Archive of Links Recommended in “Caught on the Web”
(2000- )

When I recommend sites in the column I attempt to keep the addresses as short as possible to make it easier to enter correctly. I’ll then include directions to specific pages within a site. That way you get a tour of the site as well! This online list will contain the link as printed in Education Digest as well as the more specific (and longer) link if necessary. In some cases I’ve added bonus sites that I’ve come across since the column was published. For full descriptions of these sites please refer to the magazine issues noted.
— Carol

Topics

Health, Nutrition & Fitness
(Mar 01)
Instructional Technology Support at the District Level (Mar 06)
Internet Strategies (Sept. 01)
Inventions (April 05)
Lewis and Clark (Sept. 03)
Libraries (April 01)
Mathematics (Nov. 01)
Money Management (April 02)
Multimedia Sources  (March 03)
New Teachers(Sept. 00)
News Sources (Jan. 02)
Online Interactive Games for the Classroom (Feb. 05)
Pathfinders Library Guides to Research (Jan. 05)
Physics (May 04)
Presentation Skills (Sept. 05)
Science (Jan. 03)
   Biology, Earth Science
Search Engines (Oct. 04)
Standards (Feb. 01)
Storytelling (Jan. 03)
Students and Tragic Events (Jan 02)
Technical Education (Mar. 02)
Technology (Feb. 042)
Video Conferencing in the Classroom (Mar. 05)
Web Based Tools (Dec. 05)
Writing Skills (Dec. 02)

Adult Self-Directed Learning (Nov.04)
American History (Feb. 02)
A P Course Sites (March 04)
Art (Dec. 01)
Assistive and Adaptive Technologies
(Nov. 05)
Biology (April 03)
Bookmarks (May 01)
Career Planning (Jan 06)
Career and Technical Education (Feb 06)
Chemistry (Nov 03)
Classroom/Teacher Sites
(Oct. 03)
College Selection (Dec 00)
Consumer Skills (April 02)
Differentiated Instruction and Universal Design for Learning (Oct. 05)
Digital Images (May 02, Dec 04)
Earth Science (Jan 03)
Elections (Sept. 04, Oct 00)
Electronic Text (Jan. 01)
Elementary Sites (Jan. 04)
English as Second Language (Oct.01)
Grants (Dec 03)
Handheld Computers (May 04)

• Infed: Informal Education and Adult Learning http://www.infed.org/
• Ageless Learner http://agelesslearner.com/
• Learnativity http://learnativity.com/
• Linking Thinking http://www.dest.gov.au/research/publications/linking_thinking/default.htm
• Strong Value of Self-Directed Learning in the Workplace http://www.mapnp.org/library/trng_dev/methods/slf_drct.htm

Where to find tutorials

• Hewlett-Packard Online Classes http://www.hplearningcenter.com/
• Atomic Learning http://www.atomiclearning.com
• ISTE Training http://www.iste.org/resources/prof-dev/training.cfm
• International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) http://www.iste.org
• 2004 International Self-Directed Learning Institute http://sdlglobal.com/journal.htm 

American History (February 2002)
Primary sources, documents, artifacts & multimedia
See also Lewis & Clark Expedition links (Sept. 2003)

• Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/about/index.html  overview 
• Encyclopedia Smithsonian http://www.si.edu/resource/  index to the collection
• Smithsonian Center for Education http://educate.si.edu/ 
• Smithsonian National Museum of American History  http://americanhistory.si.edu/
• A Biography of America http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/ 
• The Digital Classroom http://www.nara.gov/education/classrm.html
• Making of America http://moa.umdl.umich.edu/ 
• American Studies Web http://cfdev.georgetown.edu/cndls/asw/ 
• History and Politics Out Loud:  audio archive http://www.hpol.org/ 
• History Buff http://www.historybuff.com/index.html 
• Early America http://www.earlyamerica.com 
• American History Resources for the Social Studies Teacher http://7-12educators.about.com/cs/socialstudies/index.htm 

