Dave VanLue’s Web Page for Educators

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Topic: Educational Websites for Teachers

Purpose: The purpose of selecting this topic is to provide busy teachers a few educational websites that I think are particularly useful and easy to use. There is a wealth of Internet-based teaching resources available at these sites.

REFERENCES:

  Title: WELCOME TO BLUE WEB’N: A Library of Blue Ribbon Learning Sites on the Web.

  Creating Agency/Group: AT&T Knowledge Ventures

  Website Address: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/index.cfm

  Blue Web’n is an excellent beginning place for thinking about the different educational uses of the Internet. It is based on a useful typology of web-based tutorials, activities, projects, lesson plans, hotlists, resources, and references and tools. This is very likely the best education site on the Internet.

  Title: EduHound: Everything for Education K12: We tracked it down so you don’t have to!

; Creating Agency/Group: MGT of America, Inc.

; Website Address: http://www.eduhound.com

EduHound is maintained by T.H.E. Journal (Technological Horizons in Education) and provides a useful classification and listing of a broad range of educational sites. Teacher-related topics such as standards and assessment and educational software are included.

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; Title: Room 108

; Author: John Rickey

; Website Address: http://www.netrover.com/%7Ekingskid/108.html

Room 108 contains links to all sorts of online educational games and interactive sites in music, science, math, social studies, and more. This is an unusual and very entertaining set of resources for teachers.

; Title: Busy Teachers’ Website K-12

; Authors: Carolyn Cole and Andrew Kerr

Website Address: http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/

The Busy Teachers’ Website K-12 offers specific lesson plans and projects for many subjects, as well as opportunities for classes to participate in ongoing “Interactive web projects.” This site provides teachers with direct source materials, lesson plans/classroom activities with a minimum of site-to-site linking and provides teachers with an enjoyable and rewarding experience for the teacher who is learning to use the Internet.

Title: Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators

; Author: Kathy Schrock

; Website Address: http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/

Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators provides an easy-to-use, subject-based list of sites on the Internet that can be used to enhance both classroom activities and professional growth. There are a lot of very nice websites collected here, as well as useful slide shows for teachers about using the web.

Title: edHelper.com

  Creating Agency/Group: edHelper.com

  Website Address: http://www.edhelper.com

  EdHelper.com provides links to a large number of online lesson plans organized by subject. It also includes on its entry page a useful set of links to recent articles on education-related subjects.

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Title: 180 Free Technology Tips for Educators and other Professionals

  Creating Agency/Group: 180TechTips.com

  Website Address: http://www.180techtips.com

  It is the mission of 180TechTips.com to help empower educators and other professionals to integrate computer technology into their personal lives so that they might more effectively integrate computer technology into their professional duties. 180TechTips.com offers 15 hours of free computer training in 180 easy to follow 5 minute lessons.

  Title: New York Times Learning Network: Connections for students, teachers and parents.

Creating Agency/Group: The New York Times Company

; Website Address: http://www.nytimes.com/learning/

; The New York Times Learning Network offers a lesson plan related to a current news story as well as a very useful archive of previous ones, along with news quizzes and other teaching resources. The Times also maintains a useful general purpose page used by its newsroom to navigate the web.

  Title: Federal Resources for Educational Excellence

Creating Agency/Group: ED.gov

Website Address: http://www.edgov/free/index.html

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence provides long lists of educational resources from government agencies and government-funded projects by subject area. The lists are not annotated, but there is an abundance of excellent resources here.

  Title: Math and Reading Help: Your Guide to Math, Reading , Homework Help, Tutoring and Earning a High School Diploma.

; Creating Agency/Group: Math-and-Reading-Help-for-Kids.org

; Website Address: http://math-and-reading-help-for-kids.org/index.html

; Math and Reading Help for Kids is a user-friendly directory of hundreds of articles and resources to help parents and children make informed decisions about school related issues. This website also recommends children’s tutoring and educational games to help kids improve math and reading skills. There is a wealth of practical advice and information here, useful for teachers as well.