 There
are many teacher resources on the Internet for k-12 educators. Listed here
are some selected sites to get you started on topics such as urban legends,
webQuests, computer and teacher training, technology and using primary
documents.
ERIC [top]
ERIC (Education Resource Information Center) is the world's largest source of education information, with more than
1 million abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and
practice.
- ERIC - -The new ERIC online
system, released September 2004, provides the public with a centralized ERIC
Web site for searching the ERIC bibliographic database of more than 1.1
million citations going back to 1966. Effective October 1, more than 107,000
full-text non-journal documents (issued 1993-2004), previously available
through fee-based services only, will be available for free.
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Educator's Reference Desk - You can still access AskERIC's 2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information, and
200+ question archive responses through the
Educator's Reference Desk.
Mathematics
NYS - Mathematics
Toolkit
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/3-8/guidance912.htm
The NYS Department of Education has posted the Crosswalk for Mathematics. The
Crosswalk is a comparison between the existing Mathematics Core (1996) and the
revised Mathematics Core (2005) that was adopted in March 2005. Also posted is a
Glossary for Teachers and Suggested Lists of Mathematical Terms for each of
grades PreK-8. The Glossary for Teachers and the Lists of Mathematical Language
are categorized by strand in alphabetical order.
No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)
Teacher-to-Teacher Initiative
http://www.ed.gov/teachers/how/tools/initiative/index.html
A new No Child Left Behind e-Learning tool that offers teachers
on-demand
professional development training to meet a variety of educational needs and
improve student achievement.
What Works Clearinghouse
http://w-w-c.org
The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) was established by the U.S. Department
of Education's Institute of Education Sciences to provide educators,
policymakers, and the public with a central, independent, and trusted source of
scientific evidence of what works in education. The WWC will develop standards
for reviewing and synthesizing educational research and will provide its
findings in several free, searchable, user-friendly databases.
Reading First in New
York State
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/readfirst/
Reading First is a focused nationwide effort to
enable all students to become successful early readers.
Reference Site
for NCLB
http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/account/nclbreference/index.html?src=rt
U.S. Department of Education has put together a manual that explains each
program and lists the requirements for each program.
NASBE's Information on "No
Child Left Behind"
http://www.nasbe.org/NCLB/NCLB.html
This is the National Association of State Boards of Education page on "No Child
Left Behind", with links to various articles, the U.S. Department of Education
Resources on NCLB, and statewide guidelines.
New York State Virtual Learning Space
New York State Virtual Learning
Space
http://eservices.nysed.gov/vls/welcome.do
"The purpose of the New York State Education Department's Virtual
Learning System is to encourage the use of the Internet as a tool for teaching
and learning and to assist classroom teachers in locating Internet resources for
instruction. VLS offers the full text of New York State's learning standards
with their key ideas and performance indicators, as well as alternate
performance indicators for students with severe disabilities."
Hoaxes, Urban Legends and Computer Virus Myths
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Vmyths.com
http://www.vmyths.com/
Learn about computer virus myths, hoaxes, and urban legends at this site.
Symantec Security Response
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/
Find out about the latest virus threats and virus definitions at this site.
Hoaxbusters
http://HoaxBusters.ciac.org/
This public service site has information on Internet hoaxes and chain letters.
CDC Health Related Hoaxes &
Rumors
http://www.cdc.gov/hoax_rumors.htm
Learn about health related hoaxes and rumors found on the Internet and in
e-mail.
Copyright
U.S. Copyright Office
http://www.copyright.gov/
How to Understand
Copyright Restrictions
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/start/cpyrt/
FAQs on copyright and fair use from the Library of Congress Memory site.
Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the US
http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/training/Hirtle_Public_Domain.htm
A chart with information on the copyright status for different types of
material.
Copyright with Cyberbee
http://www.cyberbee.com/copyrt.html
A list of useful links to websites on copyright issues including a lesson
using music and an article on the "10 Big Myths about Copyright Explained."
Multimedia
Fair Use Guidelines Summary Index
http://www.ccumc.org/copyright/guidesum.html
..."a summary reference to the recommended portions of copyrighted
materials from different media, for incorporation into multimedia projects by
educators and students."
more links on copyright and the
Internet.
Listservs
K12
Newsletter
This listserv is a great way to keep up with all the K12 newsletters! The goal
of K12 NEWSLETTERS is to combine in one place the best of the Internet's various
K12 newsletters. There are currently 29 different newsletters being posted
including WOW from BigChalk, TeachersFirst, Blue Web'n, Education World Site
Review, PBS, and many more. The archives allow one to go back and examine
old newsletters.
Classroom Flyer
Riverdeep, The Learning Company, gives you the options of selecting
newsletters that fit your grade level and/or interests or you can
subscribe to the Classroom Flyer Daily and receive all the newsletters content.
Character Education Resources
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Note: Please keep in mind that the Internet
is a fluid medium and sites are constantly being added, moved and deleted.
If you find a dead or redirected link or you would like me to add a new resource
please contact me at morsilka@shenet.org.
Please give me the name of the page, the title of the link, and the url.
Thanks.
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