• AP: About the Advanced Placement Program
  http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/about.html
• Apex Learning AP Exam review http://www.apexlearning.com/offerings/aper/
• AP English Sources http://teachers.henrico.k12.va.us/Specialist/franceslively/ap.htm
• Advanced Placement U.S. History and Advanced Placement European History http://www.historymentor.com/
• Mrs. Roberts AP Calculus Course http://mrsroberts.com/MrsRoberts/Calculus/calculus.htm
• Biology Web Site References for Students and Teachers http://www.hoflink.com/~house/
• Chemistry Geek http://www.chemistrygeek.com/ap.htm
• Mr. Monahan’s AP Psychology Website http://monahanpsych.com/

Art (December 2001)
The sites below provide innovative ways to incorporate art as well as provide resources for additional works. Due to the nature of art, some of these sites include images that could be considered inappropriate for students. I recommend you bookmark the site and then select and save images in a folder on your computer.

• Knowledge Network Explorer http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/ Choose "Arts" for  reviewed sites for art educators, including the highly rated "Eyes on Art." 
• Thompson/Wadsworth: Art & Humanities http://www.wadsworth.com/art_d/  Art links and resources from textbook publisher
• The Artists http://the-artists.org/ major 20th century visual artists
• dART - The Internet Art Database http://dart.fine-art.com/ 
• Artsparx http://www.artsparx.com/ 
• Dick Blick Art Materials - forums, lesson plans & links http://www.dickblick.com/info/productinfo/
• The Minneapolis Institute of Arts http://www.artsMIA.org/ Choose "Education," then "Interactive Programs" for interdiciplinary  projects that include classroom activities and grade-level guides. 
  

Art Museums

• Museum Network http://www.amn.org/ 
• The Art Museum Image Consortium http://www.amico.org/ 
• DOCEO - the Whitney Museum of American Artís Resource for Educators http://www.whitney.org/programs/doceo_gateway.html free registration (offline August '03, try http://www.whitney.org/)
• FAMSF: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco http://www.famsf.org/ search the ImageBase for works and zoom in on details of over 110,000 images
• Berger Foundation's World Art Treasures http://www.bergerfoundation.ch/ 

Search Engines and Directories

• Google Image Search http://www.google.com/ Click on the word "Image" 
• The Artcyclopedia: the Fine Art Search Engine http://www.artcyclopedia.com/ 
• Bonus San Francisco Museum of Modern Art http://www.sfmoma.org/ (Sept '02)

• Tackle your largest collection first. Set up folders for broad topics and further subdivide with separators or additional folders, see the Help section of your browser (Internet Explorer, AOL or Netscape).
• If a valuable site seems to have disappeared, it may really have just relocated. Use a search engine to look for the title.
• Save your new/reviewed collection on a floppy disk or online so you can access it on other computers. 
• If you use web based email you can send the files to yourself so you could use them anywhere. Many web portals (like yahoo) allow you to add bookmarks to your start page. 
• Try an online service that will store your bookmarks for you   Backflip.com http://www.backflip.com lets you share bookmark lists 

Need more bookmarks to fill in the gaps in your collection?

• StartSpot http://www.startspot.com/network  Homeworkspot, LibrarySpot and MuseumSpot 
• Refdesk.com http://www.refdesk.com/fastfact.html 
• Explore National, Regional, State, County, and School District websites for links. 

• O*NET OnLinehttp://online.onetcenter.org/
• O*NET Career Exploration Tools http://www.onetcenter.org/tools.html
• CareerInfonet http://www.acinet. org/acinet/
• Career Voyages http://www.careervoyages.gov/
• Mapping your Future http://www.mapping-your-future.org/
• JobStar Central http://jobstar.org/

The following sites are from the Bureau of Labor Statistics:

• Occupational Outlook Handbook 2004-05 Edition http://stats.bls.gov/oco/
• Career Information Home Page http://www.bls.gov/k12/index.htm
• Occupational Outlook Quarterly magazine online http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/ooqhome.htm

Career and Technical Education (February 2006)

