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Best Search Portals for Teachers

http://www.altavista.com - Try the "link:url" trick to check links in and out of your research sites.

http://www.answers.com - A refreshing change - you don't get pages, you get answers and its all open source. Worth a try.

http://www.eduref.org - Ask ERIC - education only search's from the Educational Resources Information Center

http://www.google.com - Click here if you want the FULL GOOGLE.

http://www.inspiringteachers.com/ Information and assistance for new teachers.

http://www.kidsclick.org - A search engine that sorts hits according to value and then indicates the reading level of the source so teachers can determine if they are appropriate for their students.

http://www.mamma.com/ - They call it the "mother of all search engines."

http://www.searchenginewatch.com - A resource page that has news and reviews about what is happening in the search engine game.

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Best Search Portals for Students (safe):

http://www.ask.com - Ask Jeves for Kids

http://www.askanexpert.com - Pitsco's "Ask an Expert"

http://www.eduhound.com - Kid friendly/safe search engine for older kids.

http://www.edupuppy.com - Kid friendly/safe search engine for the ankle biters.

http://www.kidsclick.org - A search engine that sorts hits according to value and then indicates the reading level of the source so teachers can determine if they are appropriate for their students.

http://www.factmonster.com - Some clutter, but it works well.

http://www.startsquad.com - Good one for the little ones.

http://www.yahooligans.com/ - One of the big boys on the web for kids.

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Interesting Content Portals:

http://50states.com   Maps and information on all 50 states.

http://www.aaamath.com - Problems, calculators, plans - everything math is right here.

http://www.alphabetsoupfli.com - Great resources for world languages instruction.

http://www.apexlearning.com - An example of a virtual school - courses and the works.

http://www.brainpop.com - Short video clips and quizzes on lots of topics.

http://www.caso.com - Higher education courses online.

http://www.classroom.com - Classroom Connect

http://www.coolmath.com - Some free stuff, some subscription stuff - all math.

http://www.discoveryschool.com - Discovery School

http://www.edhelper.com/ - Lots for free stuff (lesson plans, WebQuests) and a subscription (for pay) option for more stuff as well.

http://www.educationindex.com/   An annotated guide to the best education-related sites on the Web.

http://www.education-world.com - Education World

http://www-epgy.stanford.edu   On-Line learning resources for gifted students K-12 from Stanford University.

http://www.exploratorium.edu - The Exploratorium

http://www.familyeducation.com - Family Education Network

http://www.flvs.net - The Florida High School On-Line

http://www.funbrain.com - Lots of good activities for kids of all ages.

http://www.gsn.org - The Global Schoolhouse Network

http://www.gsu.edu/~mstjrh/internet_quests.htm - Tons of on-line science projects.

http://highschoolhub.org/hub/hub.cfm - Loads of student centered resources for high school level work.

http://illuminations.nctm.org/imath/index.html - Great Math activities from the folks at NCTM.

http://www.ipl.org - The Internet Public Library - a lot of stuff here.

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn - Blue Web’N

http://www.learner.org - The Annenberg/CPB Project

http://www.lewisandclarkexhibit.org/4_0_0/ - Great resources related to the bicentennial of the historic voyage of the Corps of Discovery.

http://www.loc.gov   - The Library of Congress On-line

http://www.mdk12.org/instruction/curriculum/hsa/world_history/resourceshsa.html A great source for social studies and history related educational resources.

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/index.html    - The Library of Congress On-Line - learning resources section (very powerful site for primary source documents and archives of all kinds.

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/optics/tutorials/index.html - Great online visual tutorials on topics related to light and light energy.

http://www.nara.gov - The National Archives and Records Administration - the mother lode of historical and primary sources of historical information.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com - National Geographic

http://www.nobelchannel.com - The Nobel Channel

http://www.pbs.org - PBS Online

http://www.ouc.bc.ca/tltc/tr/webquest/ - Lots of great resources from our friends in the Great White North - no doubt on that!

http://thomas.loc.gov/ - The online record of everything Congressional.

http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/ Everything Dinosaurs

http://usacitylink.com - Information on lots of cities around the world.

http://www.weeklyreader.com/ Weekly Reader on the Web, News, Activities, etc.

http://www.wired.com - Good source for technology news and views

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm - The Avalon Project at Yale - the text of just about every major legal document in western civilization - really.

http://webquest.org/ - Web Quests from the folks that started the whole thing.

