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 CURRENT INFORMATION
*****Chronicle of Higher Education*****
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: 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
    - Centre for Learning Resources
    - Directory of Educational Resource Agencies In India
  - 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
      - 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:
NCA: Communication Studies in Higher Education
International links to departments and schools.
* 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.
* 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 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.

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.
* 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 over 150,000 teacher
  reviewed lesson plans, etc.
* Lesson Plan Library
  Kindergarten, elementary, middle school
  and high school lesson plans.
* Lesson Plans and Other Teaching Aids
* Lesson Plans on the Web
  Information from Peabody Library,
  Peabody College of Vanderbilt University.
* 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.


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 University of Texas - 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: K-12 schools and libraries.
* Teach With Movies
  Use entertainment as a learning tool.
* UMUC-Verizon Virtual Resource Site for Teaching with Technology


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
* 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
  - 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
  - (Fifth) 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
  - 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:
  - 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
  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
* RETANET
  Resources for teaching about the Americas.
* Science, Technology and How Things Work
* 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
  - Learning Page... especially for Teachers
    From the Library of Congress:
    American Memory primary sources.


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
* 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
* 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
  five (5 %) percent in education.
* Busy Teachers' WebSite K-12
* 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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