• The Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE)
  http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/pi/cte/
• Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) http://www.acteonline.org/
• Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education (ERIC/ACVE) http://www.calpro-online.org/eric/index.asp
• International Technology Education Association (ITEA) http://www.iteaconnect.org/
• TechDirections: Linking Education to Careers http://www.techdirections.com
• Vocational Information Center – Educators. http://www.khake.com/page6.html
• The Education World: Vocational Education http://www.educationworld.com/vocational
• Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators: Technical/Career Education and Family/Consumer Science http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/vocation.html
• Blue Web’n http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn

• “Internet Makes Kids’ Grades an Open Book” http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16396-2000Nov4.html
• Designing School Websites to Deliver http://www.fno.org/webdesign.html
• Brick by Brick: Designing and Developing Web Pages and Projects http://eduscapes.com/sessions/brick/index.htm
• Class Web http://www.landmark-project.com/classweb/index.html
• Creating Teacher WebPages http://www.rapides.k12.la.us/VI/creating_teacher_webpages.htm
• Web Design for Instruction: Research-Based Guidelines http://www.usask.ca/education/coursework/skaalid/index.htm
• Creating Web Pages and Sites http://www.aea2.k12.ia.us/curriculum/website.html

• Yale Web Style Guide, 2nd Edition http://www.webstyleguide.com/
• UseIt.com: Usable Information Technology http://www.useit.com/
• Webmonkey: the Web Developer’s Resource http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/
• WebPage Design for Designers http://www.wpdfd.com/

• Teacher­Created Web Page FAQ’s http://www.merrimack.k12.nh.us/policies/faqs.htm
• School and Teacher Web Site Guidelines http://www.greenville.k12.sc.us/district/web/policy/webguide.htm
• Eastside Catholic High School External Web Site Guidelines http://www.echs.bellevue.wa.us/webguide.htm

• American Universities  www.clas.ufl.edu/CLAS/american-universities.html  includes US, International and community colleges.
• Petersonís www.petersons.com 
• Princeton Review www.princetonreview.com/ 
• College Bound Magazine www.collegeboundmag.com 

College Testing 

• College Board Online (SAT) www.collegeboard.com 
• ACT Assessment www.act.org/aap

Financial Aid

• Access America for Students: Student Gateway to the U. S. Government http://www.students.gov 
• FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)  www.fafsa.ed.gov
• FinAid: www.finaid.org
• FAST Web: Financial Aid Search Through the Web www.fastweb.com 
• Scholarships.com www.scholarships.com 

Campus life 

• Real World University www.rwuniversity.com
• College Club www.collegeclub.com 

Article

• Do geeks need to go to college?by Lisa Schmeiser in Salon, April 1999 www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/04/12/college/index1.html  insight into the benefits of  the higher education experience for already successful ìgeeks.î 

• Technology Tips for Differentiated Instruction http://rtecexchange.edgateway.net/cs/rtecp/view/rtec_str/11
• Enhance Learning with Technology: Differentiating Instruction. http://members.shaw.ca/priscillatheroux/differentiating.html or www.enhancelearning.ca
• Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) http://www.cast.org/index.html
• Teaching Every Student (TES) http://www.udlcenter.org/
• The ATOMS Project (Assistive Technology Outcomes Measurement System) http://necc.dmit.asu.edu/archives/2005/06/dave_edyburn_1.html
• Universal Design Education Online http://www.udeducation.org/
• Accessible Technologies for All Students http://www.accessibletech4all.org/index.cfm

Digital Images Enhance the Curriculum (December 2004)

• Digital Cameras in Education, http://www.drscavanaugh.org/digitalcamera/
• Images Can Make Powerful Slam Dunk Digital Lessons http://fno.org/oct03/slamdunk2.html
• Kodak Digital Learning Center http://www.kodak.com/US/en/digital/dlc/
• Adobe Acrobat in Education http://www.adobe.com/education/main.html
• Using Digital Cameras in the Classroom http://www.wacona.com/digicam/digicam.html
• Digital Cameras Enhance Education http://members.ozemail.com.au/~cumulus/digcam.htm
• Short Courses, http://www.shortcourses.com/

Additional lists of resources:

• Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators – Teacher Helpers: Digital Gadgets
  http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/gadgets.html
• Digital Media in the Classroom: An Internet Hotlist on Digital Media, http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listdigitalphe.html

