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New York Times Learning Network: Offers pre-constructed lessons for all subjects and topics in grades 3-12. This site is very easy to search and is updated regularly. You owe it to yourself to explore this site for great lesson ideas!

Links to popular Internet search engines:

DayPop: Searches 59,000 news sites, weblogs and RSS feeds for current events and breaking news. Google : Features a clean, easy-to-use interface and a broad range. A good place to start your information search. Simple image searching, too.
WiseNut : Give this new, general Internet search tool a try.
Alta Vista : Widely respected for its coverage. Popular with librarians.
Direct Search : Searches the "invisible web" to find information other search engines might miss.
Ixquick : This "meta" search engine lets you look for information on a variety of top search engines simultaneously.

Sites that encourage reading:

Reading Online : "A journal of K-12 practice and research, published by the International Reading Association."
Reading Rants : "Out of the ordinary teen booklists" compiled by a middle school librarian.
Teenreads.com : A website that provides "thoughtful book reviews, compelling features, in-depth author profiles and interviews...and more every week...THE place online for teens to talk about their favorite books--and find the hippest new titles!"

Sites to help teachers enhance learning through technology:             (back to top)

From Now On : Jamie McKenzie's award-winning online journal is dedicated toward educational technology for engaged learning and literacy.
"Information Literacy Ideas and Teaching Strategies" : Joanne Troutner's article in School Librarian is chock-full of links to worthwhile sites to help you enrich your teaching with technology.
"Five Rules for Writing a Great WebQuest" by Bernie Dodge. Find out how the FOCUS acronym/concept will help your students explore the Web more productively, learn more and produce better results.
AskEric's Integrating Technology You'll find informed, linked coverage of just about every facet of integrating technology into your curriculum on this site.
"Teaching Social Studies with the Internet" : Covers lesson planning, using primary sources, virtual field trips, and publishing student work.
American Memory Collections :
"...a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections."
Blue Web'n : "...a searchable database of over 1000 outstanding Internet learning sites categorized by subject area, audience, and type."
Filamentality : "...a fill-in-the-blank interactive Web site that guides you through picking a topic, searching the Web, gathering good Internet sites, and turning Web resources into learning activities."
Teachervision.com : This site, from Learning Network, provides printable graphic organizers for teachers and students.
WISE : The Web-based Inquiry Science Environment where "students examine real-world evidence and analyze current scientific controversies."
Trackstar : "...helps instructors organize and annotate web sites (URLs) for use in lessons."
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators: "...a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth." Frequently updated.
TourMaker : Like a field trip on the Web, complete with commentary. You gotta check this site out!
Fast 'n' Easy Websites from SchoolBlog : Create--or have your students create--their own websites using new SchoolBlog "open-source" technology. No HTML, no FTP, just type and submit. And it's FREE (for now).
"Internet resources for K-8 students: Update 2000" by Blyth Bennett. A compendium of fine sites across all subject areas including math, literature, science, health, and more.
AskERIC Lesson Plans : "Contains more than 1,000 lesson plans...written and submitted to AskERIC by teachers all over the United States." Browsable by subject.
The Busy Teacher : No-nonsense design is broken down by subject areas that in turn provide valuable links. Quick and easy to search.
Tapped In : "...the online workplace of an international community of education professionals, K-12 teachers and librarians, professional development staff," and others.
The Electronic Classroom : "Ideas and information about applying technology in literacy instruction."
MyGradebook.com "...allows teachers to log in and work on their gradebook at any time from any computer connected to the Internet. When you assign passwords to students and parents, they can log in to view their own grading and attendance summaries."
"Web design that won't get you into trouble" by Shirley Duglin. From Computers in Libraries . This article is a very good primer on what to keep in mind when designing websites/portals. Provides a valuable list of related links.
California Department of Education : Keep up with content standards, testing, and where the state is headed education-wise.
SCORE: The Schools of California Online Resources for Education supports content standards and curriculum frameworks while promoting information literacy. Content areas include History/Social Science, Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science.
FAST FACTS : Almanacs, factbooks, statistical reports and related reference tools. An amazing compendium of useful websites. Go here first if you need info quickly on just about any factual question or term.
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