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Assessment and Activity Portals:

http://education.indiana.edu/~socialst/ Social Studies resources.

http://www.4teachers.org   An excellent resource for best practices materials.

http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/ - Samples of checklists as they relate to tasks in a project based learning format

http://webquest.org/ - Web Quests from the folks that started the whole thing.

http://www.geocities.com/ozquest/fulllist.htm - A lot of activities here - not well organized (no topic or grade level breakdowns) but if you are willing to browse, you will probably find something helpful.

http://www.gsu.edu/~mstjrh/internet_quests.htm - Tons of on-line science projects

http://www.landmark-project.com/classweb/rubrics/ - This site will convert your rubrics to HTML code so you can post the rubric on a web page.

http://www.learningplanet.com/ Inter-active activities for K-6: including math games, word search, memory games, geography quizzes, crossword puzzles, and more.

http://olp.swlauriersb.qc.ca/webquest/cia.htm - Nice technology integration activities - not organized by topic though.   If you are willing to search a bit, you will probably find something worthwhile.

http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/english/edservices/pedresources/webquest/cia.htm - WebQuests from teachers in the Great White North... take off a!

http://www.ozline.com/learning/index.htm - A good WebQuest resource page.

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.shtml   This page has cookie cutter templates for rubrics - predictable, and some are lame - but it is better than a blank slate.

http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/trubrics.htm - A few more examples from a district on the left coast.

http://sesd.sk.ca/teacherresource/webquest/webquest.htm - Lots of great WebQuests from our friends in the Great White North - no doubt on that!

http://www.thinkquest.org/library/ - Search the library of some of the most effective and creative student work that is produced across the country.

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Push Portals: (if you subscribe, these sites will send YOU stuff)

http://www.education-world.com - Weekly updates available.

http://www.eschoolnews.com/ - A good weekly update.

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn - Weekly updates available.

http://surfnetkids.com - Kids and the web.

http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk - Subscribe to ZDNet's Anchor Desk.

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Utilities and Other Resources:

http://www.anovember.com/articles/zack.html - A must read article about information literacy by Alan November.

http://www.anywho.com - Find the name, address, phone, and driving directions. (with maps) to anyone with a listed telephone number - it's a little scary, and free.

http://www.blackboard.com - A good resource site for teacher web pages.

http://www.brewsterschools.org/site/Technology/how_to_section.htm A great series of "How To" topics for self-directed learning in basic Microsoft Office applications.

http://www.ceoexpress.com/#top - They take the best sites in many categories (many non-educational) and put them on their home page.

http://www.classcompass.com - Curriculum mapping software that is low cost and high functioning with the best training and support in the business.

http://www4.district125.k12.il.us/webmeisters/cchausis/webpage.html - A great web building resource page for teachers created by school staff in Illinois.

http://www.epolicyinstitute.com/index.shtml - A great resource for e-policies and statistics regarding "e" in the workplace.

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/on-line2.htm - A great resource for self-directed learners - several FREE "do it yourself" software and application tutorials for teachers.

http://www.lasw.org/CAC_steps.html - An excellent protocol for helping teachers work together to learn from student work.

http://www.mail2web.com - Get your e-mail from anywhere at anytime. It's free.

http://www.merlot.org/Home.po - No, it's not that... M ultimedia   E ducational R esource for L earning and O nline T eaching - Get it? They do have a "Tasting Room."

http://www.mervlink.com/ - the home page of Matt Mervis, cool PI Associate, very web savy, a great musician, dad, and essentially terrific person.

http://www.noodletools.com - Who needs the MLA? It's not about whether or not you can do the citation, it's about whether or not you know you need one.

http://www.100hot.com/ Find out who is hitting what.

http://www.schoolnotes.com A free site that allows teachers to set up their own web sites to post assignments, messages, or whatever. Easy to use and free.

http://www.teacherweb.com A free site that allows teachers to set up their own web sites to post assignments, messages, or whatever. Easy to use and free.

http://www.turnitin.com - A WAY COOL tool to help in the battle against plagiarized work. You submit an electronic copy of the text and they search their data-based for similar downloaded essays. Check it out!

http://web66.umn.edu/ - National/international registry of schools with web pages.

http://www.yahoo.com - Go to Yahoo and click on the "Briefcase." - Just sign up and get up to 30 Megs of free web storage for your documents.

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Internet Safety Links:

http://www.cyberangels.org - A non-profit organization dedicated to Internet safety.

http://www.cybersavvy.org - Another non-profit, but this is the best I have seen. Online tutorials for both adults and kids, very well done.

http://www.getnetwise.org - A non-profit organization dedicated to Internet safety.

http://www.netc.org/tech_plans/aup.html - A sampling of school Acceptable Use Policies.

http://netsafeagency.com/sitepatrol/ - An online volunteer community dedicated to internet safety.

http://www.safekids.com - A non-profit organization dedicated to Internet safety.

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This site was last updated 09/15/07