Digital Pictures (May 2002)

• The Amazing Picture Machine http://www.ncrtec.org/picture.htm 
• Pics4Learning http://pics.tech4learning.com/ 
• BoondocksNet.com http://www.boondocksnet.com/ 
• American Memory http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ 
• The Multimedia Libraryís Multimedia Gazette http://www.multimedialibrary.com/ 
• MapQuest http://www.mapquest.com   Click Aerial tab for photo 
• Visible Earth http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/ 
• Space Images Archive http://www.seds.org/images/ 
• Caught on the Web, December 2001 - Fine Art Images  

• Google http://www.google.com Click on the Image tab   
• Search Engine Watch http://www.searchenginewatch.com/links/ Click on Multimedia 

Earth Science  (January 2003)
Also see General Science links

• NASA Education Program http://education.nasa.gov/
• NASA SpaceLink http://spacelink.nasa.gov/Instructional.
  Materials/Curriculum.Support/Earth.Science/ August '03 - unavailable but may return
• The Nine Planets: Multimedia Tour of Solar System http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.htm
• Earth and Moon Viewer http://www.fourmilab.to/earthview/
• Windows to the Universe! http://www.windows.ucar.edu/
• NASA Earth Observatory http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
• Global Change Master Directory http://gcmd.nasa.gov/
• Australian Severe Weather http://australiasevereweather.com
• Water Science for Schools http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/
• Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/
• Geology Labs Online Virtual Courseware http://www.sciencecourseware.com/
• Volcano World http://www.volcanoworld.org/
• Soil Science Education Homepage http://ltpwww.gsfc.nasa.gov/globe/index.htm
• The Mineral Gallery http://mineral.galleries.com/

Elections (September 2004)

Classroom Resources with Lesson Plans

• National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) http://www.socialstudies.org/election/
• Weekly Reader http://www.weeklyreader.com/election/index.asp
• Scholastic Election 2004 http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/election2004/
• The Election Co-nection Teleproject
  http://exchange.co-nect.net/Teleprojects/project/Election

The Election Process

• C-SPAN in the Classroom
  http://www.c-span.org/classroom/govt/campaigns.asp
• The Office of the Federal Register of the National Archives Records Administration (NARA). http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/electoral_college/
• Project Vote Smart http://www.vote-smart.org
• Freedom’s Answer http://www.youthevote.net
• Declare Yourself http://declareyourself.org/
• Rock the Vote http://www.rockthevote.com
• MTV’s Choose or Loose http://www.mtv.com/chooseorlose/

Let the Voter Beware: Media, Money, Fake Photos

• The Annenberg Political Fact Checkhttp://www.factcheck.org/
• Open Secrets http://www.opensecrets.org
• Photo Forgery http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/archive.html
• Polling Report 2004 http://www.pollingreport.com/

Elections (October 2000)

• American Journalism Review News Link http://newslink.org/

• Project Vote Smart www.vote-smart.org 
• C-SPAN Campaign 2000 www.cspan.org/campaign2000/ 
• SpeakOut www.speakout.com 
• Open Secrets www.opensecrets.org 
• Public Agenda Online www.publicagenda.org/ 
• League of Women Voters http://www.lwv.org/ 
       also sponsors Democracy Network www.dnet.org 
• National Public Radio Election 2000 www.npr.org/news/national/election2000/

The Voting Process:

• The Center for Voting and Democracy www.igc.org/cvd/ 
• Election.com www.election.com/us 
• Rock the Vote http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/lewis/rock/ 
• Youth-e-Vote www.youthevote.net 

• Project Gutenberg www.gutenberg.net
• Bartleby.com, Great Books Online www.bartleby.com 
• The Online Books Page http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books
• Internet Public Library Online Texts Collection www.ipl.org/reading/books  
• Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts www.infomotions.com/alex 
• Intro to Representative Poetry On-Line www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/rp/intro.html
• Eighteenth-Century E-Texts http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/18th/etext.html
• National Academy Press www.nap.edu/browse.html 

