Web Toolboxes for Educators:
Educational Resources


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This alphabetical listing of TERRIFIC educational resources can:

Title 

URL Address

Notations

4 Teachers.org http://www.4teachers.org
This site offers FREE online tools and resources. This site helps teachers locate and create ready-to-use Web lessons, quizzes, rubrics and classroom calendars. There are also tools for student use.  
4 TEACHERS http://www.4teachers.com
/4teachframes.html
This site is intended to provide teachers and educators with links to the many educational resources on the web.  
BBC Online: Education http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/ What is new in British education and the best resources online. Search for educational Web sites on a variety of topics.
Blue Web'N  http://www.filamentality.com/
wired/bluewebn/
A library of blue ribbon learning sites, searchable and categorized in a matrix by content and activity type.
Busy Teacher's K-12 WebSite http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/
busyt/
Annotated hotlist of content area sites. 
Discovery School http://school.discovery.com Resources for teachers and students related to Discovery channel sponsored activities.
Education Planet http://www.educationplanet.com/ Searchable database of over 100,000 sites related to education
Education World  http://www.education-world.com/ Searchable database of over 50,000 sites related to education, curriculum ideas, lesson plans, and hot topics of the week 
Educational Web Adventures http://www.eduweb.com/
Interactive activities for a variety of topics to promote cooperative learning and problem solving.
Educator's Reference Desk http://www.eduref.org Includes searchable database for articles and lessons plan, contains AskEric resources
Exploratorium http://www.exploratorium.edu/ Exploranet includes the Learning Studio with 10 NEW cool sites each month. Searchable database of all past reviews.
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
http://www.ed.gov/free/
Easy-to-find Internet-based education resources supported by agencies across the Federal government.
Gateway to Educational Materials http://www.thegateway.org Searchable database by topic for lesson plans, Web sites, and published curriculum units.
Internet Public Library http://www.ipl.org/ Links to online texts, books, reference materials, dictionary; includes a searchable reference database.
Kathy's Schrock's Guide for Educators http://school.discovery.com/
schrockguide/
Discovery School sponsored. Classified list of sites found to be useful for enhancing curriculum & teacher professional growth, updated daily. 
Macro Polo http://www.marcopolo-education.org/ Searchable database of lessons sponsored by Worldcom. Partners with National Geographic and other educational organizations.
National Geographic Educational Materials http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
education/
Searchable list of lessons and online adventures. Many resources for teachers.
Network of Regional Technology in Education Consortia  http://www.rtec.org Links to the nine regional technology Education Consortia. Be sure to visit HPRTEC and test out TrackStar. Each consortium has developed different tools to support instructional technology, visit them all.
National Network of Regional Educational Laboratories http://www.nwrel.org/
national/index.html
Ten educational research and development organizations supported by contracts with the U.S. Education Department, Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI). NCREL specializes in technology, and McREL specializes in curriculum and instruction.
Tech4Learning  http://www.tech4learning.com/
Educational Technology Company with free tools and professional development ideas.
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Maintained by Dr. Cheryl A. Wissick,  Associate Professor
Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education.

Last updated: June, 2005