-calendar.com
* Latin American Network Information Center
Subject directory.
* 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 Photos
  - U. S. State Mineral Information
* Photography and Clipart Resources
* Regional Education Laboratories
  USA network of support for research-based school reform.
  - 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
* Science, Technology and How Things Work
Science foundations and all aspects of scientific
education, for K-12 students to advanced experts.
* Smithsonian Education
  Gateway to Smithsonian
educational resources.
* 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

STUDENT DATABASES and PARENT RESOURCES: Student
* ALA | Great Web Sites for Kids
* CIRCL: Centre for International Research in Childhood: Literature, Culture, Media
- Other Interesting Sites - Academic Children's Literature Studies Sites
* 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
Parenting tips and parenting advice.
* 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.

WEB SEARCHING and the INTERNET: Education Index
Filamentality
Fill-in-the-blank tool that assists in picking a topic, searching
the Internet, gathering good Internet links, and turning them
into online learning activities. Support is built-in along the way
through Mentality Tips. Create and share web-based activities.
* Awesome Library and Education Resources
Topic-by-topic breakdown of the best
sites on the Internet, including the top
five (5 %) percent in education.
* Education Corner®: Education Resources by Subject and Major
Comprehensive directory of education resources by subject. All
education topics and resources are sorted by subject and life stage.
* Educator's Reference Desk: Resource Guides
High-quality resources and services to the education community.
* FREE -- Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
U. S. federal agency Internet
resources for teaching and learning.
* Free Teaching Resources
Association of Teacher Websites.
* Google™ For Educators
Support teachers in their efforts to empower students
and expand the frontiers of human knowledge.
* 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.
* Internet Resources: Using The Internet
For Teachers (Library of Congress).
* Landmarks for Schools: Words of Humankind
Information and tools designed to help
redefine literacy for the 21st Century.
* LibrarySupportStaff.com
- FREE Online Learning Sites
* Online Education and Resources
Distance education and electronic learning.
* TeacherXpress
For busy teachers: the education web, all in one place,
created by advanced adaptive automation techniques.
* Tired Teacher's Website K-12
Grades K-12 source materials, lesson
plans and classroom activities.
* Top Search Engines and Directories
Worldwide search engine information and databases
for webmasters and other research specialists.
* WebExhibits Catalogue
Highest quality and most
interesting exhibits in the Internet.

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