• Library of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html
  choose Collection Finder then Written Materials
• Avalon Project at Yale Law School www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/pre18.htm
• Making of America (MOA) http://moa.umdl.umich.edu/
• World War II Resources www.ibiblio.org/pha 

• Electronic-books.com http://electronic-books.com/ (Barnes & Noble)
• Net Library http://www.netlibrary.com/ 

• National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition (NCELA) http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/ 
• Practical Teaching Ideas on ESL http://serv1.ncte.org/teach/
• Internet TESL Journal for Teachers of English as a Second Language http://iteslj.org/

• EverythingESL http://www.everythingesl.net/
• Daveís ESL Cafe http://www.eslcafe.com/
• ESLoop http://www.linguistic-funland.com/esloop/ 
• The English Professor: An English as a Second Language site http://www.theenglishprofessor.com/ by Patrick Kinch,  August '03 - unavailable but may return

• Free Translation http://www.freetranslation.com/
• Bablefish http://world.altavista.com/

Grants (December 2003)

Grant Writing

• Guidance SchoolGrants http://www.schoolgrants.org/
• Getting Grants: Find funding sources online http://www.givespot.com/features/grants.htm
• Dr Charity: Development Resource Center http://www.drcharity.com/grants.html

Grant Sources

• U.S. Department of Education: Grants and Contracts http://www.ed.gov/fund/landing.jhtml
• Think Big http://www.nfie.org/
• AskERIC: Grants
  http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/res.cgi/Educational_Management/Grants
• Focus on Education Funding
  http://fdncenter.org/focus/education/
• TechLEARNING: Grants and Contests http://techlearning.com/resources/grants.jhtml

Handheld Computer Websites (May 2004)

• Learning@Hand http://www.learningathand.com/
• Planet 5th: Learning in Hand http://www.mpsomaha.org/willow/p5/handhelds/
• Power in the Palm of Your Hand http://kathyschrock.net/power/
• PalmSource Expert Guides http://www.palmsource.com/expertguides/
• Education @ PalmOne http://www.palmone.com/us/education/
• Background reading and examples of classroom use:
• Intel Education: Learning with Handhelds http://www.intel.com/education/handhelds/
• SEIR-TEC Newsletter: Handheld Technologies issue http://www.seirtec.org/publications/NewsWire/Vol5.2.pdf
• PEP: Palm Education Pioneer grants http://www.palmgrants.sri.com/
  
  Mostly Free Software:
• Memoware http://www.memoware.com/
• Tucows http://pda.tucows.com/
  

Health, Nutrition & Fitness (March 2001)
Health & Nutrition

• American Dietetic Association (ADA) www.eatright.org see Healthy Lifestyle and Knowledge Center tabs
• WebMD http://my.webmd.com 
• Health.gov www.health.gov
• Healthfinder http://www.healthfinder.gov
• Dairy Council of Californiaís http://www.dairycouncilofca.org/edu/
• BrainPOP http://www.brainpop.com 
• Mayo Health Clinicwww.mayohealth.org  see First Aid & Self Care Guide 
• Tufts University Nutrition Navigator http://navigator.tufts.edu/ 

• Phys www.phys.com (Self Magazine) 
• P.E. 4 Life http://www.pe4life.com/   
• Sporting Kid Magazine http://www.sportingkid.com/ 

• Online Technology Tutorials from the Kent School Distric http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/KSD/IT/TSC/prof_dev/tutorials.html
• Tips and Tutorials from the Kenton County (Kentucky) Schools Office of Instructional Technology http://www.kenton. k12.ky.us/instech/tips.html
• Quick Links - Tech Tutorials from Jefferson County (Tennessee) Schools http://jc-schools.net/
• Teacher Tools: Tutorials & Web Resources from the Palo Alto (California) Unified School District http://tosa.pausd.org/techtosa/teachertools.html
• Technology Integration from the Lee’s Summit (Missouri) School District http://www.leesummit.k12.mo.us/ITS/
• eLearning Staff Development Team: Resources by the Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools Technology Consulting Team http://mcps-elearning.us/resources/resources.cfm
• Technology Services and Training through the Peoria (Arizona) Unified School District http://portal.peoriaud.k12.az.us/sites/Services_and_Training/default.aspx

• Technology Tutorials found on the Web from Internet 4 Classrooms http://www.internet4classrooms.com/on-line2.htm

• David Warlick's Landmark Project - advice and "Web Tools" http://landmark-project.com/ 
• Kathy Schrock's Critical Evaluation Information page http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.html 
• Google http://www.google.com 
• Web Whacker http://www.bluesquirrel.com/products/whee/

Invention—and Inventions—Are the Theme (April 2005)

• United States Patent and Trademark Office Kids Pages http://www.uspto.gov/go/kids/
• What in the World is That? http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/science/flash.html
• Zoom Inventors and Inventions from Enchanted Learning http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/
• Invention Dimension, from the Lemelson-MIT Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology http://web.mit.edu/invent/invent-main.html
• The Engines of Our Ingenuity http://www.uh.edu/engines/
• ThinkQuest Library: Inventions http://thinkquest.org/library/cat_show.html?cat_id=79
• About.com Famous Inventions http://inventors.about.com/od/famousinventions/
• How Stuff Works http://www.howstuffworks.com/
• Association of Science-Technology Centers http://www.astc.org/sciencecenters/participating.htm

Rube Goldberg Machines: Watch for media coverage!

• National Rube Goldberg Machine Contest for college and university teams http://www.rubemachine.com/
• Rube Goldberg Machine Contest for High School Students http://www.uwm.edu/CEAS/rube/
• Zoom, from PBS Kids http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/rubegoldberginventio.html

• American Library Association http://www.ala.org
• Library Media & PR http://www.ssdesign.com/librarypr/ 
• Librarians Index to the Internet http://lii.org/   (Library of California) 
• Libraryspot http://libraryspot.com/  
• Bookspot http://www.bookspot.com/ 
• The Dewey Decimal System http://www.oclc.org/dewey/ 
• Dewey to the Rescue a multimedia tour  of the DDC
• The Lighter Side of Librarianship www.lib.byu.edu/dept/libsci/lightside.html 
• National Book Festival http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/  (Library of Congress)
• Bonus: Writing for the Web: A Primer for Librarians http://bones.med.ohio-state.edu/eric/papers/primer (Sept '02)

Online Libraries to explore

• Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/
• American Memory http://memory.loc.gov/ 
• Americaís Story from Americaís Library  http://www.americaslibrary.gov/ for younger students
• Thomas  legislative information
• Network of School Librarian Web Pages www.school-libraries.net/ (Milbury) 
• School Libraries on the Web http://www.sldirectory.com (Bertland) 
• Michigan Electronic Library http://mel.lib.mi.us 
• Find other state libraries by searching for “Library” and a state. 
• Internet Public Library http://www.ipl.org/ (University of Michigan) 

Reference sources  - build your own library! 

•  Refdesk http://www.refdesk.com/fastfact.html 
•  Lexical Freenet http://www.lexfn.com 
• Miriam-Websterís Online Language Center http://www.m-w.com 
• HyperDictionary http://www.hyperdictionary.com/ 
• Bablefish http://babelfish.altavista.com (AltaVista) 
• InfoPlease http://www.infoplease.com/ (Learning Network) 

Mathematics (December 2001)
Use these as a jumping off place for math and general education sites. Find an outstanding site here to share with your colleagues!

• EDinformatics http://www.edinformatics.com/select.htm 
• PBS Teacher Source Math http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/math.htm 
• Eisenhower National Clearinghouse http://www.enc.org/weblinks/math/
• CLN - Community Learning Network  http://www.cln.org/subject_index.html 
• Appetizers and Lessons for Mathematics and Reason www.whyslopes.com/ 
• Educational Java Programs http://www.arcytech.org/java/ 
• StudyWorks! Online http://www.studyworksonline.com/
• LearningWave Communications Engage your Brain http://www.learningwave.com/engage/
• Mathematics World Wide Web Virtual Library http://www.math.fsu.edu/Virtual/

Money Management / Consumer Skills (April 2002)

• Money Management Practical Money Skills for Life http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com
• Moneyopolisóthe place for money-sharp kids http://www.moneyopolis.com 
• Banking on Our Future http://www.bankingonourfuture.com
• Marketing and Consumer Education Consumer & Brand Lab http://www.consumerpsychology.net 
• Consumer Protection http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/consumer.htm 
• FirstGov for Consumers: Your resource for consumer information from the federal government http://www.consumer.gov
• Consumer Product Safety Commission http://www.cpsc.gov/index.html 
• The Better Business Bureau http://www.bbb.org
• My3cents.com: the consumer revolution http://my3cents.com 
• National Consumers League http://www.natlconsumersleague.org

Multimedia Sources (March 2003)

• American Memories Viewer Information http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amviewer.html#video
• NASA Multimedia Resources http://education.nasa.gov/multimedia.html
• Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/
• American Writers II the 20th Century http://www.americanwriters.org/
• BookPALS StoryLine http://www.bookpals.net/storyline/
• Shea’s German Work page http://www.serve.com/shea/work.htm
• The Archeology Channel http://www.archaeologychannel.org/
• American Museum of the Moving Image http://www.ammi.org/site/online/
• Streaming Media Mania! http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/liststreaming.html
• Lycos Multimedia Search http://multimedia.lycos.com/
• Singingfish http://www.singingfish.com/

New Teachers (Sept 2000)

• Education Channel at About.com http://home.about.com/education/ 
• New Teachers Page http://k-6educators.about.com/education/k-6educators/msub109.htm 
• Microsoft Innovative Teachers  see Lifesavers http://www.microsoft.com/education/?ID=InnovativeTeachers 
• Peak Learning Systems http://www.peaklearn.com click on "New Teachers"
• Beginning Teacher Tips http://www.inspiringteachers.com/ 
• Substitute Teaching Institute http://subed.usu.edu/ 
• Teachers.net http://www.teachers.net/ 
• Classroom Connect site map http://www.classroom.com/tools/sitemap/sitemap.jhtml
• Kim's Korner For Teacher Talk http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/ 
• Bonus Survival Guide for New Teachers www.ed.gov/pubs/survivalguide/ August '03 - unavailable but may return
• Bonus New Teachers in British Columbia, Canada  http://www.bctf.bc.ca/NewTeachers/ 

News Sources for Current Events (January 2002)
Breaking News 

• Refdesk.com:FastFacts http://www.refdesk.com/fastfact.html#News
• Disaster! Finder! http://disasterfinder.gsfc.nasa.gov/

News Sources in addition to traditional news networks 

• News Search Engines http://searchenginewatch.internet.com/links/news.html
• Reuters http://www.reuters.com/ 
• The Wire - Associated Press http://customwire.ap.org/specials/bluepage.html 
• Bonus Newslink http://newslink.org/   (Sept '02)

Current Events

• CNNfyi: News for students, Resources for teachers http://fyi.cnn.com/fyi/
• CLN - Theme Pages - Current Events http://www.cln.org/
• Awesome Library http://www.awesomelibrary.org 
• Online NewsHour http://www.pbs.org/newshour/ 
• The Geographic Learning Site http://geography.state.gov/newsframe.html
• Education Place: the K-8 Site for Teachers http://www.eduplace.com/ss/ 
• Voice of the Shuttle http://vos.ucsb.edu/

Portal news services 

• AltaVista - News  http://news.altavista.com/ 
• Yahoo! -News http://news.yahoo.com/ 

Online Interactive Games for the Classroom (February 2005)

Short review and reinforcement activities

• GameGoo – Learning that Sticks http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/gooeypt.html
• Scholastic Kids Games http://www.scholastic.com/kids/games.htm
• PBSKids http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games.html
• Mazeworks http://www.mazeworks.com/home.htm
• National Library of Virtual Manipulative for Interactive Mathematics http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.html

Online experiences and simulations

• The Gateway to Educational Materials http://www.thegateway.org/
• Educational WebAdventures . http://www.eduweb.com/
• Friends of the Hunley http://www.hunley.org

Research and trends

• E-learning Centre Library: Trends and Technologies: Games-based Learning
  http://www.e-learningcentre.co.uk/eclipse/Resources/games.htm